All about Aubrey....

I wanted to make this post all about Aubrey, they precious little gift from God, the daughter Jimmy and I have prayed for for too many years to count. Her name we picked years ago from a song by a band called Bread from the 70's about a girl named Aubrey...I loved the song and the name and now she is a real live person to me instead of just an idea and we love her so much. We feel like God hand picked her just for us. I never gave up hope and faith that one day we would have a daughter, the lessen I learned is that I had to wait for God, who knew something that I didn't know. That our daughter would be born to a mother who would be forced to give her up, and that we were meant to be her Mom and Dad. We had to wait until we were ready and until she was in need. The links of the adoptive parent to the adopted child are not just random, Gods hand is at work, we are bound together by that invisible red thread and it was predestined for us to be her parents, I feel it in my soul.

About Aubrey: She's beautiful..... smart, funny, very affectionate, energetic, charming.....she is just amazing. She is a blessing! Jimmy and I wake up every morning to a happy face and a hundred kisses.....then she gets moving. She loves to eat so that is the first order of business. She sleeps 10 hours a night and takes a two hour nap. She loves her, elmo, her grocery cart, her stroller, her I love you kissy baby, her glow worm and books. She is smart as a whip she is quickly learning our language and says mama, dada, zach, gugu (brother in chinese), thank you, please, more, eat, up, down, hello, bye, hey, baby, nana (banana) mamaw, papaw, good, milk, yes, no, tickle, dog, ruff, ruff, book and lots more...not bad for a girls who 2 months ago did not have any english words. She is using a potty chair already (not all the time). She loves to dance and sing. She loves to rough house with her daddy and brother and loves to be tickled and tickle everybody else. I could go on forever...she is just a good girl. She seldom cries. We are just very blessed by this little girl, I pinch myself sometimes, after all the waiting and wanting a daughter for so long, she'd here. AND I can finally put the tiniest little bow in her scant hair!!!! Yeah!

At a time when our country is changing so much that we actually have a AA president being inaugurated today, I feel blessed to have our little chinese american dream....and I am looking forward to so many wonderous new adventures and to a new beginning for our country, God Bless America!!!