I haven't posted in this blog in sometime, so since it's been exactly one year ago today we met Samuel's smiling face I thought I should do so. So much has happened this year I don't know where to begin, but we have been very blessed with Samuel and it is so amazing that God knew that he would be a perfect fit for our family! It has been a lot of doctor appointments to his ophthalmologist and 2 corneal transplant surgeries. Tomorrow morning he has yet another appointment and each time we pray we will hear good news that it is healing and showing no signs of rejection. Aside from that he has slowly liked American food more and more and sleeping better than he was the first several months, but still not as much as an average 3 year old...lol. He is a happy boy and loves his big brother and sister. He has been such a joy to our family and friends. We have had wonderful support and we are excited another family from our church is planning to adopt a little girl from Ethiopia and it will be so neat to see their journey as they wait to be matched with her! God is so good and the more I think about it the more I realize all the reasons He chose us to be his parents. He needed a mom that didn't work so she could take him to all the ophthalmologist appointments and put multiple drops in his right eye, multiple times a day and test her patience as she stayed up until 3am some nights just praying he would please go to sleep. He went beyond when He answered my prayer for a loving child, because he gives me more hugs and kisses than I could have imagined. God knew he needed a big brother and sister and two wonderful cousins, aunt and uncle and the best grandparents a little boy could have! We are so very blessed and although some say they can't believe it's been a year, I honestly feel he has always been with us. God placed him in our hearts long before we actually met him one year ago! Below is the link to a slide show with music by Audio Adrenaline called Kings and Queens and I love this song because it reminds us every child deserves to be loved!
Click on the link below to see Samuel's first year with us!
Samuel's first year with us!
