Growing like a Weed!

I just don't know where time goes. One minute we were in the car headed to Montana to pick up Miss Mooky Mooky (Orissa to most everyone else) and the next thing I know it is August, nearly four months later. It just goes crazy fast. When we first held her, she was so tiny and fragile feeling. I was go overjoyed to be her mommy, but VERY intimidated to hold her, what if I broke her, what if I forgot I was holding her...all these what ifs filled my mind. Aaron wrapped around her tiny finger from the first moment he beheld her and my heart was totally smitten by her, she called out to us. Orissa was a mere one pound thirteen ounce at birth and a whopping four pound thirteen ounces when she made the long trip home with us.

In the last four months we have gotten to know her and she us, and let me just tell you that there was an instant bond that formed. Javin was besot by his new sister and is forever trying to take care of her, and protect her from his cousins. She bonded right away with both Aaron and I. To be frank, we were a bit worried about the whole bond/won't bond situation. She spent from her birth until Gramma and Grampa Keiser brought her home in the middle of April in the hospital. Orissa wasn't held as often as most newborn babes and had yet to have a good opportunity to bond with any one. Those worries ended up being unnecessary....yay!
And now here she is, seven months old and nearly ten pounds. OK, that still seems small to most of you, but when you know where she started, you can better appreciate her growth rate. Mooky Mooky has taken a hold of all of our heart strings and we will never let he let go. She has such a sweet spirit, and a joyful countenance. She is quick to giggle and always has a smile ready.
God has blessed us with 2 of the most precious children, we waited a long time, and they weren't born out of my womb, but out of our hearts. Some one once told me that adoption is such a wonderful way to have a family and a special kind of love. She said, "I was adopted, and I know my parent truly love me and wanted me. You see you can never accidentally adopt a child. They went looking for me." Such a true and tender moment I shared with her and we both gazed down at my precious baby girl. I thank my Father in Heaven for my children everyday.