Oh, those little "big" moments....!

Yesterday, Sarah Kate finally figured out how to roll over from her back to her tummy! She's been rolling over onto her side for several weeks now, but could never figure out how to get herself all the way over. Well, yesterday she finally did it! Of course, it made her mad when she first tried and it didn't work, but she put all that anger to good use and flipped her little self right on over. Once she figured out what she did, she did it at least 5 more times! Now, she just has to figure out how to get her arm out from underneath her when she rolls over. For now, she just "yells" and I pull it out from her so she can enjoy her "tummy time" she worked so hard for!

My First Mother's Day!

Wow! My first Mother's Day! I can't even believe it. There was a time when I thought that I would never get the joy of being able to celebrate this special day. After years of infertility, for reasons not known, I had really decided that perhaps Motherhood was one of those blessings I would not share with others. But then God did an amazing work in our lives and in our hearts and we adopted a beautiful baby girl in January! All the trials and struggles, laughter and tears, makes this Mother's Day even more special and I'm acutely aware of how precious children are...especially for those that Motherhood doesn't come as easy to.

My first Mother's Day was a joy. I got the new version of photoshop, which I'm very excited to get to try out on the hundreds of photos that I have snapped of Sarah Kate! The three of us went to church yesterday, enjoyed some great fellowship with friends and then made the rounds to see both sets of g'parents. I even had a very special friend come by in the afternoon so we could finally celebrate Mother's Day together after all these years! God IS good!!!!!

Such A Happy Girl

Mornings are so much fun at our house now. When Sarah Kate awakes, she is such a happy girl! She's ready to "talk" as loudly as she can and she gives smiles and grins that just melt my heart. It makes me wish I could just stay and play with her forever, doing anything I can to elicit yet another grin. Speaking of that grin, the picture is her, in all her happiness, one day earlier this week! See, what I mean?

So, this weekend is my first Mother's Day and I must say it seems a little odd for that to now be a holiday I get to celebrate. I'm so used to that being everyone elses holiday...my mom, Stanley's mom, all my friends...but never me and yet, suddenly, it is my holiday too. So, Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful mom's out there! Celebrate your day and cherish what it means!