Very Special Mother's Day and Father's Day This Year

We had a very special Mother's Day and Father's Day this year b/c we found out that a little baby girl will be joining our family at the end of July!!!!! And Daniel gets to be a big brother!!!!

On May 6th we found out that we were matched with a birth mother as we were boarding a plane to Houston to visit Holly's brother and sister-in-law for our niece's first birthday party and baptism! Holly was talking to our case worker at Gladney on her cell phone while Michael was trying to listen and make sure that Daniel did not run down the jet way. We were so excited and the entire gate crew and fellow passangers heard our story!

It was very special to us that we could share this news with Holly's entire family over Mother's Day weekend. Everyone is so excited to have this little angel join our family. Michael did manage to call his parents before our flight took off and as you can imagine they were thrilled (Michael's parents have two grandchildren who are both boys so this is very exciting for them.)

It was the perfect Mother's Day weekend and Macall (our niece and goddaughter) was baptized on Mother's Day which made it even more special. Plus Daniel got to spend Mother's Day afternoon on Galveston Beach running into the ocean over and over with Mommy and Daddy :)

On May 27th Holly and Michael met our birth mother, her mother and her sister in Ft. Worth for lunch! This was a blessed occasion and we love our birth mother with all our hearts - she is a caring, loving and selfless person who we will alway love and pray for every day of our lives. She gave us a framed sonogram picture of the baby's face which made Holly and Michael tear up and then we even got a DVD of the last two sonograms so we could hear the baby's heart beat! What a beautiful woman and an amazing family - the gift of life is the most precious blessing ever. We had the best time sharing stories about our families and then took pictures outside the restaurant of all of us together for our little girl when she grows up.

As you can see we love TEXAS and our adoption agency - GLADNEY. We feel so blessed by God for bringing this little angel into our lives this summer. Daniel is learning about being a big brother by reading his book, "I Am A Big Brother Now" and praying for his baby sister every night!

We can hardly wait 5 more weeks for this blessed event! Thanks to all our family and friends for your prayers and blessings. So on Father's Day Michael is also doubly blessed because Daniel said, "Happy Father's Day" and we have another angel on the way to join our family. Perhaps she will be Daddy's Little Girl :)

Love, Holly, Michael and Daniel