Happy Day!

Today is Gracie Li Hope's third birthday but it's also her first birthday. Her first birthday as a United States citizen and most importantly her first birthday with her forever family. It's an exciting day for all of us as we celebrate together. She received her first birthday card in the mail from her maternal grandparents, her first birthday song from her paternal grandparents, her first Facebook birthday greetings (compliments of dad's Facebook account) and her first birthday gifts from her forever family.

It's always fun to watch a child celebrate a birthday. When I went home for lunch she greeted me with a loud "Happy Day" and she couldn't wait to show me her birthday card. She just kept skipping and dancing around the house saying 'Happy Day!" So cute! But in a way very ironic that she inadvertently left out "birth" because we'll most likely never know her real birthday. She was found on July 3 and the orphanage staff estimated that she was about a month old so June 1 was the day that was chosen for her. The interesting thing is that June 1 is Children's Day in China and yet there are so many children who are waiting to be placed with a forever family of their own. We're so happy that we are now part of Gracie's family and that she is part of ours and our prayer is that somehow God will use a little girl whose name means 'Blessed Beautiful Hope' to encourage others to help children find their forever families through adoption.    

 With that we celebrate Gracie Li Hope's 3rd - 1st birthday.

To help other children please consider supporting An orphan's Ticket Home, Grace and Hope for Children or Hope 4 China.