Lyv turns 2

     What amazing blessing from God above that our sweet girl was home for her 2nd birthday!  Another blessing is that I was still here with them to help celebrate!  She is doing great!  A few rough moments, but all-in-all she's doing better than expected.  Praise be to God alone for answering so many prayers for her and her family at this time.
     She is happy, healthy, and enjoying life for the most part.  She laughs, smiles, dances, sings, and jabbers all the time.  She loves her older siblings and sometimes loves on them too much :)!  She LOVES being outside. We try to speak to her in Korean just to help her transition be easier.  This is harder than we thought...we have the Korean words written out in phonetic form...but where to put the inflections is beyond us.  Sometimes Lyv just stares at us like...what are you even trying to say...at other times she nods her head indicating that she does indeed understand our very broken Hangul (Korean).  She is already picking up on English things we say all the time...so cute!  She's a little smartie!  Can't wait to see the progress she makes between now and Christmas! 
     My sister and her family are just doing great with her.  The kids are very patient and kind and LOVE her to pieces.  D and J are so kind and loving and just love her to pieces...they take each step with her with so much love.  They comfort her sadness, encourage her happiness, and love on her so much!  She is one blessed little girl to be placed in this family.  God's sovereign plan is indeed amazing! 

     Here are a few pics from her birthday fun!  She's amazing!!!  Thank you, to her birthmother for giving her the gift of life...to her foster moms for giving her the gift of love...and to her new mommy (and daddy) for giving her the gift of love and a forever family...and to God for planning this perfect plan for Lyv's life and for giving her to us!!  We love her sooo much!

This one isn't from the birthday, but it's a favorite from today...so I had to post it!