Major's Adoption Day

Today, June 18th was Major's official Adoption Day. Two years ago today we were officially finalized in court and our names were placed on his birth certificate. This day is a very special day for the three of us. For Josh and I, it is a reminder of the big deep breath we took 2 years ago on this day. It is a reminder of God's faithfulness to us and our family. It is a reminder that we became a family on his birthday, but 'officially' he was ours on this day. To Major, I hope this day will be special because it is the culmination of many years worth of praying for him. It is the finalization of one chapter but the complete beginning of another. I pray daily that he knows there are two families who united to give him the best life that we could. An angel, as we call her, who loved him so much and was so selfless that she made the decision to find a family that could meet all his needs and more. A teenage boy, who looked at Josh and thanked him for being the father to Major that he couldn't be and for an army of people that made Josh, Major and I a family, ultimately that is what this day represents for the three of us.  So far in his short little life, we acknowledged this day, but have not made too big a deal out of it, but as he grows I think we will start to make a BIG DEAL out of June 18th. It is on the opposite side of the calendar from his birthday so a celebration may be in order each year, or maybe we will do something special, just the three of us. We may just let Major decide what he wants to do on his special day. I think as he gets older, and especially because he has no interaction with his birth family, that this may be the perfect day to acknowledge what blessing he is to us and to reaffirm to him that we have him because of another family that loved him so deeply. It is hard to put into words the emotional roller coaster we were on while trying to have him, waiting for him, praying for him, but God is so faithful and through it all we knew that He would bring a very special child into our lives and boy did he ever! Major is a spitting image of his daddy with a little bit of me thrown in for good measure! People often ask how he is so much like us or how he looks so much like us and my reply is always that God is the perfect matchmaker. He knew that we were destined to be Major's parents, just the way by which he came was different than Josh and I thought. Major is more than we could have hoped and dreamed for. My love for him is boundless and each day that I look into those beautiful blue eyes I am so so so thankful that I serve a Lord that knows my heart better than I do.  Here is one of my favorite poems that I read to Major sometimes:

Not Flesh of My Flesh

Not flesh of my flesh
Nor bone of my bone,
But still miraculously my own.
Never forget for a single minute,
You didn't grow under my heart,
But in it.

--- Unknown

And here are the pictures of his 3 Adoption Days so far!

 June 18, 2008

June 18, 2009

June 18, 2010