Happy Birthday- part 2

Well, my birthday princess is in her bed after falling asleep in her mama's arms. I have been doing some intentional bonding time with Libi at night and it has been such a gift! She and I have this little "routine". For the last week she has been going to sleep in my arms at night and it has been wonderful for her and for me! Tonight she was actually crying and reaching for me. She has never protested like this before. I believe it was because she was tired and she was counting on me to help her meet that need. It is amazing to look into her sweet face and feel like I have been staring at it for years! From the moment we first saw her she seemed familiar to us. My heart rejoices over the greatness of God and His ways.

We had a full and fun day! I think Libi was getting into the birthday thing. We were on our way for Chinese tonight, but every time we asked Libi what she wanted to eat she told us, "umgeger"...which in Libi language is HAMBERGER! This has been her new word and she uses it frequently. It seemed more appropriate to take her to the place famous for "umgegers", Steak-N-Shake! Which incidentally was one of my first words as a baby (teack-n-nake) :) Think what you want, but my girl and I just like a good burger I guess. It is great to hear intentional language from her. Most everything is with a "g" sound at this point, but we are told that is the typical verbal pattern in a child. So, we are praying for the "d's" to come next!

Anyway, the highlight of the night was Libi's doll. She opened a little Asian Corelle doll. It looks a lot like Libi. She was very excited about it. She kept pulling the box to her face to get a better look. She kept smiling at the doll. Then daddy took the doll to set it free from it's box and Libi was not happy about that! She gave us some complaining. It was really sweet. We had never seen her care about a toy like that. She did not want anyone else to touch it once she had it in her possession. It was another glimpse of true toddler in our little Libi.

We give thanks to God for all that He is doing in this little girl!!! What a joy and blessing she is to us!!!!