4 year old girl

It is that time of year already... Abby Grace's birthday! We are spending the summer in India and are able to meet up with so many of our old friends and the kids are thriving. We had a fabulous Peppa Pig birthday party with so many friends and food and games. Even Hunny (my mom) was crazy enough to come visit for a few days and experienced the "fun" of 15+ kids in a small apartment. It was pouring rain outside, but thankfully we had fun indoor things to do since we could not play out at the playground. Abby Grace loved having all her friends over and eating a Muddy Puddle birthday cake while we sat in pretend muddle puddles on the floor and I read them the Peppa Pig birthday story book.

This little girl is amazing. She is growing so fast in so many ways, yet she still seems so small sometimes. She has joy that radiates from her smile and she loves to cuddle. She has been a mommas girl since day one, and she is really getting into the fun of games and coloring and reading books. She loves to play pretend with her babies and her play kitchen and food. She listens to read alouds with her brothers and is almost as much into Narnia as they are. She eats just about anything we put in front of her and is totally finished with any therapy and it's amazing to see how far she has come and how her life shows the power of God to heal. She loves animals especially dogs and cats that she can pet. She wants to keep up with brothers in all things. Swimming almost everyday has helped her become an amazing swimmer. She is a great traveler and easily adapts to new places. She all of a sudden decided that she only needs on foot on each step and she is the bravest kid I have ever seen. She loves Gymnastics class and can do forward rolls and flips really well, but her favorite part is the balance beam. She loves to jump on the trampoline and never wants to be left out of anything that momma could need help with.  3 has been a great age but I am sure this 4 year old will bring such fun to our house.

Her birthday celebrations makes me think of the amazingly strong woman in China who physically birthed my little wonder girl and my heart aches for her to know the truth of God who loves her and would do anything to bring her into his family. Since she left the note with Abby Grace's birthday, I feel strongly that she is going to remember this date and mostly likely she would be wondering where her baby girl is, if she was able to survive through surgery and live a normal life (which she is!) I wonder if she thinks, "Does she has a family that loves her? Does she has siblings? What does she like to play? What does she like to eat?" I wonder if Abby Grace has her eyes, or if her tiny frame is from the hard start in life that she had, or is she genenticly thin and may never be on an American growth chart. So many questions about medical history and physical features will have to wait since we have no way of answering them. Adoption is full of so many blessings, but some questions without answers and issues without the known root of the problem add to the complexity of family. But what a JOY this little girl (and her brothers) bring to our family! We love you baby girl and love that you are such an important part of our family and we are so glad that God made you a Rainbolt.