A Princess Worth Waiting For...

I get very emotional over kids and their birthdays. After all.....it is the day God ordained them to bless this world with their entrance. They are his tenderness and mercy in tiny human form. I especially get super emotional about their histories and how they get here. Especially because Amy (Reynolds' mom) and I share some of the same "pre child" issues. This child was prayed for and yearned for a longtime. Her daddy said it best today in the blessing when he prayed that God would have his hand on Reynolds and bless her life. As he said, "This princess was worth waiting for..."

Thank you Jason for bringing me to tears. I appreciate it. I'm especially thankful I chose to wear my waterproof mascara today. You helped test it out and I can now inform the lady at the Clinique counter that it works.

But seriously.....isn't that so true? We are all worth waiting for to God. Now matter how we come into our earthly families or how we come to be adopted into God's family, we are all worth waiting for. Princess', Princes', Kings, and Queens alike. Every last one of us is a member of a Royal Family. How it filled my heart today with Joy to celebrate this little one. How it felt to hug her and her mom and know that this was so worth the wait. Happy Birthday sweet girl! Today you were truly a princess!!!!! Enjoy the pictures!

Queen Ali, Princess Reynolds, Princess Mary-Peyton, and Princess Lauren Grace.

Queen Amy with Prince Carter, Princess Karoline, Princess Grace, and Princess Kate. And yes, for those of you who don't know my friends Ali and Amy they are identical twins so don't think you are seeing things. They do look just alike.

Reynolds and half of Grace. I was trying to get Reynolds and Grace jumped in at the last minute!

The Royal Carriage...

The Royals with their Royal Mommies...

The tiny Royals....

Princess' Reynolds and Grace having a very grown up conversation about their dresses.

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!!!!

Beach pics!

I knew it would come. Our last day at the beach that is. I could live here. But then I would miss everyone I can't bring with me so I guess we have to go home. :) No beach trip would be complete without taking beach pictures of Grace. Next year, there will be 2 Chinese beauties in this picture. They are liable to be pushing each other, one might be crying. In my perfect world, they will both be looking at the camera and smiling lovingly. Yea right! My goal is to atleast have them both looking at the camera. Here's hoping! Until then....here's Grace!

This is my all time, absolute favorite.

And we can't forget....we got to meet our cousin Anne Rains.....she is fortunate enough to live down here. :) I haven't seen her in forever and Grace just met her for the first time. It took them awhile to warm up to each other, but after about an hour there were all kinds of little girl giggles coming from the shallow end of the pool.

As we wrap up our last vacation as a family of 3, I have come to realize that I truly am blessed. In every sense of the word. Blessed. Now....we gotta get home. We've got to get ready for China!