One Year Ago Today.....

.....I opened an email and fumbled through several documents to see this precious little face for the very first time.

One year ago today we received Hannah's referral.  

We had completed all of the necessary paperwork......homestudy, fingerprints, trainings....  We had been logged in for six months, six loooonnnnngggg months and were pretty much at a standstill with our process until we found our child.  We had been given 5 referrals.  All of which after much prayer and tears we knew were not our children.  So, to say I was a little anxious when I got the call that Monday night, well,  it would be an understatement. :)

I cannot describe the feeling that came over me when I saw her picture and as we were reading over her file.  I knew she was the one!  I knew she was the daughter that the Lord had called Stephen and me to bring home.  I knew she was Hannah Grace McDuffie.

And just look at her now. :) (little stinker)

 

Tonight I praise the Lord for His calling and His faithfullness!! I thank him for that PRECIOUS little face that I saw on November 26, 2012.

and for a few more photos :)

Today was a messy/rainy day here so what better way to pass the time than by putting up the Christmas Tree.  Hannah was so sweet.  She loved every minute of it.

can't wait to celebrate her "first" Christmas!