Sunday, May 27, 2012

Happy Birthday Lizzie!!!

My dear, sweet Lizzie, you are 6 years old today and you are SO excited!


The 2 months in between your sister's birthday and your birthday is SO long for you dear girl but you are finally there - you are once again the same age as your sister!!!

When I think back over the last 4 years, I continue to be amazed at your abundant energy and courage, your resilience and your strength, your contagious love for life - your life.  

Even through all the castings and all the surgeries and all the braces and all the treatments, you continue to smile and laugh and love, oh how you love!

I think most of all, your amazing capacity for love and concern for others, inspires me to strive to be a better person.  

After 9 long months of loving you without holding you, I will never ever forget the day we met you.


Telling you that I was your Momma and just knowing in my heart that you understood that and knew me on a level that I could not explain, still fills me with awe and thankfulness.

Getting to know you 
and beginning to understand the enormous blessing we had been given...



was just the start


I remember the first time you told me that you loved me too!


the first time you spontaneously gave me a big old kiss


The first time you and your partner in crime sister helped me walk the dogs


 and the first time you WOWed everyone on the soccer field



There have been lots of firsts and there will be many more but thinking about how far you have come in 4 years, my heart is full and I feel so incredibly lucky to be your Momma!


Sometimes well meaning people will tell me that Lizzie is so lucky that we "saved" her.


My reply...


We didn't save Lizzie...


Lizzie saved US!


We are in a much better place "after Lizzie" and I thank the Lord every single day for the journey that brought us to you!


Happy Birthday my sweet 6 year old.

9 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday to sweet beautiful Lizzie!

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  2. Happy 6th birthday Lizzie! I hope you have the most fun EVER!!!
    Blessings,
    Rebecca

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  3. Happy Birthday Lizzie. Your videos just caused me to be blubbering mess!

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  4. Happy birthday, Lizzie! I love the last series of photos of her, but especially the one of you two laughing together. Beautiful!

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  5. Happy Birthday to your sweet girl- she is a beautiful treasure!
    God is so good!
    I love love love 6 yr olds!! Okay, I love 5 yr olds, 7 yr olds and ... well, every age!

    Praise God for your treasures!!

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  6. Dear sweet Elizabeth May....funny crazy full of life and energy! I hope her birthday was as beautiful as she and that her days be filled with love and laughter forever! Much Love, Aunt Cortney, Uncle Ransom, Charlot Anne & baby Caroline, hee hee.
    Love you all!!

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  7. I'm a little late on this and trying to catch up on my blog reading.....but Happy Birthday, Lizzie! You Rock!!! (great pics!!)

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