The Shrum Family Adventures: Happy Gotcha Day And A Happy Birthday!

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Happy Gotcha Day And A Happy Birthday!

Josiah and I brought Lilee home 2 yrs ago today from Guatemala, which was on my mom's b/d! Happy Birthday Mom and Happy Gotcha Day Lilee!!!

We love you sweet girl! You are our baby girl and daddy says you act just like mommy!!!! ;0) You are our sassy, prissy, bossy, no -non- since girly girl!!! We Love You so much and are so blessed to have had you home now for 2 yrs. , after a 17 1/2 mo. battle to get you here! Lilee is finally just about finished potty training and loves wearing her big girl princess panties, and is learning to write her name! She is growing up to fast for me!!!!!!!!

9 comments:

Arena Mom said...: Those are great pictures! Happy happy anniversary!; October 4, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Nana said...: Lilee,
Happy Gotcha Day! You look so
cute in those picture. We love you
very much and are so very proud of
you. You are very precious to us.

Love ya bunches, xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Nana, Pawpaw & Boo; October 4, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Vanessa said...: Happy Gotcha day!!; October 4, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Anonymous said...: Happy Gotcha day!!!!
Happy birthday to your Mom!!!; October 4, 2009 at 6:07 PM
jodi said...: happy gotcha day Lillee!!; October 4, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Jenny said...: Happy gottcha day!!!!! She is just too precious for words!; October 5, 2009 at 6:25 AM
Hannah said...: Beautiful pictures!!

Happy Gotcha Day

Happy Birthday to Josiah too!; October 5, 2009 at 9:04 AM
Maya and Maria said...: Happy Gotcha Day, Lilee! You are growing up so fast!!; October 5, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Mama Bear said...: Ahhhh, Mary Ann, what great pictures of such a gorgeous little girl. Happy anniversary :-)
Hugs, Rhonda; October 6, 2009 at 12:20 AM

Verses that really spoke to me and helped me get through our adoptions.

(John 14:18) " I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you."

(Isaiah 43:5-6) "Do not be afraid, for I am with you,
I will bring your children from the west. Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth."

(Proverbs 25:25) "As cold water is to a thirsty soul : so is good
news from a far country."

(Matthew 6:25-34) The do not worry chapter.
This is the chapter that told me we would adopt again and the
baby girl woud be named Lily (Lilee). "The lilies of the field".
This is a great reminder of why we should not worry, God will take care of his people!

(Psalms 82: 3-4) "Defend the cause of the weak and the fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Resue the weak and neady; deliver them from the hand of the wicked."

(Psalms 68: 5) "A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling."

(Deuteronomy 10:18) " He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow and loves the alien, giving them food and clothing."

(Philippians 4:13) "I can do all things through him who gives me strength."

(Philippians 4:6-7) " Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present
your request to God. And the peace of God,which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

(Romans 8:28) " And we know that all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

(James 1:27) "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after the orphans and widows in their destress, and to keep oneself from being polluted from by the world."