The Shrum Family Adventures: Happy Birthday Sara Ava!!!

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Happy Birthday Sara Ava!!!

I can't believe my little girl is 7 today......How sad :0(. It seems like yesterday that Karlton and I flew to Guatemala to give her a Birthday Party for her 2nd Birthday. I missed her 1st Birthday because her birth mother had not given her up yet. But, I promised her this day that I would never miss another one! Happy Birthday sweet daughter of mine! We Love you soooo very much!]

One of my favorite picture is of Sara Ava walking with her Daddy, holding his hand!

Mommy and Sara Ava. She loved to give beso's (kisses)

Sara Ava was 22 months old the first time we saw her. She learned 5-10 English words that weekend. Her 2nd Birthday was the 2nd time we went to see her. She learned another 10 or so English words. So by this trip she knew about 20 words. Here is a cute little clip I found last night..... I think it is sooo precious! Please excuse me in the video! I such a dork ;0)

3 comments:

Nana said...: Sara Ava,
Happy Birthday, to Our Sweet, Precious Girl! We Love You So Much!
It's so hard to believe that you are
7 years old, especially after watching that video clip. Hope you
had fun today.
Love you so much,
Nana, Papaw and Boo; January 8, 2011 at 3:12 PM
Melanie said...: What an amazing story! Hope that you had a beautiful day celebrating your beautiful little girl!
(PS: Our Sophie is turning 7 this summer & I told Jeff the other day that I don't know why, but 7 seems so hard to grasp...6 still seems like a little girl, but 7, wow she's growing up! I don't think I had that same reaction when Jack turned 7.); January 8, 2011 at 8:51 PM
Jenny said...: Happy Birthday to your precious Sara Ava!!!! She is beautiful!!!; January 11, 2011 at 7:36 AM

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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."