Happy 2nd Birthday Gabriella

Our little angel Gabriella is 2 today. We are so thankful that God brought her into our lives. She is a true testimony to staying hopeful and trusting that God has a plan even through the pain. After 3 consecutive miscarriages we wondered if we would ever welcome another baby into our home, but with a lot of faith we continued to hope. We also sent our prayer request to Medjugorie with my parents, and low and behold our Blessed Mother heard our plea; we are so thankful for her intercession. Gabriella has filled our hearts and home with so much joy, and we look forward to watching her grow physically and spiritually.

Gabriella and her little friend are only 2 days a part, so we had a joint party on Friday night. They have 8 children plus another on the way, so we had a full house, but we had such a wonderful time. Good friends are such a blessing from the Lord. I had fun making the girls a caterpillar cake; they had fun eating it. A lot of really great memories were made.

It was a little hard to get a good picture of the girls blowing out their candles with all the little heads in the way; no one wanted to miss out.

Gabriella got a new tricylce from her Papa and Yai-Yai. It hasn't made it's way outside yet; she's still practicing, but she's very proud of her herself and her new bike.

It seems like we have been celebrating for several days, but we got to have her all to ourselves tonight. It was leftover cake and ice cream, but she was excited none-the-less. She blew out her candles like a trooper and ate like one too.

May our Lord and Savior bless you and keep you all the days of your life, and may your love for Him grow as you grow. We love you so much.