Britton & Lia Kate's Special "Peeps"

There are some very special people to us who will always be dear to our hearts, and to whom we are ever grateful for the role they played in the lives of our children. We have recently gotten the chance to see a few of them...


This is Wanda. She is a nurse practitioner in the hospital where Britton was born. She was in the OR the morning Britton was born, and led the team of nurses who resuscitated him. She has since told us that she had little hope for him after that day ... first, that he would survive, and second, that he would come out of this cognitively intact. So, to see him now running around, talking and saying his letter sounds/colors, showing her how Danny's iPhone works... well, you would never imagine he had such a terrible start in this world. We took some Valentines cookies up to the NICU last week, and Wanda kept saying, "I just want to see him walk!" I realized then that we hadn't been to visit since Britton's first birthday ... and he wasn't walking then. She was amazed to see all that Britton is doing, and how he has far exceeded every expectation they had. She kept remarking at what a miracle our boy is. We are so grateful for Wanda!


And these two ladies are very important in the life of our Lia Kate! Lily (on the left) and Rebecca are two amazing ladies who live in China and work with our adoption agency. We had them over for dinner when they were in town last August. Lily is the person who matches Chinese children to families for our agency, and she is the one who found Lia Kate and thought we would be a great family for her. When you think of all the variables that go into the matching process it is pretty humbling. For example, another agency could have easily gotten Lia Kate's file before Lily was able to lock it, or Lily could have locked her file and given it to another family. When you think of what could have happened, you just have to trust in God's sovereignty, and we certainly believe that Lia Kate was meant to be our daughter. The other woman in the picture is Rebecca, who was our amazing guide when we were in China. She was with us the day Lia Kate was placed in our arms and she oversaw every last detail of the adoption (of which there are many) and helped us navigate the process with ease. We are thankful for Lily and Rebecca and for the important role they have in placing the fatherless into families.

We are blessed to call these ladies our friends. And we continue to be so grateful for how they have served as God's instruments in the lives of our children.