We met Maggie...well via picture that is

Okay....today was THE day and I mean seriously THE day.  I don't have any idea how we went from #6 to #1 in a matter of days....but it happened.

Labor is easy peasy compared to waiting for your husband to get to where you are at so that you can conference in your adoption agency and get the referral picture......

(Side note:  Praise God for my friends who may have witnessed a mental breakdown....I lose it from time to time)

We can't show her picture to you because of child laws and I will totally respect that (cause let's face it - this girl isn't cut out for prison)  but let me tell you....she is honestly BEAUTIFUL!  truly.  I know that for months that I have prayed that we would all see her through God's eyes and not our own...but come on!  the kid is beautiful!

So, here we are.  We now know her face.......and her birth name.....and her history (somewhat) and well here we are.,,overwhelmed, excited, scared and overjoyed with what our future holds.

My good pal, Carol Bartholomai found this while reading a book that she 'found' (in fact she said it literally jumped into her hands) from off of our pastor's shelf last week while cleaning.....This little excerpt is from a sermon from C.H. Spurgeon, titled, 'THE BELIEVER NOT AN ORPHAN'.  It kinda sums up some things......

"There is one point in which the orphan is often sorrowfully reminded of his orphanhood, namely,  in lacking a defender. It is so natural in a little child, when some big boys bully him, to cry, “I’ll tell my father!” How often did we use to say so, and how often have we heard from the little ones since, “I’ll tell Mother!” Sometimes, the not being able to do this is a much severer loss than we can guess.

Had the father been there, the child would have had its rights, scarcely would any have dared to infringe them. But, in the absence of the father, the orphan is eaten up like bread and the wicked of the earth devour his estate." 

It looks like from her records that Maggie's biological parents are deceased......praise God that she will not live life without a defender.  You better believe if some little snot nosed kid says something to my baby girl.....heads will roll.  Mama Bear will be there....