Happy First Birthday, Alea!!

Today is Alea's first birthday. We celebrated with the extended family on Saturday, but today is THE day! We are so blessed to have little Alea in our forever family. She is so much fun to be around. We love how she has suddenly come out of her little shell when we are out and about and how she loves to wave and flirt with others most of the time. We love her hugs and cuddles. She has got to be the most cuddly baby we have ever known! We love her laugh. It is so precious. We love watching her love Braylen and Braylen love her. We love seeing her own special crawl and attempts at standing up. Most of all, we love that God saw fit to place her in our home. We are thinking of her birthmother today and hope that she reads this post and knows that we love her and are so thankful that she gave us a gift no one else could have given us. So, on this day when Alea opens gifts, we will know that we have already opened the best of all--Alea Tyan-Ling Grace Fleck.

We thank you Heavenly Father for the blessings you bestow upon us every single day. May we never look beyond these or take them for granted. We thank you abundantly today for our little miracle, Alea. We pray that she grows to love and serve you with her whole heart! Amen.