Bless the Lord, Oh my soul!!!!!

I can't begin to describe to you the power of prayer we felt surrounding us today!!! There is none other who can take the heart of an abandoned precious little girl and hold it in His hands with the mere mention of a whisper of her name. As you can tell from the pictures today was a gift from the Lord. We were at the pool trying all of those crazy parent tactics we've always seen others doing. Tyler just kept flying a pink rubber duckie and hitting her in the stomach. I reached my hands toward her stomach to tickle her and she smiled. SHE smiled, Tyler gasped, and I cried. Then she later found her belly button and started to play patty cake as you can see in the pictures. I jumped up and just shouted Praise the Lord!!! The biggest lesson we learned today is how God is revealing things about our own personal lives through this baby. We refuse Him, we reject Him, we act ugly, we want our way and yet He still stands ready to love us despite our imperfections. That's exactly what we have to do. It sure hasn't been fun learning those things, but when you experience His hand, you know it is for your good!! We've got a long way to go, but we have had such a better day. Thank you all so much for praying and please continue. You might need to offer some special ones up for Tyler because a one year old and a thirty seven year old crying is a lot to deal with. We've both regained our appetites back a little and we are going to be okay!!! This is one of the hardest things we've ever done, but it's been worth it all every step of the way!!! We love you all and will post soon!!!