Our Blessings

We have been so blessed this past week.  We were able to visit with both of our children's birth families.  Last Saturday the four of us and my mother-in-law traveled down to see Mariah.  Mariah, Isaac's siblings and Grandmother were all able to join us.  Kaylee loves Isaac's siblings and loves when we visit them. All of the kids have so much fun together and we really enjoy watching them interact.  Today we went to see Kaylee's birthparents.  My parents, my brother, and my mother-in-law came with us for this visit.  Both visits were amazing!  

Many people question why we continue to build a relationship with our children's birthparents.... To be honest, sometimes I question it too.  It is not easy, and I would be lying if I said it was.  Maintaing a relationship with anyone takes time and work, as well as a certain level of risk and trust.  I am a person who is a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a teacher and, as of last week, a college student.  So why do I put even more on my plate to build and strengthen a relationship with Aaron, Deirdra and Mariah?  It is simple.  My sweet, adorable, amazing blessings.... otherwise known as my children.  

A child cannot have too much love.  These people were the first to love my children and I believe they love them in a way even I can never understand.  My desire is for my babies to always know the love of both of their families.  I think all of this really hit me when watching the love and pure enjoyment between Kaylee and Isaac's birth family.  The way we feel about them is returned, not only to us, but to our daughter as well.  They accept her and treat her as one of their own.  It hit me again watching Aaron and Deridra with our family today.  Adoption may have brought us together, but our stories do not end there.

Our children and their birth families are great blessings in our lives.  I am so thankful for all of them!