Sick Baby...and Adoption

This week has been ROUGH. Hayden started having a temperature on Monday, which turned into a 3am waking with a 102 degree temp. By the next afternoon is was 103. Stayed that way until tonight (Friday night). Poor baby literally felt like she had been taken out of the oven when she layed on me. As a parent its as if your heart is outside of you and is controlled by your children. You hurt so much for them. Sometimes you almost wish you couldn't feel so much for someone because you end up feeling so much hurt for them and you feel helpless. I love that little girl beyond words! Glad she is feeling better. Not to mention I was husbandless for a few days. But Thank God-literally- she slept in today..til 7:45am! She never does that..and I prayed SOOO hard that God would give me some grace while John was gone and let her sleep ( might sound like a silly prayer to non-parents..but wait til you have kids!) Here are a couple pictures John took one morning of her. She had the 103 fever so john got her to let a cool washcloth sit on her head during breakfast.. CUTEST thing ever. She looked like a little puppy dog!

ON a different note, lets talk adoption. So I was really interested in it a few months back, I ran it by John-who told me to look into it more so I could have all the info before we talked about it anymore. And of course, I lagged and didn't really look into. However, I have been watching "Adoption Stories" on Discovery Health channel, and find myself bawling at the end of everyone. What an amazing act of love to take in a child who has no other parents to love them. I could not imagine Hayden being just left in an orphanage somewhere to grow up. Even better, to bring a kid into a home where they can learn about the love of God, where as they might not have experienced it else where. John is out of town..when he gets home.. there will be a discussion :-) I'll have to finish this post later-after our talk!