Happy 11th Birthday Sarah

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It seems like yesterday that my little girl was born. She was the answer to many prayers. After fertility treatments were no longer an option we turned to our church's adoption agency to add a much wanted child to our family. I know that Sarah was supposed to be my child even though she grew in my heart and not under it. She was born exactly 9 months after we started trying to have our third child. It took us from May until December to complete all of the paperwork, interviews and home studies,our last interview was the first Wednesday in December. Our caseworker told us to go home and they would call us but that it was taking about 6 months for placements. The following Sunday Katy who was 2 1/2 at the time kept walking around the house saying "Baby Sarah is coming, Baby Sarah is coming". Katy kept saying this all day so Mike finally put her on the kitchen counter and said "When is baby Sarah coming?" Katy answered "Soon, Daddy, Soon". We were curious but went on about our week and then Mike got a call at work on Wednesday. It was our caseworker, he asked Mike if our Christmas tree was up and Mike said "yes", then he said "How would you like another present to go under your tree?" He then told Mike that a birth mother chose us to be her child's parents on Sunday and asked if we could come meet her Thursday evening because she was due in one week. Sarah then decided to come four days early and was born the Monday after our meeting with our birthmother. We were able to hold Sarah when she was five hours old and we brought her home from the hospital when she was twenty hours old. We are so very grateful for her birthmother's she gave us a gift that we could not have had without her selfless act. Sarah is the best Christmas gift we have received to date. I hope you enjoy her birthday montage. Love you Sarah!