Matthew Josiah is ONE!!!

On April 13, 2008, Matthew turned 1...Our sweet Matthew Josiah...we love you! I cannot believe you are a 1 year old. The year has flown by and I cannot imagine life before you were part of us. You are our delight sweet angel. We love your passion and your laughter. You are bright joy in our lives and our heart. There is no doubt you have changed us and blessed us in ways we could not even have known to expect. We pray for your protection, for your heart, we pray you would love Jesus very much. Our family was created by God and we would fight for you and any other babies God gives us with all that we have. There is no hesitation, no doubts, we are a family created by God, and He is fighting for us! You are worth EVERY tear, every challenge and so much more. You are treasured beyond any words we can ever speak over you...by us and by God! We do love the words below..

"HOME"
by our friend Ross King

"Your Mother and I had a plan, and we knew the ending before we began.
An American Woman and American Man, with American Dreams...

How could we ever have known?
The God who can save had a dream of His own.
He opened our heart and He made it your Home and changed everything...

Not flesh of my flesh, not blood of her blood,
you are heart of her heart and soul of my soul.
Your mother and I, we were broken inside and you came and made us whole.
And now we're loved by your love, and you are named with our name
A real family is more than biology, it's more than looking the same.
Would we have prayed differently if we had known...that God would bring you HOME?!?

Nothing prepared us for this,
We never knew we could fall like we did.
Surely there is no one who has ever been given a sweeter surprise.

All we can give is our love,
And love is the way you were given to us.
We only pray we can love you enough for the rest of our lives.

Not flesh of my flesh, so much more than blood of her blood,
you are heart of her heart and soul of my soul.
Your mother and I, we were broken inside and you came and made us whole.
And now we're loved by your love, and you are named with our name
A real family is more than biology, it's more than looking the same.
Would we have prayed differently if we had known...that God would bring you HOME?!?"

We love you Matthew. We will always love you. We will always pray for you. You are HOME baby boy! Happy Birthday my sweet angel!


THE CAKE! Thank you CostCo!



His very favorite thing was bubbles...I bought out the dollar store with all sorts of bubble stuff...he did not put these bubble wands down the entire party. I am not kidding, he held on to the green one the WHOLE TIME!

a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitqz08PUqpgECr0cl8FxE9SgZaoVzdpLhOehfUN_Z9F2fhJmY9unprYHqQmAdJIJU6OsvQQ-XhsepG43KKUy5jLsavVzOABJ-kdhzZobOfGVTESTVEH5X70FVJdqvbn7lHGkGB1imvuMza/s1600-h/HPIM1294.JPG">

Okay, the only time he put down his bubbles was when he got his cake! But not for long!