9 months...

Today Lidya Mekele Jordyn is 9 months. She's a crawler, not pulling up on anything yet. She has no teeth, we joke when people see her drooling they say,"she must be teething?" We say yep, "she's been teething for 3 months now and still no teeth." My husband said that one morning we're going to wake up and Lidya will have a whole mouth full of teeth...Lidya has such a sweet spirit. She's such a wonderful loving little girl. Every month around the 12th, I think of her mother. We didn't know her or get to meet her, I think about her, I just wish that I could tell her that Lidya is wonderful, beautiful, loving, a snuggle bug, indepedent, and such a blessing. I just want to Thank her!!! I found this poem yesterday and posted it, but I think that I will post it again....It's not only to Lidya, but her birth mother...

Once there were two women who never knew each other,
One - you do not remember, the other you call mother.
Two different lives shaped to make yours,
One became your guiding star, the other became your sun.
The first gave you life, and the second taught you to live in it.
The first gave you a need for love and the second was there to give it.
One gave you a nationality; the other gave you a name.
One gave you the seed of talent; the other gave you an aim.
One gave you emotions; the other calmed your fears.
One saw your first sweet smile; the other dried your tears.
One gave you up - that's all she could do.
The other prayed for a child and God led her straight to you.