Referral-versary(1-22-10/1-22-11)

One year ago today we saw your face for the 1st time. We had waited for 8 months praying for God’s perfect timing for bring you forth. The wait was agonizing but so worth it. We trusted in the Lord and seeing what he’d handpicked for our family was AMAZING!


I had gone to work just like any other day. This day I was bound and determined not to think about the Gladney list and the phone call. (Everyone that’s at the top of the list can relate.) It was around 1:15 and my phone was ringing and I glanced down at the ID and it said “unavailable!” I answered and it was Kristin. She said “April, it’s your day, I have your referral!” I was floored!!!! You play over and over in your mind how the call will go down, and let me tell you it didn’t go down how I had believed it would. So, Kristin told me her name was Lidya and she was 2 mths old .She said to call her when we got home and she would email us all the information….

We got home and called Kristin and she was emailing us all the information for Lidya and her story. All of this was so surreal…We had waiting for the moment and it was here and it seemed like I was dreaming…So Kristin’s email came through and we clicked on the 1st picture. This was it; we were going to see our precious little angel we had been praying for, for the 1st time. Here was my reaction!!!!

Here’s the first picture we seen of you….You were Perfect and Beautiful!!!

Looking back at Lidya’s pictures that we received and fast forwarding a year, it’s so hard to believe that it’s been a year ago….

The bonding and attachment came so easy. She knew that we were her mom and dad.

Over the next few months after returning home, Lidya’s personality just blossomed. She touched everybody’s heart that she came into contact with…

Over this year we watched her do the following:

· Rolling over

· Crawling

· Cutting teeth

· Saying dada and momma

· Standing on her own

· Starting to walk(EVERWHERE)

· Going from a infant car seat to a big girl car seat.

· Saying doggie and kittie kat

· Waving bye bye

· Giving kisses(That’s Lidya’s favorite)

· Stop taking a bottle!!!(YAY!!)

· Taking a Big Girl Sippy Cup!!

· Saying Sissy and Bub

· Cleans up after she makes a mess.(Yes she does CLEAN UP, she does it a Daycare and it carries over to the house!! SO YAY!)

· Feeding herself

· Taking off her clothes in her crib.(she loves going Commando)

. She started feeding Sophie(our dog) her snacks...She loves to share:)



Many people ask us are you going to adopt again and the answer is “YES!” and they say when? We just say it’s all in God’s timing….So stay tuned…