thankful

so many things about sarahjoy's journey are reasons to be thankful and proclaim God's faithfulness.  in honor of the 60 days she has been with us here are 30 things i am thankful for (people, i cannot think of 60 good ones tonight, operating on about 4 hours of sleep!)

• i am thankful for God pricking our hearts for adoption.  
• i am thankful for God providing every penny for us to travel to china.  
• i am thankful for a brood of loving children who have embraced their new little sister like she has been here forever.  
• i am thankful for friends who have been spoiling us with delicious meals.
• i am thankful for a pediatrician who noticed the need to get us to a cardiologist.
• i am thankful for an amazing surgeon who i think would take sarahjoy home if he could.
• i am thankful for a children's hospital that is literally 20 minutes from my door.
• i am thankful for nurses and doctors who don't freak out when a child quits breathing.
• i am thankful for a mother in law who went above and beyond in caring for our kids for three weeks.
• i am thankful for a husband who has set aside getting to work early and instead has been going in a bit later in order to get the kids breakfast every morning.
• i am thankful for naps.
• i am thankful for a little girl who loves to kiss me and give me hugs, even though she's only known me for 2 months.
• i am thankful for a mom who could be beside me during the most harrowing 30 minutes of my life.
• i am thankful for a comfortable home and plenty of stuff to make life easy.
• i am thankful for the multitude of people who gave sacrificially to bring our little girl home.
• i am thankful for china who allows us to adopt their precious princesses.
• i am thankful for a church family who has prayed faithfully for sarahjoy and loves her to death when she walks in the door.
• i am thankful for health insurance.
• i am thankful for a government that allows me to heat my home if i so choose (which i do, to a nice comfy 70 degrees)
• i am thankful for warm cozy blankets to snuggle with while i'm laying on the floor of sarahjoy's room.
• i am thankful for a little girl who loves to nestle right up to me when we're in bed together (which currently is way too often, but i'll still be thankful.)
• i am thankful for the family who has lent us their car for the past few weeks while my mother in law was here.
• i am thankful for our adoption agency who provided a seamless adoption process.
• i am thankful for president obama and his new laws about adoption expenses and tax refunds.
• i am thankful for completely unexpected gifts towards sarahjoy's medical expenses.
• i am thankful for babygap gift cards so sarahjoy can at least have a couple of things to call her own.
• i am thankful for husbands who love me in spite of an ever increasing waistline thanks to a plethora of stress lately.
• i am thankful for cameron and rachel who allowed us to name our little one sarahjoy makiah so we can always remember that little blond angel.
• i am thankful for people who gave us change from their piggy bank and people who gave us $10,000 and every one in between.
• i am thankful for sarahjoy.