In less than three months she has gone from a malnourished little five year old who weighed only sixteen pounds, could hardly sit up on her own, could not eat solid food, cried constantly, scratched the back of ears until they were raw, rocked back and forth to comfort herself, made strange sounds, was constantly overwhelmed, was afraid of everything, hated loud noises, chewed her fingers until they were calloused, had terrible reflux, ground her teeth to stumps...
to this...
A beautiful little girl who is thriving, growing, learning, blossoming and becoming all that God has created her to be.
Is anything impossible for the Lord?
Is there not hope for every single child?
Adoption changes lives!
58 sweet thoughts from friends:
LOVE< LOVE LOVE!!!!!
:-) hugs to you all from NZ
Oh, friend...this post says it all. What a beautiful picture of the difference adoption makes.
All glory to GOD!!
I really can not believe it!! She is just blossoming!! It makes me so happy to see her becoming such a healthy vibrant beauty. Good job, momma. :o)
Love does that :)
Thank you for sharing................
Thank you for sharing................
She's beautiful!!!!
Really, really!
So amazing.
Today marks the 5th month for our children being home. The change is not shocking in looks - but in abilities and behavior.
It truly is amazing and such a miracle to see little Hailee who has come so far! Thank you for following God's lead to adopt her.
OH SWEET JESUS! THANK YOU LORD for this precious blessing!
Love it!
MUAH and BIG BIG HUGS!
Jill
Oh my Goodness... she looks like a different child. It is amazing to watch God use your family to heal her. I am so looking forward to watching her grown and learn. :)
Transforming right before our eyes our little Hailee is!!!! I know her adoption has changed our lives as well! Nadia is home with a family in part because of your adoption of Hailee...so yes, Adoption changes MANY, MANY lives near and far...only God!
AMEN Adeye!!!!!!!!!!!!
That picture needs to be on the fron of RR. SOOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL!
She is such an inspiration. God has big things in store for her. What a beautiful little girl.
Honestly, I can't get enough of that sweet girl!!! What a miracle she is!!! She is absolutely 100% adorable!!! Thank you Jesus!!!
Yayyy!!! Beautiful testimony! :o)
She looks fantastic! Praise God.
It's amazing what love can do! She's a precious gift from God.
What a difference. I hope you will send the 2 pictures to the orphange where she was. Love makes all the difference. God works miracles through us and she is one of those miracles.
She is such a gift from God!
I love her little armpit fat roll!
I am so happy you are sharing this journey with us. What a beautiful little girl she is becoming. To say you saved her life would be an understatement... You GAVE her a life!
I have been reading your blog. I sent you an email. That is a big difference she is adorable
Our God does amazing things!! So glad that you're loving on this precious one.
These are the most beautiful "before and after" photos. Just amazing what a Mighty God and the love of a family can do.
Kathie
FAMILY changes lives! I love that our children have families, and that WE are all family because of our beautiful children!
Oh my goodness...what a testimony! Unbelievable! Truly an inspiration! Thanks for sharing your family, your journey, your heart. God is amazing....why does it continue to surprise me to see Him do all that He does? Love, love, love this post!
BEAUTIFUL!!! Love Janelle xoxox
Thank you so much for rescuing her from a life of confinement and opening her world to one filled with endless possiblities and joy :)
The picture, I saw the anonymous commenter who posted the link... it seems it was taken in October 2007 so Hailee must have been around 2 when the picture was taken. She didn't have any bump on her head, so I guess it must have been some time after the nurses' visit that things went downhill for her, the poor thing.
I wonder if some of the nurses (especially the lady who held her in the photo) may have know more about her history, I'm sure that she'll be delighted to see update photos of her in your blog :)
Wonderful,.
Good Job Hailee. You are so cute.
I want kiss you and encouraging you.
God Bless You and pray for all other children.
your story inspire me for the futur.
Praise God! What a beautiful post!
The change is amazing and Hailee is so beautiful...adoption is a BEAUTIFUL thing!!!
What a miracle! God knew what she needed! Are you sending pics to the orphanage? I would love to be a fly on the wall when they see pics of the girls after such a short time! Sheri
Amen!!!
And she is so beautiful!
SO, SO precious! It is such a privilege to share this journey with you through your blog.
Pictures of the girls always bring a smile to my face!
Oh, she is the sweetest! Praise the Lord for a life rescued! Hard to believe what a difference 10 weeks can make. Just imagine the potential she has in the next few years... I cannot wait to see.
Who knew that tiny, frail girl had such a STRONG spirit?!!! HE knew! HE made her that way! She is a Miracle..and You, my Friend are SO Blessed to have been Chosen to be her Mama! The Healing Love within your family and home has done wonders in Sweet Hailee's life! Blessings ~ Jo
I am so glad that this photo is your hailee - I really thought it was when I saw it - if you know anyone interested in Natalia the older other angels (epilepsy and flat feet) check the torez album 2010 there are about 5 new pictures of her. Someone needs to rescue that little girl (whose eye liner and mascara out does mine!) :)
Love it A - so amazing :)
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for taking such wonderful care of my boys - they had such a great time. LUV U
Amazing! Beautiful! Delightful!!! How wonderful she is and the Father who brought her to your family!
I'm in love with her little armpit chub roll too, so cute! The first picture is absolutely heartbreaking but the difference is truly remarkable, thank you for sharing!
I love to see her cheeks getting fuller all the time!
She is absoulutely charming!
No words,
just a heart full of PRAISE!
Oh praise God! We are seeing wonderful changes in our boys, too! Thank you for your kind encouragement.
She is just SO. DANG. CUTE! Strike that... she's beautiful, and what God is doing in her is nothing short of a miracle. You should give pictures of Hailee & Harper to the family who is adopting Wade & Yuri so the orphanage workers can see what a difference LOVE makes in a life.
WOW!!!
WOW! That is amazing! God is good! ;0)
Sharyn
SO! AWESOME!
p.s. I hope it is alright for me to ask... has Hailee smiled spontaneously yet? :) I remembered that you were able to make her giggle and smile, but not spontaneously... I would love for that to happen, soon! if not yet. :)
Wow!!! The growth is just incredible! Just goes to show that God IS love. His love is so powerful. His fingerprints are all over this precious little one of yours! What a powerful testimony.
It is totally amazing to see the change and progress in Hailee in such an incredibly short time! I'm stunned and overly happy for her and for you.
Your blog is the biggest inspiration for both me and my husband. We have several "quotes" from you that we mention to each other almost daily, while considering the direction of our family life...
Just beautiful!!
Hi Adeye,
This is actually a comment about your blogging plans - I did not find a way to leave a comment on that actual post. Anyway, I gave my vote for you to have one bigger blog, since 2 blogs might be too much work, and those who mainly follow one or the other, could miss out something important, or you might be having hard time deciding what to post where.. So, it would be great if you could have one blog and maybe have more categories there, for those who want to get info about adoption etc. I have followed one cool blog where similar change was made, I don't know if you are familiar with http://beboldjen.com - if not, maybe you'd like to check it out, it might give you some ideas in the planning. Thank you so much for blogging, what ever form it will take - oh, and another worry I had was that if blogging about family in the other blog you might soon want to make it private and then us who don't know you in real life (I live in Finland), would be missing out big time.... your blog has been a huge blessing to me and my family, encouraging us in our journey in adoption and foster parenting. God bless!
Tanja
Oh, how I LOVE this post!! Yes, yes, yes, God is so very good. : )
Can't believe how Hailee has blossomed in such a short time. She is absolutely beautiful! What a testament to the difference adoption makes in a child's life! Thank-you for sharing.
Blessings,
Barbara
Oh my what an adorable smile!! The feet in the air are the best!! My sister had DS and I work with children with DS also. I felt just sick to my stomach when you wrote about the girls orphanage. So thrilled to see what love and a family can do for one treated so poorly. If only those that send their babies to orphanages could see what it could be.
-Kel
She is so beautiful and I can see her fat rolls! Congratulations, Mama and Daddy!
Thank you for loving on these children. Those two pictures speak a thousand words about the power of adoption of a child with special needs.
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