18 Months Old

Baby girl,

Today you are 18 months old! It has also been one month already since we first saw your sweet face! We so wish that we could be with you to celebrate another month of your life.  Instead, we are here and you are on the other side of the world. And we are thinking of all the things that we have missed in your 18 months of life.  We have missed your first smiles, steps, words, and so many other things that we wish we could have been there for.  You have already stolen our hearts baby girl, and we are longing to hold you and tell you how much we love you.  We have been waiting for you for even longer than you have been alive! We've been praying for so long, not knowing whether you were born or not, and now we know, that you have been waiting for us almost as long as we've been waiting for you.  God's plans are so perfect baby girl, and we pray that you see that in your life.  And even though there are so many things we have missed in these 18 months, we are so looking forward to all the firsts we will get to experience with you.  There is so much in front of you! We love hearing stories of your little personality from people who have met you in the last 2 months, and seeing new pictures of you.  You are going to fit right in with us! We are so ready to meet you, and we are praying not too much longer goes by before we are getting on a plane to fly to meet you.  There is so much we don't know about the first 16 months of your life, but we are so grateful that you are in a place now where you are being taken care of and loved until we can get there.  Your nanny has so much love for you, you can see it all over her face in the pictures with you and her, and we are so thankful.  This is just one of the many graces in your life.  We love you sweet Ryah, and we are hoping to hold you soon!
Happy 18 months from across the world!