Got-cha! 14 years!

(*Last  year's GOT-CHA Day.)


Michael's Got-cha Day is November 5th 1997.

The day I arrived in Haiti and saw him for the first time.

He was two days shy of four months old.

He looked like this:

(*hey Beth McHoul - remember this couch!?)

Today he looks like this:

His Got-cha day this year was on Sat. and he (and Zion) had a swim meet.
I was timing at the meet - and didn't get to take any photos except for the warm-ups.

But he had a good day.

After the meet, he chil-laxed at home:
mostly playing video games and checking up on friends with Facebook.

We always offer to take Michael out for his Got-cha Day.
But he is a "home-body" kind of guy.
So he always request the same dinner.
Pasta, sauce and garlic bread.
It makes my job easy.

He wanted to invite two friends from the neighborhood.
Joe and Ben Cook came down to have dinner with us.

After dinner, the boys played video games for a while.

How cute is Zion sitting with the "big boys" trying to get in on the action?





And then Mike took them out for dessert to YogurtLand.
The van won't hold all of us, plus friends* -
so the "girls" stayed home.
(me, Meleah and Mia, the dog)

*It was one of Michael's complaints about adding a family member.
(no room in the van to take a friend - so I hope one day, he understands why I stayed home)


Michael,
You changed my identity from Melda to Mama.
You changed my career from nurse to your personal assistant.
You changed my ride from a 2-door to a sliding door.
You changed my music from Alan Jackson to Raffi.
You changed my TV from ER to Blues Clues.
You changed my reading choices from novels to "GoodNight Moon"
You changed my life.
You changed my heart.
I love being your mother 
and I love you.
Mom


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Tomorrow is Orphan Sunday and we will be celebrating with friends the adoption and dedication of their son Devin.   What an awesome day for a dedication and celebration.


We are so blessed to be a family of six through adoption and foster care.   How different our lives would be without Michael, Isaac and our foster kids (past and present)  


and more importantly,
how different our lives would be without God adopting us into His family.


Thank you God for Michael.
And thank you God for adopting me.






To learn more about the missionaries that we adopted Michael from:
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If you have any questions about orphan care, foster care, or adoption.
Please email me:  MikenMelda@aol.com