{"id":64,"date":"2008-03-07T21:35:19","date_gmt":"2008-03-08T03:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glorychurch.com\/battlesadopt\/?p=64"},"modified":"2008-03-08T11:46:04","modified_gmt":"2008-03-08T17:46:04","slug":"happy-gotcha-day-3-years-my-how-life-flies-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glorychurch.com\/battlesadopt\/?p=64","title":{"rendered":"Happy Gotcha Day – 3 years! My How Life Flies By!"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>My how life flies by!!! It’s hard to believe that it has been three years since the day we got our Becca! This week has been another week of milestones in our lives! On Monday the 3rd, we toured Becca’s future preschool for the first time. She will attend the Humble First Baptist Children’s Development Center Preschool. Then on 3\/5, our little baby passed from toddler-hood to girl-hood! She turned four! Again: my how life flies by!!!! Everytime I listen to the “Cinderella” song by Steven Curtis Chapman, I am ripped apart with all kinds of conflicting feelings! On the one hand: I am overjoyed over\u00c2\u00a0the little sweetheart\u00c2\u00a0that she is growing up to be and all that she is learning, and then on the other hand I weep inside (and sometimes outside too!) when I think of all of the time that has flown by so fast, and I find myself renewing\u00c2\u00a0a commitment to the Lord and to my little one to embrace the moments and squeeze every bit of joy out of each special moment that I am able to experience with\u00c2\u00a0our sweet little princess!\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

This morning when Becca woke up, we asked her, “What do you want for your Gotcha meal tonight as we celebrate your Gotcha Day?”\u00c2\u00a0I expected either chicken nuggets or spaghetti noodles\u00c2\u00a0or french fries, but\u00c2\u00a0out of her mouth came something I didn’t expect: “Cheeseburger!” she\u00c2\u00a0yelled with joy. OK we said! So tonight we celebrated Gotcha at Culver’s Butterburgers and Frozen Custard.\u00c2\u00a0After that, we said, “do you want to get a toy or a book as a Gotcha gift?” She said: “A BOOK!” So we took her to the Woodlands Mall and valet parked on this special occasion. We went into the Barnes and Noble there and she picked out two books: One Little Critter book called “Going to the Hospital”\u00c2\u00a0 and one little book called “Morris the Moose.” After that we asked, now what do ya want to do? “Play at the playground!” she said. So off we went, and she played and played at the Woodlands Mall Playground, her favorite indoor playground.<\/p>\n

This was such a memorable night! It is truly in the ultimate analysis a great and wonderful joy to see my little girl growing up and realizing two important things the older and bigger she gets: “I\u00c2\u00a0am loved by my Daddy in Heaven, and I am loved\u00c2\u00a0by my Mommy and Daddy\u00c2\u00a0here on earth!”<\/p>\n

May each\u00c2\u00a0Gotcha Day remind her how special and loved she really is!\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Below are some pictures of our\u00c2\u00a04 year old Princess at her birthday party!! It was a Winnie the Pooh themed party.<\/p>\n

\"Becca<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0Becca with her balloons!<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a><\/a>\"Becca<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0One, two, three, blow!<\/p>\n

\"Becca<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0Becca Pooh!<\/p>\n

\"Becca<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0Becca opens her presents at her birthday party!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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