Mahi is 3

Mahi is going to be 3 on Saturday, Feb 20th. I know kids have birthdays all the time but this birthday is feeling like a really big deal to me. I can't really explain it but it has me very emotional. We have been able to enjoy a lot of firsts with Mahi but this one is a really big deal to me. Maybe because it's a day all about her. I also think I feel so emotional because it's her "birth"day. A day when the mom is usually there...a special day between the child and the parents. At each of Ella's birthdays I just recall the day she was born down to every detail from what Daddy fed me on the way to the hospital to the first time I held her in my arms. But with Mahi I wasn't there. It's a weird emotion and hard to deal with. It's just one of those "not so glamorous" parts of adoption. Here is what I do have... I do have the first time I saw her sweet hopeful eyes looking at me from the computer screen on October 22, 2008 and the first time I saw that tiny little frame walk to me a bit unsure on April 20, 2009 (unsure until Daddy gave her a sucker that is). Unsure is the last word I would use to describe our little peanut now! We are pretty sure she will be a professional entertainer one day or maybe a lawyer;) She exudes confidence. She truly is an amazing little girl! Well, thank you for listening. Talking about it is the only way I know how to deal with it. Talk, pray and focus on the positives.

Here is a little about Mahi...

Get to Know Mahelet Macie Morgan
“Mahi”

~Mahi is from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa
~Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia
~Mahi’s birth date is February 20th, 2007
~She came to Spring Hill, TN on April 24, 2009
~Her favorite color is purple
~Her favorite songs are “Like Jesus” by Mosteller, “Closer To Love “ by Mat Kearney and “Slow to You” by Daddy
~She loves Dora and oranges
~She likes all things electronic
~Her first language is Amharic
~The Ethiopian national dish consists of injera, a flat, circular pancake made of fermented dough. This is usually served with side dishes of meat, vegetables and spicy sauces.
~There are approximately 70 million people in Ethiopia
~Ethiopia is almost twice the size of Texas
~Coffee was first discovered in Ethiopia centuries ago