An Angel Joins Our Family and Blesses Us All!!!

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I've been wanting to share this story for quite some time but I had been busy having a baby... No the angel I mention above is not my baby girl, Emma, although she is a precious angel, as well.

My sister Martha and her husband Josh have been married for four years. At the beginning of 2008 they decided to start trying for a baby. We were all very excited. They were trying for their first baby and we (my husband and I) were trying for our last. Martha had an eptopic pregnancy in March and I had a miscarriage in April. It was an extremely sad time for our family but we all knew God had a much bigger plan that we could not comprehend. My sister and I have always been very close. Well, I truly feel this brought us even closer together! As many of you all know, my husband and I did have another baby after my miscarriage. Martha and Josh decided to start trying again at the beginning of this year, 2009. However, those plans came to a screeching halt when they learned that Josh's three month old nephew had been abandoned in Florida and was about to be handed over to Child Protective Services. Martha and Josh prayed about it and knew they had rescue this baby boy and give him a home. They knew that he could not get lost in the system and grow up in foster care.

I had nine months to prepare for each of my three beautiful children and still I have felt lost and uncertain at times. I admire them greatly because they had only a few weeks to prepare. Within days of making the choice of becoming his parents, they flew to Florida to meet him and everything was set into motion. He flew home to San Antonio a few weeks after that. They are now his parents and he does not know any different. I love watching how he stares at my sister with such LOVE and ADMIRATION. He adores his daddy! Yes, God had designed a much better plan than the one Martha and Josh had designed. There was a baby out there that would need them! And you know what? They needed him just as much. They just didn't know it. He has stolen all of our hearts with his sweet face and adorable smile!

Above are some images I took of this new family in April. Click on the link to view their slideshow: http://www.evamagana.com/joshua6months/.