Our New Beginning....Baby Genesis

Less than a year after Michael and Matthew came into our lives, life threw us another unexpected, yet blessed surprise, when we received a phone call on Feb 2nd, 2007 about a 3 month old baby girl who had been abused. Her name was Genesis.... her name could not have been any more perfect. February 7th, we drove to pick our baby girl up five days later, and as I turned the corner there she was. Dressed in a little valentines sleeper and a little hooded coat with little ears on the hood, she was so beautiful, and tiny and looked exactly like Matthew. I sat there jumping out of my skin wanting to hold her, while trying not to act too presumptuous around her birth family. As soon as the social worker handed her to me, she snuggled in as a perfect fit. My hands were shaking so nervously while I put her into the car seat. I think I was excited and scared that the birth family was going to change their minds at the same time. I just wanted to get her in the car, and drive far far away. At 3 months, Gigi (as we now call her) weighed 9 lbs and looked just like a newborn. She was such a good baby and loved to coo and talk. I remember holding her and just crying every night for two weeks straight, thinking about the photos the social workers had taken of her after she had been taken into custody, and thinking about what I would do or how I would ever be able to give her up and let her go back to that.

I had it all planned out.... Gray, the boys, and I would take our baby girl and flee to Mexico. Gray could get a day job and the kids and I would braid hair on the beach for money... Whatever we had to do... I was going to do it. I would resort to anything to keep our precious angel from ever being hurt again. As we all know God answers prayers, and although we are still unworthy of all his blessed gifts. He answered ours, and justice prevailed. Her adoption was finalized this February 2008. It is my honor to introduce to you our angel, our new beginning, our baby girl, Genesis Mae Senter.