Happy 6th Birthday Jordan!

Six years, really? I can't wrap my mind around the idea that six years have passed since Jordan came into the world and joined our family. He is such an amazing little boy - so very smart, inquisitive, caring, sweet, loving and happy. He makes me smile every single day. He's also stubborn, headstrong and way too much like me than I want to admit to - LOL! Recently, we started talking about adoption and now he is telling everyone that he has two mommies and that "I'm not his real mommy because he didn't come from my tummy, but that's OK, because I'm still his mommy." Now, you might think this would bother me or hurt my feelings, but it doesn't. It is the logic of a child and I'm honestly happy that he understands that he has and is loved by two mommies. All adopted children are. I may have been blessed to be the mommy that sees him every day and the mommy that gets his hugs and kisses, but I'm not his only mommy. Another mommy created this beautiful child and loved him as he grew in her womb, cared for him as he was formed and then did the most selfless thing after giving birth to him and looking into his sweet eyes. She entrusted him to Jason and I to raise, to shape, to nurture, to protect, and to continue to love. On this day, and most days, I think of our birth mother and send her my love and thanks for the gift of this beautiful, beautiful boy. There are no right words to express this thought, but Jordan and his brother Ty are truly the greatest and most important everythings in my life. Those two are "who I am" and "why I am" and I am so blessed to be the one they think of as their "Mommy."