Mikenna is 5 !!

Our little one is 5 years old today. I took some time to reread our blogs over the last 2 1/2 years. My has she really grown physically and emotionally. She is one of our 5 joys and she really can hold her own for being so little. She knows much more than an average 5 year knows because she has 4 teenage sisters. The 4 older girls really adore Mikenna. Don't get me wrong- Mikenna can get on their nerves and really annoy them but when the day ends- they love her with all their hearts. The older girls love Christmas and her birthday. Mikenna has brought so much excitement to our family. They enjoy buying her presents and pretty much spoiling her to pieces. Mikenna has had some adjustments with Melia leaving for college this fall. Good thing for Skype, that Mikenna can talk and see Melia whenever she wants to. Mikenna has made great strides with Paul in the last 3-4 months. She no longer protests when she has to be with him. She loves to sit on his lap for story time and she will even cuddle with him on the couch. She loves his I-Phone and that makes her cozy up to him even more if she wants to play a game on it. Life is good and we couldn't be more excited about this birthday with Mikenna. On January 16th, Mikenna asked Jesus to come into her heart. What could be more exciting than that? She knows and understands that Jesus died on the cross for her sins and that He loves her and she loves him. WOW!
She still tries to rule the roost here at home and many times gets shot down but I think she will do just fine when kindergarten comes around and she can go to school and learn lots of new things.
Please continue to pray for her emotional well-being. At times, she is still so fragile and I know in my heart it comes from her abandonment. We continue to love on her and so does her Creator!
She has adapted well to going to Sunday school, speech and dance without Lori in the classroom-thanks goodness!
That sums up a lot of what Mikenna is up to-