ABOUT MINA:

Mina is a precious little girl recently rescued from an orphanage in Eastern Europe who is now finally home with her forever family! She had been without a mother or father to love her & care for her each day. No one to rock her, kiss her gently or tell her she's loved. She is blessed with an extra chromosome known as Down syndrome, which for her that meant a life of being viewed as worthless in the country she was born into & a life without hope. Because of this her parents gave her up at the age of 6 months when they found out the diagnosis & from there her life progressivly went down hill. We are the Gower family residing in OKC who recently adopted this little angel. She was extremely malnourished and unable to do just about anything when we first met her. She will be 2 in January & is the size of a 3-6 month old weighing 14lbs. She continues to amaze us at how quickly she is progressing with love and nutrition. She has learned to sit up, roll over, feed herself finger foods, hold her own bottle and loves to interact with toys and other children. Her life has changed so much in such a short period of time and will forever be changed! Thank you Lord for putting a burden on our hearts to rescue this little blessing and making her apart of our family!

Thursday, August 5, 2010

We met Mina this morning!!!

Just wanted to send u a few new pics of Mina.

I have much to say but will have to tell u later. We've been running around all day & have lots more to do. We just got to hold Mina for about 15 min but will hopefully get to visit her this afternoon. She is so tiny. Her little legs are much smaller than Mylas wrist. We will tell u more & post more pics soon.













10 comments:

Michele Marie Mastroianni said...

Yeah!!! She is beautiful!!!
God Bless, Michele

Julia said...

SHE IS TINY!! Oh my goodness!! She desperately needed a mommy to fatten her up and give her lots of love!! Praise God you are getting her!

Sarah said...

Precious angel! Oh my how she has changed since your other pictures....her tiny frail legs:( So glad she didn't have to wait one day longer for you guys!!! I can't wait until you get her home and love her up and fatten her up. Thinking and praying for you guys! I remember the excitement and exhaustion and millions of emotions swirling around our heads on the day we met zoya!

Kelsey Colbert said...

She is BEAUTIFUL Missy! I cannot believe how tiny and different she looks from the pictures you have shown us. I love her blonde hair :) Thanks for sharing your photos with us.

Liz said...

aw!she is tiny :) can't wait to see her get fattened up!!!

Tracey Sharp said...

Awe....I am so excited that you guys have finally met that precious little girl!! Shes sooo cute! I cant wait to hear more about her!!

We also bought that little light spinning thing to bring for Kullen!!

Anonymous said...

This is just precious! I can't put into words how precious it is to see you all holding Mina. Wow! Love you! Aunt Jamie

Just Another Day In Paradise said...

She is so precious! I'll bet that toy was mesmerising!

Rhonda Sloup said...

Awww....can't wait to see more pictures of your sweet girl. Praying for your family as you continue your journey.

Rhonda

Charissa said...

Oh precious, precious sweetheart.