The Keepsake Box

Faith Anne is a child that stole my heart the moment I looked into her gorgeous blue eyes.  If I was married, I swear this little angel would be mine.  I've felt special connections with every child I've ever chosen to advocate for, but none like the instant connection I had with Faith Anne.  I never had to question it, I began advocating for her while I was advocating for Mick (Who now has a forever family)

I haven't wrote much at all on this blog, or even wrote her a letter before, but I have already bought her a few gifts for her keepsake box.  :)

You may be wondering what a keepsake box is exactly.  
I started out getting a present for a little boy I was advocating for, then I needed something to store it in.  I decided to get a box and call it his keepsake box.   Of course with only one small gift I had to find more to fill it to the top.  And by the time he found his forever family it wasn't able to shut anymore it was so full.

The keepsake box is a way to tell the child you are advocating for that you loved them when inside the orphanage walls they thought no one really did.  Mothers collect their babies things and store them in a keepsake box, but adoptive moms can't do that when their child is growing up without them.  This gives them some special things to hold on to.  :)


I always get "my" little babies a stuffed animal that usually is the theme of their keepsake box.  I did Pooh Bear for one, and penguins for another.  For the first time I actually have a pretty little girl to get things for.

And her theme will be cats.  Not always Hello Kitty thought.  Though it was a big favorite of mine when I was younger.   So you never know!  

I am so in love with this little stuffed animal for Faith Anne.  When I looked at it, i had to get it for her.  I can't wait to see her hold it one day with her forever family. <3

This present was the first gift I ever purchased for her.  

I feel that this is the most beautiful present I could have gotten her.  

I loved it so much that I convinced my mom to get one for my baby sister, Victoria Faith. 

This is the pretty packaging it comes in...

It's a little bracelet that says "God's Precious Princess" 

This is something I hope that she can one day look at and think of me.  

This is exactly what I see in Faith Anne, God's precious little princess.  

Inside the top of the box the bracelet comes in it says this....

If I could describe that little message in one word it would be: Perfection. 

I don't have a keepsake box to keep her things in yet so I got her this little bag that is in the back of this photo.

Thank you so much for reading this post.  Please feel free to follow and continue this journey of falling for Faith Anne <3 

-Kaitlyn

Little Miss Faith Anne

Welcome to Faith Anne's Love blog!  If you know me even just a little you are probably aware that I am a warrior and advocate for a very special little man, Mick.  I have advocated for him since May 2013 and will continue to do so until he's the arms of his forever family safely and sound.  But I have come to realize that I have a lot of love to give and there are 147 million orphans in the world that need a voice to help save their precious lives.  I have a voice that is capable of helping these orphans.   That is why I see absolutely no harm in beginning to advocate for a second beautiful child with special needs.     

Introducing to you little miss Faith Anne...

Girl, born January 2013
Down syndrome, ASD, crossed eyes

Her medical is good; ASD not a problem, it is closing on its own. Both her eyes are crossed – may be from lack of stimulation, or low muscle tone. The back of her head is flat, from lying down so much. She has extremely low tone, and cannot hold her head up yet, or sit up or turn over. She eats well, and they say she sleeps well. She drinks from a bottle and they try to get her to eat from a spoon/cup (a little developmentally early, but what they do with all the kids). She doesn’t cry much. Mom had very low amniotic fluid and Faith could have been born with Hypoxia (lack of oxygen) in late third trimester and birth. No complications recorded at birth (born at 38 weeks).

Faith is said to be healthy but has had some colds and bronchitis several times. She was really congested when we were there. The orphanage she is at is small but everyone is very friendly. They said less than 30 kids were at the baby house in this city. The building was nice and caregivers and nurses seemed to care.

                                 (Information above from ReecesRainbow.org)

She's the description of perfection in God's eyes and mine.   I've fallen deeply in love with this little angel.  She deserves a forever family and FAST.  

I am extremely excited to advocate and pray daily for this little diamond.  I have faith in God that He has a wonderful family in store for her.   She's worth so much more than what she's been given.

                                                Thank you for reading.  Please follow.