We are HOME!!

It's been a whirlwind of a couple weeks.  Dave and Charlotte arrived home on Christmas Eve.  What a great gift and a Christmas we will never forget.  We are all settling in nicely and enjoying each other.  Aside from lots of doctors appointments, we've pretty much laid low at home.  Charlotte is adjusting well and is bonding more and more each day.  Each spontaneous smile or reaching up her arms is such a treasure.  

Waiting for their new sister's plane to land

Welcome HOME sweet baby girl!

Thank you to everyone who playing a part in getting our daughter home.  We will forever be grateful! We couldn't have done this without such amazing people around us.  Thank you so much! 

We've said this adoption is both the greatest and the hardest thing we have ever done in our lives.  We are looking forward to the future with so much hope! 

We have a DATE!!!

November 5, 2013 

we will be leaving on a jet plane.

Traveling half way around the world to meet our daughter for the first time.

Our sweet daughter we love so much and have never touched.

I'm so overwhelmed with emotions and having a hard time focusing on anything else right now.

I am focusing on soaking in as much time with my 4 older sweeties right now.

Trying to have some quality time, make fun memories, and shower each other with lots of love. 

I'm hoping I can keep it together to say goodbye to these bumpkins! 

And, then, my sweet baby girl will suddenly be placed in my arms and again I will be forced to keep it all together.  

Be gracious with me...I'm going to fail miserably at both these tasks!

Oh sweet princessa, momma and daddy are almost there!!

Be Inspired!

In case you missed the big announcement, we have officially moved to the top of the waiting line! We will be the next family receiving their travel date!

I am officially thrilled, terrified, anxious, excited...

You name it, I've probably felt it this last little bit!

I've been so focused on the financial piece of our puzzle. It is an important piece, but it isn't the most important.

A sweet friend of mine shared this video with me today.

It was EXACTLY what I needed to see. 

Please watch it and be inspired!

One of our prayers is that through our adoption other families would get excited and their hearts would be stirred to prayerfully consider adoption for their own family. 

We can't change the world, but each of us has the potential to completely change one child's world!