So much to be thankful for...

A year ago as we prepared for the Thanksgiving holiday, we waited anxiously for pre-approval to adopt our baby girl. The wait was nerve wrecking…we just didn't know how to act. We had no idea how we were going to keep from falling in love with a child we had no idea if she would be ours to love forever someday. It was easier said than done because once we received her picture and saw her beautiful little face we just knew she was our baby girl. We knew we had to consult specialists to discuss her medical needs, but most importantly we knew we needed a waiver from Chinese officials in order to move forward with the adoption process…the wait for pre-approval/waiver was unbearable!  What was going on through our minds during that time? How do we stop ourselves from looking at those precious pictures? How do we stop ourselves from fantasizing about the future, a future that included her? How do we pretend to go about our business as if nothing was going on when all we had in our minds was Her. 
We thought about a precious child that lived so very far away; we talked about a child we knew we may never be able to hold in our arms…
Lord, it was h-a-r-d! We've been through so much with our adoption process, for the first time since we started our journey we had the picture and possibility of a child of our own, yet nothing was for sure... 

         It was difficult keeping the news of our referral a secret but we wanted to make sure that we were able to move forward with our China adoption program.. 

         A year later we are so blessed and so thankful! We have our little princess home with us and we couldn't be happier. She is all we dreamed of and so much more. 

          The adoption journey was crazy but she is so worth it… 

          We didn't hear the good news about our PA and waiver until December 4th but it was the Thanksgiving Holiday last year we struggled through the most...
         A year later, talking about Thanksgiving we were busy home cooking and chasing a very energetic toddler all day, making sure she was entertained ;o) No time to post anything on our Lil blog on that special day but  we managed to take some pictures...

          

Baking and sharing cookies with Lisa was so much fun!

      

       Before we met you, we dreamed of you, we prayed for you. 

Now that you are here, we hope for you, we love you, we Thank God for you!