Six to Eight

It is a wee morning hours here. Our house is fill to the brim with friends and family that have come for a day of celebration. Poor Michael is outnumbered drastically with all the women staying in the house.

A celebration to get ready for our girl. A celebration that has been culminating that the past two and half years. A celebration to make sure she has what she needs, but most importantly a celebration of what God is doing and continues to do in this adoption.

It is incredible to think that we are in the tail end of this journey. The adoption agency is telling us that we should have travel dates before February is over. Which means in the next 6-8 weeks we will be heading to get our girl. So many firsts will take place for our family. And as I think about the firsts with excitement, the reality is hitting of not only the impact of the firsts for our family but the lasts for our girl.

In 6 weeks our girl will leave the only country that she ever knew, and her citizenship will change forever. She will leave the only nannies she has known, her buddies that have slept beside her at night, the only place she knew to lay her head. Her diet is going to completely change. She will get a new name, have a new house, a cat, cousins, grandparents, great grandparents, aunts, uncles, great aunts, great uncles, friends will all be added to her. She will learn what a car seat is for the first time, take her first airplane ride, experience her first time change. She will walk into a room that is hers filled with love from people all over the world. She will need to learn how to trust, love, grieve, all the things that she has lost and embrace the new. All at the age of two. So, while we are very excited to bring her home, I also recognize that there is much her tender little heart will experience far beyond anything I could ever imagine.

I pray for my girl and all that I have named along with all the things that I am missing at this hour. Full well knowing our lives will be forever written in a way that will change history for our family.

For now, I celebrate with friends and family that have come near and far. Sacrificed to make this journey possibly, want to love us and in turn love her.

Lots more to come as we are counting down the days………….

Jennifer