Our Boy and His Cricket: Baby J

02 January 2010

Saturday, January 02, 2010 -

Baby J,Referral Day

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Don't forget the tiny details!

For the last 30 days I've been staring into these eyes.

These soulful eyes....

My daughters eyes.

Thirty days ago we received a phone call we'd waited four years to get. Purely amazing!

I will never forget the moment leading up to that call. My sister came by because she just had a "feeling" that the call would come on that day not the next day like I had thought it would be. After chatting for several hours and planning for the next day, the phone rang. We were FAR from ready. No video set up. Mike was in San Francisco. I couldn't even answer the phone, I just stared at it and started bawling and shaking. I remember looking at my sister who was telling me to answer the phone and trying to figure out how to work my camera and then find hers. As I answered the call and heard a voice on the other end tell me we had a daughter I felt arms wrap around me and the rest of the world was gone. Pure joy. Thank you EKH! I love you!! I'm so thankful you stopped by just because you had a feeling. Happy birthday today by the way! ;)

I can't believe it's been 30 days! While the details of that day are fresh in my mind there are other things I want to never forget like what I was reading at the time...The Life of Pi. It was a Wednesday. It was nice day, clear, cold and windy. The first song I heard on the radio after was Caught Up in You by .38 Special then I'm a Believer by Smash Mouth played right after and as I listened to that song I just giggled like a little girl. I had a horrible ear infection and felt awful yet couldn't have felt any better. I called Mike first then my mom and papa, followed by my dad and step mom then Mikes mom who was working and had to be pulled away from a client then I called his dad. We ate dinner at Panda Express that night. I slept all night long for the first time in weeks. The next day couldn't have been any prettier.

The last thirty days have been pure joy and wonderment! As we move forward in our lives for the first time in what feels like forever, we have one thing in mind right now...Baby J.

20 December 2009

Sunday, December 20, 2009 -

Baby J

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Saturday Morning Sunshine

Early Saturday morning we got the most beautiful email from Ann at Red Thread China! Oh my! Since the day we learned about our daughter, I have had a very calm feeling inside telling me that she is in good hands, is very loved and very well taken care of. Well these pictures confirm that mama sense I've had all along.

While the wait to travel will be difficult in the coming days and weeks, I know the time she has with her foster family is quickly running out and they too are waiting like we are. Of course their wait is different than ours, we wait to hold her in our arms and put her forever in our home and they wait for her to be taken from theirs and only remembered through pictures and memories. I will never take for granted what this woman has given to my daughter, never. These images will forever be displayed in our home to ensure we never ever forget.

Along with these beautiful pictures, we also got some updated measurements and Baby J has gained two pounds! She is still without teeth, but looking at the pictures, her little blue puffy shirt has a nice drool patch under the chin...classic teething sign! We are hoping to get another update in the next month or so and hope to have a better idea of what size clothing to bring for her when we travel. We are so grateful for Ann's service, it has brought us so much joy this weekend! We also received our sweet girls finding add last week...

A definite treasure to have. Staring at her sweet face so small and wondering about her beginning days has been a daily process here. God has chosen us for her and for that blessing I am humbled!