Thankful

This Thanksgiving I am thankful to have completed all of our paperwork and be in the waiting stage for baby #2. Can't wait to meet you sweet baby #2!!!

Update

We heard from Lesley this week that our photo book will be making its way to Japan in the first part of December. So, I am excited about that!! She also said that currently there are no birthmothers at this time. Keeping that in mind, we are setting our minds for the long haul. I look forward to the day when our family can live in the same state again! We miss Dave every week when he is gone. So chin up, we can do this!!! Kaori calls him on her pretend phone about 100 times a day, it is so sweet. She loves to see him come home every Friday. She misses him. Here's to hoping a birthmother connects with our family soon!

On My Heart

The past few days I can feel myself getting very excited about meeting baby 2. I am wondering about him or her everyday. Is he/she close to entering our world, growing normally, being loved? I find myself thinking of him/her mostly at night when I am falling asleep. Just remembering how wonderful meeting Kaori was makes me so excited to meet baby 2. I am trying very hard to treasure these days when it is just Kaori and I for I know that once we receive that phone call, our life will forever change! But, nevertheless I am so excited to complete our family. I am already thinking of all the things I need to get baby 2 so that he/she will be caught up with the rest of us. I have enjoyed filling out the baby book. It brings me much joy. But, now that our paperwork is complete and we have truly entered the waiting stage everything is totally out of my hands. There is nothing else that I can do except wait. Anyway, I know that one day when baby 2 gets older, he/she will read this and I just want him/her to know how special he/she is and how excited I am to meet you. We pray for you and for your birthmother everyday and ask for peace and courage. I love you baby 2. Love, Mama

Photo Album Sent

I am mailing our photo book tomorrow to our agency. This is the final piece of "paperwork" that we had to complete! So, I am excited to be finished as well as to hear that our album has made it to Japan. I have no idea when that will happen, but I have asked to be informed when it is going. Here are a few pics that we included in the book. I always think it is funny that we have to include pictures of our car. We took that pic at about 8:00 am in the driveway, right before Dave left town. I was in my pajamas and Kaori was sitting in the passenger side. She got quite upset when it was time for her to get out of the car because I let her sit there while I pulled the car back into the garage and she thought that was a blast!! Enjoy the pics!

Dear Birthmother Letter

Yesterday I sent in our final copy of our letter to our birthmother. We are really pleased with it and feel that it is a good reflection of our family. My prayer is that when she reads it and looks at our book, she will connect with us right away and feel peace. Hopefully Kaori's smiling face will help ease her fears. It is quite a task to put on one page why you want to adopt someone's baby and why you are the best choice. But, it came much easier for me this time than it did the first. I guess because now I am speaking from a mother's perspective this time! Who knows! For those of you who are keeping our journey in your prayers, I ask that you remember the birthmother too.

All that is left is to send our photo book. I am waiting to get it in the mail. I made a hardback book online this time. I am excited to see it! I have also purchased a copy to save for baby 2 to see when he/she gets older. I think that would be a special thing for him or her.