The Countdown Chain

Lexi woke up yesterday and immediately asked, "When do we get to go get my brother and see the beach?"  So, we decided to start a countdown chain to make it more tangible for her.  The middle peak is the day we fly out to Virginia and the last one is the day we are hoping to fly home.  Of course, this little guy could throw us for a loop and our schedule could go out the window.  That's what babies are great at doing.

Why us?

This was a question that was floating around in my mind.  I just wonder what set us apart.  Out of all of the waiting families, why did e-mom choose us?  I asked her when we spoke with her yesterday.  She said, "You were simple and down-to-earth."  I  like to think that we are pretty down-to-earth.  She continued, "I looked at a lot of profiles that had all of these extreme vacations and they just seemed so over-the-top.  Your vacations were simple and family-oriented."  I told Matt that I was never more thankful for our Branson vacations and camping trips. 

I just find it so ironic and just another way that God proves that He works in the small things.  I remember looking at other PAP (potential adoptive parent) profiles and thinking, "We haven't been to the Great Wall of China or climbed the Mayan ruins.  What if e-moms think we won't be able to give this child an extravagant lifestyle?"  In the end, our family-friendly, relatively simple vacations are why we were chosen.  Thank you God.

55 Days

That is how long we were a waiting family.  We got the call this morning that an expectant mom picked us.  We are so excited.  It feels like such an amazing blessing.  It's almost surreal.

We do know a lot of details and yet there is so much we don't know.  We won't be able to talk to the e-mom until Tuesday and that seems like a very long time.

I saw this at Target today and snapped a picture:

Lexi is already excitedly talking about all of the things she is going to teach her little brother.