And I find myself thinking similar things now about S and V. Instead of when will I go into labor and how will the labor be, I am now thinking about how the trip over and to their city will be. What will it be like walking up the steps to their orphanage---what thoughts will be running through our heads at that moment? What will the girls be thinking?
Instead of thinking about seeing our child for the first time, I think about how the moment we meet S and V will be---we know what they look like and their faces are etched into our memories from many, many times staring at their pictures. How will they respond to us? Will I be able to not cry:)? I know it will be an emotional time for me and Bill and Joe too.
The thrill of meeting our children is starting to fill us--just as with our biological children, as their time to join our family got closer, we would find ourselves daydreaming about life with them. We do the same now---thinking about the time we will share with S and V at their orphanage, their home for now. What will it be like to hug them the first time, to feel their hair and face next to ours, to hold their sweet hands? What joy it will be to laugh and play together after waiting for almost ten months! To sit and drink in the uniqueness of each of them and the special way He created them. Thinking about what we will learn about them from their caregivers. Thinking about the time when they will be able to leave the orphanage and join our family forever---starting a whole new chapter in their lives. Thinking and praying for them as they leave the only home they've known for years.
Thinking about that first day and night together in their country. The first morning they wake up with us. And the trip home and the moment they meet all of their siblings who have prayed and waited so long to have them join the family.
So incredibly thankful to be so close to being a mom again.....
Look at all our butterflies--soon, girls, soon!!
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