Today has been quite the day. After a beautiful spring day on Saturday, we had a few overnight snow flakes turn into a pretty sizable winter storm. While I headed north to the Bloomington airport through some icy roads, Christine and the kids headed east to Sidney to join in the 60th anniversary celebration of her grandparents. Both of us drove past numerous cars in the ditches. I nearly made it into a ditch near Maroa while Christine got stuck as she pulled into Sidney. The day turned out well for our family in the end. My plane was the only one to take off from the airport this afternoon while a handful of others were cancelled and the anniversary celebration was moved closer to home. 60 years is definitely something to celebrate. Apparently it is rare enough that the likes of Hallmark and Amazon haven't commercialized the special mark in their relationship. They are loved not only by there family but by so many around town. Congratulation Richard and Irma!
Our paperwork pregnancy is nearing an end. All signs point to us traveling by June. We are hoping that since this is our forth child, that maybe we will go early and travel in May. Strangely enough it seems like a long time coming and like it has just been coming so quickly. I think the later is a little bit of the fear of the unknown. Will we have a child that falls in love with everyone in our family from day one, or will we have major struggles. The answer is probably somewhere in between.
This process is full of emotions. Had you asked me a year ago that I would shed tears for someone thousands of miles away that I never met, I probably would had laughed at you. Each day is filled with excitement. Excitement of seeing Gabi in person in just a few short weeks. Excitement of hearing Lyndsey pray so earnestly to get her sister home. Excitement to see Aiden do little things like making Gabi a Valentine's card or changing the background on his iPod to an American flag next to a Chinese flag. At the same time I have struggled with celebrating Christmas while Gabi is without a family or singing happy birthday to a picture. Good moments are constantly followed by difficult ones. But knowing she will be in my arms soon makes it all worth it. God has opened my heart to this little girl and we pray that God is preparing her heart for us.
Christine had a chance to visit the Champaign School for the Deaf this past week. She came back very excited by the program. Apparently Macon County has never used them which means families have had to take up the cost and the travel themselves to use the service. So my next big ask is to help bring this experience to Gabi. The money is probably the smaller part of this ask. Finding a way to get her to and from each school each day is the big need.
Thanks for joining us on our journey. Our family very much appreciates the emotional and financial support we have received from family, new friends, and old friends.
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