" The Pregnancy"

Our journey towards parenthood is not filled with pre-natal appointments, childbirth classes and maternity clothes...and it doesn't last nine months!

As of today (9/14/08), the current wait time to receive a referral from China is 24-30 months, and this time continues to change.

Until we receive our LOA(letter of approval) and can share a picture of our little girl we thought we'd share our ultrasound picture :)

“Not flesh of my flesh,
Nor bone of my bone,
But still miraculously my own.
Never forget for a single minute,
You didn’t grow under my heart
But in it.”
~Fleur Conkling Heylinger

Legacy of the Adopted Child

Legacy of the Adopted Child

Author Unknown

Once there were two women who never knew each other

One you do not remember

the other you call Mother

Two different lives shaped to make you one

One became your guiding star the other became your

sun

first one gave you life

and the second taught you to live it

The first gave you a need for love

The second was there to give it

One gave you a nationality

The other gave you a name

One gave you a talent

The other gave you aim

One gave you emotions

The other calmed your fears

One saw your first sweet smile

The other dried your tears

One sought for you a home that she could not provide

The other prayed for a childand her hope was not denied

And now you ask me through your tears

The age old question unanswered through the years

Heredity or environment

which are you a product

of?

Neither my darling neither, just two different kinds of

Love.