The emotions of just beginning.....

Aaron and I have wanted a child for so long and it's amazing to think that she may have already been born!  We began the paperwork with our agency in December and are nearing the end of our home study (just waiting on a few pertinent documents from outside sources).  We've been thinking about her and praying for her daily....that she's getting some love from her caregivers and that she will attach to us.  We've been talking to people who have adopted and who are in the process of adopting from Russia to learn as much information about this as we can!!!  We are so incredibly thankful to those who have shared their stories with us as we continue on our journey.  (Thank you, Leah)!!!  

This adoptive process seems very bureaucratic, at times, with all the paperwork we face and what we have already completed.  But I remember the phrase my grandmother always told me....that anything worth having is worth working for!

My mom has started a scrapbook as a "life book" to give to our daughter some day.  Here's something she placed on the first page.  It is so moving (and really anticipation for the future), I wanted to share it:

To my little girl:

I know of you before your birth.
I loved you before we ever met.
I prayed for you day and night.
Thankful your birth mother had chosen life.

The waiting was anxious and hard.
You already hold a place in my heart.
Weeks went by and sometimes I cried.
Finally one day a call came with good news.

Tears of joy will fall on my cheek.
The first time I hold you, precious baby, 
so tiny and sweet.
I'm thankful your birth mother had chosen life.

Rocking and singing sweet lullabies,
You've brought much joy to so many lives.
I'll love you forever sweet little one.
Memories to treasure, a new life begun.