Let the wild rumpus begin.....

A little silly to make that the title but that is how I have been feeling the last few hours......like an animal bouncing off the walls of my house.  I have a certain excitable energy in me that I can't remember ever feeling before.  The reason?  Dates dates dates dates....today we got our DATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  We have been in this official adoption process now for 14 months and for 14 months it hasn't seemed real.  There have been highs and LOWS and everything in between.  It has been an up and down emotional rollercoaster.  If I were to describe the last 14 months I would say it has been the most amazing spiritual journey and the most amazing amount of paperwork journey that I could have ever imagined.

But today, the journey has shifted for me from a concept to reality.  Today I officially got REALLY EXCITED.  I can barely contain myself.  15 days from right now I will be flying across the Pacific to have my 4th child.  I will be meeting a precious little girl who no doubt will rock our worlds.  Our lives will change forever.  I will have to face issues that I have never faced before.  I will be challenged in ways that I  have never before.  And I think that I will learn to love like I have never before.  In 15 days Marc and I will set out together for the adventure of a life time.  Oh, I am READY for my girl!

We leave from Portland on November 25th and we will return on December 11th.  We will arrive at PDX at 7:50 in the morning on that Friday morning the 11th.  We will have to go through customs and so I'm not sure what time we will actually be getting through with all of that....but if you want to come and meet our daughter at that time then we'd love to have you there. 

But I trust in you, O Lord;

I say, "You are my God."

My times are in your hands.

Psalm 31