absolutely one of the best parts of an adoption journey is walking down the long corridor of the indianapolis airport knowing your family and friends are as anxious as you are to spot each other :) love that! sam and hannah were holding hands and walking ahead of sarah, lydia, and me. i told them they could take off, and take off they did! and i've been told hannah ran straight to find her baba (daddy :)
thank you dani, amy & crew, melissa & crew, tammy, becki & crew, sandy & crew, teri & mike, sarah, kathy, britt & crew, care bear & tobi, bri & brandon, lydia, and robin for seriously making it the most crazy awesome homecoming ever! greg and i were blown away at the gift you gave us that night; we will never ever forget it....
our first day home went better than i (and you :) probably even prayed for. hannah has hit the ground running and not looked back. i know that she knows that this is home.
phoebe and hannah became quick friends. phoebe has completely stepped up to the plate and enveloped and loved her. i think this was the 'therapy' phoebe needed. when you have several kids within a close age range, natural friendships happen -- sometimes based on age, sometimes personality, sometimes things that don't appear obvious. i see God's hand all over this now. it didn't play out like i imagined ("exceedingly abundantly above what i could think or imagine"). sarah and lydia have long been good buddies (a case of opposites attracting in many ways). i had concerns that hannah would change that in a 'three's a crowd way'. instead, hannah is a much better match for phoebe in size and maturity. i realize it is way too early to predict how things will play out, but i have a hunch that these two were destined for each other :) as mom to a kiddo whose heart has been indelibly smashed like phoebe's has, you have no idea how much joy this brings me. hannah is a gift to all of our family and especially phoebe. God knew :)
from the bottom of our hearts, we thank you for the love and support you have shown us. love poured out. you, sweet friends, are exceedingly abundantly above what i could think or imagine.
love from home. xoxoxo
.... and thanks to my precious sister deb for standing in my blogging gap :)
thank you dani, amy & crew, melissa & crew, tammy, becki & crew, sandy & crew, teri & mike, sarah, kathy, britt & crew, care bear & tobi, bri & brandon, lydia, and robin for seriously making it the most crazy awesome homecoming ever! greg and i were blown away at the gift you gave us that night; we will never ever forget it....
our first day home went better than i (and you :) probably even prayed for. hannah has hit the ground running and not looked back. i know that she knows that this is home.
phoebe and hannah became quick friends. phoebe has completely stepped up to the plate and enveloped and loved her. i think this was the 'therapy' phoebe needed. when you have several kids within a close age range, natural friendships happen -- sometimes based on age, sometimes personality, sometimes things that don't appear obvious. i see God's hand all over this now. it didn't play out like i imagined ("exceedingly abundantly above what i could think or imagine"). sarah and lydia have long been good buddies (a case of opposites attracting in many ways). i had concerns that hannah would change that in a 'three's a crowd way'. instead, hannah is a much better match for phoebe in size and maturity. i realize it is way too early to predict how things will play out, but i have a hunch that these two were destined for each other :) as mom to a kiddo whose heart has been indelibly smashed like phoebe's has, you have no idea how much joy this brings me. hannah is a gift to all of our family and especially phoebe. God knew :)
from the bottom of our hearts, we thank you for the love and support you have shown us. love poured out. you, sweet friends, are exceedingly abundantly above what i could think or imagine.
love from home. xoxoxo
.... and thanks to my precious sister deb for standing in my blogging gap :)