They are HOME!!!

It sounds like such a weird statement to say that the kids are home.................but just in the last week i've had these reality checks that ..........YES!! THEY ARE HOME!

I didn't put it all together until I read an email from another adoptive mom about all the various emotions we've experienced and realized we haven't even been excited to finally have them home. We never got the time to be excited. We somehow skipped that part.

We went from a long wait to these acute feelings of despair and anxiety with the earthquake, and that rapidly set into overwhelming situations. In the overwhelming parts came some ugly feelings............there just isn't words to describe what our first 2 months have been like...... But I've realized that we never experienced excitement and gladness. We were never able to celebrate just how amazing the circumstances affected our family. I mean...........THEY ARE HOME!!!!! WHOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! All our waiting time.....................is done!! I was thinking that when we picked up Aidan it was going to be incomprehensible how we would have visited and left Samar there for maybe 2 years as we waited for her paperwork. But guess what...............WE DON"T HAVE TO WAIT!!!!!! Samar is home too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is AMAZING that she is home with us. I'm so thrilled we are adjusting to life and going through these times when she is 6.........not 8. It has finally happened.........................WE ARE A FAMILY!!!!!!!

I no longer have to look at other families and love the idea of a larger, diverse family..................WE ARE ONE!!!!!

As another mom said.........'we are finally doing what God called us to do 3 years ago'..................

I can see the kids as blessings and children of God..............and we are part of God's plan for their life. We are blessed!!! Life has been crazy, but it's also full of fun times. The more we "play" together, the more I realize life can be fun with change. We have been SO amazingly blessed at how well Alyssa and Austin are accepting the changes. It just has added a whole other level to their acceptance as kids and I am so thankful for this.

Oh.............and did I mention that it's so exciting that they are home???? We don't have to try and play out the timing of our lives. Like...........should we do this? or that? Should we spend money on this? or that? You see, our kids are HOME!! There is no more guessing about when we should plan on kids being home..................It's DONE!!!!!!!!!!

And do you know what...........................since we were SO close in Dec. to being done..........and as I tried to "choose" times in January or Feb. that I thought would have been perfect timing and worked good into "our" schedule..............everything did work out in perfect timing. God's timing. Jan. 22 wasn't a time I would have picked, but everything worked out perfectly. As always with God.

i do think this really deserves a big celebration......... more to add to our 'to do' list:) :) :)