In six hours we will finally meet Sarah...wow!  I really thought this day would never come.  I am so incredibly excited and yet a little sad at the same time.  There are going to be a lot of firsts today but there are also a lot of lasts.  This is the last day of easy street parenting for us.  Parenting is never easy but in reality, we have two children who are pretty easy.  They are our biological children, they have been with me since conception.  No one has harmed them or abused them.  They speak English.  They know the rules of our house.  They love us and they know we love them...no question.  And there are only two of them.  I can hold one by each hand.  Those days are over.  Sarah has had a tough life so far.  She doesn't know who we are or what we may do to her.  She has no idea that we will love her unconditionally forever.  She won't even understand us when we speak to her.  All the sights, smells and tastes of our house will be foreign to her.  Her life is about to be completely and totally rocked.

But this is what she is gaining...what WE are gaining.  This is Ruthie's interpretation of today.  There is a lot of love in this picture.  This may not be what today ends up looking like but hopefully sometime down the road, it is what our family will look like (with Bryan in the picture of course.)  There is a lot of love in this picture and a lot of love in our family.  

If you have a minute this evening, or if you are awake at 1 AM (which is 1PM in China), say a little prayer for us.  We could use it.