1st Mother's Day

So...first let me say Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms out there. I hope you are relaxing and getting the most out of YOUR day.

I also wanted to share that I think I got the BEST Mother's Day present ever! It actually came on Friday, when Shawn came home from work. He walked in the door and handed me a card "from Mali". It was a Mother's Day card and in it was our travel approval for China - we are officially leaving on June 4th!! Can you believe it?? He got a call at work from Kim at EAC and she was so excited to give him the news and suggest how he could give the news to me :)

I want to thank all of our family and friends for their cards, gifts, and well wishes on my first Mother's Day...it means a lot that other people can see me as a mom as it helps to affirm how I already feel in my heart. Here are two of my favorites...

Gift from Dad, Lisa, and Blaize

A Willow Tree sculpture of our new family
(I love Willow Tree...)

Gift from Mom

Front of the locket (a picture of my baby girl)

Back of the locket (inscribed "Mom")
(I don't think I'll ever take this off...)

So now, we finally have a date on when our physical journey will begin. We are both so excited! As we let this news sink in, we also started doing the math and realized that we will be able to celebrate Shawn's first Father's Day just days after we get home as a family. This will be truly special for Shawn to be able to wake up to hugs and kisses from his little angel on HIS special day. It doesn't get more perfect than this! Life is good.