A picture worth a thousand words

These pictures say it all. I wonder if Leah already knows that the man who’s arms she is running into will love and protect her today and forever. As I have been blessed to be loved by Chris so will Leah.
After all the years we have shared together this man is still my knight is shining armour. To the world he is a quiet, hard working determined man. To us, he is our foundation. He grounds this family and teaches lessons in life when he doesn’t even realize he is doing it by example. Throughout this whole adoption process he has been un wavering even when the journey became painful and unsettled. I thank God for him each day and love to watch him in his most important role. DADDY

When we arrived today Leah was smiling as usual when she saw us come in. Unfortunately we were told she was sick and had a temperature. They said she was examined by the doctor and would receive all the necessary treatments. They said she had a sore throat. She did look pale (er) today. So our visit was inside, and brief only 30 minutes. She was happy and content to just tear up paper towels and hand small pieces to me. Then she would cruise the small room and visit Chris, Christopher and Sveta. She is bright as we played peek a boo with her and she remembered and peek a booed us around a small refridgerator. We all laughed. It is truly amazing how entertaining a small child can be and how quickly we can all get back to that mode.

In the afternoon at 4pm again we arrived to visit and Leah had just woken up. She saw us again and smiled. We were permitted to bring her outside. I was sure she still had fever but outside air is better and we just let her stay in the stroller where she was contented to just be wheeled around. We each took turns and with each change of drivers she would stretch her neck to look to see who was there and then she would face forward as if to say that pit stop took to long. It was a good visit although it was obvious she wasn’t feeling well. At 5:45 she really began to fuss and cry so we returned to her room and gave her back.