3 Seconds

As we get closer and closer to travel, the kiddos have become over the top excited to have "Curious George" come home. It is precious to hear my little sweethearts as they say bedtime prayers for their little brother to be safe, and loved, and to come home very soon. To hear AJ and the girls plan out who will sit where at the family dinner table and in the van to hear them "argue" about who gets to hold him first. I can't wait to see them embrace their brother and welcome him into our family! I think I've said it before, but it bears repeating, he is going to be smothered with mothers! lol! :)

The morning that Fed-Ex dropped of the LOA package, the girls and I were on the look-out so we could take some photos of the big moment. Unfortunately, the Fed-Ex driver was less than excited to be apart of celebrating our adoption. Sadly, it was not meant to be. The girls realized for the first time that not everyone shares our joys and how sad it is when we don't embrace the gift of everyday moments. Maybe I'm weird for having wanted to document the moment, but for those who have not adopted - maybe this will put into perspective what this delivery is to us.

You know that moment in the Dr.'s office where you find out for the very first time that you are truly expecting, and then the moment when you first hear your child's beating heart, and of course the miracle it is to see your child being created - moving and alive on the ultrasound - wrap all of those moments together and realize that an adopted mother has none of them to celebrate and none of them to document in baby books for their child to pour over as a tween when they are searching for answers and wanting so much to know they have always been loved and wanted. For me, photos of what the world thinks are mundane moments like delivering mail - those are my opportunities to capture for my children that have been adopted the excitement and JOY of knowing we were anticipating and longingly waiting for them to come home.

So many good things come from giving up just a little of ourselves, just a little of our time- taking 3 seconds to pose for a photo op alongside two of the most adorable little girls in the world for a mommy that wants nothing more than to capture the moment that the messenger delivered the GREATEST NEWS while handing over the package that says "YES" he is yours! Sadly, those 3 seconds are not recorded and will never be. And yet - I have these photos and maybe that is what is most important - two little sweethearts that are beyond excited and waiting with great expectations to hold their little brother "Curious George".