Our Road To Rosie

ROSIE HAS FINALLY BEEN REVEALED!!

We are so incredibly happy and grateful to share with you our sweet Rosie girl. She was born on Valentine's day last year and just turned one. She is so precious. We are all so in love with her and cannot wait to bring her home! We are hoping to travel in May and we are so excited. It will be the trip of a lifetime for all of us.

We received the call on Friday afternoon, February 22nd. I was in the middle of a crazy day, so was completely caught off guard when I looked at my phone and it was our agency's number. She gave me her information and said she would email everything to our home. Mike and I took one look at her and instantly fell in love. We just knew that she was our sweet Rosie that we had waited so long for. The whole next week was busy with phone calls, emails, etc and trying SO hard not to tell anyone. By the end of the week, we were finally able to share our incredible news. I had gotten Tia a "big sister" t-shirt and put it, along with pictures and a note from Rosie, in a beautiful box for her to open. She looked at the picture, then read the letter and looked up at me with tears streaming down her face. We hugged and cried while Mike caught the whole thing on film. You all know Mike and that video camera! :-)) Then she jumped up and down and said, "I can't believe it! I love Rosie!!" It was precious and a moment to cherish forever. From there, we headed straight over to Grama and Papa's to share the news with them. We had letters from Rosie, pictures and pink bibs to present to them. We caught them completely off-guard and they were SO thrilled!! They are just in love with her too, and can't wait until she comes home. The long wait is worth every minute and we couldn't be happier or more grateful to God for this precious, precious gift.

The recent days have been filled with so much love, friendship, support and absolute joy from everyone. We are so touched by everyone's sweet words and happiness for our family. We are floating through life and enjoying every minute of it. We've run out of milk, forgotten to grab the mail, tried to put dirty dishes away from the dishwasher (that I thought I had run) and even sent Tia to school one day without lunch! Good thing she's OK with hot lunch once in a while. :-)) It's just been FUN. God is so good!!

So, enjoy the pictures and I will continue to update so you can all keep up with the journey. Thank you so much for your continued prayers and support. We appreciate it all more than words can say.  All our love ~!