One month ago today we saw the beautiful face of our sweet Liliana Yuhuan.  The day for us was very special to us, as I’m sure you can imagine.  Liliana was “delivered” by one of the local FedEx men…I am sure that he had no clue that he was going to be delivering a baby that day!  As soon as the envelope arrived at my school, I called Travis and he raced on over.  Upon his arrival, we ripped open the envelope and pulled out the contents.  As hard as it is to believe, we did not race to the pictures.  No, we went through the contents of the envelope in the order from top to bottom.  Taking our time reading through the enclosed papers was Travis’ idea.  If it were totally up to me, I would have been like a kid a Christmas.  However, my sensible husband kept me in line.  After reading through some of the paperwork, we finally set our eyes on our baby for the first time.  I must say, that moment brought tears to my eyes.  Waiting so long to get to this point, and I couldn’t believe that we finally had a face to this baby girl we had fallen in love with so long ago.  As special as that moment was one month ago, I know that it will not even come close to how wonderful the day will be when Liliana is placed in my arms.  I cannot believe that I am going to be a mommy!

Dearest Liliana,

Today was a very special day for your daddy and I.  One month ago today we both saw your sweet face for the first time.  We could not believe how beautiful you are.  Your eyes seem so wise, and yet rather sad at the same time.  But, we know that some day soon your eyes will show so much joy and happiness.  Seeing you so sad makes my heart ache, but I do know that you are being well taken care of by your foster mother.  She is an incredible woman, and I cannot thank her enough for taking such good care of you until the day when you are placed in our arms.  I know that she will be very sad to see you go, but I am certain she knows that you will be loved and cared for every day of your life.  You are one special little girl Liliana, you have filled my heart with so much love and joy, and you have blessed our lives so much already.  I cannot even imagine how incredible our lives will be when we finally become a family.  I cannot wait.  I will dream about you tonight, again…                      ~Love Always,  Mommy…