Our new journey actually started back in January of this year. As a family, we decided we would love to add a son/little brother to the clan. The caboose, as we like to say. But, it wasn't a decision that was made quickly. I actually thought we were done. I even vividly remember telling everyone that our family was complete with Quinn's adoption. I felt completely satisfied and content with the size of our family. You know that 'ole saying, "never say never"? Well, I learned exactly what that meant. I actually did say never. And for those of you who know me, you heard it. I lead an extremely busy life, which I love, but let's face it...4 kids, a business, activities and well, just plain LIFE...keeps one on their toes! So, no one was more surprised than ME when this new journey was carved into our lives.
The thing here is the willingness to listen and follow something so much bigger than anything you can imagine. It's the way it happened when we adopted Quinn and I'm so glad to say, it's the way things happened this time around as well. My heart and eyes were opened to a path that was put before me. Only God knew that there was a little guy out there that was meant to be in this family. And trust me when I say, He sent signs...many signs that allowed me to see without a doubt that this was fate.
But still, there was fear there and it was tough to get through that. We experienced a terrible tragedy with our first baby girl in China. She passed away very unexpectedly right before we traveled to get her. Going through something like that changed all of us. It was a heart break I never wanted to experience again. The fear of going through the process again was at times, paralyzing and I just didn't know if I could get past it.
And somehow, the signs kept coming and I just knew that it would be okay. I was willing to put myself out there again...cautious, but hopeful. I truly went into this with blind faith. Deep breath.
We started on our paper work and had decided that we would take our time. One thing led to another and we were given the file of Tian Yuan. So much for taking our time. We accepted his file the very next day! Ty's paper work was pretty vague, but we knew he had TOF (tetralogy of fallot), the very same thing our niece had (and for you snowboarders out there, the same defect Shaun White had). We were told that the orphanage had very little medical resources and that they were taking him to Beijing for possible surgery back in Feb. That was the very last thing we heard until last week. We had been asking for medical updates for months and we were finally told that Ty's heart is exactly the same. No trip to Beijing and certainly no surgery. There are many of these kids sitting over in orphanages, going without life saving medical treatments. It's just beyond what most of us have ever experienced or could even imagine.
Which brings me to today...my wonderful husband and oh so sweet son have left for China. I purposefully waited until today to start this blog. Through out this process, I battled some raw emotions of fear and I didn't want that to overshadow the bigger picture of this precious baby. He will officially be joining our family on Monday, the 6th. I can hardly wait to see the pictures of 2 of my favorite guys holding our little guy. There are NO amount of words that could ever say how excited we are to welcome Ty into our family...forever. We are ready to get him home and certainly anxious to get his little heart fixed.
More to come each day!!! We are so excited to see how all of this unfolds and just can barely wait to see this little face in our house soon!
