BLASTOFF - THE COUNTDOWN IS OVER

I am so thrilled to announce the arrival of our daughter Aubriana Rose.

She shares her July 31, 2007 birthday with her daddy (which is extra special).

In January she weighed 14.3 lbs and was 24.02 inches long. She is located at the Chenzhou SWI in Hunan.

I wrote this poem for a postcard exchange in 2005; I was writing it to Aubriana and all the other children waiting to be united with their forever families.

Born In My Heart

I see you in my dreams and feel you in my heart;

Sweet baby waiting patiently, half a world apart.

I try hard to imagine your many gifts and charms,

Passing time until at last, I hold you in my arms.

Soon we'll be together and I'll give you all my love;

My precious little angel from heaven up above.

It is so strange to read those words now, from this perspective and the words are even more poignant to me.

For all of you waiting for your children; all I can honestly say to you, is the wait literally melts away when you see your child's face for the first time. It simply doesn't matter how you got there or how long it took - what is important is you are together at last.