Forty-Four Months & Getting So Wonderfully Close!

Dear Jenna Elizabeth/Emma Katherine~
Today marks forty-four months of our paperwork arriving in your home country and being entered in China's adoption system! That's a very long time but we are so close to seeing your face/s and coming to China to bring you home to your Forever Family!

I wonder...how you are doing, where you are, how your birth Mom is doing, what you look like, what you are thinking and feeling. I wonder what you are wearing today, if you have lots of hair yet, what you like to eat/drink....and if you like music. I wonder...if you have rolled over, walked or talked yet. I wonder if you smile lots, are outgoing or a bit shy. I wonder if you love to laugh and giggle lots or if you are more quiet and reserved. Do you favor your left or right hand yet? Do you go to sleep easily or do you like to stay awake as long as possible? When you are dreaming, do you ever see a family with a Dad, Mom, sister and brother who are waiting for you in a place called Kentucky? Do you have any idea how many people are praying for you, loving you and anxiously waiting to meet you someday soon? Will you enjoy flying on airplanes with Dad & Mom to bring you home? What will be your first word in English? Dad? Mom? Rachel? Micah? Will you enjoy books? We love to read and will enjoy taking turns reading to you!

Do you know that your Dad is a very wonderful man who works hard, loves deeply and is a great father to your sister and brother? Do you know that your big sis is getting ready to graduate from college and will be a nurse? Do you know that your big brother is in college, too, and wants to work in the medical field to help sick people feel better? Do you know your Mom loves to listen to people share their thoughts, hearts and life stories? Do you know that we also love to sing together and we play instruments like trumpets, flute, piano, organ & keyboard? Will you like pop music like your Dad or country music like your sis and brother? Or classical music like your Mom...or Contemporary Christian music like your entire family? We have so much to learn about you and we can hardly wait to share life with you, precious one/s.

When we put up the Christmas tree this year, we realized that this will most likely be the last Christmas we will be apart from you. We can hardly wait to watch you next year when you see the Christmas tree lights, the snow on the ground and the pretty colors decorating our home, the town and the city we often visit. How will you respond when you see packages under the tree for you on Christmas morning? And all the precious people who love you so much will be wishing you Merry Christmas on your first Christmas home with us. It will be wonderful!

For now, I miss you so much but I know you are loved and taken care of by some very kind people placed in your life. It isn't the same without you here but you are always in my heart, my thoughts, my prayers and my dreams. There may be many miles between us...but our love is always with you, sweet daughter/s. May your Christmas in China be very special. May your new year be amazing as you plan to come home to your Forever Family. I love you, baby girl/s. We are holding you closely in our hearts until we can hold you in our arms. You are never alone and you are always loved. Rest, dear daughter/s. We will see you soon and love you forever. ♥ Mom
Cherishing the dreams of holding our baby girl/s soon,
Terri & family