Waiting For Hope

We started school this Monday, and I decided I wanted to write one final summer post before any more time slipped away.
Our summer has been fantastic.  Thankfully, we have spent most of the season at the pool- either for swim team or recreation.  We have also enjoyed meeting friends at playgrounds around town and playing!  The only crisis to date occurred at the library...

When we received our first pictures of Hope this spring, we were overjoyed to see her for the first time.  We were also very sad.  In every picture we had of Hope, she looked so pitiful and unhappy.  We LONGED to see a smile, but unfortunately, each...

Did I say "video soon?"
The reality is, we have not had time to put a video together yet!!!  The trip was incredible, and we cannot wait to share a glimpse of our journey through a video- but we have not had time to complete one yet!
In the meantime, we wanted to share a few favorite pictures.  My goal is to give a bit of text with each picture for explanation.  However, we have never tried to combine text and photo- so if it does not work, enjoy the pictures and I will do a separate...

What an amazing journey!  I truly cannot believe we flew to Africa to meet our daughter!
As I type this, Hope is sitting across the kitchen table, firmly planted on Jason's lap, enjoying some breakfast.  She loves to peek around the box of cereal and give me BIG smiles, it melts my heart.  Our first hours home have been terrific.  She has...