HOME AT LAST!

We are back- and alive and well!!!! I didn't post anything about our travel plans- I wanted to keep them as quiet as possible. But, now we are home and loving life with our new family of 6. You can read about our travels at this link:

http://www.journeytome.com/journal_view.cfm?journalid=3105

We did an entry for every day of our travels. It was quite an adventure. I would love to adopt again, and I think we will one day.... but I need some time to recover from the trip (and let my TWO babies grow up a little bit!)

I am attaching a picture of our Emma from the famous red couch. We love her and we feel that she is the perfect match for our family. We know that we have a difficult road ahead, but she is worth every bit of it. I will continue to use this blog to update about Emma and our post adoption story!

Emma had her first appointment with the plastic surgeon today. He wasn't at all surprised by the way Emma looked... just another standard surgery for him. They are actually going to repair her lip and nose (it is a little crooked) on the day after Thanksgiving. Next is her palate... and they are doing that on January 18. I wanted to wait and do the palate next summer, but he felt it was pretty important to do it now. He said she needs to learn how to start using her palate muscles, talking, etc. So, we will do what is best for her. We need to make an ENT appointment because she will probably need tubes and we will have to make a cardiologist appointment. Her heart was repaired in China, but her chest has a bone sticking out of it and we are a little concerned. Regardless, we love her just the way she is and we will do whatever we need to do to make sure she lives a healthy, happy life!