Countdown

We are just two weeks away from bringing our boy home from China. In two weeks, we'll get on board a plane, fly to Hong Kong (where we'll spend three days), take a train to Guangzhou, and prepare to meet our third child.

In the most recent pictures we were went of Matthew, he was all smiles. What a gift that our boy already has something to smile about, even though he's spent the first 18 months of his life in an orphanage. We hope to see that smile a dozen times a day!

What a gift it will be to finally hold that sweet boy in our arms, after waiting for him for almost six months. His Gotcha day, the day we meet him and get to finally be his parents, will be his 18-month birthday. This is special for us for many reasons: it means that for the entire second half of his second year of life, we get to be his parents. It is also six months to the day from when we received his referral. We were matched on his first birthday.

We can't wait to squeeze this sweet boy, to watch him move, to hear his voice, and to know a little bit about him. And we can't wait for all of you to meet him one day too. Thank you for walking with us through this adoption journey.

Here he is driving a little car.

And there's his sweet grin--we love it!