Love you Forever!

Happy 12th "Forever Day" to our beautiful daughter!

Feb 22nd, 1999 will be a date that will stand in my memory for

as long as I live. It was a cold day in Nanchang, China and our

adoption group was told that the orphanage director and nannies

would be coming with our babies around 7 PM that day. It was a

VERY long "labor" and I was becoming more and more anxious

with each passing hour. Around 4 PM Rob burst through the

door of the hotel room and shouted...."They're here! The babies

are here!" My heart was racing as I ran down the hall to meet

the group of babies all wrapped in layers and layers of clothes being

carried by the orphanage nannies. Many of the babies being to cry

as they met their new parents. The excitement was absolutely

CRAZY! I was trying so hard to catch a glimpse of the little baby

that I knew only from the photo that China has sent us 6 wks

earlier. Finally I spotted her! The next few moments are hard to

describe!!! They handed me the most beautiful baby girl that I had

ever seen and my life changed forever! I was finally a MOM!

Shaelyn has been such a blessing to our family and I simply can't

imagine not being given the opportunity to receive such a blessing.

We love you Shaelyn, FOREVER!