It's Almost Time

Today is the day. We leave in a few hours to begin our LONG trek to Vietnam. We still can't believe this day has finally come. We have a few last minute things to do, but for the most part we're ready.

I think once we're in the air I'll be fine, but right now I have this huge knot in the pit of my stomach. It's not about the flights, not about traveling at all....it's all about leaving Ian. I KNOW he'll be fine. Marcia and Bill have a lot of fun things planned for him. But, it's still hard to leave my baby.

Our journey has been long and full of ups and downs. In a few short days we'll get to hold our sweet Drew. Charlie and I kept saying "I can't believe it's finally time"....all day yesterday. Little Drew has no idea what's about to happen. He's perfectly content in the orphanage with the nannies and other kiddos around. While we're excited beyond belief, his little world is getting ready to turn upside down. He's getting ready to leave what he's known his entire life and go with this people that smell different, are bigger than he's ever seen before, talk different and can't stop smiling. I can't imagine what will go through his little mind. But, we'll love him through the transition and before long he'll adjust.

We have had a HUGE support system through this journey and we can't thank you enough. So many of you have laughed with us, cried with us and rejoiced with us. Our journey TO Drew is just about over and our journey WITH Drew is about to begin.

We plan to update the blog as much as possible while we're gone. I think the Internet connection in Ninh Thuan may be a little sketchy, but we should be fine in Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi. We'll post our return flight information as it gets closer to our return.

Please continue to pray for us. The next time we post will probably be from Vietnam