I can hardly believe that less than three weeks from now is our last day in the States before we leave for Uganda.
It almost doesn't feel real that we are this close...
...to leaving
...to having to be prepared for two months of living in Africa.
...to having to be packed for Tony and I, plus our son who we've never met. (Tell me, how do you pack for a child you don't know the size of!?)
...to strange foods and bottled water.
...to walking in a land of red dirt.
...to friends who are excited to see us, who have never met us.
...to seeing orphanages filled with innocent little faces.
...to being called 'Mama' for the first time in my life.
... to be someone's mama.
20 days from now is the day before we leave our home for a land we've never been to, but our son will always consider his first home.
It's terrifying.
It's crazy.
It's exciting!
I can hardly wait to share the photos with you, my friends. I am looking forward to that day, and the day that I post saying "We're here - we made it to Uganda!" Until then, here are some photos of the process; these are little reminders of how far we've come on this journey... together!
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| The 'Oceans' tees have been sent, and here I am in mine! Love it! |
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| The Africa-Heart Vinyl stick order raised a few hundred more dollars for our adoption, and they turned out great! |
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| Sent in our dossiers in January 2015! |
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| The completed home study, (with our new agency), back in September 2014! |
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| We finished painting and most of the prep of Sam's room in the summer of 2014... we've been ready for him for a long time! Since this picture was taken, a wonderful friend put in an overhead light/fan combo so the lamp in the picture is now gone, but now there's a big mess on the floor from all our packing! |
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