ANTICIPATION

Hello all
It is Friday morning, and I am sitting in a beautiful setting in Half Moon Bay (thank you, my lovely friend Tbone.) He thought it'd be the most relaxing send off after 2 final days of work meetings...and it is, and I am so appreciative.
I am sitting on a patio, sipping tea in front of a fire pit, looking out at and listening to the Pacific Ocean and it's a perfect moment.  I just Skyp'd with our girls, who are looking forward to a fun day with friends, movies, ice cream.  I talked to Ken a while ago who told our story to a sweet flight attendant who upgraded him to 1st class on his trip to LAX, where I will join him shortly.  I am calm.  (For all of you who lived this with me, especially the past few weeks dealing with issues and mistakes made by our agency, you will understand this is indeed quite a feat). 

I am playing the moment we will meet Shu in my head, knowing it will be nothing like I imagine.  But its there, that anticipation...the moment.  I remember the whirlwind day meeting our girls - the nerves, the ride there and then having Nicole thrust into my arms as soon as I walked through a door.  I turned to Ken and Eva was being thrust into his.  BAM - we are Family.  And the months of having waited for them disolve.
Will it be the same...having waited years this time.  I think yes.  Since it is so close now, all that matters is looking ahead.  I have so many questions, so many thoughts about my little man.  I pray that how much we love him already will help him through what will no doubtedly be an emotional time for him - the change, the move from what and who he knows and has lived with for over a year.  Introducing him to his big sisters will be so much fun.  Not so sure about his new furry pack of 3 dogs and 3 cats, but it only took the girls 2 days to enjoy that attention.

So, I am off to take a walk, breathe in some ocean air, and as Tom so eloquently put it ...enjoy the quiet before the mayhem of poopy diapers and crying begins.  YEAH!