"Dehli"

We are in Dehli, we arrived Sunday night. Ben seems to be adjusting well, he is full of smiles and giggles. I do think he is grieving for his little friends and Ayahs though, sometimes he will just look up at us and start crying. Its enough to break your heart!!
We got done with the Medicals yesterday and it was awful, they gave him 6 shots, so for everyone that has to do this prepare yourself! They wanted to split it up in two days, but we said just get it over with!!! Dr. Chawla is who we used and recommend her. Ben does have a rash that we have to get looked at when we get home, I'm so hoping it isn't scabies:-( We are off to the Embassy tomorrow so keep us in your prayers.

"Ben"

I am able to write this right now because my precious little bundle is sleeping! He is so precious, and has bonded well with Jason. He smiles at me but prefers Jason. I love seeing them bond :-) It was a wonderful experience for both of us!! I can't tell you what it felt like to walk into that room, I recognized most of the babies immediately. It was AWESOME!!! I am exhausted and want to head home. Not sure how it happened but our trip is a long one! We won't arrive home until April 10th, I was trying to make sure I had enough days in there for the embassy. I wish now I would have come home a few days earlier.

We are Here

We made it safely to the Kenilworth hotel in India. We had a nightmare trip that ended with the airline losing our bag. Our electricity adapter was in our bag, which meant no laptop or cell phone. I was a mess and freaking out let me tell you! My poor husband are you all praying for him, he needs it! I don't handle stress well. LOL! First let me start off with if you have a chance stay at this hotel! It is amazing! The staff here goes above and beyond to help you, they even tracked down an adapter when they found out about our luggage. They are why I'm able to write this blog today. Now that the bad news is out of the way, lets talk about the good news. . . . . . . We are picking up Ben tomorrow morning at 11! "I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it! " I will try to post again tomorrow, but I'm not making any promises. I've waited along time to hold my little guy and I just might not put him down again to type on this computer :-)

P.S. If you are in need of a travel agent for your trip to India Todd Gallinek was wonderful for us!

"India, Here we come!"

WE ARE LEAVING TOMORROW!!! FINALLY!!! Boy, now that it's finally here things are moving fast. I feel so many things all at once that my world is topsy turvy right now! Anyway this will be a short post this time, just wanted to take time and say I will be blogging our trip so stay tuned :-)

Sweet Guardianship!

We received guardianship today! :-) :-) :-) I e-mailed Jynger from Dillon last night before I went to bed and asked that she e-mail me when the next case was approved even if it wasn't ours. Every time a case was approved it helped me get through one more day. At 4:30 a.m my alarm clock went off and right after my phone did the e-mail ring :-) Jynger e-mailed us to let us know the judge had approved our case!! And being the nice comforting loving and considerate wife that I am, I screamed, jumped on the bed and yelled at my husband to get up! I have never seen a human being move that fast, I scared the living daylights out of him. LOL all is well he is still alive no heart attack for him!!!! We are so very happy and celebrating this evening !!!

Today Marks 1 year and 9 months waiting for our baby to come home. This is a sweet anniversary for me as I can finally see a light at the end of this long tunnel. I never really believed when we started this process that we would still be waiting. Gods plans are not my plans and his timing is not my timing, thank goodness for that because I think I'd be really good at screwing up his plan :-) I was given a bible verse this week from a dear friend that reminded me of how valued I am by God. "See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are ever before me." Isaiah 49:16 Wow that verse says it all doesn't it?

I am so thankful that I have made such wonderful friends through Dillon International, that alone has made this wait bearable. I feel such a closeness and connection with them that I think only adoption can bring. I am so blessed that Dillon has a forum where parents can share, laugh, cry and ask questions, I wasn't aware but not alot of adoption agency have this courtesy for their adoptive parents. A very good friend of ours just adopted from Russia and she longed for someone to talk to who also adopted from Russia, but they had no forum. So today I'm feeling blessed by wonderful friends and an awesome adoption agency.

Merry Christmas

As Christmas is getting near, I find myself getting busier and busier each day. I'm so busy in fact that I haven't even had time to host my annual cookie baking day with my family. Cookie baking around our house is no minor thing, its more like an extravaganza; Flour, sugar, sprinkles everywhere and we love it! I have tried so hard to fill my life with so many things to do this holiday season so I could "forget" for a little while that Ben won't be home :-( Well so much for that because he is never far from my thoughts every second, every moment of everyday. In the process of trying to forget my troubles, I've also forgotten the most important thing of all; my precious savior. Where would I be if he hadn't come to redeem me? I think back to the Luke 2 (the Christmas story) and I think of all the people who were surrounding the area the night Christ was born. These people were desperate for a redeemer and yet they missed it! They missed it? All except for a handful of dirty shepherds, some wise men, and Mary and Joseph. Can you imagine how they felt? Delivering their precious son the savior and redeemer of the world in a dirty stable and no one seemed to care? Guess what God didn't miss it, he was right there for the whole thing!!
In church on Sunday I broke down crying during prayer time and was just begging God to hurry and bring Ben home. I actually said God you just don't understand, I hurt for him so badly. I don't understand why you won't just let us have him now we would take care of him and love him so much better. I felt a peace come over me and Gods presence so strong beside me. It was as if God sat down beside me, put his arm around me and whispered in my ear. It was amazing !!!!! This is what he said: Liberty, I don't know about hurting so badly for my son? Did you forget that I send my son for you? That I KNEW there was no way anyone could love and take care of him the way that I could? That the precious gift I send down here would be rejected? forgotten? Did YOU forget what they did to him? I was there for all of that, I had to witness it! But I love you that much!!! So Liberty, give me Ben, I know what I'm doing and I love him that much!!!!
That's my story this Christmas, a stolen intimate moment with my savior in the middle of church Sunday morning. It was one of the most precious moments of my life as I simply handed my son and heart to my savior. For the next few days before Christmas I want to be in the stable with Jesus not in the Inn missing his birth!!!
Luke 1:14
And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth

Merry Christmas and God bless.