July, 1999-Gotcha Day
July, 2009 Ten years ago....
Two bumbling idiots stumbled woozily into a steaming magistrate's office in Changsha, China and were handed the most beautiful baby in the world.
We took her back to our hotel room and she fell asleep, exhausted from the 9 hour drive from her orphanage in Chen Zhou. She slept for 6 hours.
"Why, there's nothing to this motherhood bit," I thought happily.
Twelve years of freedom, (gone)
Eleven million blankets,
Ten million diapers,
Nine million toys.
Eight hours of sleep (ha)
Seven million memories,
Six extracurricular activities,
Five hundred pictures (per year)
Four happy people (with Meredith)
Three proud grandparents,
Two exhausted parents,
And one baby .
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We were living for a dream,
Loving for a moment
Taking on the world,
That was just our style
Then she looked into our eyes,
We could see forever
The search was over
China gave us the ultimate prize.
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