Less than 24 hours!!!!

So while I've said I'm not stressed and think I've got it all together...Yesterday I found out otherwise.  Wyatt and I arrived safely in Orlando on Tuesday, early afternoon.  Wyatt did great on the flight down, we got here in one piece and settled in pretty well.  Brandon was scheduled to come in early afternoon yesterday and about 30 minutes before he was scheduled to take off...I had a flash of something come over me that I had forgotten.  So much for checking and cross checking!

Wyatt- check
all baggage- check
all adoption paperwork- check
vaccine and passport info- check
mile long packing list (i'll spare you the details)- check
HADLEY'S RETURN PAPER TICKET- a gigantic whoops!!!
my brain- NOT check!
So here is where I thank everyone for prayers because I really don't know what came over me, randomly in the middle of the day yesterday to make me think to check for her plane ticket.  She has a paper ticket required, for whatever reason and when I was attempting to be diligent and print a copy for my parents to have, I left her ticket on our printer.  Fabulous-o!  The GREAT news is that I thought about it yesterday, called the travel agent, she purchased another ticket for her and overnighted it to us...We just received it this morning...PHEW!!!  In the nick of time...Imagine that! :) So maybe I'm a little more anxious than I admitted (ha!) if I left our daughters plane ticket that we are going to China to get, at home! :)

So our plans today...we are tying up some last minute loose ends including baby proofing grandpa and grandma's house.  Wyatt managed to find every possible breakable item they have in the first hour he had arrived.  So rather than everything my parents own being broken while we're gone by our cute little interior designer (Wyatt) we have rearranged furniture, taken things off all remaining tables and this afternoon are going to purchase cabinet locks, door handle covers, etc.  He's already giggly over grandpa and grandma and of course they are the same way over him...which is helping me with the sick feeling in my tummy.  I am having a tough time shaking it yesterday and today, even though conceptually I KNOW he is in amazing and capable hands.  Ugh, that sweet little smile with his broken words that he jibber jabbers all the time, is all that I can think of.  Deep breaths as my friend Sandy would say :) 

Ok, so last and definitely not least...I do not know what we've done to deserve the truly unbelievable people God has put in our lives! SERIOUSLY!  From family to friends we are so undeserving and truly blessed!  The phone calls (sorry I'm not answering), text messages, emails...we've been overwhelmed by the support in such a way that it's hard to even describe or put words to.  The cute messages from a sweet friend with reminders of possible things I may have forgotten and her genuine humor to make me laugh amidst my nerves...The people taking care of our animals, our business, you name it!!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!!!  We cannot say it enough!!! THANK YOU!!!  I really am overwhelmed once again with the love that we are surrounded by and I can't help but think, we do not deserve it, why us?  God is so good to have put these people in our lives! We are so grateful!

Alrighty...I'm off to hop in the shower, off to get a final booster shot, pick up some meds for Hadley and finish baby proofing grandma and grandpas.  I hope to post again before we arrive in China to include our itinerary and other info...

BIG HUGS and LOVE!
Robin