...and were off!

We got our travel date!

Maybe on the plane I will have time to write a proper post about the emotions and the happenings of today, maybe:)

For now, we are scrambling - we leave in 10 days to go and meet Ian for the first time!

All that comes to mind at this late hour, after working on VISA applications for 3 hours, is the song by needtobreathe, which Ari loves...

Something Beautiful. This is something SO beautiful and as someone remarked to me recently, they are. we are, excited for the life that Ian will have, and for the love he will bring to our family. Meeting him is making it real, and we could not be happier or more grateful or feel more honored or blessed by God to be on this journey.

In your ocean, I'm ankle deep
I feel the waves crashin' on my feet
It's like I know where I need to be
But I can't figure out, yeah I can't figure out

Just how much air I will need to breathe
When your tide rushes over me
There's only one way to figure out
Will you let me drown, will you let me drown?

Hey now, this is my desire
Consume me like a fire, 'cause I just want something beautiful
To touch me, I know that I'm in reach
'Cause I am down on my knees.
I'm waiting for something beautiful
Oh, something beautiful

And the water is rising quick
And for years I was scared of it
We can't be sure when it will subside
So I won't leave your side, no I can't leave your side.

Hey now, this is my desire
Consume me like a fire, 'cause I just want something beautiful
To touch me, I know that I'm in reach
'Cause I am down on my knees.
I'm waiting for something beautiful
Oh, something beautiful

In a daydream, I couldn't live like this.
I wouldn't stop until I found something beautiful.
When I wake up, I know I will have
No, I still won't have what I need.
Something Beautiful

Hey now this is my desire
Consume me like a fire, 'cause I just want something beautiful
To touch me, I know that I'm in reach
Cause I am down on my knees
I'm waiting for something beautiful
Oh, something beautiful