Meeting Leika

We are back from our five day Haitian excursion to meet our beautiful girl. It was a whirlwind trip but absolutely fantastic. We left Saturday night out of Seattle and got into Port au Prince a little after noon on Sunday. A bumpy ride out to GLA, set our stuff down, and then, "are you ready to meet her?" YES!

It was awesome. She grabbed on and held each of us so tight.

We got to spend a couple hours in the morning and and couple hours in the afternoon each day with her, aside from visits to the US Embassy and the Haitian courts. Each new encounter with Leika slowly and gradually connected us more and more to her... right up 'til we had to say goodbye on Thursday morning. At times it was weird, a little strange, for all of us, at times it was so much fun. She is so full of life - she will definitely keep up with her brothers (if not bowl them over). She is a perfect match for our family. Thank you God!

From here we wait (which we are used to doing) for the two governments (Haiti and the U.S.) to do paperwork. This includes making her legally ours, issuing her a passport, and making her a U.S. citizen. This should take six to nine months. We are hoping for Christmas, but we have learned not to hold our breath.