Shanxi

We arrived safely in Shanxi China, the province our daughter resides in, yesterday afternoon via train.  To say Maryn was a first-class-world-toddler traveler is an understatement.....she was AMAZING.  She walked and held tightly onto the stroller as we whisked through the crowds of people to make our way onto our train.  There were no tears until we got off of the train and she realized Chapman was not meeting us at the train station.  Poor girl has been anticipating the arrival of her baby sister  with each and every outing we have been on since first stepping onto the plane in Atlanta.  

It is Monday, August 29, 2016, and right now I can only imagine what our little one is experiencing.  Chapman is two now, her birthday was yesterday though I am positive it was just another day for her.  I picture a lot of hustling around to get Chapman and her friend, Harper, dressed and ready for their big day, a day when their whole lives will undoubtedly change forever.  I do wonder what they are being told, if anything, about their drive in a car for the first time; are the nannies transporting them familiar faces or just two officials whom they see periodically around their room?  

I pray she feels safe with us.

I pray she knows love and will allow us to love her too.