WHAT A DAY!!!!!!!

Well we are finally home after one hard day. For me, I had a hard time relaxing. Allen on the other hand was cool as a cucumber!!! Which helped me out a lot. We enjoyed so much visiting Lauren up at Lakewood. The nurses were wonderful and helped us out a lot. With each night came a little sadness to leave but we were glad to have a couple nights of relaxing and good sleep. Amy, our social worker, came in around 6:45 to do some of the paperwork and then left to do the surrender. This was the time that was hard. It was so nice to know we had a lot of prayers going up for us on our behalf. Amy called at 9:10 and said, "Go get your car seat your going home," then we cried. Allen and got out of there and could not believe that we had this small wonder in our car and it was ours. God is Good!!!

Now let me say about this first night. Loved it and I laughed at myself. The baby slept more than I cause I laid there in ahhhhhhhh. I also heard every coo and so forth and could help but listen. Finally I fell asleep and at 3:30 we were wide awake and I have to say, "I am so excited." Of course I like to get more sleep but I'm okay with holding her a lot!!!

Thank you sooo much for all your prayers. Believe me they were felt. Can't wait for everyone to see her face to face.

Lauren Hope means---Guarded by God/Trust in the Future/Understanding Heart WOW!!!