Getting ready to leave tomorrow

We're doing our last minute preparations for our long trip. We didn't get much notice for our trip and then it was changed, so we were really hit with lots to do. We were all prepared to pack for 2 tips and have time in between, but now we need more for us and then lots of stuff for Baby Boy. It was surprising how much stuff he needs once you put it all together, and we'll only have him for a week.

We wanted to say we really appreciate the emails, cards, calls, etc. from everyone. It's good to know that people are happy for us and following things and hoping for the best. We are looking forward to getting him and being able to post pictures and bring him home to meet people. He's got lots of people waiting to meet him. Remember that you can post comments without needing an account, just keep them family friendly please.

We leave Richmond at noon tomorrow and will be in Moscow until Tuesday. I don't know if we will have internet access there, so there might not be any updates. The same will go for our return trip through Moscow. They'll probably have something but we just don't know yet. We will post something on Tuesday as soon as we can, but we don't know our schedule other than arriving in Kras at 6 am their time (6pm Monday night on the East Coast). Probably nothing much exciting at first, but we'll try and venture out.

I'm going to post something that Heather doesn't know about (ha ha). You all know her to different degrees, but I think you all see the various great things about her. It's been wonderful to make this journey with her. I really like thinking about being over there with her, getting our son (wow), and coming home to start a new chapter in our lives. I'm glad that I can share with you the joy she brings to my life. Now, on to the sappy stuff! My old computer that I had built 6 or so years ago died on me, and in moving files over to a new laptop I came across a file that I thought I had lost (I got used to my work laptop instead of a desktop and we could bring it on our trip). It is a poem that I wrote for her a few years ago that went away to college and forgot to write me. It might be silly but you'll understand the meaning..

that one moment

when the sun is shining down on your face

and the wind brushes against your cheek

you feel as if you never want to leave it

stay there forever

in that moment

eyes closed

taking it all in

wanting to keep that brief window in time always open

but then it begins to close

fading away

sadness sets in, as it goes

you begin to miss it

hoping for it's return

waiting, 

waiting

and then you return

my wind, my lovely wind

eternally mine

never fading

always with me

my wife