Baby Shower!

A couple of the ladies from my adoption email group threw a baby shower for Liya and me on Saturday. Unfortuantely, the weather wasn't the most cooperative so some people couldn't make it -- including our good freinds from Denver. But the 10 of us who were there had a great time!

The most meaningful part for me was that Kari asked me to share our story of how we came to adoption and how we found Liya. She gave everyone a piece of paper with Liya's picture on it, and asked them to write down things they could pray for as I told the story. Then she asked for specific prayer requests that I'd like everyone to pray for. Then we had a group prayer time for Liya, our adoption, and the family transition when we get home. It was very meaningful to have a group of friends support us in prayer and commit to praying us through the rest of this process.

Then we had a wonderful luncheon and cake to welcome Liya home.

Finally, I opened gifts for Liya that everyone had brought. It was a really nice time of celebrating Liya's imminent arrival!