Wherever God leads...

Monday, January 25, 2010

Home

We are home! We are tired, exhausted really, but we are all home safe. More to come later.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Tomorrow begins our trek toward the EAST. We will fly to Newark, NJ, spend the night and will fly on a direct flight to Beijing which will land Saturday at 3:15pm. Gotcha day is slated for Sunday!!!

We will be posting to the following blog during our journey:

http://www.adoptionjournals.org/visit/mckeehanfamily2009

password: family

Thanks

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Sunday Snapshot

On this, our last Sunday as a family of three, I wanted to take a moment to pay a special tribute to the most wonderful gift God has ever given me. Our Samuel was so long in coming. Three years of fertility treatments, stress, and heartache almost tore us apart. We struggled with who to blame and the "why me" questions that are so hard to answer. When we gave it to God, however, he gave Samuel to us.

I know mom's say this, but from the moment I saw this amazing creature - I knew- here was a young man who could change the world. He came out like a shot...literally. My OB said it was her first football catch ever. My husband was just happy she didn't drop him. Samuel has the best laugh and the sweetest smile. He loves life and loves our Lord. My son, who will be 9 in March has taught me so much about faith and how to live my life. He is now more than happy to share his life with his new brother, who he believes has been waiting on us all of this time. Although Simon is 7, Samuel is ready to be the "older brother" in all that it entails. He wants to teach him about the Lord, life, and all of it's possibilities. Mind you, my son is not perfect, but I beleive God gives us the children who need us, but also the children we need.

He is stubborn, but he knows when to bend.

He loves his "stuff", but is just as happy enjoying catching snowflakes in his mouth or playing on our farm.

He is silly...ohhh...is he silly and he has the best laugh. You can't help but laugh with him.

He is competitive, even when the competition is head and shoulders above him, he gives it his all.

He loves God's creatures, big and small. He has an intuition with animals that is uncanny and uncommon in one so young. They love him and he takes pride in the fact that he helps to take care of them.

So, on our last Sunday together, my son, I want you to know how much I love you. You will always be my first born, my first miracle, God's lesson to me on the true meaning of love. I love you pumpkin!

Mom

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Travel Dates - small change

We have had a slight change in our travel dates due to the obscene arrival time at the Atlanta airport (4am which means we would have to leave our house at 2am). We will now be flying to Newark, NJ from Atl on Thursday, January 7. We will spend the night in NJ and catch our flight straight to Beijing on Friday. We will arrive in Beijing at 3:00pm on Saturday - that whole loosing a day thing is still odd to me :) We will meet our son for the first time on Sunday. We are nervous, excited, and a little frightened but we know God has brought us together for a reason and will continue to be our light on this journey.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Our final A!!!

CA - we got it!!! Official travel dates are January 8, 2010 - January 23, 2010. Gotcha day should be January 10th or 11th - not sure yet. Now the frantic planning begins. God is good because He has brought us through this entire process with an amazing family - the Christiansens and with Godly support from our church family and workplaces. We are so looking forward to the day we can look our son in the eye and let him know he never has to worry any more about having a mom and dad or being apart of a family. His brother is so excited, I think sleep may be elusive this evening :) Please continue to pray as we have never been overseas before. Let the adventure begin!!