I've lost count of the number of people who tell us that we are brave. Brave for adopting "at our age." THANKS FRIENDS! Brave for traveling to China. (We've both been there, and it isn't that scary!) Brave for taking our 6 year old daughter Katrina on that long of a plane ride. Okay, you may have us there.
The true brave one in this journey is Kye. Wenhua, currently - until the adoption is finalized in early December. Kye will leave everything that he has ever known, be handed over to people he has never met in his young life and bring with him just the clothes on his back - literally. Kye is the brave one - he just doesn't know it yet. He was dropped off at the orphanage when he was 2-days old with cleft lip / cleft palette. He's never know anything else. We will introduce him, in a very short period of time, to planes, trains, automobiles, sisters, dogs, cats, mom and dads, and likely, snow. Kye is the brave one.
Our intentions are pure - we want to give him a better life, and leave a forever-friend for our daughter. I believe that we can do both. Kye will experience things with us that China could never offer him, based on his current circumstances. Of course he will be subjected to the sharp AmRhein humor, a lot of tickles, snugs, nights all smashed together with dogs, cats and family in the basement "snug pit" and likely far worse than that - but it's all good!
Going with the "chapter" theme that I've started - I hope that this will be the beginning of an incredible chapter in Kye's life. I know that it will be for us! Children are a blessing, and while the family will be all upside down for a bit as we figure out how to rebalance, I believe that this little guy will bring much more with him than we ever imagined!
More to come on the prequel to Kye. The adoption process is something that deserves several chapters. But for now, at the start, you know as much about Kye as we do and I'll share as much as I can as we get started on chapter 44a.
On a humourous note - Katrina and I have been going through all of the great hand-me-downs we've received. I noted that we don't have a lot of pants yet, as we really don't know what size he'll wear, and I suggested that some of her 3T or 4T pants might work. "But momma," she replied, "there isn't a hole for, you know, his...peeper!" And so little boys are on the verge of entering a female dominated household. More to come early next week! Cheers
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