EVERYONE IS WAITING FOR ASHA...

WOW! There is no better word than "wow".

No words can express how generous everyone in our lives have been. Right from the beginning when we first struggled through four years of infertility and the ups and downs with that, to us making the decision to adopt, to waiting for a referral, to rejoicing when we got the news of a baby girl, to the day when it is time to go and pick up our daughter; there have been so many of you who have joined us in this journey and stood by us on the road to parenthood. There are so many who have asked about Asha, been excited with us about Asha and have prayed for us and Asha. Often people we don't even know will come up to us to say that they have seen our picture and have been praying for us and Asha. To everyone, we are truly grateful and feel so very blessed. So, thank you!

Lots has been happening this week whether it's packing and repacking, final running around, baby proofing and visiting of family and friends before we leave on Sunday. This past week, I had two work friends throw me a surprise baby shower during our monthly meeting. Everyone chipped in to buy Asha a toy; Noah's Ark with some animals of course, little tiny sandals and a rattle. They each signed the card and brought food to celebrate the coming of Asha.

We have some dear friends that we met through our small group that had the idea to bless the Ottley's by coming together as a group to make a donation to leave with the Ottley's for their son's post secondary education. A special friend of ours heard about what our small group was doing and decided to organize a small fundraising campaign with those who are close with us at work, to raise some money to contribute towards the Ottley's fund. We will be taking all of the money that was given to us and will be blessing the Ottley's. What a wonderful way to touch those outside of our country! All week we have also been getting random baby gifts from people at work. Asha is one spoiled and blessed little girl and we are so lucky to have you all in our lives.

I guess mainly, we want you to all know that one way or another you have each touched our lives and we are better people because of it. We can't wait for you to each meet our Caribbean Queen.