WE'RE the lucky ones.

Keeghan gets told all the time she's a lucky girl. I totally disagree. How is it lucky to have some strange people come take you away from everything you know? It's not. WE are the lucky ones. Lucky to have gathered all the paperwork we needed. Lucky to have met a terrific social worker who helped us complete our homestudy and talked to me when we decided we'd like to consider some special needs. Lucky to have worked with our FANTASTIC adoption agency. SO SO SO lucky to have found Keeghan and that no one else locked her file before we did. Lucky to have been approved by China to not only adopt, but to adopt our daughter. Lucky to have put together the money we needed to get Keeghan home fairly quickly. Lucky to have made this amazing addition to our family. Lucky that even though Keeghan has a medical condition that will be with her forever, she is otherwise healthy...and smart...and beautiful. Really, we are lucky. I can only hope that Keeghan comes to love us as much as we love her.

And on that note...this is a picture of Keeghan sound asleep last night with a "chewy" (as I've come to call the stuff she sucks/chews on) and a pillow. Devon made this pillow in 7th grade right after we decided to embark on this adoption journey. He had to make a pillow in home economics (ok it's called family and consumer sciences now) and picked Chinese themed fabric to make a pillow for a sister that was only a dream then. Now, his sister is cuddling up with her pillow to sleep. Yes, I know babies aren't supposed to have pillows in their cribs, but honestly, after seeing how this child slept in the orphanage...the pillow is fine!