The night before Lauren is in my arms

Here I am in Taiwan on the eve of meeting my daughter. This is so amazing and almost unbelievable. I feel as if I have just run a marathon over the course of the last few weeks just to get to her. I was feeling a little scared earlier. The same scared I felt right before having my boys but with a twist. Will she be sad tomorrow? When will her little heart realize that her foster mother is not coming to get her. Will she let me soothe her and let her heart believe that she is safe and loved and that I am never leaving. Will she have smiles for me? Is she crawling?

This is big. This is so big! I was strolling down the streets of Taipei looking up at Taipei 101 and thinking how fun it was. Then I thought, tomorrow I will be walking down this same street with my daughter. Tomorrow I meet my daughter. Tomorrow changes my life. Tomorrow changes my boys lives. How lucky we all are.

Lauren's bed is made. Her pink kitty is waiting for her to snuggle with and my arms are waiting to snuggle her.

The gifts for all ready for the wonderful people in Taiwan who have had a hand in bringing Lauren home to us,. We are all set to go.

Below are photos from yesterdays travel and today's adventures. This was our first outing in the city by our selves. My mom and I had lunch at a little walk in restaurant. Here I am using chopsticks for the 1st time. I actually did pretty good! The food is very yummy here.

Here is a picture of myself and my mom Elle just about to board the flight for San Fransisco. We were soooo excited to finally get on that plane and head toward Lauren

We arrived in Taipei at 5:30 am local time after flying for 13 1/2 hours.

Mr. Yeh and his son Alex met us at the airport this morning. Here is a\Alex holding their sign for us. It is so funny to see my first and middle name being used to identify me. I like that this signs says Robin Elizabeth and Elisabeth as we are here to get Lauren Elisabeth. Alex got up super early to accompany his dad to the airport to great us. After dropping us off at the hotel he was heading off to school for the day.

Okay- It is time for me to go to bed so I am ready for our girl tomorrow.