Today is a very special day for many reasons…

1) It’s Chase’s birthday! So thankful that he was born 29 years ago so that I could marry him and have a baby with him. Happy Birthday Babe- I love watching you gracefully fall into the role of a dad.. I love you more with each day.

2) We got to take our baby girl home for the first time since she was born! We have been hanging out in the UAE (where our hospital was) waiting for Lydia’s birth certificate, passport and then stamp to cross back over. Yesterday Chase spent 2 hours, while mom, Lydia and I were in the car, at the Immigration office trying to get the right paper work and stamp in order to make sure we could cross the border today. However, we still weren’t 100% that we could cross… but Praise the Lord we were able to! Lydia put her charm on, Chase gave the ladies at the border our paperwork and the Lord did His thing and we got a stamp in her passport to go home! I teared up when I saw them stamp it!

God has been so good to us through this whole process- we give Him all the praise for the smooth transition into parenthood that we have had so far.

Tonight we are enjoying a delicious bowl of soup from Jord, watching Parenthood (we have missed it!- ha) and eating Chocolate ice cream to celebrate! Thanks for all your prayers and thoughts during this time. Hope to finish the labor story and share more pictures soon!