Love at First Sight

After a long, long flight we met our daughter Eden the morning of April 19th!  We have been in love with this little girl since we saw her first picture, but holding her in our arms filled our hearts greater than we could've imagine.  Here are some of our favorite photos from our time in Taiwan.  I was finally able to narrow down the huge selection of photos.  I hope you'll enjoy a taste of our adoption adventure.

Our daughter is finally in our arms, April 19th!

 This is Mark, Sarah, and Benjamin.  We became parents on the same blessed day.  

They will forever feel like family.

Eden has her daddy's cheeks!

"For this child we prayed," and will continue to pray over.

Chiang Kai-shek Memorial

   

This bridge was the scariest part of the whole trip, for Evan and Mark.  The swinging bridge was over a river through Taroko Gorge.  Evan was so brave crossing this tiny bridge.  I laughed at the guys the entire way, I am short enough that it didn't bother me a bit.

 

Here are a few pictures from around Plum Blossom Lake.

Wild flowers, icecream burritos, and pink meat all  made for a wonderful day. 

Oh, those cheeks!  One of my favorite things in the whole world is kissing those cheeks.

First sleep over with little miss.

 

The road of palm trees to The Home of God's Love.

 Taroko National Park adventure.  From the mountains to the marbled valleys we were in awe of God's creation all day long.

 These three lovely ladies cared for our precious baby girl for 5 months, 

we will forever be grateful for the love and care.

 All dressed up for our AIT appointment.  We passed with flying colors.  

We finally landed in America! 

We took over 1,000 pictures and 3 hours of video.  Every smile and cheek squish does not do this experience justice.  We are blessed beyond measure to have gone on this journey 

to become Eden's parents.  This is truly just the beginning... the beginning of life as a family of three and the beginning of oodles of pictures.