It’s Saturday evening, only hours left before we leave for
the next and final step in our journey. The thought of this being the last time
in our house without a new baby is overwhelming. Daniel and I have both had
waves of nausea from nerves and anxiousness and to try and explain the feelings
we are having I wouldn’t know where to start…
360 days ago our journey started, and it will be one year
since we first made out trek down to Panama for the first time and now here we
sit, almost full circle. Layton will be born this coming Thursday August 16th,
and still we need to pinch ourselves to realize this isn’t a dream anymore….
our story will finally have a happy ending.
The support we have been given throughout this year has been
nothing short than amazing, our families, friends, and even strangers all
jumped on our band wagon and everyone seemed to get just as caught up in our
adventure as we did. We are truly thankful and understand how lucky we are.
Our suitcases are packed, one for us, and one for baby
Layton. Layton’s suitcase stuffed to the brim with everything we could think of
that a baby might need. Clothes, diapers, creams and lotions, funny how much
space it takes once you start packing all these things.
Tomorrow we fly to Toronto and will spend the night there,
where on Monday we will catch a flight to Panama on Copa airlines which will
get us into Panama City at around 2:15 pm. Our friend Alana has graciously
offered to pick us up at the airport and take us to her place, where we will be
staying until we are able to return back to Canada hopefully a few weeks after
Layton’s birth.
The story of our adventure (pre-Layton) is almost complete,
now we are excited to write a new chapter in this blog, one that includes a
cheerful, happy and well wanted, little boy….
Brad , I can feel the excitement in your words. I'm beyond thrilled for the both of you. I can't wait to hear about Layton's adventures ...in your words obviously...when you all arrive home as a family.
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