In the journey of adoption, you meet scores of incredible people...the Gibson family were one of those families that we immediately bonded with and we enjoy every minute we spend with them. We met them in August of 2007 and pretty much became family on the spot (stress free parenting will do that to ya - lol, inside joke). But there are a core group of families that become strength and hope for each other through the adoption process and truly the Gibson's are one of those so dear to our hearts. Today was a milestone...as Sakari and their sweet Zoie had never met nor had Roger and Kari met Sakari since we've been home. Today was special. They were in Tulsa for the day picking up their son, Michael, at the airport but before that we got to spend some quality time over lunch catching up, totally in awe of how far we have come and how God handpicked these treasures to be in our lives.

Becca held Zoie and typically Sakari is not fond of Momma holding another baby...but she was ok with it and just loved Zoie and kept wanting to get up from the table and go over and just be by her to hug her, kiss her and hold her hand. Zoie is seriously the impersonation of a dark chocolate hershey kiss. Those two girls were just soooo sweet! We didn't have near enough time but thankfully, we are headed up to Branson in a few weeks to spend a weekend with them for our birthdays (Becca and I have birthdays 2 days apart). We can't wait to spend more time with them...and just are so excited for them and I tell you, adoption is a common ground that a lot of us share...and I think I speak for all of us in saying that there is nothing like it! I'm sure Rog and Kari will post pics soon - they got better pics than we did, but here are a few that we got today...but the ones they have of Sakari and Zoie kissing goodbye are enough to make anyone tear up :-)