every little sound he makes, every time he lunges into my arms, every time he grabs my cheeks and laughs...my heart soars. I have a son...I can't believe I am finally a Mommy. On the plane ride home, Andrew & I both got so emotional as we watched him finally fall asleep...we felt as if we were dreaming. We had this life, this wonderful life, that we were now responsible for and we cried as he cried on the plane. We cried because at times we could not comfort him as he screamed because of his ear infection...it just broke our hearts to see him suffering.

how amazing little Roman is...when he wakes up and opens his eyes and sees me smiling at him, he just breaks into the most heart-warming smile that you have ever seen. he seems to already know that I am his Mommy and Andrew is his Daddy and that we are there for him. He knows we will catch him when we falls face first lunging at us as he is walking towards one of us...

he knows that we are his parents forever...and he is loved.