ze blogging... it has begun

so i've been reading all these amazing blogs about families adopting from ethiopia and it has been a comfort to read their words, so i figured i'd give it a go myself. we are very excited to start on our adoption journey after a very long year and a half of IVF treatments, procedures and transfers. we were unsuccessful with IVF and though we've grieved and held each other tight, it is true that time slowly heals all wounds. we have three great kids, and i've always imagined having five kids, so here we are... ready to jump into the chaos and unknowns and lengthy yet totally worth it world of adoption. 

we chose the name piper because it works for a boy or a girl. it's different than the original names we planned on during our IVF rounds... a new dream deserves thoughtful consideration and a fresh start. it's strong and unique, and it works with any middle name we can imagine, which is important because we plan on using our child's ethiopian birth given name as a middle name. 

here's what i think of when i think of my piper: