Willa~
Today, for the first time, I let myself look at your photos and imagine holding you.
In one photo, you are propped against a backdrop of Hello Kitty print. You are in a little white cardigan that has pink roses on the Peter Pan collar, a pair of pants with a print I can't decipher and bright pink and purple socks that are just a bit too big for your feet.
I close my eyes, and I think I know just what it would feel like to hold one of those sockfeet in the palm of my hand.
We've seen a lot of referral pictures, and we know that it's difficult to determine anything at all from the photos. But there is something about your face that that is so content. You are so young in these photos - maybe 5 or 6 months old.
I have to remind myself that you are not much older than that now.
Will we get to see you by your first birthday? Will we see you by Thanksgiving or Christmas?
Maybe today someone is reading our letter and saying "Yes, this is a good match."
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