Brown, beautiful and ours!

Just a quick update... We went to the Canadian Reception Center last night @ 1030pm and the flight was on time. Jayna was paired with a volunteer attendant from air transat who went with her the whole way... So awesome to talk with her about some things she learned during their flight from Haiti... What food jayna liked, some of her personality, and just knowing there was someone who really cared about jayna was good to know. What a blessing!

Jayna was kinda stonefaced for the first 45mins with Amanda, then had a short cry and started eating mum-mums. Immigration had a pretty good set up for processing all the kids from temporary citizenship to medical checks. An incredible team of volunteers and paramedics literally carried us through the process. Thank you - Fiona, Lily, Ben and Erin and all the others who made the crazy evening a real joy and celebration. We were blessed by your care and attention!

After all that, we went back to the hotel and started "our life" with jayna. She realy wasn't too excited to do much else but watch the crazy talking white people... But after a while, we go her laughing. Really, this was the real bonding moment for jayna and I. And what a beautiful smile and laugh! Yikes! She's really ticklish, once she warms up to ya... She'll fit right in with our other crazy kids. She's so much fun and a total goof, just like Amanda...

Jayna and Amanda shared a bed and she slept so well, Amanda was on mom sleep, waking with every movement, so if she woke up she wouldn't be really freaked out. I slept great, and having set my phone alarm for 550 Alberta time... :P , but jayna woke up at 645 and we hustled into our first full day together. Jayna went into stoneface mode again once we got into the taxi, and until we were sitting at the WJ gate, she didn't show any expression. But we got her laughing again and she seemed to be pointing at something on the tarmac and saying something... My toddler ceole is pretty sketchy... But she spoke!!

The fantastic people at westjet decided to cover our flight to calgary, and coupled with the fact that they're brewing a coffee double strength for me makes them the very best company in the world. Ok, one of the goodest. They have made the whole process very easy, and fun!

We are arriving in calgary after lunch and so looking forward to finally going home and just being home.

In the last week, we have experienced so many highs and lows, and we are so blessed to walk this journey in God's hands and take every step with friends and family like you! Thank you for loving and serving us in so many ways.

Jayna fell asleep on the flight to TO and is still sleeping, we are blessed with another very sound sleeper. Dang, she is so pretty just sleeping. God is good.

Grace and peace!!!
Jake and Amanda
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