From Brian:

What a day we had today. This morning we were able to go to the hospital to visit our beautiful daughter for the first time. We had about two hours with Cecelia, Lauryn, and Lauryn's mother, Beverly. They could not have made us feel more welcome and constantly confirmed that we were the parents. Everytime a nurse would come in they would introduce us as Cecelia's parents. It was such a blessing.

Holding Cecelia in my arms was something that I will never forget. She is so beautiful - oh my, the hair is like nothing I have ever seen. Her face is etched in my memory and I will sleep tonight thinking of her and counting the minutes until we get to go back to see her - which is tomorrow morning at 11am!!! She is my daughter and there is no denying that. It looks like Friday morning we get to bring Cece home and begin some serious bonding time.

I want to share an amazing part of the day. While we were visiting with Lauryn and Beverly, they handed us a present. Beverly told us that they are so grateful to welcome us into their family. To show us their love they presented us with a blanket. This special blanket was knitted by a close family friend 20 years ago and was used to bring Lauryn home from the hospital. They have bestowed this blanket to us so we can bring Cecelia home in it and keep it in our family as a reminder of their love.

More to come!!!