We're not in Kansas anymore...

....and it's a good thing because there are too many Jayhawks in Kansas and they might try to steal our coach back! haha. But on to the real post:

Many CDH families have compared this journey to riding a wild and crazy roller coaster. As we are nearing Carter's arrival, I was thinking about my favorite childhood movie, "The Wizard of Oz" and I've decided that our CDH journey is much like The Wizard of Oz (which I guess can be compared to any life journey). I was also remembering just how many times I made my poor Granddad watch that movie--all the time thinking he loved it as much as I did! Yeah right!

Much like Dorothy, we were living in our normal black and white world and then a tornado came out of nowhere and dumped us in this foreign, techni-color world full of strangers and strange things. All these little people are rushing around (we'll assume these are the doctors!), telling her that in order to get back home, she'd have to follow the yellow brick road (our CDH journey). Along the way, she met many friends she never imagined would cross her path (our new CDH family) and also encountered numerous difficult situations and characters like bad witches and flying monkeys (do I really need to explain this one?). At the end of her journey, she was able to find the Wizard, who would send her home, but she discovers that the Great and Wonderful Wizard of Oz wasn't as scary as she thought. She ends up realizing that there's no place like home and goes home, changed and with a new appreciation of her life.

So, we're on our yellow brick road and we can't wait to bring Carter home because there really is NO place like home! :) And if you see posts referring to The Wizard of Oz, you'll understand where they come from.