Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!

In the words of Sally Fields, "You love me!  You really love me!"  Sarah and I are so overwhelmed, as we have been through this entire ordeal, with the amount of love and support we have received from everyone around us.  I hate to make this sound like a written speech at the Oscars, but there are a few people we need to thank.  I truly don't want to leave anyone out, so hopefully this will cover everyone specifically and/or generally.  

• My Family - Thank you for the prayers and understanding.  Thank you for the first baby shower at the family reunion.  Thank you for allowing me my space in times of despair.  I have the best family in the world.
• Sarah's Family - Thank you for always being there for us and specifically for Sarah.  I am quite lucky to have married into the second best family in the world.
• My Work Family - Thank you to Phil and Len for letting me bend their ears every now and again regarding this whole process and understanding when I was a little distracted.  Thank you to my saves team for bearing with me in stressful times when I was short (not physically, though I am) or wore my emotions on my sleeves.
• My Ward Family - Thank you to the Orchard Hills Ward.  Especially the Bishopric, Bishop Rich, Brian Blackhurst, Alec Clark and Mark Harris.  What an amazing group of men we have leading us.  Bishop Rich is awesome.   Truly awesome.  They each have the most amazing wives to match.  Also, my young men's group (including Eric Franson).  They have been so excited for me in the high times and felt my pain with me in the low times.  I have said it a million times and it bears repeating.  We have a group of young men that are inspiring to me.  
• My Neighborhood Family - This family spills over into the ward family, but has earned it's own mention.  If you read my blog regularly, you already know how FREAKING (sorry Joe) cool my neighborhood is.  We have felt so much support from them from the beginning and even now when things have finally reached blissful end.  Thank you.  We are truly blessed to live in Meadowbrook.
• My Friends - The most important people to me have always been my family and friends.  Of course everyone on this list is a friend, but I speak of my friends since childhood.  These people care about me almost as much or as much as my family does.  They are so loyal and have always gone out of their way to make sure I knew they were there for me if I needed them.
• Other Adoptive Couples - Thank you to our friends who have adopted or dealt with infertility and they are all so understanding of our plight.  They have all been so eager to feel our pain with us and to share any helpful insight they could.

Joe Ashby ~ The Ashby's along with the Blackhursts and the Coxes have headed up the "Take care of the Trospers" committee.  

One of my best friends since adolescence, Jason Valderrama

Heidi Casale - The Casales are some of our greatest friends in the ward and life

Aunt Lynette - Aunt Lynette is my only family that lives in Utah.  She has been with us (crying) all along the way

Amy and Jaime - Amy is Sarah's cousin and has always been there for Sarah.  Amy and Jaime are engaged to be married in the next couple weeks....Congrats!

Sarah's Mom and Step Father - We are fortunate they live close and they will be great Grandparents!

Gifts, Gifts and more Gifts!  Thank you to everyone who have blessed us with presents and  to those in advance that will at the showers

Molly Reed - Molly is not only Sarah's sister, she is her best friend

We came home to a few signs and balloons and loved ones and presents and food!!!  Thanks!

Our "other neighbor" Cindy Cox and our neighbor Brenda Ashby, just two of the greatest neighbors in the world!

The balloon was from the Ashbys and Blackhursts and the sign was from the Casales

"He is a SHE...It's a GIRL!"  This fun sign was from the Cox Family

We were very prepared for little Caleb, but of course we were unprepared for Little Leah.  Molly cleaned out her hope chest (she has three boys and is hoping for a girl) and Sarah's friend, Liz Holyoak cleaned out her closet and brought us a whole pile of girls clothes.  We thank you....Leah thanks you!

Formula, diapers and a bag of new clothes awaited Leah's arrival from the Ashbys and Blackhursts

This was the balloon that was initially purchased.  It had to be replaced with the "It's a Girl" balloon.  We kept it because it is part of the story.