Happy New Year!

I have so much to be thankful for! A wonderful husband, an amazing daughter, a home, a job for my hubby, our animals, and God for giving us the opportunity to adopt. Someone asked me what my New Years resolution would be and I said to do everything we can to bring our daughter home and to shoot a gun (not at anything living). hahaha I hope in 2010 we can raise enough money to make our dreams happen and maybe our child will be with us in early 2011. Wouldn't that be great!!!
Christmas was amazing! E has brought my family so much closer together, not that we were ever not close. But I am definitely the most social one out of all of my siblings. It lights me up to watch them hold her and to laugh with her. Can you imagine how great it will be when we have another child to bring everyone even closer? E got a lot of black baby dolls and my MIL got her a lot of children books from Ethiopia and about adoption. If you have an adopted one you have to read "A Mother For Choco".



It was super sweet. I'm not going to lie, I cried. I either forgot that it was about adoption or I didn't know so it was a surprise to me. E is on the verge of crawling. My baby has grown so fast. Eating solids, ear infections, Children's Hospital, playing, man what a life. I am soooo blessed.


We have 2 months left before we can officially start the adoption process. I know I am going to be a mess, with all of the waiting. I do not do well with waiting. That is something I need to work on. I think I am patient with children, friends, but when it is completely out of my hands I have a lot of anxiety. I know God knows best and he is going to place the perfect daughter for our family but think of all of the unknown. I hope she will be loved before she is in our arms. I hope nothing too traumatic happens to her. I hope her birth mother takes care of herself. Man, I am getting anxious even writing about this. haha

Anyway, Happy New Year!! I love you!