HELLO 2008!

happy new year! finally. this year we will become parents. yesterday morning i woke up with a big ole smile on my face at that exact thought. i know that technically we are already parents since Stella is already born. however, since she isn't home yet, it doesn't feel like we are parents.

i was definately having a moment when i wrote my last post. there WERE good things that happened last year! actually LOTS of them. it's just that for some reason, the bad moments are the ones that were sticking out that day. so maybe i should rephrase how i feel about 2007 in the words of Jennifer (Shiloh's momma) : "So I am thankful for the past year, though not sorry to see it go, and am anxiously awaiting to see what this year brings!" What a PERFECT way to put it Jennifer :)

no real news on the adoption front. but i did receive an email from our social worker today telling me we need to redo our fingerprints. lovely. they expire on march 13, so i have to get a letter out this weekend to request updated fingerprints. we will have to take time off work to drive up to kansas city for this. i'm a little annoyed but at least we don't have to pay again. michael is just excited to go to whole foods. he's pretty easy to please :) we still have no idea when we will be out of pgn, but if all goes well (no kick-out's) then we should be out the beginning of February, then travel is approximately 5-7 weeks after that. so, barring any further complications, we are looking at mid-march. but who freaking knows if this is how it will go. mid-march sounds good to me though, it actually doesn't even sound very far away! especially considering we have SEVERAL things to do around the house before she comes home! we started on some things yesterday . . . maybe i'll post my list soon so i can get excited to "mark" things off!