Yah!!! The semester is finished.

It is so nice not to have to think about anything school related. I have never been more relieved to be finished with a semester than I am with this one. I think between school, work and church, it has all just taken its toll on me. It will probably be the same next semester, but until then I am going to enjoy this six week break.

Today we got all our Christmas newsletters and cards sent. We used the picture to the left of Pepper in our newsletter. With all the cards and letters we included a note about our adoption and how others can help us find our baby. We also included adoption cards in each one so that others can easily hand out our information if they would like. This is a good way to get our information out to a lot of people. You never know who might be the one to tell a our childs's birthmother about us. I really feel that we will have a baby next year sometime, maybe it is wishful thinking, but it is good to hope, right? We also might be moving next summer so things might be more complicated if we aren't placed by then. But we will manage if that is what happens. I know that we will find the baby that is meant to be in our home.

On Thursday, we are going home to SL for the holidays. I am really excited about that. It seems like forever since I have seen everyone. We are going to try to drive straight through, so I hope the weather is good and that we both can stay fully awake when we are driving. I am not too worried about Mike, because he is really good about stopping when he is getting too tired to drive. It is cool to think that a week from today we will be in SL with all our family. Can't wait.