Happy Holidays!

I can not believe that I still have a week left on my holiday break! Woohoo! I love having time off to just veg around and not do anything that I don't want to do. How often does that ever happen? I did have a great time with my family over Christmas. It was great watching Cooper, Katherine and Bella open their Christmas presents. I don't think they need to get any more toys for the next year. Bella was so cute. She is two so this is really the first Christmas she has been able to really participate in. One Christmas morning, she opened one present then saw a bear. After I opened the bear, she would not open any more presents. She was done! She didn't need anything else. I ended up opening the rest of her presents. I'm sure as the year goes on she will enjoy the rest of her toys.

I also can not believe that we have snow. I did the brave and drove home in the snow today. The roads were safe and the snow was pretty all along I-20. I can't believe we have had snow two years in a row. I'm glad it came during the break so that we don 't have to make up snow days!

I hope you all had a great Christmas and are enjoying a break from work! Remember that we celebrate because of Jesus' birth. I think I lose sight of that sometimes. Enjoy the time you have with your family!

Oh, I have my first home study meeting on the 30th. I'll update about that later this week! Nervous!

Elizabeth

Fostering!

For the past week I have been fostering two puppies. You thought I was going to say kids, didn't you? I have figured out thought that kids are very similar to puppies except that I won't have to take a baby outside to use the bathroom. These puppies whine when they are hungry/thirsty. They whine when they want to be held. They whine when they want to use the bathroom and then just whine to whine. They get me up before I am ready to and then sometimes they let me sleep in. What's up with that? The puppies are cute but I think I would much rather have a baby crying then a puppy. They both show love but a baby is what I want.


On the adoption front, I am having my first homestudy visit on the 30th of December. I am so excited! I talked with the social worker and she actually has a child in my friend's husband's class. It's nice to have something else to talk about. She seemed really nice and made me feel at ease on the phone. I hope that I feel that way when we meet at person. Please pray for a successful meeting.

Neices and Nephews as Elves!

I got this idea from my friend Melissa's blog. It is too funny! Try this it made me laugh out loud! :)

The Birthmother letter has been started!

So, I finally sat down today and started writing my birthmother letter. I am not a great writer and do not like writing about myself but that's what I had to do. It's a little like selling yourself but what a great reason to be trying to sell yourself! I just look at this as one step closer to my baby. I am never quite sure what to put or how to phrase the words. The agency wants concrete examples and that's what I tried to do. I hope I did. Luckily, I have some friends who are good with words and I have sent it to them to check it out. It's kind of like having your paper edited. I am okay with that if it helps me get my letter submitted and accepted.

Ponderings!

I haven't written in awhile and thought I needed to write. I don't have much to say about the adoption so I thought I would just write down some things I am wondering about right now.

* Why do bad things always happen to people who seem to have the greatest faith and why do they come when other bad things are happening in your life?

* Why do I have to go through so much paperwork to be able to have a child to love? In my heart, I know the agency wants to make sure the child will be with a family that is loving and healthy but then how do those bad foster parents slip through the cracks? How does that happen? It is too much work to do if it is not something you truly want.

* Why does the weather in SC go from hot to cold in 24 hours? Can it pick a temperature and stay that way?

* Why does the heat in my classroom go out on the coldest days?

*How come talking to your mom seems to make everything better?

*Why do we find friends in unexpected places? I have found some great friends in a place where I did not expect to?

* Everyone loves cupcakes and funfetti is the best type of cake mix! It's just so FUN! Ha,Ha

* Can you believe Christmas is almost here? I can't believe I only have ten more days of school until break! WooHoo!

Sorry if my ponderings are a little down but it's been a week with some disappointments. Let me know what you all are pondering! I am interested to here anyone's thoughts.