Merry Christmas

We had a great Christmas. We had a Christmas eve party over at Caleb's parents house with my family. Caleb and I slept over at Caleb's parents house so we could wake up and have Christmas morning with his family. Caleb surprised me with a couple of gifts. Gifts that brought tears to my eyes. He is so thoughtful. We went to my grandma's house to spend some time with family. Every one wanted to know the latest and greatest about our adoption. (I wish I had more news of when we go to get him.) We showed a short video of pictures from our trip. This was the first time some had seen him. He melted their hearts. We also went to my parents house in the afternoon. My youngest brother called home. It was soooo great to hear his voice and talk to him. We put the phone on speaker phone and all just talked to him. I can't believe he comes home in almost 6 mos. It has been nice to spend the whole weekend with Caleb. He has tomorrow off from work. I wish I did too so we could spend more time together.

A nice surprise

So I really have not been in my normal Christmas Spirit. Today we had great news in our adoption. I had a baby shower at work. Right after I got done with the shower I got an email from Caleb. It says, " I just wanted to let you know what I've been doing today. Love you". There was a picture attached. I don't have the original picture so when I got home from work I took one for myself. Here is what he did:

He brought up our tree and decorated it. When I walked in the house he had the scentsy (wax warmer) turned on. The most amazing smell was running through our house. He had all the lights off and our tree was the only thing on. I truly have the most amazing husband and I am not sure I express that on here or to him enough. Yesterday I came home from work and he had cleaned the house. I am not sure how I got so lucky but I am really blessed to have him in my life.

To my husband

I just wanted to take a second and thank you for being such a great man. You are so inspiring and make me a better person. I cannot wait to take this next big journey with you. You are going to be a great dad and I cannot wait to witness it with our little guy. He has no idea how lucky he is to have you as his example. Seeing you hold him, open your heart to him, and let him take a piece of it to hold onto until we go back for him was incredible. Thank you again.

Love,
Your wife

Months until Cort comes home....

HaPpY BiRtHdAy Brother

Today is one of my brothers birthday. I am so proud of the man he has become and who he has yet to be. He is going to school and working hard to make the best future for him and his wife. Even with him being younger he is a great example for me. HaPpY TwO-FoUr BrOtHeR.

A day to remember.....Why???

- It is my parents 33rd wedding anniversary. I hope things picture brings back memories for you. Congrats and I love you both.

- One year ago today my grandpa Gardner passed away. Love you gpa.

Crazy

So I would say I am going crazy with everything going on with our adoption. It seems emotion is taking over everything. I cry over everything. I called my mom tonight and told her about phone call I was just on and she goes into a story. After hearing her story I can justify my craziness. So what is her story? Last night my dad tells my mom he has to run to Office Max or Office depot. So she goes with him and while he is in the store looking for what he needs so goes up to a kid that works there and asked if they like to have satisfied customers. The kid responds with yes mam. My mom then tells him that her neck hurts and asks him if he will rub it for her. (Are you kidding me? Who does this? oh...my mom) So the kid says let me call my manager to come to the front of the store. So the manager comes up and my mom asks him the same two questions. His response is yes to customer satisfaction and he rubs her neck. My dad goes to find my mom and can't stop laughing when he finds her. The manager asked my mom if he was her husband. My mom tells him yes but it doesn't mean stop. My dad didn't end up finding what he went for and my mom got more than she ever thought. I was laughing pretty hard at her story. I was joking with her about how many people have heard this story from those two guys that worked there. She said she made a bag of treats and she is going to take it to both of them tonight to thank them. All I can say is she is one of a kind and truly unbelievable.