All I Want for Christmas

Today on the way home from picking Landon up from school, the song "All I Really Want" by Steven Curtis Chapman played on the radio. If you have not heard this song, it is about an orphan who only wants a family for Christmas. As the song played, the words pierced my heart.

In May 2007, I had a pregnancy that ended with a miscarriage. From that point, my Crohn's Disease spiraled downhill and I was sick through the most of last school year. During that time, I did not know if I could get pregnant again. Adoption has always been on my heart since I was a little girl. As the song played, I knew it was more than emotion. We are trusting God to continue to lead our family - maybe one day we can answer this prayer for a child . . .

All I really want for Christmas
Is someone to tuck me in
A shoulder to cry on if I lose
Shoulders to ride on if I win
There’s so much I could ask for
But there’s just one thing I need
All I really want for Christmas is a family.

Thanksgiving

We had a great time celebrating with both of our families over Thanksgiving. Last Wednesday, we drove down to Myrtle Beach to be with Greg's family - had Thanksgiving lunch, played football in the backyard, and enjoyed our visit. Then, we headed back home Thanksgiving afternoon for dinner with my family. At the end of the day, we were stuffed.

My mom and I always hit the stores for day after Thanksgiving shopping. Even though there were no deals we were really going after, it was a great time to be together. I came home to Christmas decorations and boxes and boxes. We enjoyed the down weekend together and our home is now decorated and we have started counting down the days until Christmas!!!