-a decision, a crazy hard decision, offered to us by our agency... forced us to do some serious praying and evaluating of where we are in the process (a blog post about that is coming)
-"I can either be consumed with my unmet longing or trust the plans of our loving God." -Lysa Terkeurst
And a few random things that have nothing to do with adoption:
-Libby's love for decorating our napkins (and forks) based on the nearest holiday
-Tucker's love for traditions
-Advent season and the beautiful countdown wreath my parents gave me
-Libby and the way she makes faces at herself in the mirror.
-thankful for our friendship with the Lindseys (but we don't like goodbyes)
-Tuck and Ben being able to serve with students at Mission Arlington
-sweet time just Libby and I while the boys were gone
-friends helping with Libby while Ben was gone
-the tradition of the kids picking out gifts from the dollar store for all of our extended family... it's so fun to watch their excitement over giving their gifts and it's so funny to watch what they pick out. So proud of them for using their own money for this tradition this year.
-lots of time together on our drive to Georgia
-and our first Christmas morning ever spent in a hotel (I need to work on getting pictures of my kids actually smiling and looking excited when they open gifts)
-time in Fitzgerald with my family