HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

This has been a wondeful holiday season. On Christmas Eve, George, LiLi, and I did a little shopping in the morning. Then we took LiLi to get her bangs cut..she can now see again! :) We went to the 5:30 church service then went out to dinner at a wonderful Italian resturant. LiLi fell asleep on the way home but she woke right up when I asked her if she was ready to put out Chocolate popcorn and milk for Santa. We decided that Santa gets enough cookies so we left him "Dreamy Chocolate" popcorn from Dale and Thomas Popcorn. It is AWESOME!! George and I had a great night together..just the two of us reminiscing about our wonderful life together.

Christmas morning LiLi woke up at 3:50..yes..that's what I said 3:50. She came into our room and I went and got her sleeping bag and told her she could sleep next to our bed but it was not time to get up yet. She said, "I think I saw what I just saw". We were pretty impressed that she came into our room and that she didn't start playing with her toys. She woke up a couple more times and then at 6:10 we all got out of bed. SHe loved what Santa brought her. George had a great time taking pictures of her with his new camera..a Nikon SLR. That was our Christmas gift to each other. This is the first year in a long time that I didn't leave the house AT ALL. It was great. George cooked a turkey stuffed with oyster dressing, butter beans, and rice and I made a sweet potato casserole. We had so many leftovers so we took them to the lady at the front desk of our apartment. She was very appreciative. We then all took a nap. I will say that I missed my family in charleston this week. Not necessarily today because there have been a few Christmas's when I didn't see them (especially working as a nurse) but I always see them during the holiday season. I really enjoyed spending the actual day at home..just the three of us.

Tomorrow we leave in the morning to take the Acela train to NY. We are spending three nights there. Anna is flying up tomorrow to meet us there. We are taking the girls to see Shrek on Broadway as their Christmas gift ( as well as a weekend in NY). Anna is keeping LiLi on Sunday while George and I see The Jersey Boys! It should be a great weekend.

Tomorrow is also our court date for Bella. I have been thinking about it all day. I pray that everything goes through and that we pass court on the first try. Our adoption agency said that she will call me tomorrow and let me know. I thought this was very nice of her since the agency is actually closed. Please pray for us to pass court..this should be one of the last hurdles!

I hope everyone had a fun filled family day..and Merry Christmas!