Reindeer food, kind heartedness & the New Year

I haven't posted much at all later, so I feel like I have lots I want to say.  First, our kids are growing up so quickly.  I truly feel like they age years in the blink of an eye.  And all this while M is growing so much far from us.  It is bittersweet, I know he is well cared for and I appreciate what the Korean government is trying to do, but hard because in our hearts he is already a C, and we want him home!

January 1, 2012 will be a very important day.  First it is P's 5th birthday!  How 5 years have gone by this quickly I will never comprehend.  2nd, it marks the new year when Korea will begin processing emigration paperwork again.  A paperwork line that we hope we are near the front of.
Christmas has come quickly this year. It has been difficult to stay focused on enjoying the now, while wanting the new year to come so the paperwork can move again.

This is a paper T did in school last week.  It makes me so proud to see the kindness she has in her heart.  I am so thankful for such kind, beautiful, sweet children.  They are a great distraction from the wait for M.
To those that are waiting for their 1st child to come, my thoughts are with you during this Christmas holiday.  I am sure it is difficult.  And my thoughts are with the birth families out there that celebrate without their babies too.  I wish them all peace and joy during these times.

Merry Christmas from all of us!