Prospero Año y Felicidad

Happy New Year!

We hope you are all enjoying the holiday season with family and friends. We wanted to post an updated photo-- these were taken this week. Seven new photos and an email message were sent to us on Christmas Eve from Mason's foster familly. It made for our best Christmas gift. He is doing well and has gained two pounds in the last month! If you look close, you can detect that he's grown another chin. It is crazy how much he's change since we were there. Mason was a hit at Christmas even though he wasn't here in person. He raked in more gifts than his mom and dad. His room is filling up with fun bilingual toys, clothes, books, and blankets. He is a lucky guy!

During our time off we are working on projects around the house and Juan is coaching. We were able to spend time in Winona and Chippewa and we plan to be with friends in Eau Claire for New Year's. We are trying to stay busy to keep our mind off you-know-who, but who are we kidding? We dream of him every minute. We are feeling positive and hopeful that 2008 will be a year filled with new adventures.

Feliz Navidad ---A Season of Waiting

We've been home now for almost 3 weeks from the trip of a lifetime. It is hard to put in to words what our trip meant to us. The holidays are proving to be an especially trying time for us as we are desperately missing our son. It was such a blessing to meet him and spend a week with him in our arms. There's no doubt that he's worth each challenge we encounter along the way.

The political news seems to be in our favor which we are grateful for. In process cases are protected under the new law. We pray that next year will be very a different Christmas at our house. We've been keeping in touch with the foster family on a weekly basis. Last night Mason was even able to babble back into the phone while we told him we love and miss him. His room awaits him as do friends and family to welcome him home.