New year, new look!

So I was able to update the "look" of the blog this weekend, but I still need some help in updating my header. Maybe I can get that done soon. I played with it all weekend, but was not able to get anything to work! Oh, well...

It is a new year and it has started off with a bang for us! Here are the most recent events in our life!

• I started a new job at the beginning of December. I am still trying to get acclimated and know exactly what it is I am supposed to be doing. I like it...but I would much rather be a stay at home mom to Dekker, our furry child...preparing for our next one!!
• We received a letter from immigration on the day after Thanksgiving telling us that we were missing a signature from our home study agent. We were not, but since we had to fill out a new form (as in new to the government) they are still trying to work out the kinks of what they want. Our home study agent sent us the forms quickly and we were able to mail them out on December 19. I was thinking that it would be awhile, but we received approval from immigration (which is what we have been waiting on since September) on January 5. The rest of our paperwork has been sent to the adoption agency to be finalized so our dossier should be on its way to China soon! That means that we will soon have a Log-in Date (LID) and be in line for a child! Yea!!
• We got all new living room furniture which we love. I will have to post pictures of it later.
• We are already planning for our next trip to China this summer. We have the dates posted as June 17-27, but it will probably change a little bit! We are so excited and have a good friend from this area going with us this year! I am ready!!
• We had a wonderful group of holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's) and were able to spend time with all of our family. It was nice to see everyone. Our parents have now moved within 20 minutes of each other, so that made Christmas a lot easier to plan!! We hope they stay that way after we have kids!
• We have sent some great goals for this new year and have done a great job sticking with them! I hope that I can stick to all of mine through the entire year!!

So that is pretty much our wrap-up for right now! I hope to be able to post and update more since things are starting to get into a routine! Happy Monday!!