Yesterday we drove 13 hours to Houston to celebrate Christmas with Melissa's family on her dad's side. As we drove closer to Houston the temperature reached 76 degrees which made the drive well worth while. Melissa's dad found out this summer that he has cancer so we felt it was important to spend time with that side of the family.
Santa managed to find the kids even in Texas. Santa also left a stocking for Iris at our home. I hope Iris has received the care package we sent to her. I also hope she is being loved on this the most glorious day of the year. I know that God is whispering in her ear that she is so special and her family is waiting for the day she can come home.
We returned to Kansas City on Saturday as the most of Oklahoma and Kansas had a major snow storm on Christmas. We counted 88 cars in the ditch on our way home. We were so excited to find that a neighbor shoveled our driveway for us so when we arrived after 14 1/2 hours in the car we did not have to worry about this when we got home.
It is now New Years Day and the holidays are coming to an end. We know it will be this year that we add Iris to our home. We wish we knew the date and it would be soon. Hopefully all roadblocks and delays will be removed and we can expedite the process. We have not received a response regarding our dossier and the letter from our doctor explaining the importance of getting her medical care as soon as possible.
Hopefully we will hear something soon.
Melissa and I are starting to get nervous about our finances as we are still short almost $1,000 on the adoption fees to Holt plus the travel costs. Someone from Holt indicated recently to plan on $9,000.00 for travel. Wow. Like Melissa always says, "we will figure it out".
I hope everyone's Christmas and New Year was awesome and 2010 will bring many blessings.
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