November, wow time flies!

Well it’s November and I haven’t updated in quite some time so I thought I should…

The Agency has finally received their accreditation in Vietnam last month and files are starting to be sent. My DH and I are excited with that news, but have agreed to hold back and wait for a few adoptions to be completed. We know there are never any guarantees but we just want to make sure that a few adoptions go through to try to iron out a few or the hiccups. We are looking at starting the process in the spring. This will also give us a chance to do some work on the house that we have been putting off. We are however anxiously watching the other families who are in line waiting for a referral and hope everything goes smoothly!

In other news…I changed departments and I have taken on a more challenging role…yes I am a public servant. The new role is one with increased responsibility and a heavier work load (although I won’t compare it to the last department, because there was very little work there and I was anything but challenged!). I am still in the adjustment phase and right now I feel like I am getting everything wrong…I hope this feeling will pass.

We are making plans to go and visit my parents for Christmas, they live in the Southern US and I haven’t been down to there place in over a year. My list of things I want to look for is getting long, but I can’t wait.

I don’t expect Christmas to be very big as my sister returned to work yesterday from Maternity Leave and can’t get time off for Christmas. So my parents won’t be seeing her and her husband and my little niece. My mother also got fired for coming to my wedding last Christmas and has only recently found a new job so their finances are in really rough shape…so Christmas is expected to be really small and quiet.

I really hope that 2007 holds good things for the entire family…God knows they need it!