Monday, January 26, 2009

First Update of 2009

Well, our family got through Christmas, spending time with our family. Dec. 25 would have been Mark's mother's 62nd birthday. It was very hard for everyone but we were there for each other and we know that Mom is watching out for us and we firmly believe that Mark's mom and Linda's dad are watching what is going on in China and looking out for Mary Elisabeth.

Has she been born yet? We don't know but since our parents are in Heaven, they have a look in to things that we don't have here. We just hope that 2009 is our year to get our little girl. We want her to grow up with her cousins Devon and Heather. They are the closest to her age as her other first cousins are so much older but will love her just the same. We know that. On the Linda's side of the family, Emmy will have Deanna, Kortney, Jay, Kaycee and Orion. Orion is the youngest and is in the 10th grade this year. Deanna is older than Mark :) Emmy will have one second cousin whom she will be close to, Victoria Rivers, she is Deanna's 11-year-old girl.

So, please continue to pray for us. This is continues to be a struggle in patience for us. We know it will all pay off for us, we can feel it.

Mark and Linda