Well, it is 12:30 EST and we just rang in the New Year with several of our friends and family...Erica, Brent, Carrie, Shane, Kevin, Ann & Jake!!! We also had Haylee here with us along with our neighbor's kids from across the street...Alex & Logan. Pretty low-key night with dinner at Red Robin (since they cater to kids) and games in the basement. The kids fell asleep pretty early.

Christmas was great. We went to my brother, Doug's house in Aldie, VA for Christmas Eve with many members of the Nail clan in attendance. My nephews, Jake & Joe, and my niece Julie were full of energy and we spent the evening playing ping-pong, air hockey and foozball. Then, Christmas day was spent at Andrew's parents' house in Springfield, VA. Both days were very relaxing and fun!!

On Wednesday, we drove up to Pennsylvania to visit with Andrew's cousins who were down from Canada visiting family outside of Philly. Andrew & I went with Haylee & Beth...roadtrip in the Sienna, oh yeah!! It was great to see Todd, Casey & Riley...and Cheryl, Kyle & Lucy too. Wish that we could have seen Wendy as well. We hope to have a family vacation this summer in Canada if we can.

Got an email from our adoption coordinator a few days ago...this is what she wrote...

"heard from Yuri. He said there are no worries (which is good) just more time. Happy new year in anticipation of your baby!!"

Happy 2006 and here's to more waiting!!