Serenely Beaming

Madison is holding some new ornaments for our tree - ornaments sent by a very special friend! These came from Leah Mei, a friend of Madison's from a long time ago. Also adopted from China at the same time, Leah has some great parents who live a bit more south of here (we'll actually be seeing them in just a few months, actually). This year, Leah's parents thought it would be a neat idea to do an ornament exchange for Christmas. We thought so too! We got our ornaments recently, and as you can see, Madison likes them very much. She has the Christmas tree ornament hung low, but the other one - a beautiful ornament of a Chinese girl - is a little more out of reach, on the "highest bough."

Today we had another little office party for Christmas - this one held a surprise for all our co-workers. Talk about random: Mommy, Madison and Daddy gave everyone a Furby! 'Tis better to give than receive! The whole office was talking, and it wasn't the workers there - it was those furbies! These things don't shut up. It was a pretty funny idea - we've been collecting all these furbies over the years for just such a time as this! Merry Christmas, gang!