It's official!

It's official! Today I signed my leave form at work. After Christmas, I only go back to work for 13 days...I will officially leave my job on January 24. Now that is hard to believe. At Greenfield, we are like a big family. It's going to be hard to leave for 9 months. However, I'm only 3 minutes away and I plan on visiting often. Also, my grade 2 partner Jennifer is starting her maternity leave tomorrow, so we'll be off together! That means lots of lunch dates and playdates with our babies this spring and summer. Jen is due in early February, so I'm guessing she will have her baby on the day we get Kennedy (Feb. 5). It certainly wouldn't surprise me...we tend to do things as a team (teach grade 2 together, both adopting from China, having our babies at the same time...). It's amazing how this has all worked out for both of us. We figured out a long time ago that we have a special bond...Love ya Jen!

So, the countdown is now at 43 days to travel, 46 days till Kennedy is in our arms. Wow! Thank you to every single person that has shared in our excitement these last two weeks. We've had phonecalls, e-mails, it's really been amazing. Finally our time has come. It's a magical feeling and what better time to celebrate than Christmas?


P.S. And on that note, we didn't send out a single Christmas card this year. Can we use the excuse that our minds were elsewhere? It's the honest truth. Our sincerest wishes for a wonderful holiday season with the ones you love :)