Well, I've played with blogger all I possibly can. If someone can tell me what size I need to make the picture to the right so it fits in the box, I will love you forever and ever. I like the new header - bright and cheery. See that piece of mail in the mailbox?? I'm fairly certain that's my future referral. Unfortunately, the envelope says "do not open yet, but be patient little one!"
A Callie, "The Cat Who Stole Christmas", update... only 3 silver bows remain on the tree. We've lost quite a few ornaments and the tree is tipped slightly to the right. We've decided to not put anything back up until Xmas Eve. I'll be sure to post before and after pictures! She's quite the crack-up! I would say it's good training for having a toddler, but I'm hoping my toddler won't fly head first into the top of my tree.
I was thinking today about my adoption ups and downs and what it is that keeps me going when the going gets tough. There is definitely one thing that keeps me motivated and it's reading everyone's blogs and the comments y'all leave! There are so many people that have traveled on 1st trips and 2nd trips over the past month - more than I've seen since I started blogging! Also reading about families first holidays together and birthdays is so uplifting. It shows that somewhere there is light at the end of the tunnel. Speaking of the end of the tunnel... the Marlowe's are on their way home with their baby boy! Chris and Danica are on their way to Moscow with their girls and Ryan and Amy are nearing the end of their trip. How exciting is that? I'm sure there are more I'm forgetting but I just read they're blog updates so their at the front of my mind.
2008 will bring great things... I feel it and I'm ready for it! :-) Now I just need to survive work for the month so I can actually get to January.
This weekend should be fun and crazy. Tomorrow I'll have the wonderful opportunity of meeting Laura's little boy, Mateo. For those that don't know, Laura and I "met" on the GA International adoption yahoo group because I posted something about our company building a daycare. Turns out, we both work for the same company and she is only 2 floors above me! We became fast friends and have kept each other from going nuts a time or two (or three). Saturday night we'll be headed to an Xmas party at one of Keith's customer's house. Sunday is breakfast with my family and Alex will be headed to a Sweet 16 party. And then comes Monday....
On to more news (which I forgot I had!). We received an email Bright Horizons, the company that will be providing daycare services at the center being built at work. WE'RE IN! We have secured a spot in the toddler room for whenever the Peanut comes home. I work 45 miles from home (which can take 45 mins or an hour and a half depending on the day). Alex's school is about 20 miles from the house and 20 miles from work. We tried to decide if it would be better to put the Peanut in daycare near the house or near work. Work has won - at least for the first year. I would just feel so much better knowing I can go take a peek whenever I want. It will also help when trying to get to Alex's games. The company thought there was going to be so much demand for the daycare and would have to do a lottery system. Apparently not! I'm definitely not complaining... of course, my wallet will be complaining eventually.
Alright - I think I've jumped from topic to topic and y'all are probably dizzy now!
Have a great night and a great weekend!
Becky
14 comments:
I hope this new year brings a referral for you soon.
2008 is right around the corner and it is going to be filled with lots of forever families!
I love your new header (esp. the letter in the mailbox). Unfortunately, I can't help you with the picture :(
LOVE the new header - it's fresh and fun and it makes me want to change mine again!
Great news about Bright Horizons- it's a great daycare and I'm thinking about them as well.
2008 will surely bring us referrals - it just HAS to. This is OUR year for kiddos!
(Keep thinking positively).
Jane
2008 will be a great year for you. You can adjust the size of the image - somwhere near the end of the HTLM for the photo it shoudl say ... style="width:200px; height:200px;" the numbers refer to the number of pixels that it is tall or wide. Just change those numbers to make it smaller. Hope this works!
HI!! So glad you were able to come over this weekend. Mateo was a little slow to warm up to everyone (especially after my dad knocked him down) :) Now that we know how close you are you can come over any time you want a baby fix!! And he LOVES the table you got him.
Glad to hear you decided to go with Bright Horizons. We may decide ultimately that is best for us too, but for now close to home I think is our best option. We are going by tomorrow to get him all signed up!
I'll let you know when I am bringing Mateo into the office this week. We are going to also go do some Christmas shopping while we are out and about!
That is so neat about finding out that you and Laura work for the same company. I'm sure 2008 will be a good year for both of us!
I love the Callie update and I am sure that your toddler won't go flying headfirst into the top of the tree. The bottom though - that's another story!! I am so glad you got into the daycare. I wish we had something like that. That is fantastic. Sounds like you had a busy weekend and I hope that envelope on your header comes to you house mailbox soon!!
Boy, I thought I was at the wrong blog today. So many changes. I love the new look! Very merry and bright!
It has been a good month of referrals and blog followings. It makes the wait not seem as long when we can live vicariously through others.
Maybe Santa will let you open that envelop before Christmas!
Hoping you get the best gift of all this Christmas....a referral. :)
God Bless.
We to are in the process to adopt a little boy... from Ukraine.
We aren't giving up either! So glad that we have this beautiful event to look forward to in 2008!
I like the look. Not sure about resizing the picture but if I figure it out I'll let you know.
Things really are picking up with Russian adoption. It's really good to see after such a long wait time for so many.
That's great about the daycare. I'm sure having him in the same building will make it a bit easier on both of you.
What a fun new design! It looks like maybe you have figured it out already, but in case you did it by guessing...
When you right click on the sidebar photo, you will see a variety of options. Choose "Properties". This box shows you the current size of the picture (not the size of your original photo, but the size of the photo that is physically showing on your site). Your photo is 240px wide. You can resize any future photo to be 240px wide (link it to the height, so your photo stays proportional, without skew) and it will fit on your sidebar.
I hope this helps! Feel free to e-mail me with any questions!
Jen N.
I love the new look of your blog, very festive!! BTW, I keep meaning to ask you, the picture you used to have up looked like you were in Sedona, was that were it was taken?
Hey, I haven't posted comments to your blog for a while, but I wanted to tell you that my job also has a Bright Horizons Day care center. None of my kids are young enough to go there, but my co-workers seem to be very pleased with it so I would give them a thumbs-up!
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