Packing Up To Go Home!

This weekend has been such a special Holiday time with family. Last night we partied with the cousins, they acted out the Christmas story while Grandpa read from the Bible.

Today we enjoyed a wonderful, low-key Christmas with my mom and dad at home. Everyone enjoyed playing with their new toys(me with my ipad :). Good food and great memories were made.

Tomorrow I take the girls to a Christmas play(Junie B Jones). Should be fun meeting up with my sister and her girls for the afternoon. We are enjoying every minute together before we head back to France. The girls have enjoyed sleep-overs and fun play dates with their cousins.

However, Monday all the fun stops and we get serious about packing. I've been dreading this day for 6 months. How will I fit all our stuff into a few bags? The girls don't want to leave anything behind and neither do I.

Today was a wonderful, fun-filled day and yet there was real sadness for me at the same time. I am so grateful to be with family and have the opportunity to be together, however, I felt
somewhat empty inside. It's difficult to accept the reality that I do not have a little life
inside of me. Returning to France without our 1st hope, a third child, nor our 2nd hope, a
cure for Julia in the near future is hard.

With all of that said, we are impatient to get back to our home, our dear friends and our familiar routine. We are all homesick and it's time to return home.

Merry Christmas and have a very blessed New Year!