Goodbye 2007!

Goodbye 2007! Bring on 2008! I feel like I've been living on the edge of my seat waiting for something to happen all year long.

This journey unknowingly started back in June of 2000 when Kevin and I were engaged. I trained for my first job after college with a young woman named Hannah, and I loved saying her name. I didn't know quite what it was, but something told me that if we ever had a daughter... we should name her Hannah. Luckily Kevin is an agreeable kind of guy, and readily agreed that we could name a first daughter Hannah. Little did I know back then that Hannah phonetically translates into 汉娜 which I've been told means "Chinese elegant/graceful/delicate." I take that to mean Chinese female. Even before we were married, God was trying to tell us that we would have a daughter that is ethnic Chinese. I just wish it didn't take me five years to figure out that God was speaking to me in Mandarin!

We're welcoming 2008 by doing some traveling this next week, so don't freak on me if we don't blog or respond to e-mails for a little while.

I'll leave you with my latest shopping find for when we're putting the nursery together after referral. We have new wood laminate floors for most of the house including the nursery. I've been shopping online for months trying to find a rug for the nursery floor goes with the pink and brown crib bedding. I think this idea looks even better than a rug! These are interlocking soft foam tiles by Skip Hop used to create a cushioning play area for a small child. Two thumbs up for this product that is fashionable, much more functional, and much cheaper than a rug that will get dirty from all things messy and gross that toddlers do! I even think I've seen pictures of babies playing on foam tiles at the St. Lucy's Center in Taiwan, so our Hannah Claire might be used to playing on something like this before she gets to play in her own room.