Our China Adoption Journey for Jailyn as God reveals Dreams Coming True: Best ever Christmas!

A baby changes everything and how blessed we were sharing our first Christmas with Jailyn. Finally our family was complete for the holidays. It has been quite an eventful Christmas week. Jailyn loved Christmas and is now an expert at unwrapping gifts. Not to say she might have been just a bit spoiled. She was a trooper missing naps and getting over the Thornbury cold. We caught it early and it went into her first ear infection however it has not kept her down at all. We have had 5 Christmas celebrations at our home in the past week. Christmas eve we had the Thornbury side of the family at our home. Then Christmas morning in our Pj's with Jailyn. Christmas afternoon with the Comley side of the family. Tuesday a party with Jailyn and my Mary Kay family and today Christmas with Katie and Billy who spent Christmas with Billy's folks in NJ. Christmas day was the best by far when Santa came and we video taped it and Jailyn was not quite sure what was up that morning. I was so excited for her and as we walked out of her room my eyes welled up with tears knowing this was the first of many Christmases and a holiday I longed to celebrate with her. We were able to Skype with Scott while she opened gifts. It was very special with him being a part of our Christmas morning and being a world away in Japan. Next year we hope to have the entire family home. Jailyn got so many things from Santa and Mike and Me, lots of kitchen supplies, tea party set, her Chinese American girl ittty bitty baby I have had for 2 years, learning refrigerator ABC magnets, her first hand held Fisher Price electronic reader, Beauty and the Beast dolly, Baby Einstein videos to learn more sign language, darling clothes of course from Gymboree......Scott sent her a Barbie quad bike which she is warming up too. The battery powered quad takes off and startles her a bit but she giggles and likes it just for a short ride. Then both sides of the family totally spoiled her with more gifts and big sis and brother spoiled her rotten today with a a baby laptop, cleaning set she loves, clothes, dolly, videos...... Mike and I had very little sleep Christmas eve with the clean-up and prep for the next celebration and our own Christmas morning preparations and Jailyn being over stimulated and up 2 hours that night with night terrors. The morning was so special as I stated before and then I broke down with tears of joy two more times Christmas day feeling so much joy, love and happiness in my heart. The holidays for the past 7 years had been terribly difficult emotionally and that is No more!!!!!! Woohoo!!!!! I had the best Christmas present ever the gift of being Jailyn's mom on Christmas and seeing her so happy. I love her so much and Mike even more as he is an incredible father to Jailyn. I am blessed beyond my wildest dreams with so much love and incredible family and friends. Mike and Jailyn complete me. So here are some photos from our Christmas.
With love and a grateful Heart,
Linette