Little guy cashed in all his chips and was out for the count Christmas Day at 8:02 pm. (we didn't even make it out of Grandma and Grandpa's subdivision before he was snoring!). He really did squeeze every bit of life out of this Christmas as he could, keeping Grandma and Grandpa M on their toes from Friday afternoon until mid-morning Christmas Day, a quick snooze and then he was off to Grandma and Grandpa W's to chase after the cousins and sing Happy Birthday Jesus! He hit the wall after his sugar buzz started wearing off around 7:30 pm.
We were so excited to give the Faces of Layla book (a book published by our agency with pictures from their home in Ethiopia - the proceeds go to the Grace fund which helps find forever families for older children and children with special needs) to both Grandparents this Christmas. Sometimes it seems like friends and relatives are watching our adoption journey from the sidelines because we are so immersed in the process ourselves, it is hard to bring the paperwork and wait to life for someone else. We hope that this book will be shared by our parents with their friends and that it will help to bring the places and people of Layla House to life for them so they can further share in this exciting journey with us.
On a slightly different topic, I continue to be amazed and impressed by the quality of the Fair Trade gifts I have selected over the past 2 years. In addition to chocolate and coffee, we started, about 2 years ago, to actively seek items we could be confident that the workers who made them were paid a fair wage. In doing so, we have found so many beautiful and unique items for our home and for gifts. This year's favorites where a handmade purse from Guatemala and earrings and the coolest lizard wall hanging from Haiti made from recycled drums (insert plug for 10,000 Villages here). Now I just need to find some baskets for our shelves in the new kitchen!
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