It has been a while since we have updated everyone on Carolyn. On December 21, Carolyn turned 7 months old. The time has flown by! She is doing great and is very curious little girl. She is changing everyday and is a social butterfly. She rolls everywhere and it will be only a matter of time before she starts to crawl. We take her everywhere with us. She has enjoyed BSU basketball games, Christmas shopping, and even Salvation Army bell ringing. This winter, Carolyn has also enjoyed passing to us all of her colds. I don't think I have ever had this many colds and hopefully sometime soon, we will be healthy again. 
Last year at this time, marked one of our worst Christmas' ever and coping with the possibility of never being parents. This year marks our best Christmas!! It is amazing what can change in a year. Last week, I was transfering information to my 2010 calendar and it hit me how fast the adoption was and how Carolyn was meant to be in our family. We started the adoption home study process in March. We found out about the possibility of adopting Carolyn on May 7 and her birthmother selected us the next week. Carolyn was born on May 21 and we had about a week and a half to prepare for her arrival and most of that time we were on vacation. Everything seemed to fall into place and God knew we were going to be her parents. The first six weeks, in the NICU, were very hard and stressful at times and we wondered if she was ever going to come home. With many prayers and support from friends and family Carolyn is now past all of that and doing great!! Christmas was fun this year and we look forward to creating new traditions with our new family. Who knows what 2010 will bring to us. We plan to start the adoption process again in May. Carolyn deserves to have a little brother or sister.
We hope that everyone had a great holiday season and see you in 2010! -- Cindy
