About Christmas cards...

So it just occured to me that Ian and I never got Christmas cards out to our friends and family this year. Well, actually, we decided not to send them a long time ago, but I never really got around to explaining why...

So here goes! For the most part December was a blur to me. After all, I'd finally seen our baby's face. The first week was spent deciding what name went with that face. Then the second week was really spending time showing her off to everyone. The third week was in anticipation of the shower that was thrown for us and then in amazement at the outpouring of love shown. The fourth week was Christmas. Add to that various Christmas parties, dinners, church music programs and then remind yourself that I'm a first time mama in love with my new baby!

Then we realized that it is no longer about us (Ian, Kristi, & Maya) and is now about that precious child that so many of you have been praying for! So we decided that we'd send out Valentine's Day cards complete with new family pictures. Now of course we've decided that it will probably be Chinese New Year cards, but you get the idea.

So if you didn't get a Christmas card from us this year, don't cross us off your list just yet. Something is coming as soon as we get home, I promise!

ps ~ Here's the picture that would have gone out in cards this year... (See, we are getting a taste of what family photo shoots will be like ~ how do you get a child to look at the camera?)This is one in a series of about 10 pictures before one with all three of us looking at the camera with pleasant looks on our faces was captured...