Photo Friday -- Happy New Year!!

Wow! 2010 is really here. I know it's going to be a year we will never, ever forget as we FINALLY, after four years, reach Destination Parenthood and start a completely new journey with our son. And we leave for Ethiopia in less than a week! A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. This week has been progressing at a relatively tolerable pace, thankfully (the holidays definitely help). We've been keeping busy with time spent with friends, housecleaning, last-minute travel shopping, and more housecleaning and organizing. Funny how major life changes have a way of ensuring a clean house!! We have suitcases laid out all over -- five to be exact which is one more than we planned on taking, but that's only due to all the wonderful orphanage donations, so it's fine by us. We have a confirmed hotel reservation at a hotel that has a supposedly decent Internet connection, so be sure to check in on our blog for the next two weeks to see updates (and pictures!) of our first days with Ari in Ethiopia. ;) And, last but not least, I will leave you with a picture of our boy doing baby push-ups!! Isn't he just so handsome and strong? Seriously, someone pinch me......