It's Christmas time again and your not home...

Holly tells me that since she sent out Christmas cards with this web address in them that I need to be updating the sight for any of you who start checking in on us. But to be honest, I am not really in the mood to be posting right now.
We received a new picture of our baby girl from China this week. (we still aren't allowed to post her picture on here yet)
Bittersweet is the best way to describe how it makes us feel.
We love updates about her but She is already looking older. And we realize everyday that passes is another day we can never get back with her.
We pray that God will somehow let her feel our love even though we are half a world apart right now.
We had a few friends and family members send us the video link that is attached. It is the story of another couple going through the same thing we are, put to the song Merry Christmas by third day. (to see the video, click on the title of this post- "it's Christmas time again and your not home...")
I promise to start doing better about updating here but for this week I think the video says more about how we feel than I could put into words myself.
Please pray that the time will move swiftly for us to bring "Hannah Joy" (we think thats going to be her new name) home were she belongs.
We know that God has a plan in all things and that his ways are not our ways, But this "seeing through a glass darkly" thing can really test you sometimes.
But then again, I guess that is the whole point in the first place.........................