Great News Abounds!

I heard the BEST news yesterday! A dear friend is finally going to be able to get her baby girl! Ellie and her wonderful family got their paper work and will be traveling in 10-12 weeks! We couldn't be happier for them and their sweet girl. So long has been their wait. What a wonderful thing for them to get this news right before Christmas! What an incredible blessing for their news to finally arrive! It's just awesome.

The 2nd best news I got yesterday was from Asia. I got a contract the other day from an indie label and had been going back and forth on the terms the last couple days. Signed it and sent it back tonight! Woo hoo!  It's a really great opportunity. They plan to release my 1st 2 CD's (my jazz CD's) as a compilation CD this month in Singapore. Then they will expand into Malaysia and Thailand. How cool is that? My deal with Disney was exciting and I got paid to record the new song, but in the end my song got shelved because new execs came in and wanted to go in a different direction. Ah...such is show biz! But, when one door closes another opens! My song didn't make it to a Disney product, but now my older CD's are going to sell internationally. It's really cool and I am so grateful for this opportunity!

Now we are just waiting for good news for Jeff and his business. Crossing fingers and saying prayers. But either way, we are very thankful for the life we have and all the good that has come our way. And we are so grateful that one special little girl in Thailand will be reunited with her sweet parents and finally go HOME.

My little love bug is currently snuggled up with Daddy on the couch watching Kipper. Her favorite before-bed show. Jeff was upstairs printing my contract so I could sign, scan and send back. In the meantime it had gotten rather chilly downstairs. Ruby was snuggled under a blanket next to me on the couch when Daddy came down and casually mentioned it was chilly. Ruby lifted her blanket in a gesture to hand it to him and said "here Daddy...blanket. Share!". What a sweet, sweet girl. Daddy got his own blanket and Ruby promptly crawled right up there next to him.  Life really is so beautiful. :-)