In lieu of our Christmas letter this year, I decided to do a little end of the year recap on the blog.
Well 2007 certainly started off a little rocky, but turned out to be our greatest year! After almost 5 years with Homecomings Financial, Chris and about 900 other people found themselves being laid off as the Mortgage Industry started to plummet early in the year. Chris was very lucky to be able to quickly find employment outside the industry as a Revenue Analyst for Hilton's Corporate office in Dallas. Also in February, my firm Jenkens & Gilchrist - one of Dallas' oldest and largest law firms, unraveled as groups of its lawyers moved en masse to other firms. Our practice group, the largest Corporate Immigration group in Texas joined the largest Corporate Immigration firm in California, Berry Appleman & Leiden. They are a very family friendly work environment opposed to the long, high stress hours at J&G.
Then during all of this transition, Chris and I found out that we were expecting a child. We were so excited, especially after being just the two of us (plus three doggies) for the past 9 years. And not to mention we found out on Valentine's Day (how romantic)!
Between Chris learning the ropes on his new job and my being inundated with H-1B Cap Cases and Greencards, we were kept pretty busy during the spring and summer (Chris is still busy).
Then finally Fall was upon us and that was when all the blessings started to roll in... First, all of the gifts that people bestowed upon our growing little family (which we are eternally grateful for). Then, Chris' parents moved up from Houston and are now just 15 miles down the road. Then of course - 'crème de la crème' - Marshall's birth! I always thought that playing with babies was fun, but nothing is more enjoyable than having one of your own. Everyday is better than the one before and Chris and I look forward to our time with Marshall in 2008. Happy New Year!
Well 2007 certainly started off a little rocky, but turned out to be our greatest year! After almost 5 years with Homecomings Financial, Chris and about 900 other people found themselves being laid off as the Mortgage Industry started to plummet early in the year. Chris was very lucky to be able to quickly find employment outside the industry as a Revenue Analyst for Hilton's Corporate office in Dallas. Also in February, my firm Jenkens & Gilchrist - one of Dallas' oldest and largest law firms, unraveled as groups of its lawyers moved en masse to other firms. Our practice group, the largest Corporate Immigration group in Texas joined the largest Corporate Immigration firm in California, Berry Appleman & Leiden. They are a very family friendly work environment opposed to the long, high stress hours at J&G.
Then during all of this transition, Chris and I found out that we were expecting a child. We were so excited, especially after being just the two of us (plus three doggies) for the past 9 years. And not to mention we found out on Valentine's Day (how romantic)!
Between Chris learning the ropes on his new job and my being inundated with H-1B Cap Cases and Greencards, we were kept pretty busy during the spring and summer (Chris is still busy).
Then finally Fall was upon us and that was when all the blessings started to roll in... First, all of the gifts that people bestowed upon our growing little family (which we are eternally grateful for). Then, Chris' parents moved up from Houston and are now just 15 miles down the road. Then of course - 'crème de la crème' - Marshall's birth! I always thought that playing with babies was fun, but nothing is more enjoyable than having one of your own. Everyday is better than the one before and Chris and I look forward to our time with Marshall in 2008. Happy New Year!
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