So Special!

Friday night we rec'd a call from Mikes sister asking what we were doing Saturday for dinner?  Thankfully we had nothing going on so we all decided to get MyThai and have dinner here at our house!  We all LOVE MyThai - we really can't get enough of it, it never disappoints and I think we could easily eat it every weekend!

Well when the door bell rang Saturday night, Mike and I ran up to answer it because of course not only Amy and her husband Chris were coming over our niece and nephew were coming too - and anyone who knows us knows how much we LOVE when they visit!!

When we opened the door we were not only greeted by all their smiling faces but also by these two little matching shirts that the kids had on!!  SOOOOOO cute and we just loved them!!

So thoughtful of Amy and Chris and it means so much that they would show their excitement and support for us and Mhyia in this way - of course I got a little chocked up LOL

So special, Thank You!

Easter Weekend 2012

Easter weekend was just AMAZING!!  We had Mike's family over on the Friday which was also the day we were going to show them all her picture!  We had told them about her but avoided showing a picture, we just said "we hope to have one for Friday" LOL  Mike really wanted to surprise everyone and show them all at once.

One Table set!

We went out and got little Easter themed Chinese Take out boxes and put her picture in it with some chocolate etc.. for each family.  When everyone came over Mike gave them all their boxes and showed them a large blown up version of her picture!  He was sooo excited and so proud to show it off it was sooo cute!

Aunt Amy, Uncle Chris, Meghan and Mathew brought this cute little pig toy for Mhyia for Easter!!  So cute, we had actually registered for it and they didn't even know!!

 We also had a little easter egg hunt out in the back yard - Mike had hid a bunch of the plastic eggs, and by hid I mean laid them throughout the backyard!  It was sooo cute they wer sooo excited to get out there after dinner!

On the Saturday we did some running around, shopping, baking etc...  Had to make another carrot cake! 

 

mmmm Carrot cake!



Sunday we headed to my brother and sister-in-laws.  They were hosting dinner this year so it was a nice treat!  Mike had brought down a bottle of wine that he has been saving for our referral.  A good friend of mine had donated it as a raffle prize at the fundraiser and another friend of ours had won it and gave it to Mike knowing how much he would LOVE it!!  Mike wanted to share it with Rob to ccelebrate and thank him for all his hard work with the fundraiser etc...  We also brought them take out boxes with Mhyias picture and also did up this little card for my mom and dad (aka Grandma & Grandpa).  We had a great meal and a great visit!    



Granma and Granpas Easter card!

Loves a good bottle of wine!!

Mhyia's First Easter!  Next Easter will be soooo much better when she is actually here with us!

Registered this weekend...soooo much fun!!

Well this weekend we registered for some baby items! We registered at Babies R us and at Springys Totte Shoppe - it was so much fun!!

Mike wasn't big on going, he said it doesn't matter what I pick or what cups I like and I understand that - to be honest I knew it would be better to go without him. So my sister-in-law Tiffany and my cousin Darlene and Lexi came. Saturday we headed to London to the big new Babies R us, to be honest there isn't alot of stuff we need, we have alot of blankets, sheets, clothes etc... but it is amazing how after looking around there are so many things you realize you need or will need soon!

On Sunday Mike and I went to Springy's, it is a store in Hamilton that has been in business for over 50 years and the people are sooooo nice that own it. It has some stuff that we really like that you can't get elsewhere and we love to support them! It was fun and Mike had a good time. The small store kept his attention for long enough LOL!!

I can't believe we are actually registered for baby items - it is so strange. I feel sometimes like I am not as excited as I think I should be? I don't know if it is just that I am guarded still and am not allowing myself to get too excited yet or that it has just been too long that we have been thinking/preparing for this and it has lost the excitement factor?? I find it kind of sad at times - I feel like I should be more excited?? I think what we/I need is a referral!!! I think once that referral comes it will be different - then the panic will set in LOL!!

Love this little funky brown dog - I had ever seen it before...sooooo cute!!!

Tiff loves this ball popper! I do to for the memories it brings but not for the noise it makes LOL

My mom

My mom....were do I start? She is amazing and means the world to me!! We have had a bit of a scare with her over the last couple of months - I won't go in to a huge amount of detail but I do want to at least acknowledge it here. It is the life we are living on "our journey to Mhyia" and it is important.

In November after a series of tests etc.. she was diagnosed with colon cancer - we were all shocked, including the Doctors!! They never expected it to come back showing cancer. We of course were very upset and extremely worried and even though you feel like things are going to work out it is always in the back of your mind "what if it doesn't".

Thankfully they found a very small percentage of cancer and we were very hopeful that when they went in to remove the pc of bowel that they would have already gotten it all or that they would definitely get it all then. Two weeks ago she went in for her surgery to remove the pc - the surgery went well and although the recovery has been hard at times it does seem to get a little better everyday.

My Dad and I picked my mom up from the hospital 4 days after her surgery to bring her home. I know she was soooooo THANKFUL to be home in her own house. I stayed with her and helped her get showered and settled in, I even blow dried her hair! Like I said I know she was just sooo thankful to be back in her own house and it was so nice to be there with her during this time!

My mom is ALWAYS there for me and it is nice to be able to feel like you are able to repay some of that unconditional love that I feel everyday! Now we wait, we wait for the test results to come back - we are hoping they will have them this week when she see's the Doctor. The Doctor did say to us after surgery that from what he could see things looked good but he can't say anything for sure until we get those results. I just pray that everything is going to come back clear!!

UPDATE (Feb 16th): The results are in and everything is clear!!!!! Thank God!!!! She still has quite a few weeks of recovery ahead of her but thankfully the news was good!! I literally started bawling at my desk and I had to tell my friends - no worries - they are happy tears!!

I am just so happy and so thankful that things look good, it has been a very stressful couple of months!!

Mom I am sooooo happy and so Thankful - you rest up now because in a couple of months we are going to have a new little family member with lots of energy!! Love you xo

Our new nephew!!

Mike's sister had her second child - a baby boy!! Meghan now has a baby brother. He weighed in at 10lbs 3oz - soooooo cute and kissable!!!

I am also so excited that there are still some little ones in our family - it will be so nice for Mhyia to have so many cousins around her age to play with!!

Mom and baby are doing well and Uncle Mike and I can not wait to go kiss and hug him!!! Here are a couple of pics - sorry not great quality pics - they are from my ipod!!

Christmas 2011 – should be our last Christmas without Mhyia!!

This Christmas seemed to come and go before it even felt like Christmas. We had no snow at all and until today I have yet to wear a winter coat this season. Christmas was the usual – at my parents for Christmas Eve, off to church, sleep over, get up, open gifts, have an earlier dinner and then off to Mike’s sisters (Lisa’s) for dinner #2!!

Many many times this Christmas we thought or talked about how “next year” Mhyia would be here and the thought is soooo exciting – it has been sooooo many years that I have been saying “hopefully by next Christmas we will have a child” well it looks like this if finally the year!!!! There are some friends at my moms church who adopted a couple of years ago from China and their little girls is so sweet, they were sitting in front of us on Christmas Eve and I couldn’t stop starring at her with her mom and thinking next year that could be me with Mhyia – I can’t wait, I am soooo ready!!

Christmas overall was great, I just love having the week off and visiting with family etc… it is such a great time of year. I had hoped to get a bunch of things done around the house but I didn’t get as many done as I would have liked – I have a huge list on the fridge of things I want to get done before Mhyia comes, so many little things I need to finish or organize – I have committed to doing at least 1 or 2 of these things per week!

Happy Thanksgiving 2011

Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians!!!

Soooooo much to be Thankful for this last year, we have had family members come through some scary health issues, we have had good health with the rest of our families and friends, I am back working full time at the place I have always wanted to work (and loving it), we have been able to start getting excited about China as it inches closer to us everyday, all in all it has been a great year and we are so Thankful to be here happy and healthy.

This year we wet to Amy's for dinner on Saturday (also celebrated Meghan's 3rd birthday) and we went to my Mom and Dads on Sunday. As we were in the kitchen at my Moms I actually stopped and thought (and said out loud) next year there will be a highchair at the table!!!! OMG can you believe it?? It is so unreal LOL - can't wait!!

We also rec'd a call on Sunday telling us our crib was in!! My parents bought our crib for Mhyia and it is sooooo beautiful!!!! Mike and John headed over to pick it up and returned with it - we realized it may be easier to get it up the stairs if we take it out of the large box - well as luck would have it it was damaged :( Back to the store it went and another one has been special ordered. That was not so great but either way we have another one on order and hopefully the next one will be fine!!

Our first concrete project!

My Birthday!

Fantastic Fundraiser - Sep'tember 17th!

Going to be an Aunt and Uncle again

Well Mike and I are going to be an Aunt and Uncle again!! Mike's sister Amy is pregnant with their second child!!

Meghan will be a big sister which should be cute and hilarious knowing Megs - Amy is Due February 2012 - we can't wait!! Another little baby to love!

July Referrals - 2011

Well referrals arrived right at the end of the month again - which is good because at least there seems to be something you can count on! The CCAA only referred "20" RQ families which is the WORST batch we have ever rec'd. It was 6 days which is a half decent number of days but like I said a brutal batch of referrals. They did up to and including July 12th.

Dora Cake

Well I took a stab at a character cake and Voila!! I must say I was nervous but I think it turned out great and although VERY time consuming I love doing them- so fun!!

This cake was actually for my Father-in-laws 65th birthday...LOL... with some of the grand kids being so young he decided to make it a Dora theme - they got backpacks and even went on an adventure with their maps! It was really cute.

It turned out to be a great day...with great cake..LOL

Happy Canada Day!!!

Today is Canada's 144th Birthday!!! It is an absolutely beautiful day!!

The last couple of years Mike and I have had a Canada Day BBQ at our house - it has become somewhat of a tradition now!! This year was beautiful weather - we set up the little kiddie pool and the kids were occupied for hours! All in all it was a Happy Canada Day with family and friends - hopefully next Canada Day we will have a new little Canadian citizen here with our family!!!!