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!!

My Birthday!

Visit with a friend!

Gung Hay Fat Choy!! Feb 3rd, 2011

Well it is Year of the Rabbit this year - I/we were really thinking this year would be the year we get our referral but I am starting to think they may be slowing down even more :(

I came home Feb 3rd and Mike was downstairs watching TV - as I rounded the corner into the kitchen I noticed a couple of things sitting on the counter with hearts on them. I first thought to myself..."oh great Mike has bought something for Valentines Day and forgot to hide it" I turned on the light and noticed that Mike had made me a card (at work) and bought a couple of little things. As I started to read them I noticed that he had bought us both a gift "rabbit" related as if they were from Mhyia. When I started to read the card and it said "Dear Mommy" I instantly started to cry...it is THE absolute sweetest thing Mike has ever done for me. I/we don't talk about China much, although I think about it everyday - it has just been sooo long that I think we try to put it to the back of our minds but when I read that and just the fact that he had put the effort into making it I just couldn't hold back the tears. As I said we were really hoping for this year but I have a feeling that won't be happening.



We wanted to celebrate this year and at least acknowledge it. We went to The Mandarin for dinner with my parents, Mike's parents, Shayla, Emma, Amy, Chris, Meghan, and Kerith and Ronin. We had a great meal and Mike and I really appreciated that people wanted to celebrate it with us!!

My parents bought us this really cute Silver bunny which I LOVE!!! Mike and I bought this cute onesie for Mhyia with the bunny wearing a crown, of course! Amy, Chris and Meghan bought Mhyia these cute piggy jammies (I love pigs) - when Meghan came to our house she wanted to give us the gift and she kept saying it was for mimi Mhyia - too cute. Later at night she wanted to go upstairs to see mimi Mhyia - she thought she was upstairs sleeping..."I wish". We told her that Mhyia was in China with Kylan (the cartoon character) she accepted that answer for now...LOL