Merry Christmas

Just a couple of pictures to share!!

They really love each other this much!!!

Am I cute or what!!!

Now you know I am REALLY cute!!!

The Whole Christmas Gang!

Pretty as a picture!!

Winter Time is Here!!

And with winter comes all the snow and Christmas decorating. We started a tradition with Jenna when she was home for her first Christmas. We put a tree in her room and she LOVED it. Every year she looks forward to her tree. This year we continued the tradition and put a tree in Si He's room too. We also went to the local tree farm and picked up our family tree!! It was a great weekend!! Oh yes and Si He can do the splits and likes to show them off. Oh yes and you can also see Si He sporting the latest in potty training wear...It's all the style in Paris and Milan!!

PS Dianne I still have Meghan's hat from China and it is now all washed and ready to be mailed back!! LOL!!! I didn't realize I had it until I was going through the winter clothes!!!

SHE IS CANADIAN!!!!

Well we are happy to report that effective November 25, 2008 Si He is now a Canadian citizen!!!!! See from the CIC site below!!!

Citizenship

We received your application for Canadian citizenship (grant of citizenship) on May 1, 2008.
We sent you a letter acknowledging receipt of your application(s) on May 1, 2008. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.

We started processing your application on November 13, 2008.
We sent you a letter on November 14, 2008 to C/O Parent Or Guardian 484 Montgomery Street, Dalhousie, New Brunswick, Canada, E8C 2A6. If you have not yet provided the information or the requested documents, please do so as soon as possible. Please wait until you receive the letter before sending us additional information, as the letter will outline all information that is required. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us. If we have sent the letter to the wrong address, please contact us.

You became a Canadian citizen on November 25, 2008.

Isn't is just so blunt, just like the government. I think D should work for the and add all the fireworks and pomp and circumstance that it deserves!!!! Oh well there you have it folks!!!

I'M A WHAT?????

WHOOOHOOO I AM CANADIAN!!!

IS THERE ANYTHING MORE CANADIAN THAN CHOCOLATE, DON'T THINK SO!!

DOES THAT MEAN I CAN GO TO SCHOOL NOW???

Happy Halloween from the Little kids!!

Happy Halloween from the Sweeney's. Sophia enjoyed trick or treating for about 5 minutes and then the "big bad wolf" scared her and there was no turning back!! "I scared" was the mantra for the evening. She had lots of treats, an early bath and fell fast asleep by 7:45!! WHEW!! Jenna had a great time and has been eating non stop. The treats are almost finished and the"stop" will be tomorrow!! Hopefully she will have had her fill by then because the "big bad Mommy" will be tossing whats left!!

Sophia and Jenna anxious to be dressed up

Sophia, Jenna and mum before we started

CinderJenna

Sophia the cat

Time for a quick diaper change before we head out!

Jenna and Trevor

The big bad wolf and little Red Riding Hoods, aka The Carroll's

The gangs all pooped time to eat!!

Happy Halloween from the big kids!!

Usually I am posting pictures of the kids but I couldn't resist posting our Halloween pictures. We were all dressed up and went out for the 1st time since WAY before we travelled to China. It was nice but I missed putting my lil' pumpkins to lala land!!

The Storm Troopers!!

The evil witch and her ghost pirate

Can you say ARRRR!!!! or should it be BOO? Not sure but I know Sophia would say "Daddy Scare"!!

Mr. M. Dracula

The Sweeney's

So you think you can dance!!!

Well this morning Miss Sophia was full of life. I was playing her China music and she just started to dance up a storm...she really is too cute!!!

Wasn't that a Party!!!

The "BEFORE" the party pictures, well before the sugar hit pictures!!!

Well Sophia has survived her second birthday, and third party to boot (she already had one at Grammie and Grampie's and at Nanny and Grampy's)!!! We had a great time and everyone dressed up for Halloween, carved pumpkins and made many arts and crafts! The kids had a blast...not to sure about the parents. Thanks to the Lee's and Ross' who made the day most enjoyable!

The kids doing arts and crafts.

Did your mum put silly wings on you too???

The finished pumpkin, great job Jenna

Wow, I'm pooped but look at that cake...wow!!!

Sophia turns TWO!!!

Wow hard to believe our little pumpkin is already two years old today, October 10!!! She is doing so well and is almost trained for potty, well ALMOST means whenever she feels like it, lol, is talking up a storm and holds up two fingers and says two!!! She also decided to try fine cuisine for her birthday supper...a bite of Cuddles food (our cat, YUCK!!!) We have to keep our eyes on her 24/7, lol!! I will post birthday party photos once the celebration is finished!

Time to catch up!!!

Hard to believe that it's been a month since our last post. We have so much to report on. We were camping from July 18 to August 31 and spent just 2 days at home during that time. The girls love to camp and we were very lucky to have spent almost 2 weeks in Sussex and caught up with the Mahoney's and Allen's whom we travelled to China with as well as the Blanchard's and Murray's who also have adopted daughters from China and we met last year. The girls had so much fun, and mom and pops too!! A BIG thank you to Dianne, Joe and Meghan for hosting the Hawaiian soiree and to Sheila and XZ for all their visits, play dates and campfire memories. We miss all of you very, very much!!!

Sophia is doing very well and talking up a storm. She will receive her first needles tomorrow (yuck) and she also had her 1st check up. All is well and she weighed in at 231.8 lbs and is 31 inches tall, not too shabby if I do say so. She eats everything in sight and has had so many cuts and bruises, way too many to count. I think I will be at the hospital at least once a month with stitches and broken bones, lol!!!! She is such a little darling and she and Jenna are inseparable. Sophia mocks everyone all the time especially Jenna.

Carnival Night in Richibucto

Les Boys had to play too!!

Puddle Jumping in the rain

Jenna won 1st place in the drawing contest with Trevor Lee

Christmas in August in Charlo

Gosh I am too cute!!

Joe sneaks a hug!

Look into my eyes, well eye that is!

Do you think Barbara will be PO'ed with the mess??

The Girls at the park

Forever Friends Jenna and XZ

Those guys at work don't know what they are missin'!!

Hey don't leave me hanging girls! Ahhh they're all WOMEN!!!

Lacey, your red wagon is a SWEET ride!!

Oh Dianne you are a WONDERFUL cook

The Ladies....

And the Gentlemen!!

Dancing Queens

Jenna and XZ at our last campfire in Sussex...Thanks for the memories guys!!