One year today!!!

Wow it is hard to imagine that one year ago today we were running around with our daughters re feral picture!! Her new "birth" day I guess. We should have guessed from the start that she would be a firecracker as even the referral was not straight forward!!! lol Easy to laugh now but it was not so funny then I guess. Si He has certainly kept us on our toes and we wouldn't want it any other way!! It's been just 10 months that we first held her but it feels like a lifetime ago...strange how that works. She is just the sweetest little pumpkin there ever was, well she and JJ that is *grin* I am doubly blessed these days!! And every day I thank God for the miracle of my two children that I never thought I would have....Ain't life grand!

Hard to believe they are the same girl!






Sophia and her foster mum in March 2008


My little Santa December 2009

Happy New Year 2009!!

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