News! News!

L IS IN IBESR!!!! He went in Jan 16th!!
W is in MOI, and no DNA request at the birth parent interview. Now I hope W can move through MOI quickly!!

Getting ready for little D's family birthday party tomorrow, but had to share this awesome news!!

No news, no news...

I am getting so impatient waiting for MOI and IBESR #s. I try to call the director and can never get through. I hate calling...I am always so nervous I will say something that will irritate her. Because I am not getting verification that the birth parent interview is done, and an MOI #, I am of course afraid that my file is not where I think it is... I am probably so worried about it since I "thought" it was where it wasn't 3 times in the last year. I try not to get excited about being in the next step, until I REALLY know it's true.
I have been working on my kids room's, trying not to think about the time passing. And although always happy to see others advance in the process, and see kids come home, it's hard to hear of others progress when your file is trailing behind where it should be.
It's so cold here that school let out early Wednesday and have had no school yesterday or today. My family is coming Sunday for my son D's 6th birthday...I have to prepare for that and work tonight, so I probably won't post til the weekend is over.

My son's Christmas party at school was postponed due to weather...but finally did happen last week

H's party...(H on the left)

And D's party...

For anyone who wants a Haiti's children reunion in Caledonia WI...

We love Yogi Bear Jellystone parks, and go once a summer. There are so many fun activities for the kids, and it's great to sit around campfires, let the kids run around, and is much more lax than a hotel, where you have to sit in a restaurant for dinner, go in your separate rooms at night, etc. Last year 2008, my kids D and H were in the brochure. You can imagine their faces when I showed them the Yogi Bear brochure and they see their faces eating ice cream from the prior year (2007). The same pic was in the brochure twice. We usually go July/ August. I am hoping W is home by then! Anyone interested?

Wow does time fly...

I have no idea how this picture appeared on my desktop...I think it is a sign for me to live NOW, to enjoy every moment because before I know it, they will be grown, out of the house, and I will be here looking at old pics wishing to have one more day with them when they were young. ...

This is my H at a few months old!! What I would give to hold her at this age for 5 minutes!!

And look at her now!!

I haven't posted in a while because I am painting...scary thing! H and D are switching rooms, and I am repainting them both...so everything is ready when W comes home. I will post before and after pics when I am done.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Not only do we celebrate the New Year with being thankful for our health, safety, and happiness we had in 2008, we also got the great news that...

W is IN MOI !!!! and L will be in IBESR next week!!!!

Now if those aren't reasons to throw confetti all over the house right after mom cleaned the house...I don't know what would be!

Also, W's birth parent interview went "fine" so I guess no DNA was requested!!

WOO HOO!!!

Notice my son ready to chug his orange pop we toasted with...(the extra kid is my son's friend)
My son D took this pic of me!
We spent the night doing 5 science experiments, the most exciting was putting vinegar in a 35 mm film container, then quickly putting in baking soda wrapped in a piece of Kleenex. Quickly put the lid on and wait a few seconds for the top to fly off making a loud noise making everyone scream!! We also made ooze (below).
B with his friend on the PC.

B just thrilled that I made him look at my camera...

Earlier in the day we played with Moon sand!!! Messy, but so much fun!! (extra kid is our neighbor who spent the night...)

Another blog I read has posted some cool things she has done to her home. I love seeing other people's homes to get ideas for my own. I thought I'd post some pics of our home for others to see. Yes, we have a small home, but we make it work. We have little storage and no closet by the door. This is a cubby that my dad and hubby built. Stairs going upstairs are to the left of this cubby and our front door is to the right.

This is my $6 bench! It also opens for storage!!

Our front room... notice the wood cabinets in this room which are filled with bins of toys...(also note the blue gun on the chair next to the door...doesn't everyone keep a gun by their front door? LOL)

We have yet to buy one of those LCD flat thin TVs. It is on our wish list, but not one of the top 5 things on our wish list...so who knows when we will actually get one...

This is a wall we opened up a couple years ago, I love that we did it!

Hopefully this year will bring good business to our company and we will be able to fix more things around this house that need it!! I am also going to start painting the boys room and girls room now that the holidays are over. I know most people have their kids rooms ready a long time ago, but I will be sure to get them done before W gets home!!

40 degrees...

It was 40 degrees and sunny today. I love the sun, and hate winter. So, off we went in boots and snow pants (even though there is no snow...) and met my friend and her little girl at the park. We had fun, and got really muddy. I was upset that I forgot my camera. A smiling child in muddy pants and boots is cute, however THIS waiting to be cleaned on my laundry room floor is NOT.

It was so nice to get outside. I have been so grumpy about this adoption wait lately and I think the sunshine cheered me up a little.
After the park we went to the library where we found this children's book...
It is about a 7 yr old unnamed sister and 5 yr old brother named Max. We haven't decided for sure but Max is the #1 on our list for Loveson. Maxson was my boy name for our daughter H. Next year W will be 7 and L will be 5, so it is a book that I'd like to own one day. It is a really cute story about Max being the annoying little brother and always in the sister's way, taking her things, etc...but in the end the sister misses Max and lets him back in her room...
So, finding this book also put a smile on my face.

Spent my Christmas $...

We have had these 2 toads for 4-5 months now, and they are doing well, so I chose to spend $30 of my Christmas money on a bigger nicer environment for them...and they love it, they even told me so!! (OK, so these are my son D's toads...the secret is, they really are my toads, I love toads. One of my fav childhood memories is when I got tadpoles from a neighbors run down pool they were getting rid of. I watched those tadpoles grow into toads and let them free. I also caught a large toad when I was young and tried to keep him as a pet, but he died. So, I originally had little faith in these guys, but they are doing good. We saved them both, one out of our sump-pump, the other from getting squished at my hubby's job site.) Don't you love the half coconut with a door cut in it? They love it, it somewhat reminds me of the huts you see in Haiti...

Also, I try to introduce new foods once in a while. My kids are picky eaters and do not like many veggies, but when I got these for them to try, a pomegranate and sugar snap peas, my son D says "Mom, where did you get these, are they American foods?" I couldn't help but laugh!!

D liked the pomegranate, H liked the sugar snap peas, B didn't care for neither.