Beyond the mountains, more mountains. Dye mon, gen mon: happy birthday to you...

Monday, November 3, 2008

happy birthday to you...

We had a great birthday celebration yesterday for D's 2nd Birthday and my nephew's 6th Birthday. Good company, good fun and good cake.

Happy 2nd Birthday!

Look at the "Bubby" cake

she cuddled it and was sad for
"Bubby" (the cake)
when we cut it

Ethan turned 6!
He got an Indiana Jones cake!

peekaboo

Present time

A Star Wars laptop with
a lightsaber mouse

Her own guitar

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Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.

Take kindly to the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann c.1920

Adoption Timeline

June 8, 2012 - we are a forever family (gotcha day)
May 2012 exited MOI
Sept.14, 2011 - entered MOI
Aug.17, 2011 - passed court in Haiti!
Aug.8 , 2011 - exited IBESR
Jan.21, 2011 - entered IBESR
Aug.24, 2010 - we receive our proposal from Haiti - it's twins!
Mar.31, 2010 - We are given the green light to proceed with our adoption and our dossier is forwarded on to Haiti
Jan.13-Apr.2010 - all Haitian adoptions are unofficially 'on hold' indefinitely
Jan.13, 2010 - devastating earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 strikes Haiti
Dec.3, 2009 - Dossier is sent to the Haitian Embassy
Nov.30, 2009 - Officially decided not to proceed with Imagine and Ethiopia
Nov.19, 2009 - Dossier back to provincal office to be sent out to Haitian embassy
Nov.10, 2009 - received Homestudy approval
Oct.21, 2009 - Homestudy complete and sent in for provincial approval
Sept.13, 2009 - Decision to proceed with an adoption from Haiti Children's home
August, 2009 - We are made aware of the children in Haiti Children's Home waiting for families
July 13, 2009 - Imagine adoption goes bankrupt
Dec.27/08 - our Dossier arrives in Addis Ababa, we are officially expecting
Dec.9/08 - home study approved by the Government of Alberta
Nov.3/08 - signed homestudy report arrives at Anne Scully's office awaiting provincial approval
Oct.12/08 (Thanksgiving Sunday) - signed our completed Homestudy report
Oct.8/08 - sent in all the required paperwork for our Dossier to Imagine adoption (except the Homestudy)
Sept.17/08 - application sent in to our Ethiopian adoption coordinator, Imagine adoption
Sept.13/08 - first visit by our social worker for our Homestudy
Sept.6/08 - attended International Adoption Seminar
Aug.22/08 - adoption application to C.A.S