Well monday Neil goes back to work. He has been off for a good month working on our house. It is just about complete. It has been good having him home to help with the girls and we are all going to miss him when he goes back to work. I know he is looking forward to going back to work. It is very stressful only having one income and when they are not working it is double stressfull.

I am glad the Christmas stress is over. The buying of gifts, the christmas baking and all the extra house cleaning. I am looking forward to 2010. It's going to be an amazing year. I can say that 2010 is the year we get to meet our kids and bring them home to their forever family. We are so ready for them to join our family....


HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVERYONE........

Christmas was great. The kids got many gifts. We were trying to explain to the kids that Christmas is suppose to be about love and giving, not about receiving. But they are only 3 and 5 and have no concept that they should be thankful for what they have.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIYA.....
Today my daughter turns 6 years old. I wish she and her brother were here to celebrate her birthday. I can't wait until they are here with us. I am so sick of waiting...

Merry Chrismas

Merry Christmas to everyone. I am so thankful for all I have. I have a loving husband and 2 beautiful healthy daughters. We have all we need and then some. Christmas time is suppose to be a magical time. I am praying that we hear of a court date. Through the holidays we are hopefully going to hear something about court, but I am not sure. My kids are a million miles away. I feel that I will never get to them. It's like a dream. We originally thought that we would travel in April or May. Now it's looking more like June. That would be close to a year. Oh well I'm not going to think about that. I m going to enjoy my Christmas with my wonderful family. I feel so blessed to have so many loving people in my life.

Gracie and Holly are so excited for Christmas. It is so cute. As parents we want to raise our kids to be honest. Well it seems that we keep making up lies about Santa. Gracie asked me :"Santa will not know where to find us, he thinks we still live at our old house." I told her not to worry because we left him a note when we moved.

I really do love Christmas. It's a time to get together with family and friends. Enjoy delicious food, and just to have a good time. We seem to go along our busy lives and not find the time for those who matter most. You never know from one year to the next, who will not be there. I cherish each day that I have with my family and friends. Merry Christmas to all...

Mom and Dad came over for supper last night. There was a family fun night at Gracie's school from 7-9pm. The kids had a blast. We played bingo. Mom, and Dad and I all won a prize, which the kids picked out. Gracie and Holly both won a prize in the gym. Santa made an appearance. Gracie and Holly both stood in line, with some encouragement. Gracie had no problem staying in line. I had to keep putting Holly back in line. When It was Gracie's turn to see Santa she sat on his knee and was rubbing his back. How adorably cute. She told Santa she wanted a singing barbie. Holly sat on Santa's knee. She told Santa she wanted a candy cane. I wish I would have brought my camera.

I did some Christmas baking today. I made rice crispy squares, chocolate truffles and cinnamon buns. I LOVE baking just as much a I LOVE eating it. When I bake it reminds me of when I was a little girl and Grandma would be baking in her kitchen. It gives me a sense of comfort. The other day I made Cookie Dough truffles and doughnuts. They are just as good. I am a recipe collector. Anybody who knows me knows this. My girls really enjoy helping me in the kitchen and I love it, minus the mess and the fighting.

Our kitchen renovation is in full swing. The old cabinets are out and some of the new ones are put on. Went to order counter tops in town and we were told not to expect them until the new year. That's like a couple of weeks away. They are going to look so nice with our new cabinets.

Christmas is right around the corner. Have to start wrapping presents and sending out Christmas cards, not like leaving it till the last minute. As Christmas is approaching REALLY fast I am thinking when will we hear any news about our adoption. We were told that we would receive pictures of our kids at the beginning of December. Now we are told that we may not receive any more pictures until we are ready to travel. Are you serious, that is like 6 more months with nothing. No news or contact. You are telling me that no one can take a freaking picture, no body. How frustrating. I feel like crying and ripping something apart. I feel the need to holler and scream and then maybe something will happen. It has been 3 and a 1/2 months of waiting. Waiting for court that seems that will never happen. Waiting for a picture. I would feel so much better if we at least just got a picture. That's all I want.

It has been very cold over here, like -30 to -40, very unbearable. Cannot go outside. Tomorrow is suppose to be a little nicer. We will have to go outside.

Are kitchen is under major construction. The cabinets are all gone and that makes it very difficult for cooking. Tommorows job is the floor then the cabinets can be put in, very exciting. can't wait to get my new kitchen up and running. It will be 110%better than what is was before.

Christmas time is soon approaching. The presents are all bought plus some. I bought an easy bake oven for Gracie and I just got a chance to open it today. It was so small. I was expecting something bigger. The pans you put in the oven are mini sized. Oh, well what do you expect for 10 dollars.

Santa is going to be good this year. He bought Gracie a play guitar and Holly a barbie doll. My girls are all full of questions about Santa, like since we moved Santa will not know where to find us. Gracie was all concerned because she didn't tell Santa what she wanted for Christmas. So therefore Santa isn't coming. We reassure her he was and then Holly was concerned because she thought Santa was going to come in her room. Kids are so gullible and I love it. I cannot wait until next year. Next year at this time we will have all our kids with us and we will feel complete. we don't feel so compete this Christmas but we are putting on a happy front for the kids. It's all about the kids and I love it.

Today marks 3 months since we seen our kids pictures for the first time. It seems like such a long time. This is such a long journey. I don't understand why it takes so long. I feel a piece is missing in our family, our kids. They are so far away. I want to hop on a plane and go get them and bring them home with us. This waiting isn't fun.

I had a phone call yesterday. It was our social worker that is working on our inter country adoption, who is from Regina. She was phoning to check up to see where we stood in the adoption process. She asked if we were waiting for visas.

I said: "I wish, visas, no not until we are ready to travel.

She says:"Oh, your STILL waiting for court, it takes that long. It seems like such a long time since we talked to you last."

I said:" Your telling me. I know it takes a long time. It is what it is. We wont be expecting to know about visas until end of April or May at the earliest."

She says :" Wow, May. What a long process."


That was our conversation. Really didn't make me feel better. If she thinks it is a long time, what does she think it feels like for us.I am so grateful that I have my girls to get my mind off of the adoption, some what. Part of my brain is always thinking about our adoption, our kids.

Our house is under major constuction. We are making our kitchen bigger and adding a dining room and our master bedroom off of the dining room. It will be nice when it is complete. It has only just begun. Next the old cabinets are being taken down and the new ones need to be put in.

Gracie Morgan Gaboury. Born July 30, 2004. She weighed 9 pounds and 4 1/2 ounces. How my baby girl has grown so fast. I cannot belive that my little princess is 5 years old, how she grown into a beautiful little lady.

Holly Maria Gaboury. Born May 17, 2006. She weighed 10 pounds 3 1/2 ounces.It is hard to believe that my baby is growing up. In 3 years she had grown and blossomed into a beautiful little lady. Here smile lites my heart.

Our Christmas tree is decorated. The girls are very proud of their tree. We got our Christmas tree given to us from Auntie Hilda. The girls were confused because we had Auntie's tree, and we needed to give it back to her. Once I explained to them that Auntie bought a new tree and she gave us her old one they were fine with it. When Auntie Hilda and Wendy came over for supper yesterday the girls were very excited to see them. The girls both were very proud of our tree and had to show it off, how cute.

At supper yesterday we had raw veggies, a roast, and fries. The girls are very good eaters and I gave Gracie a raw carrot, forgetting that she doesn't eat "rotten" carrots. Instead of raw she called them rotten, which made every one laugh hysterically.

Today is 1 month since we got our last update of our beautiful children. Every month we are suppose to get an update until we go travel. But because of how busy they are this doesn't always happen. The pictures we receive are the only connections to our children and we look forward to seeing each picture and their updates on how they have grown. We have fallen in love with their pictures. There is so much uncertainty that we do not know. I feel like I am pregnant and each picture is like a ultra sound picture. You fall in love with the picture for sure, how can you not.

After you receive a referral you are expected to wait 6-8 months before you are ready to travel so we are half way there. Another 3-5 months to go. It seems like such a long time.

Just found out that our court date for our children probably will not be until January, some time. Is seems as if the time frame keeps getting longer and longer. First we were told that a court date would be issued in November. Then they told us it would be in December, now I am told that a court date will not be issued until January. I know that they are really busy and first come first serve, but I just want a court date.