HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!!!

what a great year 2008 was for us. we got the referral of our daughter, our family is complete!! we thank god so much for his greatness and his mercy upon our family, and his blessings to answer our prayers. We pray for prosperity for all of our family and friends in 2009!! I pray for my dear friend michelle to get her baby quickly, hopefully in 2009. I pray for great health for all of our parents, and succesful surgeries for my daughter, and continued growth for our sweet son. Amen.

I am so grateful to all our friends and family for all their support and love to us. It truely takes a village to raise a child, and we have all of your support to thank for both our children receiving so much endless love.

Here are pics from a chinese restaurant we went to for new years eve. new years day will be with friends and family.

palate surgery february 11th

well, zaina's cleft palate surgery is on wednesday february 11th. it will be a doozie!! it will help her with speach and eating and eliminate the drool, but the recovery will be trecherous. please pray for her.

snowed in - for 10 days now!!! ugh!!!

we have been snowed in our homes for 10 days now. the kids were also sick with virus bugs. i've been hitching rides to work and bailing out of work early due to bad snow!! we had almost 3 feet of snow in our driveway. chains required all over our county. we dont have chains. cant put them on our cars.
ugh

My American Girl

got zaina's u.s. citizenship certificate.............check!

zaina's name changed legally and adoption redone in U.S........check!

Zaina's social security card with new name...........................check!

Zaina's Oregon Birth certificate...............................check!!
All done, my american girl is here to stay

eid day

eid today. dinner with the family in the evening. zaina also had her 3rd follow up appt with her surgeon, and all is well. she has her palate surgery scheduled for february.

twin boys 2nd bday party-face painters

went to a kids bday party, our kids went nuts. zaina went upto all the chinese guys and raised her arms upto them, flirting!!
all the other kids were older than zaina, but she was so much tougher than any of them. she would plow right through a crowd of kids to get past them to get to the balloons. so cute!!!

Akika-blessing day for Shaun and Zaina

big day today. We had a dinner party at our "house of worship", and invited close family and friends and asked them to pray for shaun and zaina, that they grow up to big good people, kind caring people, and better our society. It's kinda like a "name day" or "blessing day"
Both kids dressed to the nines in traditional indian garb, and there was a great feast. people were very generous with their gifts. happy day for my kids. and for us.

day before the big party

zaina poops in the potty...shaun doesnt

zaina pees in the potty...shaun does too

zaina eats EVERYTHING...shaun doesnt