MORE GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!

The North Queensland Intercountry Adoption Support Group has had some wonderful news this last week with 3 allocations. We have had the pleasure of Welcoming 2 allocations from CHINA.
Both children are from Gaozhou SWI and are both SN files....
Congratulation to both Sandra and Clay and Jim and Cheryl on your allocation.
I spent some time today with Sandra and Cheryl just talking about the China Process and travel. It seems like a lifetime ago however it was only 9 months ago that we travelled to Zian. It makes me feel so clucky again and so exited about the whole process from now to forever day.

It is just a wonderful time for both families....

On the home front Jake turned 10 yesterday and we went to dinner with Nanny and grandad at Sizzlers. Jake had a wonderful day and was spoilt as a result of double figure birthday.
All 3 kids are recovering from chest infections and Dave had the flu and of course i couldn't escape either with me going down with flu and chest infection. Feel lousy really!!!!!

Today we have decided we will spend Christmas in Cairns this year with David's family. We hope to be able to bring some joy to end of a miserable year for them, with all has happened up there.
We will have a family holiday and take kids to the crocodile farm water park and do some site seeing up that way....

We have decided we as a family will always celebrate Zians birthday on boxing day but will ask all friends and outside of inner family to help celebrate Zians forever Day 25th Feb as her party and gift day...Our reason for this is as she grows and goes to school she will never have the opportunity to share her birthday with school friends etc. Boxing day is always still Christmas.Just ask Elisha or Pat.With the recognizing of her Forever day brings a lovely reason for Zian to receive gifts and to have a party.

We are celebrating Zian's Intercountry support group Christmas party this Friday night....Is always wonderful to catch up with all the kids as they are growing so fast.
Saturday night we have a girlfriends Christmas party and i think we are then done.


Signing off Jo

GREAT NEWS TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today we finally received Zian's Australian birth certificate... We are so happy for Zian that in the years to come she will have this piece of paper that will allow her to have an identity of being born in China however recognized in Australia with Dave and i being her Mother and Father. It is exactly the same as Tayns reads from the Northern territory.
We would like to thank Carol from N.t Adoption for her work in helping me compile all necessary paperwork for the Attorney generals office to accept our request for Birth Certificate.
To date in Australia only 2 states recognize a Chinese born child through inter country adoption, with an Australian birth certificate... NOT HAPPY WITH THIS ISSUE -----
And again it is why we need 1 governing body at Federal level to over see All Inter country Adoption laws, legislation, time frames and costing of adoption.
We have this week starting on 17th for the first week ever in Australia launched ADOPTION AWARENESS WEEK, this will be a yearly event .The aim of awareness week is to make aoption more of a talked about and understood topic. To make adoption excepted.
www.adoptionawarenesweek.com.au

What a wonderful advancement in understanding families and their childrens journeys....

Zian looking Gorgeous

This photo is just so beautiful. A photographer Sarah Black in Melbourne took this pic of Zian at my brothers house. It was one of those moments. Zian wasnt in a photo shoot. Curtis Rohan and jay and peg were. We were visting and just there. Sarah just took a shot and this is the result...

SHARING SOME PICTURES

Zian wearing her eddible rings.Yummy!!
This is so cool -this bumping in to each other game

Zian and Mia at beach house playing Bumping Game

Happy Birthday Daddy.

Thanks Nathon for helping with toffee for cake!!!

Cousin Tiffany pushing us on swing at beach house

Playing Golf..EMMMNN

Taylah playing hairdresser to Zian.

Love the Do!!!

OOOO mummy

We had our third assesment from our asw this week, it is another step to being finialized in post placement of adoption wih QLD.

Only on more to go and we don't hear from them again.!!!!!!

Very Strange process really.China requires two repors with the first year and 2 sets of updated photos to accompany social workers report...

We just do what is asked of us and play the game with minimal fuss...

All is quiet around here whih is really nice.I have slowed down my pace of working as i need a little break.

Sue my girlfriend and i just spent the weekend in Melbourne.

We shopped, saw the stage production of Wicked which was fab and got kisses and cuddles from my nephews Curtis and Rohan..

Very quick trip but worth every minute of time spent....

And sooo unexpected but so cherished is My brother Jason and wife Peggy have asked david to be godfather to Rohan.Pics to be added as wont load up today.!!

I WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU

How to Dance in the Rain

It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80's arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am. I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would to able to see him.
I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On exam, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound.While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry.
The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife. I inquired as to her health. He told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victi m of Alzheimer's Disease. As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late.

He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now. I was surprised, and asked him, 'And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?' He smiled as he patted my hand and said, 'She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is.' I had to hold back tears as he left, I had goose bumps on my arm, and thought,'That is the kind of love I want in my life.'
True love is neither physical, nor romantic. True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be.
The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have. 'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, But how to dance in the rain.

I WANT TO BE PREGNANT AGAIN

SOOO THIS IS MY ULTRA SOUND

It amazes me the journey that we have taken in our years together as husband and wife. Today is Dave's birthday and tomorrow our 14th year wedding anniversary. We have certainly had our ups and downs but can say more Ups then anything else. We have been blessed with 3 beautiful children who are all their own spirits. We as a family enjoy a wonderful groups of friends both close and of course those who live away but are in our thoughts always. We have family beside us as well as away and again they are always close in our heart and minds. We Have started or business this year and Dave is busy with his job as Technical Trainee Management officer at the Army Training centre. I am busy working the business( casual only) by day and hairdressing by ( appointments only). Then of course there is all the kids sports commitments etc.

So why is it that during our adoption journey with Zian i wrote that to have the blessing of a daughter into my family would complete me????????????????



Well friends and family i am here to say i am not complete and that we have decided to put a application of interest in the QLD system in the hope we will be able to welcome another child into our family. This process will be extremely long and with no guarantees from both the Government side or ours that we will have the blessings of our dream. So we ask that you do send a pray / positive energy our way. We are looking into special needs program to see if this would fit our family as well. We are Hoping the China program is again for us and a daughter would be a miracle however a boy will fill our hearts just as much.

The QLD program is so so so very different to N.T program and i so so so wish we could use the same program we went through to have Zian enter our lives..

So officially from my end i am PAPER PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The QLD department will firstly have to officially receipt our paperwork and wait another 12 month to education and even been oversea paper work. I will keep you informed during our journey ahead..

WE SURVIVED SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

Mia and Zian playing Dr's and nurses
fire truck and me

Tayn trying out Put Put
Jake having a go at put put

Cuppa Tea for any one????
Look at me mum No Feet!!!!!


On the beach at Airlie....
Boys playing Tennis(well trying)

Face painting for FREE at Caravan park


I can go sooooo Fast

Tayn n Zian and Paige and Mia
Yep im playing tennis with the BIG kids

We headed off for a week to Airlie Beach.We stayed at a Big 4 Caravan park which is so family friendly....It offers lge swimming pool with 2 slides, 18 hole put put, jumping pillow,jnr and snr playground plus tennis and basketball court. Kids had a blast,

We now allow the older two the freedom of the park and they make friends from other families now. Next two Tayn and Paige also get some freedom and love riding their bikes with no training wheels all around.The little two Mia and Zian want the freedom and try and follow the others but stay around us......They love riding their bikes as well.

A fire truck came and spend some time educated kids on fire danger.Kids loved getting to hold hose and spray water everywhere. Mia was the only lucky one to get to sound the siren.

We had tea parties with the littles kids and baked cookies.We did painting and craft and ate lots and lots of yummy food.

We went into water lagoon at Airlie beach for a day and swam and walked around Airlie Beach.

We were sad to leave and come home!!!!!!

School holiday hair do's

This is the side view of our trailer
And other side when set up

Our last delivery of Johhno's camper trailers
This is one of our camper trailers set up for a client.

Jake happy to play with me.
Finished style.Soo cute

Some foils pls mum
Yep im the dude!!!!

Yes it is that time again and the kids are on September school holidays for 2 weeks. I find by the end of term that jake is in need of r&r. The brain has started to fry. Jake's school just had their fete, which Jake was allowed to attend by himself. Yes i have stretched the umbilical cord from our house two doors up from the school, to allow him to attend by himself. he was given the rules and codes if he required help with my mobile number written on his arm. I can now report that i was so proud of him as he came home at the check-in times i asked of him and he had no mishaps and he really enjoyed the freedom. but of course now he wants the umbilical cord cut..Mummy is so not ready for this, and he is only 9 3/4 years old.. Double figures are approxing fast. So with school holidays here he boys usually want crazy hair so i have some pics for you. I just love to play, can't wait for Z to want some foils.(hehe)

We have all just been through the flu,vomitting and other end. So life hasnt been all smiles for a while. We have decided that we all need to get healthier and stress less and stay happy longer. So we will build on this over holidays!!!!!!!!

Take care and will post holiday pics as they come...

Kids just being kids

Zian just relaxing back
kids bike racing througout the house
Taylah and Jake with Zian
Kids at beach
aftre math of a mud fight

finally a photo of me n kids

Tayn had a sore on his nose and band aids fix everything

Tayn's 4th Birthday

Presents for Tayn
Big brother there to help out
Karen Charlotte and Zian at Tayn's Party @ Lollipops
Cmon Charlotte keep up with me

Tayn n Buddy Cameron flying high
Two little cutties

hold on down we go

WEEE watch me mum i can swing off the bar

i love driving

Tayn loves playing with me

Updating my Growing Fast kiddies

im a big girl riding tayn's bike
Girls washing mums new car

CORN FOR ALL

Kids all eating corn and loving the juice flying out everywhere.