First Fundraising Project

The first project we decided on to start raising money towards our adoption is a garage sale. We received a newsletter from our Home Owners Association that they are having a community garage sale the weekend of June 2. We thought this would be a great time to have ours, since community garage sales usually bring in more people. So, if you have started your spring cleaning and have furniture, household items, or any other items you are looking to get rid of, just let us know and we would love to take any donations. We are asking to have all donations by May 19. Please put the word out and if anyone you know may have items to donate, please tell them about our cause. If you have items to be picked up, you can email me privately at: HollyFenwick@comcast.net. Once the garage sale date gets closer, I will post the times I plan to have it, in-case you would like to come by and shop for that special treasure you have been looking for! We thank you for your support!

Brother and Sister Together

We just got some pictures with Wadner and Mia together. I love seeing them in the same picture. Can't wait until we are all together as a family :)

A Smile From Our Girl

It's funny, as I was leaving work last night I had this image in my head of Mia smiling. Then today, we are sent her very first picture with a smile on her face. Looks like she is enjoying her snack!

Missing My Children

A new picture of my little girl. They say she is shy and does not like to smile for pictures. I can't wait until she sees her mom and dad and then we can get a smile on that face!



Look at our boy, so happy and looks like he is having so much fun!



I have really been missing my children lately. I try not to think about it too much and I have my good days and my bad days, but it seems like recently I have been having more bad days than good. I am getting down because a lot of people on the chat group I am a part of keep putting posts that every step in the process seems to be taking longer than expected. It also seems that Haiti keeps adding steps to the process making it longer. I was so sure we would have our kids home by December or January, but it seems that every day that passes, those dates of them coming home keep getting pushed out more and more. I feel like I am putting out my arms to hold Wadner and Mia and they keep getting further away. What keeps me going at the moment is that we are planning a trip to visit them in June, so in two months I will be holding my sweet angels in my arms. I just think about holding them and loving on them. And of course, to take lots of pictures with them as a family to keep us going until they come home. Sorry for going on, I just miss them so much and I desperately want them home so I can mother them. I LOVE YOU WADNER AND MIA!!!!!

Ladies Man

Apparently we are going to have to keep an eye on him!!

Maybe Mia's B-day and An Update

We have not received a copy of Mia's birth certificate yet, but from what I was told, Mia's birthday is today and that means she has just turned 2. It's hard that she is not home with us to celebrate this occasion. I just pray that Wadner and Mia are home before their birthday's next year. We already know we will miss Wadner's 5th birthday since it is in June. It is just so hard to have these special times come and go without my children here. Easter was another hard day for me. I was able to spend it with my family here in Colorado, which was so nice, but watching all of the kids look for Easter eggs and not seeing my children there looking too was tough.

I emailed Diana at the adoption agency just to ask for an update on Mia's papers and she told me the staff in Haiti are pushing to get all of her documents in order and to get them legalized. She also said that they are due for a batch of files to go into IBESR (Haiti social services) and will hopefully have good news soon that we are in IBESR and our file numbers. I am praying it happens really soon, as we still have about 8-10 months of waiting to bring our children home after we are notified that we are in IBESR.

Second Referral--For Our Little Girl

We received a phone call yesterday afternoon from Erin at our adoption agency that the blood work FINALLY came back. Everything looks good and we were given the referral. Mike and I had a doctor look over the results and then we wanted to talk last night before we gave the news to everyone. We officially said yes this morning, and Mia is our daughter. I don't have many pictures of her yet, but above are two that were taken of her about 2 weeks ago. We also haven't been given a lot of specific information, I know for sure that she was born in 2005 and I have been told her birthday may be April 13, so she will be turning 2 in the next couple of weeks. As soon as this information is confirmed, I will post it. I am happy beyond words that this little girl is our daughter; we had the same feeling about her as we did the first time we saw Wadner's picture. I know in my heart that these 2 children are my son and daughter. I will post more pictures when I get them. I am just enjoying the moment!!!!