Our first Easter with our own little bunny!!!
Waiting Mom and Dad
Where little Madison awaited
In the City of Dianbai
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
HAPPY BIRTHDAY... FELIZ CUMPLEANOS MADRE MIA
Estas son las mananitas que cantaba el rey David a las muchachas bonitas se las cantamos aqui... despierta mi bien despierta, mira que ya amanecio... ya los pajarillos cantan la luna ya se metio...
Que linda esta la manana en que vengo a saludarte.....
Feliz cumpleanos Madre Mia en el cielo los angeles cantan....
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Que linda esta la manana en que vengo a saludarte.....
Feliz cumpleanos Madre Mia en el cielo los angeles cantan....
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Sunday, February 25, 2007
HAPPY NEW YEAR 4705!!!
新 年 快 樂
YEAR OF THE PIG...
February 18, 2007 thru March 7, 2007

Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.
The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese insert an extra month once every few years (seven years out of a 19-yearcycle). This is the same as adding an extra day on leap year. This is why, according to the solar calendar, the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year.
New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. The celebration was traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the family ancestors.
The sacrifice to the ancestors, the most vital of all the rituals, united the living members with those who had passed away. Departed relatives are remembered with great respect because they were responsible for laying the foundations for the fortune and glory of the family.
The presence of the ancestors is acknowledged on New Year's Eve with a dinner arranged for them at the family banquet table. The spirits of the ancestors, together with the living, celebrate the onset of the New Year as one great community. The communal feast called "surrounding the stove" or weilu. It symbolizes family unity and honors the past and present generations. To find out more follow these links:
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/interactive.aspx?type=ss&launch=17187083,17184306&pg=1
YEAR OF THE PIG...
February 18, 2007 thru March 7, 2007

Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.
The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese insert an extra month once every few years (seven years out of a 19-yearcycle). This is the same as adding an extra day on leap year. This is why, according to the solar calendar, the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year.
New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving. The celebration was traditionally highlighted with a religious ceremony given in honor of Heaven and Earth, the gods of the household and the family ancestors.
The sacrifice to the ancestors, the most vital of all the rituals, united the living members with those who had passed away. Departed relatives are remembered with great respect because they were responsible for laying the foundations for the fortune and glory of the family.
The presence of the ancestors is acknowledged on New Year's Eve with a dinner arranged for them at the family banquet table. The spirits of the ancestors, together with the living, celebrate the onset of the New Year as one great community. The communal feast called "surrounding the stove" or weilu. It symbolizes family unity and honors the past and present generations. To find out more follow these links:
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/interactive.aspx?type=ss&launch=17187083,17184306&pg=1
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Our immediate family
Our Big Day
May 28, 2001
Yes, loved by Frost. Here's dad Michael (grandpa to Madison and my Joey....
May 28, 2001
Our niece Brianna, nephew Jared and their pup "Chayanne"
Four Generations... Grandma Nannette (Great grandma to Madison), Mom Rhoda (grandma to Madison), Daughter Felicia (Auntie to Madison) and Grandaughter Brianna (big cousin to Madison).. Need to update Brianna's pic though, she's now a young lady....


Can I get more love please?? That would be my Joey and my dad Eduardo (Grandpa to Madison)....
Yes, loved by Frost. Here's dad Michael (grandpa to Madison and my Joey....
My sister Milly and brother Willy in their homeland, Barcelona, Spain
Thursday, January 11, 2007
TIMELINE
- May 1st, 2006 - We made the most important decision of our lives. We are to welcome a little angel into our lives. We will go as far as possible or reach out our arms to find her. We will adopt from China...
- May 9th, 2006 - We sent our Adoption Application to GWCA.
- May 10th, 2006 - We were approved by GWCA to adopt. Yeah!!!
- May 12th, 2006 - Sent in GWCA contract.
- May 12th, 2006 - My birthday!, we had our homestudy done in our home. Had to leave work rush home and make sure the house was cleaned, Bellagion had not done one of his infamous destructions and that Cleo had not been seating on the chair where Bonnie, our Social Worker, will be seating. Yikes!
- May 17th, 2006 - We mailed in all the documentation requested by our Social Worker, Bonnie, for our Home Study
- June 16th, 2006 - Our Home Study was finalized and sent to Pam, our wonderful Dossier specialist.
- June 19th, 2006 - Sent all dossier documentation to Pam.
- June 21st, 2006 - Sent our I600A to Kathy of our Miami USCIS office
- June 28th, 2006 - Received our fingerprinting appointment for July 5th.
- July 5th, 2006 - Fingerprinting done in Davie, Broward county.
- Aug. 29th, 2006 - Miami USCIS office requested passport copies and changes in the HomeStudy.
- Sept. 8th, 2006 - Got the revised Home Study.
- Sept. 14th, 2006 - Sent revised Home Study and copies of passports to Miami USCIS office.
- Sept. 19th, 2006 - Received our I171H, our authorization by the United States Government to adopt our angel from China... Major milestone in the process...
- Sept. 20th, 2006 - Our dossier was finalized by Pam and sent to GWCA.
- Sept. 29th, 2006 - DTC!!! (Dossier To China) Our dossier was sent to China!!!
- Oct. 26th, 2006 - LID!!! (Logged in Dossier) Our dossier was logged in. Let the countdown begin.... We are officially Paper Pregnant!!! we are done with all the paperwork and now we just have to wait and wait and wait....
- Wait time as per the latest rumors is about 16 to 18 months!!! by calculation, since we were LID Oct 26 then we are to get our referral February or March 2008!!! yikes!!! we are hoping for the best
How it all started... In one of the Wonders of the World!!!

Joey and I met online at love@aol on January 2000 believe it or not but most of you already know that and for the first time in person March 2000 at a Italian restaurant called "Portofino's in Forest Hills, NY (where we are both from). We dated for about six months and in September 2000 we went to Lima, Peru, where I'm originally from, so that he could meet my family. We decided to go to Macchu Picchu the city of the Incas for a couple of days and it's there, to my surprise and joy that he proposed to me. We got married in May 2001 and in July 2002 moved to Pembroke Pines, Florida where we've settled in quiet nicely.
First posting!!! so happy
Well, today we finally decided to start our Blog. Can't lie but from the very first time I heard the word "blog" was intimitated. Here we are.... Will post dates and all the goodies later.
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