Your 2nd Bday

 Today Yoneslon turns 6!! Wow Yonelson has turned into such a great little boy,his sweet personality is such a joy to have around he is such a character he is one very flexible athletic kid and does not understand why his kindergarten teacher will not let him do his cartwheels when ever he wants to in class.
He is not the little boy i was worried about in Haiti, i really thought he would be a shy sad, But Nope we filled him with love and Hope and wow you have turned into a great kid. we love you Yonelson and we could not imagine our family without you. We are so glad to have you Home and teaching you how fun Birthdays can be!!

Yonelson in Haiti October 2009

lesson's you learn

Last night Fabrice had a futsual game and they where playing against a team that they are pretty competive against. They played a great game but in the end they lost 3-2 some of the kids on our team where upset and very disapointed. But this got me thinking that every time Fabrice's team has lost(which is very little) Fabrice has never once been upset,mad,or even disapointed. He is always smiling and just seems content with life. One of the dads last night said when he sees fabrice he thinks how fabrice must think this is the greatest place. I am pretty sure that fabrice loves america and I believe he has seen so much in his little life that he know's there are bigger things to be upset with.
 Sometimes we need to  realize that sometimes life does not go the way we plan on it or sometimes we do not get what we want when we want it, and yes sometimes we lose what we think we should have one. But there are way bigger things to be worried about. Fabrice has taught us so much in just his short time here!

Miss you when making a PB&J

Our kids love love love and did I say love Peanut butter...
So any time I am making something with Peanut butter I think how much they would love to try it.
So I can not wait until they can eat some peanut butter cookies or some peanut butter fudge or captain crunch peanut butter cereal and the list goes on and on .....we love you guys and i hope Nerlande is doing better and not so miserable..

Our Thinker

Yonelson is always so deep in thought you can tell he is thinking about what is going on.
Me and Dave felt so bad because we thought to ask someone to talk with Fabrice about becoming part of our Family but we did not think to have someone talk to Yonelson and Nerlange.
Nerlange seemed alright and was not bothered by Fabrice,but We think Yonelson was unsure about Fabrice. Toward the end of our week he seemed to be taking it better.We know Fabrice will look out for him at the O because that last morning he made sure to get all of their tooth brushes and combs and asked where all there clothes where plus Daves deodorant.
We hope you understand Yonelson and we know once you guys are all home you will enjoy having Fabrice here to play and share your life in America with. We love you Yonelson you are such a sweet little boy who has the best smile and we know you will be one amazing young man.

Remember it is all worth it

I know you don't feel well Honey but remember holding those sweet Babies,and how all they need is some Attention and love.

Wow what a year!!

You gotta love Haiti and all we bring back and more.

Mwen pa p janmsispann renmen ou

I will always love you

So this last weekend was a hard one I was really miss these sweet faces. I think it had to do with Halloween,going to a Baby shower and still trying to get back to norm putting the kids stuff away until our next trip.


but I will never stop loving them and will keep praying and wishing that Haiti can get the process figured out.
I love this picture of Yonelson looking so intently at the street and market outside the Hotel.
you can tell he is really thinking about all of it.
And this picture of Nerlande well she is quite the character and also so sweet.



Then here is our Handsome young man we had so much fun getting to know him. He is so smart and sweet he loved talking on Dave's phone to all of Dave's family at home. he would just call them even when we didn't know but Dave's family loved hearing this little voice saying "Hello this is Fabrice,How are you? I am fine."

so we love you guys and we will see you in just a few months!

Such a Great laugh!!

Nerlande has such a laugh!! I am so glad that she is able to laugh even with her spot in life right now, she knows how to laugh. It taught me something no matter what you are dealt with in life look past it and enjoy life. I can not wait to spend some time with her laughing and enjoying the few days we get with them. We love you Nerlande

Thank's for the support!!

Sometimes I feel so blessed at the family I have been married into, you guys are truly amazing and such a blessing. you have supported us in each of our choices and decisions we have made. you are always there with your support. During this adoption process you are right there asking what you can do or buy for are trips so our kids in Haiti will have what we think they may need.

Family is such a big and great blessing in this life, we definitely have had our trials this year and some have been unbelievably tough but one thing that was there and will hopefully never change is the support of the family.

Sometimes we have trials that we don't understand but turn into blessings once we are through the deep valley and are finally at the top of the mountain looking out at the beautiful sky we can say that through it all we had our families love and support.
So Thank you Aitken clan!!! we love you guys.

A GREAT DAD AND HUSBAND!!

We are so proud of all that you do for us.
you are all ways working so hard for us and everyone in your company. you all ways look out for those that are in need. you are so smart and wonderful. you are a great role model for our kids. I love how you take care of your family and my family.
I love how when I am sad or down you are my knight and shinning armor.I love how you take time to talk to each of our kids and know what is going on in there life and if they are struggling with anything you help them work it out.I love how you tell them they can be anything they want to be and how you let them learn how they can make a difference in the world.
I love you so much and I am very proud that you are my Husband and a Wonderful dad to our kids!! We love you .....

Thanks You guys

I want to thank you guys for being such wonderful&Great kids. I know sometimes it might be hard when you hear alot of talk about Yonelson and Nerlande,but I know you guys understand that we know you guys are OK and that you guys are able to eat and we know you are being taken care of. but for your brother and sister in Haiti all we can do is talk sometimes and try to make ourselves fill better by talking about them and praying everyday that they are OK. You guys are such good kids, I loved that when me and Dad started to talk about adopting you guys where very excited and loved that we where going to grow our family. we love you guys!!
I can not wait until your brother and sister are able to meet you wonderful kids.

Mwen Renmen Ou

We hope you have a great day with the ones you love, And hopefully next year most of the kids will be home to celebrate with us.