Yup, it's been 7 years. Amazing... and great. So, to bring up some memories, I went on a treasure hunt mission to my basement. Objective: To find our wedding pictures, which have been lost since we moved to this house.
Just when I was getting scared (to be honest, I was freaking out! ) I decided to take a look into our tax box (you know... that box where you put all your receipts and "notice of assessments"?) And Voila! there they were. By the way... I think the fact that they were hidden in the tax box does not mean anything. - Just thought I would make it perfectly clear -. : )
Ok so here are some pics from that day.
This is us reading our vows, which I also found with the pictures. I went over to read Tavo his vows. He claims he doesn't remember writing any of that ... and that's not his hand writing!! : )
And that's the part where you wear the rings. So here is a story. We didn't go with the traditional diamond in the engagement ring because we were saving for our trip to Canada. However, two years ago, when we celebrated our 5th year anniversary, Tavo secretly took my very scratch "diamond" to a jewelry store for replacement. Of course, he did come back with a diamond in my ring that according to him is "still showing up in his credit card statement"... and "you are not getting more expensive gifts until our 10th year anniversary"... ha ha... seriously people... it is NOT that big... he's just a cry baby. : )
This is our family at the wedding. From left to right: Ana Maria, my cousin and flower girl; Tavo, me, my mom and dad, my brother- Felix; and my mother & brother in law - Marina & Diego.
And finally the happy couple with beautiful Colombian mountains in the background. Are we cute or what?
Oh! and for those of you who are not very familiar with Colombian traditions, here is one last picture.
This is from my "Serenata" - translation: serenade. It is a tradition in our country that the night before the wedding the groom serenades the bride. So this is a picture of my family that day. - I think my dad might have had more than one drink that night - ha ha. Anyway, Different kinds of music can be used. Of course, within the limits people! no rap, rock, electronic or similar... it's supposed to be romantic. Get it?
Anyway, I am ashamed to tell you we're not big in remembering our wedding anniversary. We normally remember about a week later (ooopss!). However, this year, for whatever reason we both did remember. I got delivered beautiful flowers to the office. They smelled awesome! Although I was getting worried that they smelled so much some of my coworkers might not enjoy it as much as I did.
And Tavo got delivered an eatable fruit arrangement with chocolate covered bananas. - Ok so here is the thing... Tavo LOOOOVEESSS bananas. Those of you who know my husband and have seen him eat two or three bananas standing at the kitchen counter, know that this idea was a real treat from him!
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So the first update- our wedding anniversary - was pretty long. I'll keep it short now. - Or so I will try.
The second update is regarding the document saga. We finally received our translated copies, put everything in the envelope and send it to Alberta Children & Youth Services. (yay!!!) Now, those nice people are supposed to forward them to Colombia where hopefully, everything will be okay and we will finally be approved. Then, the docs will be send to ICBF's regional office in Bucaramanga for a match proposal. From that point on, depending on availability, time can fluctuate between 2 months (happy face) and 2 years (not so happy face).
To be honest I have mixed feelings. On one hand, yes, we're closer (I know, I know); but on another hand, I feel we have just wasted one full month re-doing some of the documents. "Calm" me is starting to get a little anxious. - Yes, I know, there is not one single curly hair of calmness in me, but I've managed pretty well. Kept myself occupied, doing paperwork, blogging, riding a bike for 18 Km (again... what was I thinking!), but as I said before, patience in not one of my God given gifts. So, if you have a minute while you're reading... send us good energies so that this time ICBF approves us and we can move on to wait for our little Colombianito(a).
The third update is regarding my Quest for Justice!! (drums in the background!). I send my finally finished e-mail to HR again. It went like this: "Dear HR department: Overall, I think your family policy sucks..." Nahhh.. ha ha. But I do have to tell you I wrote a very emotional two page first draft, which my lawyer friend summarized in two non-emotional, very business like, paragraphs. And by the way, it must have taken her like 30 minutes. Amazing! I also talked to our new General Manager, who happens to be a woman, about my case. She was extremely supportive. I have a feel things will move along faster if she calls a certain HR VP about it. But is just a feel! hi hi hi...
And last update!! For those of you who are following my new found interest in running... Calgary was sunny again last week! (yay!) no imported smoke from BC & no rain - until today, but that's another story-.
So, my dear husband, my dog and I went running again yesterday. Sadly, I didn't make it to the time I was supposed to according to my very own iphone personal coach. :(
I did try thought!! 30 seconds before the end I just couldn't go on and had to stop. So, I'm trying again tomorrow (because today is raining) and we'll see how it goes.
Until next post!
LuzM.
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