Wordless Wednesday

FFF-No theme this week

Here is my cutie in his way too big t-shirt after Race for the Cure.

Wordless Wednesday

TAAADAA!

Tada! Daddy and Collin present...the Garden!! Collin loves to help Wyatt with whatever he is doing, fixing the hot tub, mowing, sweeping, and even planting the garden. He has a big smile on his face and says "help daddy" over and over. They were so proud to show off their garden.

Race for the Cure

Well, Race for the Cure was not exactly the enjoyable family affair I was hoping for. Wyatt, Alexis and my dad all backed out for various lame reasons but at least we had our Cops for the Cure Team-not. Collin spent the night at my moms because I had to meet early to collect money from people for the team t-shirts. My mom and Collin rode with a friend. The team pictures were taken and it was time to head out and get in line-but wait-no mom and no Collin. I called my mom and she said they were just leaving the house. There were 46,000 people in downtown Columbus, the race was to start in 30 minutes, do you think they are going to make it??? Not a chance! I told the team to go on without us-Strike 1. I got there at 7:30 am to collect money and only collected $24-Strike 2. The phone rings, it's my mom,"we just got rear-ended"-Strike 3- I'm out!! Luckily, it was a very minor accident and everyone was fine but there was no way we were going to make the race. They finally got there in time to hit the Survivorpalooza and we decided to have our own race...to breakfast! Hey, we beat the crowd! I made them pose by the finish line so it would look like we actually crossed it!!

Let the games begin!

Terrible Twos- it does exist! Yep-our little angel has officially crossed the line. Silly me, I was thinking it was just some sort of urban legend. I was wrong-savor those words they don't come out of this mouth very often. Within a matter of a week we have entered the land of screaming, whining, temper tantrums and did I mention screaming?!? Yes, he is now the kid you stare at in the store while I try to ignore and act like nothing is going on...everything is fine...nothing to see here people...just go on about your business. I'm contemplating a brilliant invention and I'm not sure if I should reveal it to the public because someone may steal it and make MY millions. Anyway, I would like to invent magic glasses that you can program certain items to be invisible. For example, if I had these glasses, Collin would not see suckers,chips, nuts, french fries, goldfish, Chik-fil-a (aka Moo-Chikin), playgrounds, rocks, dirt, his "puppy shoes" that I can smell from 5 feet away, mud, water, any animals tail and the list goes on. Any of these items can cause a melt down of catastrophic proportion. Now that I think of it, maybe I should just blindfold him. I can see Children's Services pulling up in the driveway now. These are the days that test our true patience!! Despite his new found temper, he is still very entertaining and for the most part a very good boy! I will say he has the "please" and "thank you " down very well. He must have thanked Wyatt 30 times tonight for the sucker he got at the tire shop to avoid a complete meltdown-hhmm? giving in to his demands...I know, I know...we are working on it.

FFF-Blooper

I can't say this is actually a blooper since it was done intentionally by my two goof balls but it looks blooperish-if that is even a word!





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Mothers Day

I love Mothers Day. It may be even better than my birthday. That could be because I have only celebrated 2 Mothers Days and I have celebrated a few more birthdays. There is nothing better than being spoiled by your boys I woke up this morning to breakfast in bed!! Then when I came downstairs I had flowers-and not cheap flowers-but NICE flowers (not that I'm picky-all flowers are great).



And...a homemade gift from Collin! He made a concrete stepping stone with his hand print-very cute.I almost hate to put it outside! Who would have thought that a simple homemade gift could mean so much. Gone are the days of wishing for expensive perfume or jewelery just make me a coffee cup or paint me a picture and I'm happy. Okay-jewelery might make me smile just a little =^)



In the afternoon we hit the Clippers baseball game with my mom and dad. It was their first time at the new stadium. The game was sold out but somehow we ended up in the loge seats, waitress included, right behind home plate...Good times!







We finally broke down and bought Collin his Clippers gear-Louseal T-shirt, baseball hat and bell!! He didn't stop ringing that stinking bell. Luckily, we waited until the end of the game.

Since the game was at 1:05pm and we enjoyed a few adult beverages during the game we were pretty much done for the day. It's hell getting old!! We had some pizza and chillaxed a bit then off to bed for us all.




Happy Mothers Day everyone. I hope yours was as great as mine!!

FFF-Theme:Mommy

I absolutely could not pick just one picture this week. I don't know if I will ever be able to look at these pictures without tears coming to my eyes.

This was the first picture taken of me holding Collin. It was taken at our hotel in Antigua. You would think I would have a picture of us before we made it to Antigua but all I wanted to do was hold on to him. I may not be able to share the image but it will be burned in my memory forever.



This picture is also from our first visit trip and to me illustrates what my idea of "mommy" really is. A mother can provide comfort to a child that no one else can. I can't tell you why but I can tell you I know it is true whether you gave birth to that child or they entered your life another way. There is no better feeling than holding your child and feeling them relax into your arms and drift off into peaceful sleep. Sometimes it can get a little rough on the back but I will gladly take that pain any day!


And last but definitely not least-Mama Rosa-Collin's foster mother in Guatemala. What a detriment it will be to the children of Guatemala if they don't continue the practice of placing babies with foster families. This is the woman that selflessly gave Collin the love and attention he needed to become the well adjusted and bonded child he is today. I can never thank her enough!




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