Monday, April 18, 2011

Aidan's take on being a baby...

Aidan was looking at his baby book, as he often does.
Aidan: "It was very hard being a baby"
Me: "Why?"
Aidan: "I had to grow a belly button, that was hard and coming our of a belly really hurt a lot"

boy, i almost forgot how hard it was being a baby

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Ty started soccer

Finally, at 2 1/2 Tyler is old enough to play soccer. Today, probably one of the coldest days in April (brrrrrrr) Tyler had his first soccer practice and he LOVED IT!! He didn't want to stretch before practice, and who could blame him, he'd been up since 6:30 and did quite a bit of "stretching" already.


Tyler got a bit off track playing with Brian and Aidan



Birthmother Panel

Last night I had the pleasure of having dinner with a birthmom and then having her come and speak to our adoption group. "M" is an amazing woman. She was open and honest with us and we, as adoptive parents, appreciate that so much. I truly believe that speaking with birthfamilies  makes us not only better adoptive parents but better people in general. I am still in awe of the strength some people have, M is no exception. It has been some time since she placed her child and she still is confident that she did the right thing and I am so happy for her for that.
I was a bit surprised when I had mentioned that what she did for her child's adoptive parents, allowing them to be a part of the process, go to sonograms and be at the birth etc..., was such a gift to them. Birth families have the right to have the adoptive family involved as little or as much as they want. But, the adoptive family would probably never have had a chance to experience that aspect of pregnancy had it not been for M. I know that this was a gift because our son's birthmom allowed us to be part of her pregnancy as well and that was priceless for us. She did not have to but she chose to and we were so honored to have such a big role in her pregnancy.

To all birth families: we will not pretend to know what you have to go through or how you feel. But, what we want you to know is that because of you, and you alone, we are parents, we are a family and we are forever grateful for the sacrifice and selfless decision you have made.

Friday, April 8, 2011

It's been a while

We just got back from Disney earlier this week and it was awesome. We have always loved going but it was a different experience taking the boys. We weren't sure how Ty was going to react to the characters since he was scared of Elmo outside of a store handing out fliers one day (maybe it had something to do with the fact that Elmo's head was on crooked!). We had nothing to worry about, both of the boys were so excited it was better than we could have even imagined.
We only told them we were going the night before we left. Thank God because Aidan couldn't fall asleep, he was too excited and was up half the night.
Our second day there we spent 12 hours at The Magical Kingdom and the boys did not stop for a second. We took an obscene amount of pictures that I have to go through - should only take about 3 days! I'll post some soon.
Tyler's speech kicked into full gear on this trip and he talked the entire time!!! Wow - talk about the flood gates opening up.

Now that we are back I hope to be able to post more often. Hopefully with some much needed improvements. Although, one of the most amazing people I know has a blog that is just unreal. I don't know how she does it. I always wonder how many hours are in her day - lol. I will probably not reach the level she is at but I sure will try.

here are a few pics..


Ty is just a bit excited for the magic carpet ride.