Oh Boy..

You know you have a little boy when....

*You are leaving church to head to the training room 5 min after church starts...

*While in the said training room your boy is still not following instructions on sitting and you give up so you can listen...

*While ignoring your boy so you can listen you notice he is over and over saying "look mommy, look"....

*You finally look and realize your sweet little boy has placed a dead roach on your lap...

*And finally, while you squeal and flip that nasty thing far away, you see a small glimmer of your husbands smirk on your sweet little boys face.....this is the life..!!

Happy Birthday!

My mom sent me this video today. I was laughing watching it..but only cause I was there the first time! If you'll take note in the beginning of the video, you'll notice Bradley and I cracking up. That's because we had just sung Happy Birthday and he blew out this candles..then someone, who will go unnamed, suggested singing it again so we could video it....Bradley and I obviously thought it was funny!! Now that I have a video of it..I am glad we did it!!

Family Photos!

On Tuesday night we got our family pictures taken and wrapped in Charlies 2 year pictures. It was a great experience..and taking pictures with Bradley is usually the opposite!! Kendra's sister is a budding photographer and we talked her into taking our family pictures and we were thrilled with the pictures. Mid way through we mohawked up his hair and he only had a minor meltdown that it was not a "yellow Mohawk"..and I had a minor mental melt down that his hair was to long and forming a curl on his head:( ..needless to say when we got our haircut the next day we got some yellow and green wax!!!

His actual b-day was on Wed and Bradley and I took him to Incredible Pizza...he wanted to go to Chucky Cheese, but we hate the food there so we decided to eat and play at IP and then just play games at CC. By the time we left IP we were tired and headed home..if we thought he would not notice we were severely wrong! C and M called to wish Charlie a happy b-day and it was the first time that they were able to hold a conversation on speaker phone..and it was so cute to hear him sing Happy Birthday to them...yes, he missed the concept that the song was supposed to be sung to him and instead sings it to others....but at least he knows the song!! At the end he told them he loved them and Bradley asked me if I thought it made it harder on them...I thought about it and decided yes, but maybe the good kinda harder.

Still waiting on photos from his b-day party and when I get them I will put them up! I know I have been slacking on blogging, but that is due in part to my lack of picture taking..all the photos from IP are from my phone and are probably not worth putting up!

Still no word on the adoption front...still waiting patiently..well, depending on who you ask will determine the level of patience they say I have!!!

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Catch up!

I thought I would put the pictures on below as a peace offering since I am sucking it up this month! I have been soooo busy this last week its not even funny, but as soon as I get pictures from the big birthday party this weekend I will do a post over that!!

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The train

I have been behind on blogging..sorry. I have those times where there is so much going on and I cannot seem to get to the computer or my mind is just so full and busy that it's hard. That how it has been lately..my mind is full and going a lot and I don't have the mental energy to do much. These are from last weekend..the weekend where we "rocked as parents". Do you have those days where you go "Wow, I am an awesome mom today"..that was Sat day! We went and rode the train in Ft. Worth and then went swimming with the Brooms and then took Charlie and Cassidee to see Monsters Vs Aliens. Charlie has gone to the movies with my mom, but this was the first time we took him and he did great...minus the small intervention needed after he decided that popcorn in his nose was cool???? Overall, a GREAT day!!

This was my self portrait..not great, but okay..

Here is Bradley's..good, minus Charlie!

Notice my "glow"..this Texas heat is a whipping!

On the quick stop Charlie HAD to get out and walk..too much sitting was getting old for him!

This is my neck..with a rash..from nerves....We had a meeting with our agency this week over some issues, and no, it's not related to time..we are in no way frustrated that we don't have a baby yet. Why is that every ones first thought?? We just needed a face to face and so did they..and it was great to all get on the same page again. But, when they told me another lady would be joining us I instantly got nervous and..well, sick..for the whole day prior to the meeting. Adoption and adoption issues get to me like nothing ever has before...anxiety, instant migraine and other issues which you have no desire to hear about! I snapped a photo like 10 min before the agency got there because it's almost funny to me at how little control I have over it. This is not a mind over matter issue..I knew nothing was wrong, but my body could not get the memo..can you imagine how this will be if we get picked by a birth mom who is due 2 months away....yikes!! And yes, the 2 weeks that we found out about Charlie until we got him were like this...

Just keep praying for our birth mom..whoever she is...that she is safe and that she has a peace about this decision and that when we meet we all know this is the right decision for all of us...we just keep waiting for God's perfect blessings!

Oh and another fav story of the week which I passed on to his bios..I made Charlie a book from our visit with his bios and it came in last week..I gave it to him and without prompting he goes "Oh, that's C and M..I love C and M"...I instantly teared up cause I had one of those "I'm doing good" moments..he knows them and loves them..all 4 of us are doing great and doing good by Charlie...how lucky are we all!

Since he was on a roll I asked him "Do you remember who's tummy you grew in"..he thought about it and goes "Um..Um..M (birth father)!"..it was a good attempt! Randomly enough since then he has ask "Can we have lunch with M and C"...we talked about how far away they are and he seemed okay with that!!