A little bit of this and a little bit of that...

Not sure who dressed this child of mine...can you tell he is growing like a weed! I need to go shopping!!!
Not sure what he was doing here...I was just snapping pictures

Must be something good in there!

DIRT!!!!

More dirt!

We have raised the net 3 times...one more and we are done!

Playing basketball...look out Michael Jordon!

Our dear friend Evelyn is moving to Indonesia in July with her family. So the girls from church all went out for a nice treat in Williamsville. Great friends...good times! Love my girls!

Mommy was on a confrence call on Friday and this is what Julian does when mommy is on the phone... they always run long, so Julian wanted to do something for me and he moved our rug for us! How sweet!

Baby in the sink...

So since Julian has been sick...he will eat and then start coughing and then he trows up! Lovely...so we strip him down and in the sink he goes! He loves it! And honestly...so do I! It is the perfect height for me and my back. He splashs and laughs and sometimes he pee's too! Which makes me laugh too! I just love this age...21 months is a fun age...he is discovering more and more, making me laugh harder and harder. He loves to play with my hair, and now that it is getting longer he loves it more. He is such a sweet and beautiful baby...We are so blessed!

We have friends that expecting their first baby soon...their jouney to parenthood has been much like ours...we pray for a safe delivery and that everything stays on track. They are going through what we went through almost 2 years ago.

My little baby is not so little anymore...but he loves to snuggle and give lots of hugs and kisses...mommy loves those kisses! I am going to try to keep the blog up to date more...it is a great way to share our Julian with so many who love him!

Looking forward to a bunch of play dates this summer. We have a great size yard...my parents have a great pool for a play date too! So we are looking forward to swimming with friends! Hugs and Blessings

OMG...has it been that long?

I can't believe it has been that long since my last post! Well, needless to say things are busy and wonderful! He is now 3 feet tall! 32 lbs...but he has had a nasty cold...but he is getting better. These are some recent pictures of him playing in the yard. He LOVES to be outside and when he is at my parents house he is ALWAYS outside. The pool will be opening soon...this year will be fun for sure! I have been crazy busy with work...I am so thankful that I am able to work from home. It sure has made it easier. He knows his numbers and letters...I know it sounds hard to believe but if you put numbers from 1-20 in front of him and ask him "where is the number 5" He points right to it! He also knows his ABC's too! We have a smart baby on our hands here. Which is good and bad...good that he is so smart...bad because we have to becareful with what we say! LOL I have more pictures from the spring I will post soon. We have a ton on Facebook...that is where I have been...shhhhh don't tell anyone! LOL

Prayers Please...

Hi everyone...I know you know that I am a strong believer in praying...well this is a shout out to all my readers of my blog...and my lurkers...I know I have many! My dear friend Deana is fighting for her life tonight. She has Burkitt's Lymphoma and her body is not responding to the chemo the way we would like it to. So I ask you to pray for her, her family and her friends. Also pray for the doctors who are working with her to find a cure for this horrible horrible lymphoma she has. She has 2 beautiful boys who love her deeply and want their mommy back! We need to pray for her...pray for the strength to get through this fight.

Deana is just an amazing woman. She was there for us during our adoption journey...cheering us on...helping me keep the faith...we live 3000 miles away and have always talked about getting our boys together...If you look at the picture you will see a strong resemblance of Julian and her boys.

Please tonight when you go to bed...ask god to help her, to help her husband and parents keep the faith during this very difficult time...please I ask this of you. Thank you!

Make sure you scroll down...

I know it is in here somewhere!

I have uploaded a bunch of pictures...I love this one!

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Birthday Nonni! My grandmothers birthday...another year here!!!

His new best friend!

We went to Brenna's birthday party and there were balloons there...who would have thought they would be Julian's best friend for the night! And the next day!

Is mommy watching????

He cracks me up! He looks so proud in the last picture!

Craft Time

We made our first picture the other day...it was much more fun fo rhim then me...he needed a bath afterwords...his one hand was all green and the other was red! But we had fun!

Try this...

A friend of mine posted on her Face Book page this little receipe for a winter time drink...

Lots of snow + a good amount of milk + as much sugar as you like + a little bit of vanilla = yummy!! Just make sure you get clean snow.

So if you have good clean snow try it out! Enjoy!!!

Video from Christmas Morning

Here is Julian un wrapping one of his gifts. Our camcorder wasn't working...so I had to use my camera. Not too bad...

Finally a post!

So...finally a post! I have been so busy with work...rates are at a 40 year low, so needless to say...that is where my free time has gone...to work!

The Monday before Christmas I fell pretty hard outside down the stairs...thank god Julian was not in my arms! So i tweeked my back and we cancelled christmas eve...it was a very quite but nice night at home!

Christmas morning we woke up and Julian came into bed with us for a bit, snuggled and watched Little Einstein's (his favorite show in the world...he loves music...classical music to be exact!) We then went down stairs to open gifts...he had fun! I think he was a bit overwhelmed with all his gifts...Daddy made an amazing breakfest for us...what a wonderful christmas...a day that Jeff and dreamed about for so long! I think I cried maybe 7 times that day...I lost count! When things don't come easy to you...sometimes it is hard to believe when it does happen, that it is really happening...does that make sence?

Then it was off to Nana and Papa's house. We had so much fun there...visiting, sharing stories from when we were little, and just being around family. Dad is healthy and with us, so that was the best gift of all!

Jeff had off from work for 5 days...it was wonderful having him home. Julian spent Christmas night at Nana and papa's house...a tradition...the next day Jeff and I went to the installation of our good friend who is not a State Supreme Court Judge...it was a once in a lifetime event! Amazing!

We have been so blessed in so many ways... enjoy looking at the pictures!!! hugs and blessings

Christmas morning...

mommy helping...oh I like spinning the wheels!


Another one!

Eugene is not sure of this stuff!



Now what do we have here...Eugene help me!

Me and My gram

Dad and I

Jeff and I

Jeff, dad and hannah

Attemping a family photo...

Maybe this way is better

Playing with Uncle Damon....

Playing...

Boy this playing makes you thirsty!