Our Ordinary Life

Danny will be turning 4 years old on Febuary 19th, this Sunday. I remember it like it was yesterday, the thirty hours of labor. Exhausted emotionally and then rushed into emergancy C-section. So fearful for his life, so unsure of how to be a parent, and having so much love for someone I just met! I am one of those people who think that babies are gross when they come out, even about my own sons but after we got home from the hospital, 4 days later, he was a doll baby, with all his funny faces. How did I ever live without him?!!! In the hospital still At his 1st Bday, stuffing his face with his cake He is two and enjoying attention and life At his 3rd Bday, when he received his beloved Woody!! He is 4!!! A collage his adopted Aunt Emily made! He is such a brilliant little boy. So many times in a day I find myself thinking things like, "Is he old enough to understand that" when he comes to me with a solution to a problem or can think thru intellag...

I have many if not all my days spent with my two precious boys, but today we had the privilege of adding the biggest, most important boy to our day, DADDY!!!!! Nothing was on the agenda today, nothing we HAD to do! So we spent it coloring, snacking, taking Christmas lights down(finally, after 2 1/2 years of them being up), throwing balls, scooters, a couple falls, pizza for supper, and a bath and a movie. WOW!! What a fantastic day!! Earlier this week, we realized that we had nothing going on today so all week we had been looking forward to today. It didn't disappoint :-) We were up late last night, which is not unusual, and the boys came into our bed in the morning to wake us up, which is not unusual either, but it must of been the fact we didn't have to go anywhere, so there was no pressure to get up. We hung out alittle in the bed. It is so cute, funny, and interesting to hear the boys talk "quietly" in the middle of the bed while we lay there trying to pull ou...