Jacob swimming

Here is a video of our little guy (@9months old) swimming this summer. With Pap, Aunt Mary, Myself & grams hanging out at the table (she's terrified of water... )He loves it~ I had the hardest time uploading video and usually never have time to figure it out other wise..enjoy!

A case of the giggles

Christmas follow up

More Christmas pic's. my Neices & Nephew had a ball opening present and of course Grams went over board on Presents. I think that is always going to be the case w/ grandparents. Had a hard time with a pic of nephew... he refused to leave his jeans on . He just ran around in his pull up. And if you know anything about Pa to cold to be running around like that. I actually pulled out our small heater to warm our finished basement a little more for him. And of course I had to add a pic of My guy attempting to mess up the alarm in our room... Got to love him!
Oh the other pic is the throw blanket I got made for my mother... It says on it Grandmas Angels Ashley , Joe, Samantha & Jacob 2007. Turned out great for only being $50.

So I heard from a friend that I have not seen or spoke to in a long while ...like 7 yrs I was 19 last time we hung out... She is doing great and is getting married soon. Congrats to Tamera & Jay.
And I may have commented on this previous... my friend Kim & Carl congrats they to are to be married. Kim, tamera & I worked at Kmart together when I was 17. We were quite the Group... We had so much fun working together. The good old days!! Jay & carl are very lucky men.

Well I Better go lay down..we are getting over a 48hr bug that seems to be going around in good old PA. Baby is at mom house so he does not get it. Its bad believe me I do not wish this upon my worst enemy.

Please pray this family soon gets there I- 600 form soon... so they can bring their adopted son home.

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Christmas morning.. and family

here are some pic's form Christmas morning... Jacob is looking very cute!
Also a pic of the throw blanket I got made for my mom. With all the grand kids 0n it!
Will write tomorrow! I have a HUge head ache... getting a cold again.

Food food & more food

So Christmas was at our house. And I cooked alot. Jacob and I made sugar cookies... which we followed up with a visit to Santa in our front yard. The fire department went around with Santa on the fire truck passing out a coupon for free ice cream for the kids. It was nice!

then we made home made pumpkin pies... turkey, mashed potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, ham ( mom made that), stuffing, dinner rolls, and I made a cake. Oh yeah and mom made cole slaw..Yuck!

But all turned out good and it exhausted Jacob.

Merry Chritmas.... 2007

So we gathered the troops a few weeks back & got our picture taking. It turned out very nice. Jacob likes it. He constantly is pointing at the one I hung in our living room.

Well its been a bad few weeks with my brother in law passing, the Michael's cousin, & our family is finally getting over a horrible head cold. The runny nose still lingers. Christmas is at our house again this year. For my side of the family. We are very excited to see how Jacob reacts to it all. We got his picture with Santa... He was unsure of Santa but as long as mommy or daddy was sitting beside him on the bench he was fine. If my scanner was working I would post the picture. No tears.. which is good!

So the other day I watched this interview on Vietnam adoption... and it open my eyes even more. In Vietnam 200 babies are born a day, over 66,000 babies a year, 3 out of every 10 babies are giving for adoption. And the abortion rate is extremely high over there...(they gave no #'s) They talked to pregnant 17yr old who told them she has to give up her baby for adoption cause her family said. They can not afford to keep the baby. She was so heart broken..tears... She really wants to keep her baby. Then they showed children in orphanage that will never be adopted out due to medical or disability reasons... I cried so hard. I can not image what that young girl must be going through. I wanted to do something... But what can I do. I thought about it all night.... I know how much I wanted a baby & not to be able to have one killed me... emotionally! I was devastated. I could only image how hard it would be to be basically forced to give up your baby. I thought about Jacobs mother alot last night... I hope that she knows how well is taking care of ...and beyond loved by not only us but everyone...7 everyone who meets him. If I could send her a message (but no one knows who she is except god) I would thank her. She has giving me the most precious of gifts. The moment I saw him my life began. I have never loved anyone so much. And to her I owe my thanks... and to let her know He is doing great..he is beyond smart and growing every day. He is absolutely beautiful!

Anyway I better go.. Merry Christmas to all.......

In Loving Memory of

Its been a while since I have posted. Michael's brother Gary passed away. He was a great brother, father, husband, and son. He was always a gentleman towards me (everyone) and made me feel like part of the family. I will forever remember the beautiful sunflowers he brought for my 4th July party. He had some health issues lately with diabetes and took a turn for the worse. He will be deeply missed.