Hilton Head Island May 2- 9 2009 Vacation

More pictures... I love the one of my Mom & Dad~

jacob looks so big in the one picture with the lolli pop.. he looks like he is 5yrs old or so.....

LA LA

Everyone meet LA LA

Yes La La.... Jacob named His boy bear LA LA... and I love it!

Its so cute. He talks about him & tells me how much he misses him if he is away from him.

He hides always in the same place(under the office chair) and yells LA LA where are you?

and goes running all over looking & gets pappy involved in search and rescue.

what a great kid~

And he's all mine! Oh ok ... he is Michaels to......

Juicy Juice Party

Its been a long time... not that I have not wanted to add pictures & let you all know how things are. But I have been busy.... the sun has been out and Jacob has had cabin fever due to winter so we have been out side. Also we went on vacation.

Anyway the pictures above are from Jacobs juicy Juice party we got selected to do by Juicy Juice. See I get a lot of coupons online and well I signed up to get Juicy juice coupons and filled out a survey which 100's of others filled out from this blog I read.... and none of them got picked. So I got picked!

Not complaining... it was a lot of fun~ Except now Jacob thinks every tuesday hes having a Juicy juice party. HE WAS SOOOOO EXCITED about the whole thing.

Well Juicy Juice sent me a bunch of stuff. Juice, reusable grocery bags, coloring books, water bootle container, growth charts.... and of course I added. I bought some candy, and cookies & the BIG punchy balloons. If you every throw a party kids LOVE a goody bag especially with those in it. I got to the $ for alot of it.

we made red velets cookies, I let them paint, plant seeds, the ran all over the house... and I do mean all over the house. It was great~

Coupons & Parties

Today I am thankful for ... coupons~ Ha that sounds so funny!
If you knew me you would know I am BIG into coupons & can get alot of stuff for a little $$ or almost free. For instance I got 12 packs of Huggies wipes 218 ct refill & 4 Jumbo packs of Huggie diapers for a total of 5.00. Yes.... $5.00
and NO I am not pulling your leg.
I also just got 12/ 12 packs of Pepsi for 10.00.
4 things of All almighty lndry soap for 4.96
6 things of campbells tom/ chicken noodle soup for Free
2 12' Frozen red baron pizzas for Free
3 jars of pickles FREE
12 bars of Johnson & Johnson buddy sudsy soap bars FREE

Ok I think you get the idea. Its not that I am looking for something free. I just am trying to save money, cut corners and save. I would love to adopt again and with an economy that has been shaking I worry that we may never feel safe or comfortable adopting. So that is why coupons are important... to help us be able to have a better chance of that. My husband is a cars saleman & truly I can not complain to much he was doing pretty well up till the last 2 months ... they have been slow. Not his fault..... Just signs of the times. As my dad would say


So anyway I read a blog about a lady who trys to save and see even post coupons & stuff. Well I signed up for this thing she had to get coupons for Juicy juice & a chance to have a Juicy Juice Shining Moments House Party. Several ( hundreds of people did this) and never got picked from her blog. I got picked and here is what they are sending for our little party for Jacob & his friends.

Your FREE Juicy Juice party pack includes:
Juicy Juice Immunity – two 33.8 oz containers* of Apple flavor, 2 containers of Berry flavor
Juicy Juice Brain Development – two 33.8 oz containers of Apple flavor, 2 containers of Grape flavor
15 Juicy Juice coupons
1 sleeve of Juicy Juice sample cups (50 count)
2 pack of Juicy Juice napkins (25 count each)
1 Juicy Juice table cloth
2 Juicy Juice informational display stands
15 decks of Juicy Juice mini playing cards
15 Juicy Juice eco-friendly grocery tote bags
15 Juicy Juice re-usable bottles (BPA free)
15 Juicy Juice growth charts
15 Juicy Juice activity booklets

PRETTY AWESOME~
I am so excited for my little guy .

Well duty calls. My little guy needs me... Probly gonna ask wheres the easter bunny for the 20th time... Oh well..... I love to hear him say it~


Good night

I'm Still Here.....

today I am thankful for a moment of sanity. My mom & dad took Jacob to their house. Which gave me a chace to get my work done and clean the house and tag some stuff for the multiple of mothers sale that is coming up. Lately I feel like I have no time. I have to admit we have been spending as much time out side weather permitting. Also I have been reading a book in my spare time. New Moon the second book from movie Twilight. Then I will move on to the next one. Its the first time in a LONG time I have read a book. to bad these were not out when we traveled to Vietnam to adopt. I mainly read childrens books ... to my son... not to myself...silly~

Also Jacob has been crazy. Into everything! running, jumping, and just being a boy. A few saturdays back he hit his eye on the open car door when I got him out of his car seat he threw his head back cause he was mad I would not let him run all over the garage bare foot... ( yea my son takes his shoes off any chance he gets) I did not think he needed stitched but figured since it was his eye better to be safe than sorry so I took him the urgent care... 4 stitches.... and then a black eye... Lovely~ it was horrible. I felt so bad I had to hold him down while they did it. And I could have sobbed but I knew if I did he would be worse. So I held it together. Barely!

Well stitches are out. 3 days later rolling on the floor the corner reopened. they rechecked & said he would be fine. I hope it does not scar. Any thoughts on how to keep it from scarring please comment.... thanks~

I always worry but I think I even worry more now if that is possible. I might put him in a bubble. I kep t calling him my little bruiser... my football player... he would just growl...

My poor little guy... I love him so much

Anyway so really Jacob & I have just been busy...going to the park, walking and now movie night with my friend and her children which are his friends. One of gets the movie and brings dinner & the other brings drinks & desserts. and then we switch next time. Its nice

Well I better go... here are some pic's

his eye

view from our window

and more

Twilight.....

Ok so we rented this movie... I loved it~

Robert Pattison plays the lead Vampire..... and his has this thing about him... Very attractive guy! He's the bad boy in high school you admired from afar but when you got to know him he was the sweetest guy.

Anyway rent it... better yet buy it~ I am

Dear Jacob

Jacob,
Today I am thankful for you... My Son Jacob. Today is the most important day in our lives. It was day of our giving receiving ceremony in Vietnam. Legally giving us full custody. So on this day we became a FAMILY. A son... ours to love.

You are so beautiful. I find myself staring at you thinking ... Is it possible to love some one so much... Cause I do. I love you more than any words can explain or express. You are my everything. You make me laugh, cry, you make want to be the best I can be. I love your beautiful eyelashes, your giggle, your silly ways, the way you talk ( today you said look mommy beep beep and I said yeah can you say CAR... you say tar... I said you know what bud I love when you call it beep beep... lets stick with it~ why would I want to change something SOOOO cute), I love when you say thank you or excuse me ( you are so well mannered), I love when you hug me and give me a kiss & say Love you mommy.

So today I thank you Jacob for all that you are and all that you will become. You have truly been a blessing and always will be. In my eyes you are all that is good. And you have completely captured my heart.

I love you....

Love Mommy

My boys... Best Buds or Are they?

These pictures are of Jacob & simon....

Its start out their buddies... then Simon becomes depressed since Pappy yelled at him for taken Jacobs cheese. Then it the Mommy I swear I did not take jakes cheese look

answer to title... Best BUDs!!

My Father

Today I am thankful for my father. My father watches my son while I work & is a great father & pappy. My dad paints, plays trains, plays with play doh... all that stuff. He has always been there for me. I could not image my life with out him. When I hear some one tell a story of how horrible their father is. I feel bad for them cause my father is my everything & means so much to me. Tonight he stayed late & ate left overs with Jacob & I. Then allowed me to go down and clean out the garage. I am on a mission to find the keys to something... I thought maybe it was stuck in a box from our moved that I have not got to. Also I needed to move stuff around so I can get all of Jacobs out door toys from Pappy's shed. After Jacob wanted to play Yahtzee so Pappy stayed and played that too. At 9:30 he headed home tired but he seemed happy to spend his evening with us in stead of home with my sister & mom who were sick.

My father does so much more... he fixes stuff in our house when needed ( if he can), takes Jacob to the doctor if I am working, sometimes if he is shopping he picks me up stuff & delivers. I am so thankful god blessed me with such a great father & Jacob a great grand father & god father.

Dad I love you~

Our family weekend

I have been reading this one blog and I really like how she has chose to start out here blog. So I am going to steal her idea. Because I want to start my blog post out in a postive way. So Here it goes....



Today I am thankful for Children. I believe that children really do make the world a better place. To see their smiling faces, they way the express themselves through play, and just watching them grow. This weekend my neices, nephew, sister in law, and sister came over and stay saturday night. I made the kids favorite ... spegetti & meatballs. It turned out great. But I made way to much...Got a little carried away I guess~ Left overs....



I had some activities planned and games. We had a blast. We made bunny baskets out of empty milk jugs. We made pop corn and watched cars & Elmo potty time ( not sure why they picked that), all 4 of them got a bubble bath in my huge master tub and used the bath crayons and toys to play. We painted for hours... and hours... then colored.... I made pancakes & sausage for breakfast. And sandwiches for lunch. Then a chicken Terriyaki stir fry ( not a kit... I made it) for dinner & even sent my brother dinner home since he works till middle of the night.

After all was said and done they were on their way home... and I cleaned the whole first floor and the upstairs bathrooms.... Lots of germy germs and stick finger prints every where...and I mean every where the light switches, door knobs, and the kitchen cabinets.

But I truly enjoyed it...

and so did they.. . they begged to stay....

Pictures from weekend

Pictures.... the top picture is the paper from the Thomas the Train. I purposely bought him a new wooden train to get this paper than paid 2.11 to get it laminated at staples ... to keep my sanity~ He was lost with out it for days!

my little man sleeping & his LONG BEAUTIFUL eye lashes

and the bunnies we made this weekend as an activity with his cousins....I thought up the whole thing and winged it.... We ran into a fe bumps but we did it.... ( a little super glue here & there ... hee hee)

Reconnecting

Well I joined face book per suggestion of long distance friend so we could talk back n fourth. And now I have actually reconnected with several friends and acquaintances from school. Its weird because these are people you assumed you would never see or hear from again. And now to know where their at, what their doing, and how their doing is great. Some have kids, some married, some are still the same and some have changed 100%. I know I have changed alot since school. I was very lost when I was young. Always trying to find my way, where I belonged and just testing everything. I do not regret who I was. Cause everything I was made me who I am today.
I love my life I have a great husband who is also my best friend. A beautiful son who opened my eyes to so much. Especially the world and knowledge of adoption. I was so scared to travel to Vietnam and now if you asked me to go any where... Id say when do we leave. Adoption has also effected me in the way where I could really get in trouble because If I could afford I would adopt alot of children. The thought of a child not ever knowing the love of a parent or a family haunts me. Some times I think about it and it makes me cry.

Its funny because I am so not the type of person to sign up for something like face book. I also connected with some of our family mbrs we do not see often cause of distance and just we all have our own lives... So itsa good thing...
well good night all

Cloud B Twilight SEA TURTLE & Twilight LADYBUG

Jacobs new favorite toy & sleep buddy. I bought this for him for Easter but I was so excited to see how he would react. I am worse than a little kid when it comes to new toys. I swear~
Anyway I read about this in a magazine.... and thought it may help ease him at night in the dark. Especially since he really loves stars and the moon. I will suggest one thing.... if you are interested look into amazon.com or ebay. I got both the turtle and the lady bug for less than the price of just the turtle. Hopefully a little girl will come soon. Because that's who the lady bug was purchased for.
The other thing I really like is that it came with an adoption certificate. I thought when Jacob gets a little older we can discuss his adoption and kind bring this into play. Or not we will see. I like to do things as it goes.

Well to a star filled bedroom I go...

No More Cabin Fever

Today we broke free from the house for the 1st time in three weeks. Of course it was to go grocery shopping since we had nothing left in the house. But Jacob really did not seem to care what it was for. We enjoyed the day with a stop at Costco, walmart, and Giant eagle. Lets just say every one else had the same idea. It was packed everywhere. You could hardly get down any isles in the stores. But we made it and got what we needed.

Tomorrow I plan to sleep in. My house work is pretty much done. Except I really need to sweep the 2nd floor. I'll get it tomorrow after I clean my sister in laws house. I think I will be making spaghetti tomorrow we have not had that for like a month which is unusual since its our favorite. Could be we were sick and had no taste buds~

So today when we were driving through our neighborhood we past this house and it was obvious someone was working on a van in their driveway. Jacob & I noticed there was small fire starting under the van. We backed up beeped and yelled at the guy who was just coming out of his house. he said he had no water in the garden hose... it was frozen. Well with in moments it was a blazing.... the cops got there. We were well away from the house .... Anyway we got out of there. But Jacob was yelling Woooooooooow ooooooooooo woooooooo ding ding ding.... Police~

Woooooooooo wooooooo wooo ding ding ding Police!

He has never said police or anything like that.... It was very cute... sad for those people but cute to hear he knew it. Tonight we drove by and there was the van completely burned and half their car in front of it. I really felt bad for them. But I am sure they have insurance...right! And as my father taught us as long as no one is hurt ...... your fine~ cars are replaceable.

any way I got to GO..... Oh Jacob said Thomas for the 1st time today and Salty the train....

And also handed me a spider today... which I Hate spiders... Little stinker!

If anyone is reading ... have you ever heard of the Preschool prep DVD, Books, etc

and whats your thoughts.... good , bad, waste of money?

Pictures ....

Jacobs Birthday pictures from Oct 12, 2008. Since we had no computer up & running then I wanted to still post them... His Theme Thomas Train