This & That

I meant to post this on the 20th but it seems as if time has escaped this family this week. Last March 20th in Ho Chi Mihn City Vietnam all of our dreams came true. We had our Giving & Receiving Cermony which legally made Jacob our son. With in the past year Michael, Jacob, & I have grown so much. We went from Husband & wife to Mom & dad. Working together to create what we hope is the best family & life for Jacob. And I think we are doing it pretty well. I have never seen a little one so happy!

Now I have to admit we can not take all the credit. My parents (and sister when she is home) have played a BIG role in this. My father babysits our son while we work and mom pitches ( she has been dealing with some health issues) in when my father takes Jacob home instead of watching him at our house. They take him out & about. Shopping, swimming, to the park, for ice cream, & to my brother house to play with his cousins. Jacob loves them deeply. Pappy gets left behind if grandma's around. She has Jacob wrapped around her finger.

As I mentioned above time has escaped us this week. Jacob started out sunday night waking up at 2am and tossing n turning violently. Then the next night 2:30am crying, screaming & toss n turning. So Jacob had a doctor appt the other day just to make sure what was going on. Nothing as far as they could see. At that visit he got his 15 month shots. Since then we have not had any sleep. He will sleep an hour here and there. Mommy is beat!

Its not even the lack of sleep that bothers me. Its not know what is wrong. So called the doctor again. She said he had a TINY bit of fluid in his one ear. Nothing even worth mentioning. Now this is how he last ear infection started. So she called in Augmentin for him. Poor little guy also was constipated so we gave him pear juice since it does the trick. So today at my brothers easter dinner his poop ran right out of his diaper and on their carpet. So lets just say its been very over whelming the last few days.

Talking to my mother about it is a little hard... she says I cries when you kids cried, I know its hard, etc..... then the kicker...what did you think being a mother was going to be like!!!

May I just say that saying from any one is annoying. Anyone who enters into motherhood or has half a brain knows that its not all sugar plums and fairies if you get my drift. There are going to be good moments & bad ones. Hopefully for any parents sake good ones.

But my mom means well. She was a great mother. When we were little she spoiled us. She did not have much of a childhood & she was determined to make sure we had a great one. We did not go on lavish vacations or spend lots of money on us. (believe me she always bought us a bunch of stuff) but our birthday parties we awesome. Cake, friends, cook out, and presents.... I remember running around in the summer playing in the sand box, riding bikes, playing kick the can, catching lady bugs, after a rain catching nightcrawlers (worms) to go fishing the next day and swimming in the lake in our back yard. The sounds of Alabama pumping out of the stereo. (my mothers FAVORITE group) This is the life I want Jacob to have.

Now people who know me are saying Her mom had some moments that drove her crazy. Yes this is true she was VERY over protective of me as a teenager. But all in all she meant well. It was hard to see that then but this world is a crazy place.

So anyway at my brother the kids dyed easter eggs. Lets say all their hands were also dyed. So I went on the internet and found this tidbit I will share. Take baby oil wipe their hands or where ever. Then wash them with soap and it will come off. But here are some pictures from today. Him in his Easter outfit, His crocks I bought him, and dying eggs.. Owe and his CHICK MAGNET shirt Aunt Mary bought him. So true!

Got to go... I am beat... sleepy time for me!