Day 03: Clearly we are a family now.

Day three is a challenge to post the cast of your favorite tv show. This is pretty painful for me to admit but as a family photo challenge the truth is that our tv rarely leaves Sprout. The only time you will see it off is when I break and watch TLC, HGTV, or Food Network. I do not necessarily watch these because I want to any more but because they are most likely to have appropriate things that V can be in the same room with. So with that being said our favorite family aka: V's fave cast is:

The second runner up...because I cannot stand Caillou..even though the boys can watch it all day, is!

Yes, our life is now singing along to shows like the Pajanimals :)

Day 2

My second day challenge was a picture of you and the person you have been closest to the longest. This is 26 years in the making so hands down the easiest. My baby sister Telesa.

Honeymoon over and now onto the rest of our lives!

I find myself really itching to post photos of V. I want everyone to see the exciting things and thankfully I have a few friends and family members that can receive photo text messages. Though this still does not satisfy my need to share our little guy. With that being said things are well in our home. There are always a ton of appointments, negotiating everything in a five year old fashion and lots of school work for me. We are busy and happy all at once. I finally made the decision that staying home with V is what would be best for all of us. While I have tried to work and keep that door open it seemed best for us all that I make the decision to stay home. It hasn't been easy coming to the decision because as most of you know, I work really hard and take it much more serious then I ever should. It has always been my dream to be a stay at home mom and boy does this job require WAY more then any other thing I have attempted. 


Since I cannot post pictures of little foot I will go ahead and do a 30 day challenge that fits for our family. We are all on countdown until June when we will get to post the final picture that says we are formally done with Adoption! And then who knows....maybe another little foot for the family of three to grow ;)

Day 01 - A picture of yourself with ten facts:

1. We were married on February 28, 2009. 


2. V is our first child.


3. V will change his middle name to James after my husband.


4. We share our room with our five year old little foot and *gasp* kind of like it.


5. We have two dogs that sometimes make us feel like three children live here.


6. Our parental hopes include that we can pass along a love of sushi to V.


7. Our families (biological and chosen) are the most important parts of our lives.


8. Autism is a part of our daily lives but not the definition of those days.

9. This June will be the formal time of adoption.

10. Currently there is baby and puppy fever.

All sorts of new adventures coming up.

Hello everyone!
It has been a couple of weeks so I have updated and like normal in our crazy house there are
lots of new things that have taken place and even more to come. Right now the boys are downstairs and I have officially taken a short day sabbatical of being mom. I have to admit right
away that I'm not doing a good job at it and will promptly return my role once this blog has been posted. So much for thinking the grass is greener on this side :)


First off school is going so well. V is a child who cannot wait for the next school day. Even after going for the morning, he is ready to go again by mid afternoon when the big kid buses start rolling through our neighborhood. His teachers are really on board with our goals for him and everyone has been very nice. I could not be more grateful for the school process thus far. Like any mom I have great hopes for him and I know that he has so much potential.


The biggest event that is soon to take place is that we are moving. Yes, we have not only tackled the holidays, being new parents and everything else..but now add moving to that list. Our current landlord has decided that she no longer wants to be a homeowner and is selling the house. It was certainly an out of the blue decision on their part and that left us looking for a new place. Me, being the queen of find places( I did not give myself this title, a fantastic friend did) was able to find a place that is going to work out for all of us. Today in fact we go to sign the lease and get all of that secure. So no sooner then we can blink an eye it will be time to pack up this house and on to the next stop.


I'm a bit sad about leaving the house because we have been really happy here. We got to bring V home here for the first time and spend that first family night together. We got to bring him home and say welcome to where we live. He got on the school bus here, had a first Christmas. All sorts of things that we won't forget. I have to remind myself that we are a family and we will move together and ultimately this is just a house. We are going to start working on talking to him about the new place and get ready for that big transition.


Speaking of all things amazing...last Sunday was his Welcome Home party and he did amazing! We were able to have family and friends come together and meet V and of course he was overloaded with some great new toys, books and clothes. I think it was very evident that he was one special little guy that day. I could not have imagined a better event thanks to Telesa and Rusty! As soon as I can start posting pictures of V, I promise to overload everyone!

Owl Cake made by Joan. We love talented family members!

V loved his Car's Rice Crispy Cake! His name was on the hood and really adorable!

Until then here are some photos that I can post! Enjoy!

Everything was car themed for the most part. Except for some owl stuff for his mama:)

V is Cars crazy.

Finally home

As most of you know V moved home on the 23rd. You may be wondering why I have not had a post in regards to how amazing the move home would be and how perfect it truly has been. Well, it has been those things and left me utter speechless to explain the changes in our home and lives.

Moving a child into your home that close to Christmas is incredibly joyful and a bit more stressful. We drove to get him that morning with my mom and she was exhausted and excited to meet her grandson. After stuffing and I mean stuffing our tiny little car with all his belongings we were off. The drive home that time certainly felt different then just the normal transition weekend. It was the drive that meant we are now going to be a forever family and good, bad or indifferent it was finally happening. He was lucky enough that the first day home we got to attend a Christmas party for our agency and meet some of the people that now make up our extended support and family. He even went to SANTA! I had tried on multiple weekend visits to get him near santa for a picture and it just wasn't happening. Low and behold he ran right up and even smiled for the picture. Amazing I tell you!

The note left for santa

My mom got to stay through Christmas morning and we made Christmas Eve our holiday time with her. We made cookies with the boys and left a note for santa and then put the boys in super adorable pjs and sent them to bed. It reminded me of sleeping with my sister and being so excited for santa to come that we tried to stay up all night. Sis would jabber all night long about what we were getting and then pass out. The boys came running down the stairs. Said wow and then just wanted to play. V was excited by his gifts but really it was a bit much with the noise and moving that early in the morning. After all the presents were opened and breakfast was started we had two very happy boys. It was beyond a blessing to be a mom on that christmas morning. At one point I looked over at him playing with his new toys and became really overwhelmed and cried. It was the happiest cry of my life.

Once all of the hoopla of the holidays ended we have been trying to get into a schedule that makes sense for all of us. Matt is back to working the normal schedule and I'm down to just a couple days a week for now. We have scheduled doctor appointments, visits and school. Speaking of school....drum roll please...as I type this little blog a certain somebunny is at school now!

We took him to his first day of pre-school this morning and he was overjoyed with going back to school. This mama had a hard time with him being gone since it feels like he just got here but when I saw how excited he was to be there it made all the difference. Tomorrow morning will be the first school bus ride and he has been talking about nothing else since yesterday.

So all and all we are doing really well. I am learning how to breathe and not worry that every moment has to be perfect and that the laundry will get done at some point. We are learning how to take the "advice" that people are giving us when they are speaking on subjects which they have no clue and just smiling. We are learning that in the end it is true that we are just a family like any other family. We may have some quirks and extra rules or events that take place, but trust me when I say that we put in our mix matched socks just like everyone else.