HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!

Now that everyone has had a chance to receive their card, I thought I would post it. I am quite pleased with the way it turned out:) He's such a cheese!

THIS KINDA CAUGHT MY ATTENTION.....

I FOUND THIS ON ANOTHER BLOG AND IT PULLED ME IN....THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE IT WITH YOU.

Trip to Australia

Deciding to have a baby is like planning a trip to Australia. You've heard it's a wonderful place, you've read many guidebooks and feel certain you're ready to go. Everyone you know has traveled there by plane. They say it can be a turbulent flight with occasional rough landings, but you can look forward to being pampered on the trip.

So you go to the airport and ask the ticket agent for a ticket to Australia. All around you, excited people are boarding planes for Australia. It seems there is no seat for you; you'll have to wait for the next flight. Impatient, but anticipating a wonderful trip, you wait—and wait—and wait.

Flights to Australia continue to come and go. People say silly things like, "Relax. You'll get on a flight soon." Other people actually, get on a plane and then cancel their trip, to which you cry "It's not fair!" After a long time the ticket agent tells you, "I'm sorry, we're not going to be able to get you on a plane to Australia. Perhaps you should think about going by boat."

"By BOAT," you say. "Going by boat will take a very long time and it costs a great deal of money. I really had my heart set on going by plane." So you go home and think about not going to Australia at all. You wonder if Australia will be as beautiful if you approach it by sea rather than air. But you have long dreamed of this wonderful place, and finally you decide to travel by boat. It is a long trip, many months over much rough seas. No one pampers you. You wonder if you will ever see Australia. Meanwhile, your friends have flown back and forth to Australia two or three times, marveling about each trip.

Then one glorious day, the boat docks in Australia. It is more exquisite than you ever imagined, and the beauty is magnified by your long days at sea. You have made many wonderful friends during your voyage, and you find yourself comparing stories with others who also traveled by sea rather than by air.

People continue to fly to Australia as often as they like, but you are able to travel only once, perhaps twice. Some say things like, "Oh, be glad you didn't fly. My flight was horrible; traveling by sea is so easy."

You will always wonder what it would have been like to fly to Australia. Still, you know God blessed you with a special appreciation of Australia, and the beauty of Australia is not in the way you get there, but in the place itself.

So you see... No matter what path we travel, how long it takes, only Good can come from it.

IS IT JUST A RUMOR........

OR WILL IT BE TRUE????

Last night on adoption.com I read that Guatemala may be opening adoptions to the U.S. again in January 2009....maybe. No one knows if this is true, some have heard this from different sources. You have no idea what kind of EXCITED feeling I got through my body:) MY HEART IS TOTALLY IN GUATEMALA!!!

Until something happens and decisions are made, please continue praying for the people of Guat. The government to make the right decisions in the best interest of the babies, for the birth mothers and everyone else that has been affected.

FOR NOW.....MY FINGERS ARE CROSSED AND I'M PRAYING THEY GET THIS MESS STRAIGHTED OUT SOONER THAN LATER:)

OK....I HAVE A LOT OF CATCHIN' UP TO DO!!!

Here's just a couple pics of my Lil' stinker for now:O)

1 YR AGO....cont.

HERE ARE A FEW PICS OF TYLER 1 YR AGO TODAY.....I'M MISSING A COUPLE WAY CUTE ONES BUT TYLER WOKE FROM HIS NAP BEFORE I COULD GET THEM POSTED.......I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH HE'S GROWN!

ON NOV. 10TH LAST YEAR and YESTERDAY.......

One year ago today I visited Tyler for just the second time ever, he was already 10 months old and wanting to walk so bad! My Mom and my sister went with me to meet him, we had an awesome trip of course. 1 YEAR AGO TODAY!.......Where does this time go?!?!?!

We were in PGN with what we thought was no end in sight until I made a call to Laura that works at PGN and answers the phone there the day before we had to come home and she said our file was on "Barrios" desk waiting to be signed out!!! At that time, before the mess going on in 2009, being on his desk meant that your file would be out of PGN in about a WEEK! Knowing this, and hoping it was true made it so much easier for me to leave Tyler with his foster parents the following day....this meant that I would be back within the next few weeks to have him for-ever!

1 YEAR AGO we had no end in sight and YESTERDAY, NOV. 9th Tyler has been home for 10 MONTHS!!! Can you believe it!?!?!

21 MONTH OLD PICTURES!!!

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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!

Monday, September 15th is Independence Day in Guatemala!

HAPPY

INDEPENDENCE DAY

TO ALL OF OUR FRIENDS!!!

JUST SOME RANDOM PICS

This is Tyler with Gibby, Neal and Melinda's dog....they were our next door neighbors a few years ago. Chance(our Lab) and Gibby loved each other! Tyler really liked hanging out with a little dog for a change:)
This pic was taken over at Neal and Melinda's house, they hosted a Mizzou/Illinois football party. After this night, Tyler now calls slides....Weeees:)
This is 1 of the many girlfriends Tyler has:) How cute are they sittin' next to each other:)

And are these boys for you or what???:) It was such a nice evening, the flat screen had to come outside. Moms and kids went upstairs and inside when the bugs came out. Tyler gave it up pretty early, he didn't have his usual naps....
The Grateke's have an awesome play set! The kids loved it! Here is Tyler going down the...WEEEEEE:)

The annual Labor Day Party at Aunt Sara's house, so much fun!
Carson and Tyler hangin' out on mom's raft:)


Last Monday my sister and I took Tyler to a park in Lake Saint Louis. It would have been so much more enjoyable if it would have been about 10-15 degrees cooler....it was way to hot to get on any of the equipment. Hence all of the water pics:) We made the most of our time and can't wait to go back when the weather cools off!

I love the hair!

How cute is this little guy!?!?!

CAN'T SEE WITH CHOO-CHOO UNDERWEAR OVER MY EYES.......

TYLER IS VERY INTERESTED IN GOING POTTY ON THE BIB BOY POTTY, SO WE WERE NAKED MOST OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY:)

I LOOOOVE ELMO!!!!!
DOESN'T EVERYONE CLEAN NAKED WITH UNDERWEAR ON THEIR HEAD??? :)


**edited to remove the pics without a diaper on.......gosh darn the sick old people in this world.......**

NEVERMIND....SCRATCH THAT LAST POST.

TYLER'S BLOG SPOT IS BACK TO NORMAL!! I WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE IT SOMEWHERE OUT IN LONG LOST INTERNET LAND. THANK THE LORD:) I CAN RELAX AGAIN.......

OH NO!!!!

AS EVERYONE CAN SEE....I DID NOT DO MY BLOG WELL TODAY.....I WAS TRYING TO ADD A NEW TEMPLATE FROM A DIFFERENT SITE AND OBVIOUSLY IT DIDN'T WORK.....HOW DO YOU GUYS DO THAT!?!???

AND I LOST SO MUCH!!! DANG-IT!!!

CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW???
THANK YOU:)

TYLER'S 1ST CARDS GAME!!!!!

GO CARDS!!!!!!

TYLER WENT TO HIS VERY FIRST ST. LOUIS CARDINALS GAME TODAY! WE HAD SO MUCH FUN:) MY DAD RECEIVED OUR TICKETS AS A FATHERS DAY GIFT, THEY WERE IN THE "REDBIRD'S CLUB". IT IS THE BEST EVER UP THERE.....GOOD SEATS, AIR CONDITION WHEN YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF THE HEAT, YOUR VERY OWN BAR, AND AN AMAZING SELECTION OF FOOD! MY MOM IS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET THESE TICKETS FROM HER BANK A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR, THE BANK HAS SEASON TICKETS AND ONLY THE "SPECIAL" ONES GET TO USE THEM. TODAY DAD TOOK MYSELF AND TYLER AND MY BROTHER AND SISTER.

PaPa and Tyler smiling for the camera before we made it to our seats....our first little photo session:)
What a CHEESE!
STL Cards are #1!!!!
Trying to get a couple good pics of Tia, aka aunt Andrea, my sister:)

He's a NUT!
Look at those shinny whites!

Still Trying to get him to look at the camera.....not working:)

The view from our seats........the famous STL arch!

Look at this cool DUDE:)
PaPa, Tyler, Uncle D, aka Derek and Tia, aka Andrea:)
Here's Tyler and Mommy's photo shoot:)

Oh, and did everybody notice his hat??? He is so proud of his hat and keeps that thing on! He's been wanting a hat since last night when I took him in Dick's sporting goods and I couldn't find the toddler section.....went to Dick's again today before the game, same thing, wanted a hat......Finally got a hat when we got to the game and he had loved it since! FUNNY!!!

I think this is the most perfect pic he has ever taken.....so cute with that little hat on:)

The STL view again....
Sis and her man:)
He pointed to every air plane that flew by.....probably 5-6:)
And I think he experienced his 1st sugar high....it wasn't pretty. He he is drink our soda:) He LOVES it and gets upset if you take it away.....today was a special day right????

Not anymore, we got in to the car and he was so tired but he couldn't fall asleep....he just cried, he was sooooo uncomfortable. Needless to say, he crashed early tonight:)

And another drink..........

We took some of his "tractors" aka, cars and trucks:) It kept him busy for about 5 min in the middle of the game.
Dad and his kiddo's and grandson:)
MOM and BABY
Peek-a-Boo Tyler!

This pic was taken after the game at my mom and dad's house.....since my brother is in from Springfield, we had dinner tonight before he drives back tomorrow morning. We had such a good weekend of fun with him!
Here's our pose by the infamous.......
And my most favorite player........Albert
Tyler has be really puckering up lately......How SWEET!
And MOM even got to wear hos favorite hat.........what a lucky woman! :)