DAD AND KENNY'S FISH FRY

On Saturday, my dad and Kenny had their "Annual Fish Fry". It was soooo HOT outside, but that didn't slow Tyler down. We had lots of GOOD FOOD and FUN with FAMILY and FRIENDS!!!

OH, AND HIS SHIRT IS SO FUNNY.......IT SAYS,

DON'T

LOOK AT ME,

THAT SMELL

IS COMING FROM

GRANDPA!!!

HAHAHA!!!!!!!!

These few pics are of Tyler and one of his first juice boxes ever!!! He loved it, his mouth never came off the straw!
What a cool, BIG kid with a juice box:)
Do we have a sports player???? Tyler had so much fun playing with all of the different kinds of balls, the wiffle bat and the Frisbee.

Grandpa (my dad ) playing alittle frisbee with Tyler......Think he knows how to do it now??? It look like there's so serious thinking going on:)

Ang more pics posing with the juice box in hand!
With the tongue out???

WHAT A FUN FRIDAY!

THE RITTER TRIPLETS!!!!

On Friday, we had some first time visitors to the house! Tyler's friends Evaline, Kate and Nicholas came over to play for a couple hours. The kids had so much fun and Kelly( their mom ) and I had some much needed catch up time.

Kate and Nicolas playing with one of Tyler's Birthday balloons, those two absolutely LOVED shaking that balloon around......as you can see, Evaline wasn't so sure of it:)

Look at Evaline go!!!! Evaline and Kate are getting so good a taking several steps in a row! They love to "practice":) The babies turned 1 in May and Evaline and Kate are almost walking and Nicholas is such a good crawler, he is so good at walking...when he's holding fingers:) He's not far behind those girls!

Here's all 4 of the stinkers........winding down. They were all getting tired and HUNGRY! Aren't they soooo CUTE though???

The kiddos thought Tyler's bug house was pretty cool! This is Evaline having so much fun going in and out!
Nicholas is sooo Cute, look at the way he crosses his legs. Kelly says he does this all of the time!!! I LOVE HIM:) He sat back and played with the ball popper for awhile and then decided to join all of the crazy kids in the Bug House:)

Here's Kate with that balloon! She was having so much fun shaking it, giggling and screaming.....way too funny! You can kinda see Nicholas behind her with the biggest smile ever:)

I love the pics of all 4 of them, the had so much fun together! Tyler learned to share his toys so good:) This one balloon wasn't enough, I had to goo grab another out of his room. 2 balloons = way fun kiddos!

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!

TYLER HAS BEEN HOME 6 MONTHS TODAY!!!!

WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE???

I FEEL LIKE I AM LIVING AN AWESOME DREAM.......I LOVE BEING A MOM!!!!!!!!!

18 MONTH PICS

HERE ARE A FEW OF OUR FAV. PICS THAT WE GOT TAKEN OF TYLER ON SUNDAY.

JULY 6, 2008

WE REALLY THOUGHT THIS BEACH SCENE TURNED OUT REALLY CUTE!

HE LOOK'S LIKE HE'S STRUTIN' HIS STUFF ON THE BEACH:)
YUM! THIS SAND IS GOOD:)

ONE OF OUR FAV SHOTS!
TROUBLE:)

TYLER EDWARD CARLOS HASEKAMP

I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER

I GOT THIS AMAZING POEM FROM ANOTHER BLOG AND HAD TO SHARE IT! ENJOY!!

LEGACY OF ADOPTION

Once there were two women, neither knew the other

One you do not remember, the other you call mother.

One gave you a nationality, the other gave you a name

One gave you the seed of talent, the other gave you an aim.

Two very different lives shaped yours into one

One became your guiding star, the other was your sun.

One gave you emotions, and one calmed your fears

One saw your first sweet smile, the other dried your tears.

The first gave you life, the second taught you to live it.

The first gave you a need for love, the second was there to give it.

One gave you up—it was all that she could do,The other prayed for a child—God led her straight to you.

And now you ask me through your tears,The age-old question of all the years,

Heredity or Environment, which are you a product of?

Neither darling, neither ... just two different kinds of Love.

-Author Unknown