MORE FIRST VIST PICS

THESE ARE MORE PICTURES TAKEN ON OUR FIRST VISIT TRIP

TYLER WAS 6 MONTHS OLD

JUNE 30TH - JULY 4TH 2007

ENJOY!

TEN LITTLE PIGS:)
HE HAD 4 TEETH WITH SEVERAL MORE WANTING TO COME THROUGH SOON
GETTING SOME DADDY LOVIN'
GIVIN' SOME TOO!
SOAKING UP THE SUN!
I LOVE THOSE BIG BROWN EYES!
SO SWEET
AMAZING!
GO CARDS!

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY............

WE MET TYLER FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!!!

JUNE 30TH, 2007

OUR VERY FIRST FAMILY PIC! TAKEN IN THE LOBBY OF THE MARRIOTT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AFTER MEETING HIM:)

AND

MARK AND TYLER POSING FOR A PIC ABOUT A HALF HOUR AFTER GETTING HIM IN OUR ARMS......NOTICE, IT DIDN'T TAKE US LONG TO GET HIM CHANGED:) I DIDN'T DO ALL THAT SHOPPING FOR NOTHIN':)

POSING WITH MOM!
THIS IS EVERY ONE'S FAVORITE.....WE ALWAYS TOOK PICS OF OURSELVES HOLDING THE CAMERA UP ABOVE US AND HE SMILED EVERY TIME:) IT WAS THE FUNNIEST THING! AS YOU CAN TELL BY OUR EYES, THIS ONE WAS TAKEN ON ONE OF OUR MORNINGS JUST HANGING OUT IN BED:)
THIS ELEPHANT WAS HIS FAV! AND IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT....HE STILL FITS INTO THIS OUTFIT TOO! (WITH A ONESIE EXTENDER:))

One of the most amazing days of our lives! The day we had anticipated for since we saw Tyler's picture for the 1st time on March 21st.

Mark and I flew out of St. Louis on a 6am flight and arrived in Guatemala at around 12:30, after getting our luggage and finding the Marriott driver to get us to the hotel, we probably didn't get there until around 2:30 or so. We got to our room and started to get the gifts ready that we had brought for everyone.....mostly to take up time, you can only imagine how our stomach felt. Tyler wasn't expected to arrive until 4:00. It got closer and closer and we got more and more anxious. FINALLY........the phone rang! It was our fallicitor and our attorneys wife and what ended up in the end to be Tyler's foster dad:) They were downstairs in the lobby! We couldn't get down there fast enough. I had no idea what these people looked like and who to look for but I sure knew exactly who they were when I recognized Tyler:) That was an awesome feeling to know him already.

OLD PICS!!! MEMORIAL DAY WEEDEND AT GRANDMAS FOR FRIED CHICKEN DINNER:)

AUTHENTIC GUATEMALAN SHIRT FROM FOSTER PARENTS!!!!!

THIS SHIRT WAS GIVEN TO TYLER BY HUGO AND MONICA, AKA MIMI, FOR HIS 1ST BIRTHDAY GIFT.....WE WILL TREASURE THIS FOREVER!

I WILL BE POSTING MORE PICS SOON.....AS SOON AS I GET SOME TIME:) RIGHT, HUH??? WHAT TIME??? I HAVE LOTS TO POST! CAN'T WAIT TO GET THEM UP!

TYLER'S 1ST STL ZOO TRIP!!! 6/2/2008

MON, MAY 19TH

THIS WAS A MONDAY WHEN I WAS OFF WORK AND I GOT TYLER DRESSED IN THIS OUTFIT THAT I JUST LOVE!!! I BOUGHT THIS FOR HIM BEFORE WE WENT ON OUR 1ST VISIT TRIP 1 YEAR AGO LAST YEAR WHEN HE WAS SIX MONTHS OLD, I'M SO EXCITED FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO WEAR IT SOME THIS SUMMER!!!
MY STYLIN' LIL MAN
HOW AM I GOING TO KEEP THE GIRLS AWAY????? OTHER MOMS OUT THERE.....ANY HINTS???? lol:)

AUNT JODI'S COLLEGE GRADUATION

HOW HANDSOME IS HE????
UNCLE SCOTT HANGIN' OUT WITH JAY AND TYLER WAITING FOR GRADUATION TO START.
LOOKS LIKE THEIR TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING PRETTY SERIOUS HERE:)
AGAIN, DON'T MIND ME, PICS ARE OUT OF ORDER......THIS IS THE GRADUATE....MARK'S SISTER, TYLER'S AUNT POSING FOR A COUPLE PICS AT HER DUEPLEX BEFORE THE CEREMONY.
JODI WITH HER 2 FAVORITE NEPHEWS, TYLER 17 MONTHS AND JAY, 3 1/2 .

GRADUATION WAS FINALLY OVER AND THE BOYS WERE ABLE TO RUN AROUND AGAIN, THIS "GATOR" WAS OUTSIDE WHERE WE WERE TAKING PICS. TYLER LOVED IT~
CHEESE!!!

DO YOU THINK ANYBODY WOULD KNOW IF WE TOOK THIS THING FOR A SPIN????

MY VERY SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY AND TYLER'S DEDICATION

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ME!!!!!

HERE WE ARE, IN CHURCH. ISN'T HE CUTE???? I COULD JUST EAT HIM:) HE WAS SO SWEET WRAPPING MY NECKLACE AROUND HIS NECK ALSO.....WHO NEEDS TOYS WHEN MOM HAS A NECKLACE???

***MY MOM IS WHO TO PICTURES OF TYLER'S DEDICATION.....AS SOON AS I GET THOSE PICTURES FROM HER, I'LL POST THEM**** (HINT, HINT MOM:))

THE MOST PERFECT POEM

Instantly

How can I comprehend what I am about to see? The years of waiting now becoming a memory. Your eyes, your skin, your hair. Oh, the wonder of your face! I can’t believe this day we have finally embraced!
Instantly the pain I felt so deeply has now gone. Instantly I have a child to call my very own. Instantly and suddenly you are my dream come true. Instantly, so instantly I have been blessed with you.
I can hardly believe it, how beautiful you are! Practically perfection, the most precious one by far. A gift that was tucked away until this very day that we could meet, I feel complete knowing you’re okay.
Instantly the pain I felt so deeply is now joy. Instantly I now have met my handsome little boy. Instantly and suddenly you are my dream come true. Instantly, so instantly I have been blessed with you.
How can I begin to thank my Father up above for allowing me to know the depth of mothers’ love? Tears I’ve cried before this day don’t matter anymore. There’s joy in my heart from the start that was not before.
Instantly a good, perfect gift was bestowed on me. Instantly we get to share now ‘til eternity. Instantly and suddenly you are my dream come true. Instantly, so instantly I have been blessed with you.
I will try my very best to love and care for you. That’s what your other mom would have wanted me to do. A responsibility and honor to enjoy molding you into a man from just a little boy.

Michele Cervone Scott

EXTRAS

having a seat~
watching a little TV getting ready to get "bucked" off very slowly.....

Tyler has Chance's tail in his mouth in this pic, not sure what he's thinking.....but isn't Chance so handsome?!?!

Chance and Tyler get along great! Tyler LOVES him and Chance mostly just tolerates him because he has taken all of the attention. Tyler is always hugging and rolling and climbing all over Chance and he doesn't mind it but as soon as he gets a chance to move closer to me, he does:)

AND THEN HE THOUGHT.....

TAKING A BREAK......NO DIAPER NEEDED:)
HE'S TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM US AFTER HE TOOK IT OFF....QUICK LITTLE DUDE!
LOOK AT HIS SWEET LITTLE BOOTIE, HE'S GOING TO HATE ME WHEN HE GETS OLDER:)

HE DIDN'T WANT HIS DIAPER ON ANY MORE!

HE TOOK IT OFF!

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS COMING NEXT:)

YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT TYLER DID TONIGHT!!!

*SORRY...I POSTED THESE PICS OUT OF ORDER, STILL HAVEN'T FIGURED THAT ONE OUT YET:)
THIS IS TYLER'S ITTY BITTY FIT HE THREW BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET OUT OF THE TUB THE 2ND TIME....IT DIDN'T LAST LONG.
AS YOU CAN TELL, ALL IT TOOK WAS GETTING BACK ON THAT 4-WHEELER

(WITH WET CLOTHES ON:))
KICKIN' AND SPLASHIN'

WE WERE CRACKING UP!
WHAT? IS THERE A PROBLEM?
BOTTOM WET, TOP DRY. LOL

HE HOPPED IN THE TUB VERY GRACEFULLY WITH HIS CLOTHES ON!!!!!! IT WAS HILARIOUS!!!!! I GUESS HE JUST WASN'T FINISHED PLAYING WITH HIS BATH TOYS:) HIS HAIR AND TOP OF HIS SHIRT DID NOT GET WET WHEN HE GOT IN......ALL BY HIS SHORT LITTLE SELF! SO FUNNY!!!! HE WAS NOT VERY HAPPY TO GET BACK OUT OF THE TUB EITHER.....THERE WAS A LITTLE FIT THROWN BUT WAS OVER ONCE HE GOT BACK ON HIS 4-WHEELER AND WENT ON HIS WAY:) WET!!!