Extra extra! Read all about it! I FINALLY became an auntie yesterday! My brother and SIL had a baby yesterday. They didn't find out the gender until the delivery. What the what?! Hello impatient me! I had so many ultrasounds with each pregnancy that waiting until he delivery to find out the gender was pretty near impossible. I knew I was having 3 boys way before I even had the ultrasound! HA! And so of course I predicted my brother would also be having a boy and I was right! My dad has 4 brothers and no sisters so I guessed boy. Our family doesn't make too many girls! Anyways I was right! My cute nephew was born yesterday. I am so excited. I am excited for my brother and SIL to be a family of 3. I am excited that I am finally an auntie! I am excited that my kids finally have a cousin! I cannot wait to meet him. They live in another state so hopefully we can make it out there soon.
I felt kind of weird having my adoption friends see my post of their new baby. The adoption friends with no biological kids. That can be painful to see that. I'm sure they would like to bring a baby home from the hospital without looking back over their shoulder constantly wondering if the birth parents were going to change their mind and take the baby back. No stress other than hoping the baby is healthy. Oh well you can't fault people for being able to have biological children. I've said before that I am happy to have grown my family both ways....I have been blessed with biological and adopted children. After having biological children, I knew just how much birth moms sacrifice when they place a baby for adoption. That bond is so great the minute the baby enters the world. That means a lot when a birth mom entrusts you with her baby forever. Something else noteworthy happened- their new baby did not make me want to have another. I had that feeling for so many years. It finally went away. I am happy and content with my family. And I am utterly thrilled for my brother and SIL. My nephew weighed more than my brother, my kids or I did! LOL! Big healthy baby with cute chubby cheeks!
I mentioned that I am finally an aunt and my kids finally have a cousin. If you've been reading my blog, you might be thinking "but you are already an aunt and your kids do have a cousin already".
Technically, that is true. But since "those people" have chosen for whatever crazy reason they have concocted to not acknowledge my children and pretend they don't exist, they don't really count as relatives anymore. :(
I am so excited to meet my new nephew!
Now....let the spoiling by this auntie begin! ;)
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Friday, January 1, 2016
Happy New Year 2016!
I cannot believe it is 2016 already! This year 2015 was a blur it went by so fast! It was better than 2014. The 2 family members with cancer (one human family member, one furry family member!) finished chemo (and also radiation for the human family member) and they are both in remission. YAY! Such wonderful news! Also, my brother got married in February, and it was a very fun, nice wedding. They are pregnant and expecting my first niece or nephew (I'm going to guess the baby is a boy!) in 3 weeks!! I am so excited to finally be an aunt and for my kids to have a cousin!! Well, technically I have a niece by marriage and my kids technically have a cousin, but she has chosen to have nothing to do with any of my kids and has still never acknowledged that my 3-year-old daughter is even alive and on this planet. Can you imagine? She is in her 20's and at this point I am ashamed to technically be related to her and her parents, for that matter. My friend posted something today about the new year and her motto for the new year is going to be Let That Shit Go! I think I need to also adopt her motto!! ;)
Anyways, we are excited for my kids' real cousin to arrive!!
What a year this has been! I have sucked at blogging. So much going on with the kids and their activities and family vacations. I still haven't figured out how to post pictures from this computer. Some highlights from the year have been:
~ Zachary making the All Star baseball team and his team winning the district championships for the 3rd year in a row and at the state tournament, he hit a home run which tied up the game and at his next at bat got a single which enabled them to win the game and not be eliminated from the tournament. They eventually lost, but coming from a small town, they did great! He also tied for the most home runs in the spring little league season! He also held the record for striking out the most batters when he was pitching! He got straight A's last year and this year so far. He won an award for most enjoyable to coach player at a baseball camp this summer.
~Jacob switched to a new, more rigorous school this year and did fantastic and got on the honor roll twice (top 15% of his class) and was one of two boys to make the middle school basketball team! He also was in the guitar club and played at the Christmas concert at school! Jacob did a great job snorkeling in the open water in Maui...... watching the videos afterwards did freak out his grandmother and me! Lol!
~Joshua also switched to a new, more rigorous school this year and did fantastic and got in the 90's club (90% or higher average in all classes). Joshua went hiking with the big boys (mine and our friends' kids) in Hawaii this summer and jumped off cliffs into lakes! I was not there to witness this, thank goodness! Daddy was in charge that day! He also went snorkeling with his brothers and my hubby and me in the open water in Maui and did great!
~Cambria was in her very first dance recital in May (and technically so was I since it was mommy-and-me dance class!) We danced to "Here Comes the Sun" and it was so much fun! She did great and our dance class ended up in the newspaper! ;) She is also doing better in swim lessons and loves the water!
~Fun trips included many to Phoenix/Scottsdale, attending Diamondbacks and Suns games, stay-cations at fun resorts, trips to Maui and Oahu, Las Vegas, and California- L.A. and San Diego and visiting LegoLand (Cami's birthday request!), Sea World, Disneyland and California Adventure. We also had fun times visiting family and friends.
I wish everyone a happy and healthy new year 2016 full of laughs, love and good health.
Anyways, we are excited for my kids' real cousin to arrive!!
What a year this has been! I have sucked at blogging. So much going on with the kids and their activities and family vacations. I still haven't figured out how to post pictures from this computer. Some highlights from the year have been:
~ Zachary making the All Star baseball team and his team winning the district championships for the 3rd year in a row and at the state tournament, he hit a home run which tied up the game and at his next at bat got a single which enabled them to win the game and not be eliminated from the tournament. They eventually lost, but coming from a small town, they did great! He also tied for the most home runs in the spring little league season! He also held the record for striking out the most batters when he was pitching! He got straight A's last year and this year so far. He won an award for most enjoyable to coach player at a baseball camp this summer.
~Jacob switched to a new, more rigorous school this year and did fantastic and got on the honor roll twice (top 15% of his class) and was one of two boys to make the middle school basketball team! He also was in the guitar club and played at the Christmas concert at school! Jacob did a great job snorkeling in the open water in Maui...... watching the videos afterwards did freak out his grandmother and me! Lol!
~Joshua also switched to a new, more rigorous school this year and did fantastic and got in the 90's club (90% or higher average in all classes). Joshua went hiking with the big boys (mine and our friends' kids) in Hawaii this summer and jumped off cliffs into lakes! I was not there to witness this, thank goodness! Daddy was in charge that day! He also went snorkeling with his brothers and my hubby and me in the open water in Maui and did great!
~Cambria was in her very first dance recital in May (and technically so was I since it was mommy-and-me dance class!) We danced to "Here Comes the Sun" and it was so much fun! She did great and our dance class ended up in the newspaper! ;) She is also doing better in swim lessons and loves the water!
~Fun trips included many to Phoenix/Scottsdale, attending Diamondbacks and Suns games, stay-cations at fun resorts, trips to Maui and Oahu, Las Vegas, and California- L.A. and San Diego and visiting LegoLand (Cami's birthday request!), Sea World, Disneyland and California Adventure. We also had fun times visiting family and friends.
I wish everyone a happy and healthy new year 2016 full of laughs, love and good health.
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