Back from Vacation

We are back from vacation - we had a great time. Wish we could have stayed another week - maybe next year we will stay longer. We went to Anna Maria Island in Fl. It is so beautiful on the Island. Christopher did very well in the car - it is a 16 hr drive. Tony and Chris stayed awake and drove all night. Baby and I slept most of the ride.

Christopher was not sure about the sand at first - he wouldn't walk in it. But after the first day - we couldn't get him to stop. We had to do a 3 to 1 guard defense to keep him from running off.

Easter morning - Tony gave the baby a Easter bucket full of sand toys - So we spent the day building sand castles. Christopher smashed them and we rebuilt.
He did get in the ocean with Tony. Tony would stand in the ocean and Christopher would run right to him. He had a hard time walking when the waves pulled the sand out from under his feet. Momma was very afraid because he has no fear.

We went to the ocean at sunrise - this is Christopher's favorite way to travel. Tony and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary while on vacation. I am very blessed to have Tony. He is a wonderful and caring husband and amazing father.

The guys flew a kite.

Family on the Bradenton Pier.

Baby and Momma.

We went to 1 Reds Game - Christopher thought that was fun for about 3 innings. We went to the beach everyday and played in the sand and ocean. We walked and collected sea shells. We ate out allot. Christopher knew every lady on the island by the time we left - he waved, smiled, played peekaboo and said "Bye" to them. We received many compliments on him. We went on a trolley ride around town - I thought Christopher would love it - we even sat in the open air area of the trolley. He was afraid and hid his head and curled his little legs up into a ball. I don't think he even looked out the window. We were planning a Sailboat ride - but after the 10 minutes of torture on the trolley we decided that he may not like a 2 hr sailboat ride. We will try that next year.

It was a great week - Tony and I enjoyed being with Christopher all day everyday. It is amazing to watch him learn and change. We miss so much when we go to work.

Big Big Boy

Christopher is so big. Tony sent me a pic of him yesterday with a ball cap on and he looked like a little boy. He is saying more words. He is saying "bye". Tony was on the phone with Chris and before hanging up Tony said Bye and the Christopher said Bye - Tony had to call Chris back so they could do it again!. Yesterday he said bye every time you left the room or put your coat on or talked on the phone.



It is amazing how much he learns from us when we are not trying to teach him. He is doing new things everyday - he will pick up a shoe from the living room floor and try to put it on Tony's foot. He knows that he has to give me his arms to get his shirt on. He can eat with a spoon very well - he has good coordination. We played with Lego blocks (thanks, Lisa) yesterday for the first time - he loved building and tearing down - mostly tearing down. I think we will take that toy on vacation. He is climbing and running - he is a rough and tough boy.



I am going to have 2 fundraisers for Life2Orphans this summer. In May I am going to have a yardsale - if you have anything to donate that we can sell - please give me a call. We are going to store everything at the Broadway house until the sale. In July (during the GB Carshow) we are going to have an Open house - in the empty store front of Angela's building. We are going to have a silent auction and prizes - it will be open to the public - so I hope the car show visitors stop in. If you have any items that you would like to donate to the silent auction - please call me. If you want to help - I would love it.
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My baby is awake - my day begins.

Snowy Morning

It is a snowy morning and Christopher is still asleep - so I have a few minutes.
I really like my job at Hill-Rom. We did some downsizing so now I am doing the job that 2 people were doing last year. It keeps me very busy all day. But I do leave on time so I can spend some time with my family before bedtime.
We is excited about going on vacation - we are going to Anna Maria Island again this year. We also will catch a Reds spring training game while we are there. Tony has been looking for vacation outfits and boatshoes for him and Christoher. I love the ocean and really enjoy our vacation on AMI. We spend the entire week doing nothing - reading a book - sitting by the ocean - wathcing the sun rise with a cup of coffee.
This is our vacation photo from 06.
This is our vacation photo from 07.
I have been more active in Life2Orphans (not as much as I would like). I am selling stuff on ebay to raise money for the kids. I want to have a fundraiser this spring. I also want to have a yardsale this summer. So if you have any yardsale stuff you want to offload - let me know - we are going to store it until we can have the sale.