My aplogies to all...

So I'm so sorry that I have not been updating this blog. We have so much fun with Christian and I've been selfish not sharing it with all of you. He is such a happy kid. I hear from everyone that is around him about how good he is, how well he listens, how he is a joy to be around. As much as I believe that and can't get enough of him, it is so nice to hear it from others. He has a great sense of humor. He loves to sing and listen to music. He loves animals and taking care of them, although sometimes he has a hard time showing it to Cowboy...his love is a little rough. He is so sweet and continues to tell us constantly that he loves us, every minute that he gets. He loves to snuggle at night, and I cherish the moments that I get to put him to bed and read him stories (Thanks to Aunt Penny's generous donation to the Christian library). And even cherish when 3 hours later he is crawling in bed next to me and continues to kick me all night long. He's the typical kid when it comes to eating...living on a diet of Chick Fil A, macaroni n cheese, hot dogs, alfredo pasta, and yogurt juice...with the exception of eating broccoli. So if any of you have suggestions on how to get him to eat more...I'm open to it. It's nice that with Kyle's schedule he is able to spend most of his days with Daddy. When Kyle can't watch him we are so lucky to have Aunt Penny and Aunt Pam as a willing volunteer and GaGa and GaGas close by to stay with. Alyssa is the best babysitter, since Dragon Boat season has started up again. He loves being outdoors. Riding his bike, his hummer, his scooter, jumping on the trampoline. He is so active!!

We are so fortunate to have Christian in our lives. I was watching MTV and they had a show on there True Life that was called "I placed my baby for adoption". It was in the view of the birth mother and it brought me to tears to even partially see a little bit of what Michael Anne might have gone through. To imagine the moments after the paperwork was signed and she went home to Michaela. She did what was in the best interest of Christian and that amazes me every day. She is a loving person, who would have done her best to raise him with the love that she could give, but wanted more for him out of life. Every day Kyle and I try to live up to that. To give Christian the best life he could have. To shower him with everlasting love that he can count on. To surround him with other people that will be a positive influence in his life. He is a gift. A special, chosen child. He was meant to be in our family and I'm so thankful for the love and support that we receive from our family when it comes to raising him. He has a bright future ahead of him. It seems to be going by so fast. I'll try to do better at updating this blog so it won't go by in a blur.

I love you all!!

No Training Wheels!!!

The newest thing is that Christian can now ride his bike without the training wheels. He is doing awesome. It took no time at all and he rides like we should have taken the wheels off months ago. He has a little hard time starting the ride, but once you get him balanced he is off! His favorite thing is to off road. Now we have a hard time getting him off of his bike. They say kids learn thier passion around age 4. Christian's may be biking!! :)

3 Fish

We took Christian to the Strawberry Festival and all he wanted was fish. So we played the fish game and ended up with 3 fish. Jose, Filipe and Nemo. Unfortunately Jose did not make it, but the other 2 are doing very well for the past 3 weeks. We are hopeful that they will be with us for awhile. When we were flushing Jose down, it was so cute. I said "Bye Jose" and Christian goes "Bye Jose. I love you!" How sweet that he loved that fish after 2 days? He's the best!

Ice Cream!

My new favorite pic of Christian. This one is on my desktop. He's so cute!

Stripes!!

We finally took Christian to Build A Bear and he of course picked out Stripes. He loves his Stripes. Since then we have gone back and he picked out a black lab that he calls Cowboy. He's such a sweet boy!!

Monster Jam 2009

Monster Jam - Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL

We had a great time at the monster truck show. It was cold, but I came prepared with blankets. So we stayed toasty warm. Christian loved seeing them up close, but what we didn't come prepared for was ear plugs. It was loud. If we do it again, we will definitely bring some ear muffs for the poor baby.

Baseball game

Kyle's been working the spring ball games. So one day he was able to get tickets for Christian, Pam and Penny to go to the game (I had to work unfortunately). They had such a great time.

Pitching at 12 MPH. He got up to 20 I hear. What an arm! And he's a lefty. I love it!!Aunt Pam and Aunt Penny are the BEST!!Eating popcorn..his favorite.

Daddy loved being able to work and play with Christian at the same time.What a cool pitcher.

He loved this guy!