To his own beat

This little boy is surely a musician
He has such rhythm
It's crazy
He will listen to a song
Wait a second or two
And then come in right on the beat



Every song he hears he must know:
Who it's by
If they are dead or alive
and can he go see them
And if the answer to that is:
They Live far away
Then he would like to call them on the phone
He is really perplexed by the fact
that I don't have Stevie Wonders phone number
He really can't understand how I have been on earth all this time
and still I have not make it my life's mission to get acquire it.

Smith Playground

Last week B and I went to Smith Playground
We had never been there before
and we were both blown away by the awesomeness we found
They have this huge old wood slide
You ride down on potato sacks and it was so much fun
I think we went on about 50 times

They also had a great outdoor playground
Filled with all sorts of fun play equipment

They have a really cool indoor section for little kids as well
One room is just filled with bikes you can ride around
All and all it was a fabulous day.

Not Me Monday!!!

This is my first ever not me Monday!!!
I have been a reader over at Mckmama for a long time now
And oh how I love to read her Not Me Mondays!!
I thought it would be fun to share some of my not me moments this week with you.

B fell off his tricycle (motorcycle as he likes to call it) the other day. When he stood up his elbow had been scraped. I did NOT look through my bag to find that I had nothing to clean it off with as blood ran down his arm. Not me, I am always prepared for things like this especially since this kid gets hurt all the time. Then as I walked him back home to get a band aid, I certainly did NOT take him to the pet grooming shop next door to get a band aid and washed up just because I was to lazy to walk up the three flights of steps to our apartment. Nope, Not me, I am a gymnastic teacher, I would NEVER be that lazy. After that as we both walked through the door of the groomers at the same time B's bleeding arm did NOT rub against my jeans leavening a big blood streak. I would never than say out loud "I wasn't planing on washing these for a few more days" Definitely not me, how insensitive and dirty, I would never even think that, let alone say it. And to top it all off, I absolutely did not end up wearing these said jeans for another few hours because I was still to lazy to walk up the stairs. I would never do any of these things. Oh no NOT me!!!!!

Batman

B is in love with all things Batman.
I am not really sure why
because he seems pretty clueless as far what Batman actually does.
But this minor fact has not stopped him
from being completely infatuated with his favorite superhero.

As we pasted this guys garage the other day
we stopped for sometime theorizing about whether batman in fact lived here or not
I'm not sure what the final verdict was but we had lots of fun

Bubble Head

My dad affectionately calls B "Bubble Head" from time to time.
This picture makes me laugh because he really is a bubble head.
We went to friends birthday party the other day and there were
lots and lots of BUBBLES!!!


B loves Bubbles.
Really, who doesn't.
I love bubble pictures so we were both pretty happy.

Watch Out Tony Hawk, There's a new kid in town!

We got B a skateboard for his fourth birthday in June.
This kid LOVES to Skate.
Every railing or ramp he sees he wants to ride on it regardless of the size.
He is fearless and so tough.
We live right by a skate shop
He loves nothing more then going in and talking to all of the pro skaters there.
He practices every chance he gets and its really starting to show.
Here is a video of him a Micheal at a local skate park.

Only A few more weeks!!

In less then a month our adoption will be finalized!!
It hard to believe it has almost been six months B has been with us.
At the same time I really can't remember life with out him.
There have been many trails
But I love having him here
It will be nice when everything is finalized
No more caseworker visits to schedule,
or needing to ask permission when we want to go out of state with him
I can't wait!!
We are so truly blessed to have this little boy in our lives
And now we are
His forever family.
His safe place.
His home.

Hello My Friends!!!

So I don't really know where to start.
I guess I should start from the beginning of our fostering journey.
I have always felt that this was something that I was going to do.
I am not really sure why it just has always been a part of me.
Like a dream, but not, more real then that, like I knew it would happen.
In January, 2009, we decided to start looking into becoming foster parents.
I was so excited that all of our paperwork was completed in record time
and we were approved in March.
The wait for our first placement was short but hard.
Uncertainty was something that I have always been good at dealing with
But waiting for THAT phone call was excruciating.
Every time the phone rang I swear my heart skipped a beat.
And of course, three weeks after we were approved the called came and I missed it!
I tired to call back the second I got the message but it went straight to voicemail.
Over and over I tried until I got a call from Micheal.
So I hung up and answered his call.
He had been talking to the lady from our agency all this time about a little boy.
My heart was not really prepared for this moment.
I wanted this so bad for so long and now here it was and I was flooded with emotions.
So many things entered my mind at that moment.
I was so happy that this little boy was coming to stay with us.
I also was so incredibly sad that there was a need for him to stay with us.
He was three about to be four.
His parental rights had already been terminated and he was legally free for adoption.
This was crazy because we said that we would be open to adopting but our initial intention was to foster.
We decided to accept the placement.
The DHS worker had been driving around our neighborhood waiting for the lady from our agency to call her back and let her know our decision.
The little boy had fallen asleep in the back of her car as they had been driving in circles.
When we meet her at our door she handed him to Micheal.
He was asleep on Micheal shoulder so I could not see his face.
Micheal handed him to me and I walked him upstairs and took him to his room
His bed had looked so tiny before he came but as I laid him down it was perfect for him.
I took a step back.
I was then able to see his face.
Michael was standing behind me and I started to cry.
He was perfect.
So peaceful and beautiful.
Then went and talked to the DHS worker who brought him.
She had very little information to give us about his background.
This is something that we had to piece together over time.
We went though his clothes and took and inventory of everything as he slept peacefully in his bed.
The DHS worker left and then the intake worker from our agency (who later became our caseworker) came.
We talked everything over with her for a while and then she left too.
It was just the three of us.

It was April 1st, 2009 when B came to us.
We have had so many interesting adventures since then.
I can wait to share some of our stories with you.

In the mean time would any one like to share their placement storys!!

I would love to hear them!!