Sick Papa?

Dustin is sick.  He went to bed early and after Ry and I finished eating he wanted to go tell Papa to get well soon.  I walk in there after him and see that he is crying.  I asked him what was wrong and got this answer..."I'm just so sad that Pop is sick.  I do not like him to be sick."

What. A. Sweetheart.

Sometimes, he leaves me speechless...in a good way.


Get well soon, Papa!

November 16th - Re-Adoption Day

November 16th, 2011 - Ryland's Re-Adoption Day

Top 4 Reasons to Re-Adopt
1. A Legal & Binding U.S. Birth Certificate
2. A Legal Name Change Can Be Completed
3. Not all U.S. States Will Recognize a Foreign Adoption Decree
4. Re-Adoption is Another Reason to Have a Party!


You know us, we love any reason to celebrate our family!  So we ventured out early this morning to Fort Worth for our hearing.  Our hearing was quick and painless.  There were 2 other families there at the same time doing their re-adoptions and it made for a cool experience.  My Dad and Dustin's parents were able to go to the hearing with us and it was nice to have them there with us.  We were able to video the experience and take some pictures.  Don't mind the quality...all we had were iPhones...(hint, hint Dust)

With the judge

The whole crew

The judge asked Ry to make it official with the gavel

A little nervous before we were called up.

The judge gave him a puppy!

Ry with Grandma

What a stud!

Our little mechanic

Ryland had a great time learning some mechanic basics.  These videos mean a lot to me.  It's so cool seeing Dustin do things like this with Ry.  Not every little boy has someone to teach him things like this.  So grateful for both of my guys!

Our little star

I forgot to mention that Ry scored 2 of the 4 goals in his game yesterday!  We are so proud of our little athlete!

Fall Family Fun Day - 2011

Last Saturday we had our annual Fall Family Fun Day or the triple FD as we like to call it.  We started the day out with a visit to the pumpkin patch for hayrides, mazes, pumpkin picking and lots of pictures.  Then we headed over to Tyler and Leah's for the real fun!  Witch's brew, cookie decorating, Halloween bingo and a Ghost Hunt.  Ry absolutely loved the Ghost Hunt and wanted to do it again as soon as he dug up his treasure!  Here are some pictures from our day of fun!

Ry's current obsession...Star Wars...I'm hoping this will pass quickly.

Sadie was sad to miss the pumpkin patch, but was excited to jump on the hay bale for the front yard pumpkin display!

Ryland & his Mama

Let the cookie decorating commence

Halloween Bingo!  Ry's marker of choice is candy corn.

Mrs. & Mr.

Absolutely amazed with the Witch's Brew!  He was fascinated by it!

Cookies!

Chandler & Baby T

Somehow Anakin showed up at the park!

Dallas Stars Season Opener

It was a great game! There were tons of broken sticks, a Blackhawk's head went through the glass, Ryland trash-talked the Chicago fans sitting next to us, the Blackhawk's pulled their goalie (Ry's favorite) and an awesome time was had by all!




Best part? The Stars won!!!
 

First Grade...off to a great start!

Ryland brought home his report card for the first 6 weeks today.  I opened it, not really knowing what it would say, but hoping it wasn't too bad.  I pulled out the stack of papers and out falls an "A" Honor Roll ribbon.  Are you kidding me?  I was tearing up and showing Ry the ribbon.  "You made the Honor Roll!  Great Job!  I'm so proud of you!"  And he just stands there looking at me.  He has no clue what an Honor Roll is, what it means, how he got there, etc.  My crying slightly threw him off momentarily...was I mad, happy, sad???  He didn't know.  After I explained what it was, Ry was very excited!

I get that it's 1st grade.  I get that it's the first 6 weeks and just a review of last year.  BUT, most of you know what we went through last year in deciding on whether or not to send him to 1st grade.  So anyway...this is a HUGE deal for us!  Go Ryland!  We are so proud of you!

PS - Where do we get the bumper sticker???