Te Amo Miguel

Happy Anniversary Love!  

Four down, a life-time to go! 

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Our Little Man is getting not-so-little.  We celebrated his 2nd birthday yesterday, and I can hardly believe how much he's grown up already, especially when I look back at pictures and videos from the last two years.  Happy Birthday Adrian!  We love you, and love watching you grow!  Thanks for another truly incredible year! 

May 23, 2010

 

May 23, 2011

 

May 23, 2012  

A Note to My Poop-A-Loop:

P Playful and silly

O On the look-out for an adventure

O Outside is your favorite place to be

P Papa is your favorite word 

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A Adrian Donald, there are so many things Momma Loves about you!

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L Loves the way you laugh and make others laugh

O Only you get away with so much by flashing that little grin

O Only you make me feel proud by announcing when someone ‘toots’

P Playful and silly, that’s you 

Poop-a-Loop, Please don’t grow up too fast!    

Time for an update

I know I have been trying to write more reflections and poetry, and less updates and photo posts.  However, I've decided the time has come for a throw-back to those update days, with photos of course, to share about a few fun events that have happened in the last month.  

April 22nd:  Lilly's Baptism

It was an absolutely beautiful celebration - matching her and her spirit exactly!  

 

 

May 5th:  Dad's 60th Birthday Celebration

Dad turned 60 in April, and we had a big party for him shortly after.  Despite the rain, everyone had a great time at the party for our "Super Hero!"

 

May 12th: Kaylyn's Prom

It's hard to believe she's old enough already, but she is.  Kaylyn went to prom with her friend; the day included fun with her hair (done by yours truly...which I can only say because it actually turned out and lasted), a pool-side dinner for her and several of her friends, grand march and dancing the night away. 

May 18: Barefoot Day

The kids may not have celebrated by being barefoot, but they did enjoy the beautiful weather and lovely outdoors nonetheless! 

And check back soon for...

May 23:  Adrian's Birthday  

and

May 24: Happy Anniversary to us! 

Photographs

I wrote this poem back in January, as I sat in the chair in my office and started to cry looking across the room at pictures of my kids and thinking about all that lies behind those pictures.  I share it at this time in honor of my Grandmother and my kids, both of whom inspired it.   

  

I recall the small oval frames hanging on Grandma’s wall

               Her kids

               Variants of black and white to grainy color

               The ones she loves, stretching across two decades

But things change.

Now the photos on the opposite wall sit in large, varied frames

               Her grandkids

               Senior pictures, weddings, with her, and without

               The ones she loves, stretching across three decades

And things continue to change

Now one of the girls in one of those photos sits in her office, looking at photographs of her own

               Her kids

               Shelves of pictures of boy and girl, little and big

               The ones she loves, stretching across two years

And she grieves what will change

What will the frames on her desk hold a year from now, or ten?

               Her family

How will they look, grow, increase, love, struggle, be?

               The ones she loves, who change in mere days

Things change

And as I look at the photographs that mark my walls,

               My little ones,

               Variants from birth until today

               I am proud of how the ones I love have changed

So let things change

And though I will mourn these younger years, and these precious pictures

               My “babies”

               I will look forward to the days when the photos on my wall change

               And these current ones serve as a mere image in my grand-daughter’s memories

And things continue to change.

Grandma’s wall now hosts large black collage frames with new pictures,

               MY kids

               A plethora of great-grandkids where oval frames once lived

               The ones I love, and look at from across my desk

…that is, for now…until they change. 

 

Happy Mothers Day to all those who share the honor of the role of mother, and to my little ones who have blessed me with the role!