Amanda on February 22nd, 2009

Closing in on his 3rd birthday…

Continue reading about My Ian

Amanda on February 22nd, 2009

The planets collided. I’m positive they must have. 🙂 I was sitting on the couch messing with the camera. The sun was out. Everyone was hanging around. Mike put Matthew down on the foam mat. And Matthew looked up at me. And I [internally] gasped. And thought to myself “OMG, PHOTO OP!!!” 🙂

Continue reading about My Matthew

Amanda on February 21st, 2009

Just in the nick of time! April or May-ish of 2007 I think Ian was about 15 months old here…he was watching the JoJo’s Circus DVD that we had gotten him for Easter.

Continue reading about Flashback Friday

Amanda on February 15th, 2009

I took a camera to a discount movie theater to document Ian’s first movie theater experience. 🙂 Heading in…he was yelling “It’s almost time!”: Getting some concessions (we almost lost him to the car video games at this point): We took Ian to see the “Super Dog” movie…or, Bolt, to the rest of us. He […]

Continue reading about Yeah, I was that person

Amanda on February 15th, 2009

that we had sponsored a little girl from El Salvador. If you’d like to refresh your memory, here’s a link:http://thesamulskifamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/so-many-blessingsso-much-to-be-thankful.html Since we adopted her, we’ve gotten some communications back from the agency that manages the process. Mostly informational items to educate us on how the program works, how our money is spent, and what benefits […]

Continue reading about I mentioned back in November