My boy is such a treasure!

I had a rough day at work yesterday so when I went to lunch, I called my Mom as I always do. She put Connor on to talk and she went on to tell me about his day, watching Caillou, playing, riding bikes.. and so I said to him, "Connor, can you pray for me? I'm having a bad day." He said, "Yeah, we will pray when you get home tonight." I said, "No, can you pray now? Tell Nana." So he stays on the phone while saying to my Mom, "Nana, we need to pray for Mommy." I hear them praying and then Connor says, "AMEN!!" :) What a blessing my boy is!!

Also, seemingly since he turned 4yrs old, he has become very peaked & excited about God's Word, reading the Bible, telling me all about his Sunday School lessons & memory verses! It's so amazing for me to be his Mom and to see him grow & learn about the Lord and be excited about it! As I was in process to adopt, I remember reading an article from a magazine wherein a missionary talked about our goal as parents is to "point their feet toward Jesus." That is sooo true and it's been one of many prayers all along so to see him now .. sooo excited & passionate about God and prayer is indescribable & joyful for me!

Summer 2010

It's been a very very very busy summer! Lots going on!

Connor just turned 4 years old last week! This summer he began 2 big things: swimming on his own, no arm wings (!) and going across the big-kid monkey bars completely on his own!! I am floored!! He seemingly does new things all the time, adds to his vocabulary continually, amazes me constantly... and I love him more each day! He's so sweet, but also tests me continually... but isn't that what kids do to their parents? Press the limits, see what they can get away with.. Psh! He's overall a good boy though. :) This summer, he revealed that his friend, Sara, "split up with him." HAHAHA! They're the same age, 3 weeks apart.. and have always been close buddies. So then just last week after having a playdate at her house, on our way home Connor says to me, "Yeah so me & Sara didn't split up." Guess it's an on again, off again relationship? hehehe... too funny! I'm telling you, he keeps me on my toes and laughing all the time, comes up with the funniest things!

I started my Bachelor's of Science in Nursing degree program this week. So far so good, lots of reading! Jumping back into school after 6 1/2 years is a little rough but it'll be fine. My sister is also in the same program as I am so we're going at it together.

Connor is such a busy boy, keeps me busy, keeps me & everyone else laughing hysterically all the time...

He loves to tell stories always... will replay things, retell them as they happened or as he thought they happened in some cases... he'll tell me about his dreams or nightmares. He expresses gret enthusiasm when telling stories, or telling about a certain situation that took place. He's overall.. very expressive, says exactly what he needs to say.

We just got a big trampoline once the snow melted so he's been having fun on that with his cousin & friends.

His love for God is amazing! He loves to share with me what he's been learning in Sunday School, gets so excited about it! His eyes light up! It's so great seeing & hearing his enthusiasm for Jesus Christ! He said to me the other night, "Mommy, Jesus says he wants me to be his buddy, one day I will be his buddy!" How simple & amazing is that statement? :) LOVE IT!!

He tells me all the time, "You're beautiful" or "You're cute." LOL He cracks me up! So funny!

He's joined in prayer time... he used to not want to, but now he does and I love every single prayer he prays. Typically it is something like, "Jesus, thank you for Mommy and thank you for our family. Bless my Mommy. In Jesus Name, Amen." Other variations exist... and they're just precious! He will oftentimes pick up on others' moods, things he may hear us talk about in passing.. and pray for those people or situations. Once he saw God answer a prayer directly, and he was so amazed and it was shortly after a Sunday School lesson about how God hears us when he pray to him. :)

This morning he was watching PBS Kids and I overheard Dinosaur Train : "That is dinosaur feces... what's feces? Feces is poops. All Dinosaurs poop, and the more you eat, the more you poop.." OMG!!! LOL hahahaha Way to encourage toddler to laugh at the word "poop" hahaha... because Connor was just giggling away LOL

A few weeks ago, I was sorting through pictures and came across many many pics of when Connor was little little.. like just home! :) So he & I sat down to look at them.. we giggled & smiled at them all.. seeing how little he was and how much he's grown.. and then found some of when we were in Guatemala! He goes, "This is when I was adopted in Guatemala!" :) Such a proud boy he is...

Recently, he went in his room and shut the door (so young for this, right? haha) because we lost the remote, hence cannot play his new Plant 51 DVD because we need the remote to switch over to the DVD player... *sigh* drama sometimes.. haha...

He wakes up some mornings telling me about what "The Bible tells us..." and "God tells us/God says.." What a blessing to hear this 1st thing in the morning.. then he gets up and says he wants to keep telling me more, and when I said I had to use the bathroom, he said, "Okay, you go pee and then I'll tell you more..." :)

Once, he came running up to me, held up his pinky, said, "Mommy! Pinky Swear!" I said, "What for?" He had no explanation, must've heard/seen it from an older kid. hahahaha so cute! :)

Another time, he was telling me a story, and he led to this: "Don't worry Mama, when I get your age, I will buy you a 'puter.."

Last month, I took Connor to ER after he was coughing soooo bad, wheezing.... while in the exam room he asked me, "Mommy, am I being very brave?" Awwwww!! :) YES! definitely!! He also added, "I hope I don't have to get a shot.."

So it's been a good 6-7 months since I last posted/updated here. I know, such a slacker :P

A lot has happened... I have a new job. I am now back at the hospital I used to work at for 5 years, only on a different floor. It's been wonderful going back to acute care, from home care. Home care just was not for me, in the long run and I was just meant to move on at that time. So I've been back at the hospital since November. I love seeing everyone again, home care was so lonely & quiet... not what I'm used to. But I did learn A TON and gained alot of knowledge & experience in a vast array of demographics.

Connor is doing wonderfully! He's 3 1/2 years old now, learning alot, such a smart, sweet boy! There are so many of his quips & sayings that crack me up!! He cracks us all up! HAHA! :) He's always been my little water bug. We recently went on a weekend getaway to Great Wolf Lodge in Sandusky, OH. And he is now an avid underwater swimmer with his cute goggles in place... sooo funny!! Of course, in the shallow.. not yet in the end he can't touch on, still wears arm wings but he was cracking me up swimming underwater, nose unplugged. HA!

Also, he recently wanted to write a letter & mail it to his closest friend, Sara. I tried soooo hard not to laugh.. it was sooo precious the things he wanted to tell her like "I want all your dreams to come true" and "I will wish upon star." Where does this kid get his material? haha! And so then he got a letter back from her in the mail. So funny!!

I will add pictures in the next few days... :)