Back To Reality

Reality didn't enable me to post this yesterday but this is how we roll after 2 weeks off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvC1ijiyv1c

Kids after Holiday -
Mon after Holiday - Kids bounce out of bed singing and dancing - can't wait to see their friends - come home from school in a great mood
Tues after Holiday - Kids get out of bed - school is ok - come home from school so tired they are fighting with anything that moves and they are grounded within the hour
Wed after Holiday - Kids are dragged from their beds, eat while sleeping, get dressed with eyes still closed, sleep on the way to school, parents wake them up and shove them out of the car - come home to tired to fight, go to bed early
Thurs after Holiday - Kids get out of bed grumpy, teachers are mean, school stinks - come home bright eyed and in a great mood as tomorrow is FRIDAY
Fri after Holiday - Kids bounce out of bed singing and dancing THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY! Come home pumped up for the weekend.

Whew - we made it through another Holiday Hangover!

Matt's Clutch Free Throws

You can tell I don't have a ton of sports excitement in my life. I mean, the Cards stink at football - and I don't really watch them play basketball. The Colts are doing great and we get excited about that.

But these 3rd-4th grade games have us on pins and needles for 1 hour every week. There are so many missed shots, dribbling into traffic, dribbling, dribbling, dribbling, jump ball, jump ball, jump ball, oops I dribbled out of bounds etc. But how many 2 point games can we have?

This week Matt was asking me what the best basketball award was - Best Defensive Player, Best Free Throw Percent, 110%, Most Rebounds, Most Points, etc. My response was basketball is such a team sport - every player needs to know how to shoot, pass, dribble, play defense, etc. But there's no better feeling than hitting the game winning shot at the buzzer or hitting the free throws to tie or clinch the victory when all eyes are on you and the entire gym is screaming or dead silent waiting to see if you choke. Those are the moments you remember for the rest of your life. He just smiled like he was picturing it in his mind.

At the beginning of the season, I taught Matt how to shoot a free throw. He wasn't real keen on it at first but I insisted that no son of mine was going to have crappy free throw form - if you miss, you are going to look good doing it! Now - I wasn't sure if he'd get in a game and just launch a shot at the basket or take his time and actually shoot a "free throw" like I taught him.

Today he had his chance. As he went to the line, all the Dads around C and I said, No pressure but if he knocks these down, we're all tied up. Well, Matt took his time and knocked down 2 free throws to tie the game late in the 4th quarter. When he sank them both, I turned around and told the Dad's, "He has my genes!" They all laughed at me. Matt ended the game with 5 points - shooting 75% at the line and we won 13-11. He is completely pumped up!

7 Months On The List

Hard to believe we could possibly have a picture, medical history, social service report and a NAME in 5 months. How cool is that! That's not long at all. It's about the same length as baseball season.

We have a lot to do!

We're very excited and very busy. I've been getting our house cleaned out - I love Coit carpet company - Thanks Whit for recommending them! They saved my carpet and if I had a toddler, she could crawl around my house without worries.

The boys are very excited. Today, Matt and Mark brought me a stuffed animal for Mia. It's a horse with a pink mane. They won it a while ago and with all the cleaning, it has resurfaced. So sweet.

We think about her all the time and can't wait to meet her!

Our Christmas was wonderful despite the 24 hour bug that made it's way through our house but we made the best of it - Spending a lot of time hanging out on the couch playing board games.

New Years was a bit different this year. Chris and I haven't stayed home in years. We were at home just the four of us. I wouldn't have traded it. Mark was so excited it cracked me up. He was counting down from 3 hours. He would pop in every few minutes and announce how much time was left. Matt, Chris and I were all in bed trying to stay awake watching TV LOL I'm sure you saw the crazy guys doing stunts in Vegas. OMG - I just knew they were going to splat - so glad they didn't. I think C woke me up to tell me I was getting text messages at 12:01. So sorry I didn't respond. I don't really do Resolutions or whatever but I will say I had a great feeling as 2009 began. Days come and go but for whatever reason, turning the calendar made me feel closer to Mia.