Random Stuff

I can't believe it's almost been a month since I've posted. Thomas has changed a lot in the month of August. He now talks in full sentences and sometimes little conversations. Most of his words are clear to understand, while some are still hard. He copies everything!!! The other day I was sitting on the couch with my legs crossed. He sat next to me and attempted to sit the same way. After watching gymnastics on TV, he said "I can do that." Next thing I know he was hanging from the side of the coffee table with his legs above his head. Luckily it was the coffee table, not some high bar. He has gotten taller and now is wearing 3T-4T and a size 9 shoe. So excited when he remembers to use the big boy potty. Definetly turning into a little boy, no baby...........so sad :(
He loves to play with his cousins, friends and over at Grandma & Papa's.

Jim has gotten a little busier with fire season, so there's been a few days when we are home alone. Thomas loves to talk to him on the phone. He takes the phone is his bedroom, so he can talk to his Daddy alone. Such a big boy!! Jim is so excited because when fire season ends, we want to take our first "annual tradition" family vacation. We are going to try to make that important every year as a family to get away and spend time.

He LOVES trains. He LOVES riding his big boy bike. He tells everyone to call him TJ, except his cousin Mary, she can call him Tommy. He is an will always be Mommy's Big Guy and Daddy's Lil' Man.

We are almost at the 10,000 visitor mark on our blog. This is so neat because we're going to share it with Thomas when he's older, he will be able to see just how much people love him. We truly are blessed to have such amazing friends and family, who have loved us through our journey. Speaking of journey, we are planning on getting back on the adoption list this Fall. We have to apply for only a boy, since our house is two-bedroom.........nothing wrong with that, though. We are praying and ask you to pray with us, to see if it's God's Will for another child to become part of our family. If his answer to our prayer, is NO, we are okay with that. We have been blessed so much with Thomas. We are putting it completely in God's hands!!!

Well sorry for the random thoughts, just want you to know that Thomas is still growing up fast and we happily busy with him. It's all good!!

Hearing Photo's

 

 Judge Harry L Powazek makes it Official

 

 Family and Friends

Thomas's Fan Club

THANK YOU

We would like to thank everyone who attended our Adoption Finalization hearing and Celebration.  I was very humbled by all the support we received.  It was awesome to see the Judges chamber maxed out with family and friends.  The Judge was in shock and never seen such a large group in support.  Trish got teary eyed when the Judge said he was a Family Court Judge and is usually used to breaking up families and how awesome it was to put one together.  It was amazing to see the over 100 people who attended our celebration.  It was nice to finally meet those who stood on the sideline of our adoption journey praying for us along the way.   This was great close to a long chapter, through it Thomas experienced what true love is but this last experience, he saw how truly he is loved by many.

Pictures to follow...

It's Official !!!

ANSWER TO PRAYER!!

Today I received a phone call from the San Diego County Court / Adoption worker to schedule our finalization of the adoption. We are scheduled for 2 weeks from today. This is so exciting! We will probably have a BBQ later that week if you want to be part of our celebration. This day has seemed so far away, now today it is 2 weeks away!

August 3rd, 2011, Thomas James Huston will officially be our son!!!

Thomas loves to swim!!

Grandma & Papa got Thomas some swim lessons from a college girl at their church. Thomas goes two times a week and has only had 5 lessons, thus far. He is "grasping things very quickly" his teacher shared with me today. He loves to swim under water and pick things up. He loves to float on his back. Loves to jump in the water and at times swims like a pro in training. He always has a smile and seems so happy in the water. Almost like a natural. Today he started swimming underwater with 'dolphin feet'. He uses his legs together and swims really fast underwater. Thomas is so excited to swim at Grandma & Papa's house in their pool and show off his talents.

I miss you too, Daddy.

Thomas is really changing right now in his personality and what he says or how he says it. We've worked really hard on teaching him lots of things and words. I have realized that as a Mommy, I have a very important part of being an example to him. If he knows how much I love Daddy and he hears my continuously talk about Daddy, then he will grow up to know that his Daddy works hard to provide for our family. Daddy loves us and misses us. He's always thinking about us. Daddy is good at his work and loves being outside. Daddy can't wait to come home and go play with us, too.
Jim has this really cool device called a SPOT device. When he's in an area where he can't get cell service, he just hits the button, which sends a message to my cell phone and to my email. It is a GPS tracking device, so on a google map, it marks the exact location where he's at. I love when I get the message on my cell phone, because I feel like he had a moment to say "I'm thinking about you guys". To know that he has moments during the day when we cross his mind, in the midst of being hot, tired and working in extreme conditions. During the day when I get the GPS message, I tell Thomas to come to the computer so we can see Daddy. He sits on my lap and as I zoom into the map, you can actually see a red dot in the exact area where Jim is. Obviously it's not a live picture, in most cases it's about a year old satellite picture. But Thomas gets excited, puts his finger on the dot and says "I see Daddy!!" He leans in close to the computer screen and kisses it. He started saying (this week) after he kisses it "I love my Daddy".
This morning, Jim had time to SKYPE so we actually got to see him on the web cam, not just talk to him on the phone. Thomas was so happy to make silly faces at Daddy and watch Daddy be silly back to him. Thomas loved to talk to Jim, too. Even though it's only been 7 days, I miss him really bad and it was so good to see him on the web cam. Technology has made somethings really great!!
When Jim is gone, I pray a lot for him and have started to teach Thomas how to pray for his Daddy, too. Each night we kneel on the floor next to his bed and say our prayers. Usually I say the words and he copies me. Tonight he said he wanted to do it "all by myself". He knelt by his bed, folded his hands bowed his head and closed his eyes. He softly whispered "God....Daddy....Fire....Home......all done." I loved hearing his tender voice talk to God about his Daddy. As I was rubbing his tummy and watching his eyelids fall, Jim called to talk to us. I put Jim on speaker phone and he told Thomas how much he loved him and to have a good night sleep. Jim said "Daddy misses you." And with eyes half open, he said "I miss you, too Daddy." I watched Thomas roll over into his pillow and close his eyes. Thomas fell asleep wearing Daddy's shirt and I know he loved falling asleep hearing Daddy's voice, too. I was able to sit and talk with Jim for a while longer, which was nice.

Have I told you how much I love being a Mommy and a Wife!! I feel so blessed!!