MADE MY{HEART} SMILE

LAST NIGHT I WAS CLEANING UP SUPPER, AND ZAK SAID MOMMY, I'M SO HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THIS FAMILY. I STARTED TO CRY OF COURSE, I SAT HIM DOWN AND TOLD HIM HOW MUCH WE LOVED HIM AND HOW LONG WE WAITED FOR HIM TO BE IN OUR FAMILY, AND HOW WE PRAYED FOR HIS BIRTH MOM, EVEN BEFORE WE KNEW HER. I ALSO LOVE HOW HE WILL SAY MOM I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, DID THAT MAKE YOUR HEART SMILE. YES SILLY BOY "O" HOW I LOVE YOU, THANKS FOR BEING BY BUDDY I LOVE THIS AGE.. P.S I LOVE BEING A MOM, AND WIFE....

THERE'S "SNOW" PLACE LIKE HOME!!!

I LOVE SNOWMAN!!! I BOUGHT THESE WOODEN SNOWMAN'S THIS YEAR I PUT THEM ON MY PORCH, WHEN I SAW THEM I KNEW I HAD TO HAVE THEM. I COULD NOT WAIT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN WITH ZAK HE WAS SO EXCITED TO BUILD ONE AS WELL I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE REMEMBERS BUT A COUPLE SUMMER'S AGO I FOUND A SNOWMAN KIT AT A YARD SALE I'M SO GLAD I BOUGHT IT I THINK I ONLY PAID $1.00 0R $2.00. WELL WORTH IT.

MY CUTE LITTLE MAN SITTING BY HIS SNOW BUDDY, HE HAD TO PUT HIS SNOW SHOVEL BY HIM.

DADDY HELPING HIM ROLL THE BALL.

MOMMY PUTTING ON HIS CUTE FACE.

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES

CHRISTmas THIS YEAR WAS SO MUCH FUN, IT IS ALWAYS HARD FOR ME WHEN CHRISTMAS IS OVER, I LOVE THE MAGIC THAT IS IN THE AIR, ZAK LOVED SANTA, HE WANTED A TRAIN TABLE AND A TRACTOR WITH A WAGON ON THE BACK OF IT. THIS IS WHAT CHRISTMAS IS ALL ABOUT WATCHING YOUR KID'S AND TO SEE THE EXCITEMENT IN THERE EYE'S I ALSO LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR, I LOVE TO REFLECT ON OUR SAVIOR'S LOVE THAT HE HAS FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. I LOVE THIS PICTURE OF SANTA BOTH ME AND MY SIS GOT ONE THEY ONLY HAD TWO, WE FOUND IT AT ONE OF OUR FUN STORE'S WE LOVE TO GO TO, THEN THE NEXT PICTURE IS OF MY NEW SANTA REMEMBER THE DAY MY POWER WENT OUT AND WE HEADED TO THE MALL I SAW HIM AT JC PENNY'S ZAK LOVED HIM TO I KNEW I HAD TO HAVE HIM I DO A CHRISTMAS TREE IN MY KITCHEN NOT THE ONE THIS SANTA'S BY, BUT A DIFFERENT ONE, IN GINGERBREAD MAN AND STUFF, HE WAS 160.00 I GOT HIM FOR 30.00 LOVE DEAL LIKE THAT. IT MADE BOTH MINE AND ZAK'S DAY WHEN I GOT HOME I PUT HIM BY MY GINGERBREAD MAN TREE, BUT THEN I MOVED HIM TO MY KITCHEN WINDOW THAT'S BY MY SINK, ZAK SAID MOMMY YOUR SANTA LOOKS CUTE. I LOVE HOW HE LIKE TO DECORATE FOR ALL THE HOLIDAY'S WHEN I WAS PUTTING AWAY MY CHRISTMAS HE SAID MOMMY PLEASE GET OUT VALENTINE'S SO YOU GUESSED IT MY VALENTINE'S IS UP, BUT WE LOVE IT .

ZAK IN HIS CHRISTMAS JAMMIE'S, WE ALL OPEN A PAIR OF JAMMIE'S FOR CHRISTMAS, MY MOM USUALLY MAKES THEM BUT SHE HAD BEEN SICK, AND I DID NOT WANT TO PUT MORE ON TO HER SO I GOT THEM AT OLD NAVY. IT SAYS REINDEER LOOKOUT!! SILLY BOY

ONE OF OUR CHRISTMAS TREE'S THIS ONE IS IN OUR FAMILY ROOM I BOUGHT IT TWO YEARS AGO IT'S A FLOCKED TREE I LOVE IT GROWING UP WE WOULD FLOCK SOME OF OUR TREE'S I LOVE TO HAVE ONE OF EACH

ZAK OPENING HIS PRESENTS. I DIDN'T WANT IT TO END HE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING

SANTA PUT HIS TRACTOR OUT SIDE WITH SOME TRACTOR JOHN DEER JAMMIE'S ON IT. HE LOVED IT I LOVED HIS FACE I GOT IT ON VIDEO.

EVERY YEAR MELISSA(ZAK'S BIRTH MOM) AND HER MOM GIVE ZAK AND US A PRESENT, WE USUALLY GET THEM ON CHRISTMAS EVE BUT THIS YEAR I DROP OFF MELISSA TO HER AUNT'S HOUSE ON THE 23 AND SHE HAD ZAK'S READY, AS SOON AS WE GOT IN THE CAR HE WAS DYING TO OPEN THEM, I TOLD HIM HE COULD OPEN ONE OF THEM TONIGHT, AND THEN WE WOULD WAIT FOR THE OTHERS ON CHRISTMAS EVE JOSH AND I HAVE SET THAT FOR HIM, SO IT CAN BE SPECIAL FOR HIM, THIS IS OF HIM ON CHRISTMAS EVE OPENING HIS PRESENT. I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT MELISSA AND HER FAMILY MY LOVE GROWS MORE, AND MORE AS I THINK HOW CHRIST LIKE SHE IS, AND FOR HER GIVING JOSH AND I THIS WONDERFUL GIFT WE LOVE HIM SO MUCH. WE HOPE EVERYONE HAD A MERRY CHRISTmas, WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THIS YEAR BRINGS, THANK FOR ALL YOUR LOVE AND FRIEND SHIP...