Ok, today I'm going to start with a thankful list. I'm thankful for the bright sun that's out today. I'm thankful for memories, family and friends. I'm thankful for the colors of fall. I'm thankful for music and the way it moves my heart and soul.
My adoption awareness link for today is some friends that we met at an adoption support group. They have two precious "special needs" (which didn't turn out to be anything at all) boys from South Korea. They blog at http://www.someshadesofbrown.blogspot.com/ .
And now, the reminiscing. My parents have been in the process of changing all their old slides into CDs. My dad emailed this pic the other day with no explanation. When I opened it I thought it was A. But the bib wasn't right, the high chair wasn't right and the background wasn't right either. Turns out it was me with Lord knows what all over my face.
And it so reminded me of pics of A when she was that age. Sorry for the blurriness of these pics. Most of them are pics of pics.
We could have been twins.
I started going through old pics yesterday. I have them in an old washtub by the base of the steps and I was going to move them upstairs. I had such a great time going through them that I might just clean them up and leave them downstairs. I haven't decided yet.
I found T's baby book and a bunch of old pics of him. Love this one. He still has the same grin.
When I found this one I said, omg! What a couple of dweebs!!
This is from one of those photo booths. Same time frame as the above pic.
One of my fav baby pics of R. The cat's tail is over her head and it looks like an orange mohawk.
The girls when they were about 5 and 2.
I have no idea why this is in here sideways (thank you, blogger) but this was Christmas of 96. T's parents with all the grandkids except J.
R jumping into T's hands at some kind of ball pit place. I love her complete trust that he's going to catch her. That's A down in the balls.
Our biggest snowmen ever in TN. T could barely reach the top.
About that same time the girls were an elf and an orc in "The Hobbit".
We've been having "theme parties" for several years now and this was the year of the luau. I had a "coconut top" on over my swimsuit but under that shirt and I would "flash" people right when my dad took a pic. There were lots of smiles in those pics!
T's was one of the biggest smiles.
This is JT on the day he was sworn into the army.
I came across this wonderful pic of Haitian ingenuity. Notice the cement wall broken down for easier access to the balcony from the spiral stairs.
I compared it to our spiral staircase and shuddered at the thought of climbing the Haitian one.
Where Diesel loves to play.
This is Bridget when she was a baby. I like the way this pic looks like a painting. It was foggy.
Omg! This is T and his twin when they took the furnace and water heater apart when they were 2. One of the things the repairman couldn't even put back together and they had to get a new one, but I don't know which one it was. T is on the left in the white Jetsons shirt. Look at their feet. They were barefoot. It was a coal furnace so they were black. Their hands, their faces, their clothes! Love this pic.
And this is T and his older brother acting like they are racing golf carts. T is on the left.
Oh, I found these pretty pics of R. She was 17 and this was one of her senior pics.
These pics were on my phone. Diesel is still trying to catch the water that falls from the faucet. He doesn't seem to tire of this game.
And he often gets a drink too.
Our house with it's fall colors all around us.
J got into A's theatrical make-up (with permission) and painted himself up. A's making a funny face behind him.
Speaking of funny faces, this is J blowing on a harmonica.
And this is one of my fav pics ever. A fell asleep leaned against the couch. Her knees buckled but she didn't fall because the couch was in her way. She was 2-3 at the time. Too cute!!
And that's all the reminiscing for now because I have to go decide what to do with all these old pics.
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