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Message #16391 of 18360  *NEW* To From Subject Date Rob and Marie Randy Edwards   Worn out fun 1/14/07, 10:33am (Last Edited: 1/14/07, 10:34am) I know by now both of you guys have experienced the fun that is involved when your worn out. What I'm asking for is an update. -------------------------------------------------------- Life is great..........Randy -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #16391 • Back to Topics This message has been added to these RRBBS++ Blogs: Randy Edwards 's Blog

Message #16400 of 18360  *NEW* To From Subject Date Randy Edwards Rob Reed   Re: Worn out fun 1/15/07, 10:22am You got it. Fun is very much alive, though little AJ has been getting cranky, lately, which was -- of course -- expected. He had his first day out yesterday at church and he got a LOT of attention from the ladies. Maybe his crankiness when we got home was because he wanted some more of it. He got to hear Daddy sing a few songs for the first time. Unfortunately, according to Marie, he gave some dirty looks during the first tune, but he warmed up to Daddy's voice, I guess, as time drug on. He also had his first stroller ride yesterday (boy, was it cold, but he slept through). Marie's Jetta has a meter on it that we have only just discovered because of the recent cold. When the temp outside gets below 40, a snowflake appears on the dashboard. Whoever thought we would see that feature in L.A.? More pics soon. Marie just developed a surprise pic for the grandparents in 8x10. I commented to Marie yesterday how I finally have this feeling of truly being "grown up." And, it feels really great. I still don't think it will all hit me until AJ can say "I love you, Daddy." Then, I'm gonna be even more putty in his hands than I already am. Marie got her first, true Mommy experience yesterday, having to lug purse, diaper bag, baby, and carseat to church. She still looked as beautiful as ever, although I could tell she was frazzled. If we don't get our bodies conditioned and fit with this lugging baby around, I will be surprised. -------------------------------------------------------- "Treat the Earth not as if it was given to you by your parents, but as if it was lent to you by your children." - Kenyan Proverb "The power of accurate observation is often called cynicism by those that do not have it." - George Bernard Shaw -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #16400 • Back to Topics This message has been added to these RRBBS++ Blogs: Randy Edwards 's Blog

Message #16409 of 18360  *NEW* To From Subject Date Rob Reed Randy Edwards   Re: Worn out fun 1/16/07, 9:04am Your right, you have passed into grown up stage of life. If you really think about it, every decision that you ever make (unless it's a life and death decision) can be reversed,......... except parenthood. Think about what I said and you'll see that it's true. That child will be with you for the rest of your life and it's irreversible. If you have a deviation to this way of this way of thinking, please share. -------------------------------------------------------- Life is great..........Randy -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #16409 • Back to Topics

Message #16410 of 18360  *NEW* To From Subject Date Randy Edwards Rob Reed   Re: Worn out fun 1/16/07, 11:11am >Your right, you have passed into grown up stage of life. If >you really think about it, every decision that you ever make >(unless it's a life and death decision) can be >reversed,......... except parenthood. > >Think about what I said and you'll see that it's true. That >child will be with you for the rest of your life and it's >irreversible. > >If you have a deviation to this way of this way of thinking, >please share. Nope. You pegged it. BIG responsibility. We have the issue of having to tell AJ that he was adopted and of the circumstances surrounding the adoption as we know it... He will absorb this in his own way, which can be healthy, unhealthy, or somewhere in between... it is up to him... but, it has a lot to do with how Marie and I present it. Even still, after reading a number of blogs from some very angry adoptees out there (with names like, among others, "ungratefulandproud"), we have to prepare ourselves for the worst. There is always something. Unfortunately, with an adoption, the child has an automatic excuse as to why he doesn't "get along" with his parents. I heard an interview on an anti-adoption podcast a few months ago of the playwright Edward Albee. He described how his adoption didn't go so well because his parents were conservative and "proper," while he was liberal and homosexual and they didn't approve of this at all -- as if this kind of thing could NOT have happened if he was with his natural parents. In the end, we can just hope (and pray, if that's up your alley) that we'll do just enough to make our children feel comfortable in their own skin and realize that it is not them that need to be grateful for what we have done for them... but that we are most grateful for being blessed by having THEM in our lives. That being said... AJ better take out the bloody trash when I tell him to. -------------------------------------------------------- "Treat the Earth not as if it was given to you by your parents, but as if it was lent to you by your children." - Kenyan Proverb "The power of accurate observation is often called cynicism by those that do not have it." - George Bernard Shaw -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #16410 • Back to Topics

Message #16415 of 18360  *NEW* To From Subject Date Rob Reed Thomas Canty Re: Worn out fun 1/17/07, 8:17am >There is always something. Unfortunately, with an adoption, >the child has an automatic excuse as to why he doesn't "get >along" with his parents. Everyone has to have their excuse, huh? My brother and I have never gotten along with our mother. I try to make the occasional effort, but it never works. My brother gave up years ago. I should learn from him. We weren't adopted. -------------------------------------------------------- http://www.ldphotography.net/ -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #16415 • Back to Topics

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