Today was one of those days...

...where I just really missed Dario. I had to sit in a meeting and listen to things I really didn't understand and try to make sense of it all. As I sat there my eyes teared up thinking how if Dario was here he would have taken care of this for us. I would have sat next to him, asked a few questions and he would have assured me that we were doing the right thing for our future and the kids. Instead, I sat there overwhelmed and confused but also very thankful that my sweet sister was by my side. Thank goodness God gifted her in numbers and financial understandings because she has been my rock in all of this. Thank you Vikki!

Daddy's Birthday Celebration 2011

Today would have been Daddy's 40th Birthday. We honored his day by going to Jake's Hambugers, a place we had enjoyed as a family. We ate great food (not to mention...kids eat free on Tuesdays!) and played video games~something Daddy & Anthony loved to do together. When we left Anthony said "That was a good celebration for Daddy's Birthday!" Of course that made it a perfect evening!

Daddy~we love you with all our hearts, we miss you bunches but we know you are proud of how we are growing and moving forward each day. You would not want us to live in misery while you live in glory of Heaven-healed of cancer, pain free, head full of hair and running through the streets of gold. (There is a joke about the streets of gold that Dario always told...I'll have to think about it and share it sometime...unless one of you, friends, remembers it and want to post it...you'd probably tell it better than me!!)

We will continue hold on to the PROMISE of ETERNITY in Heaven...For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.~John 3:16 Therefore we know that for eternity we will be together. May God bless our friends and family as He continues to do for the three of us...

Happy 2nd Birthday, Isabella!

I cannot believe my precious little girl is already 2 years old! Wow, even though it has been a wild 2 years it really does not seem that long ago that we woke up on Labor Day with plans to relax and hang out around the house that we got the call to hurry to the hospital...Isa was on her way!

Isa is an amazing little girl! She is so very independent...insists on caring her own backpack to and from school, helps mommy a lot, even helps unload the dishwasher! Don't tell her she's too small...if her brother can do it...she is going to give it a try. She is even doing a great job with potty training already! I think she is very smart!! She is also super silly and loves to dance and sing! Isabella is a very loving little girl and I am so blessed to be her mommy.

Each birthday I am in awe of the couragous, selfless, & beautiful act of love for her birthmom to choose life and us as a family for Isabella. She will always hold very special place in my heart. So again I thank God for her and for His continued blessings each day!