Oh the Bliss!

Crucifixion and Resurrection                      ~The Valley of Vision O LORD, I marvel that thou shouldst become incarnate,    be crucified, dead, and buried. The sepulcher calls forth my adoring wonder,     for it is empty and thou art risen;     the four-fold gospel attests it,     the living witnesses prove it,    my heart's experience knows it. Give me to die with thee that I may rise to new life,    for I wish to be as dead and buried to sin,        to selfishness, to the world;            that I might be delivered from his lusts. O Lord, there is much ill about me - crucify it,                           much flesh within me -  mortify it. Purge me from selfishness,                         the fear of man,                         the love of approbation,                         the shame of being thought old-fashioned,                         the desire to be cultivated or modern. Let me reckon my old life dead because of crucifix

My last little post on Tristan was a winner, thanks for all the love friends! I think it was all the super stealth-like pictures of him. (Mark noted what he learned from that post was that "not allowed to post pictures of him" really means "not allowed to post pictures of his eyes." So I took a little liberty with the no photos rule... can you blame me?) I wrote that post really, really quickly, like in 3.7 minutes. I want to go back and expound on the whole adoption thing. I think it came across as an announcement of sorts and may have surprised people whom we didn't tell in person. To me it wasn't so much of an announcement because it's something we've kind of figured for a while now. Our family has always been looking to adopt him, and the longer we've gone without bio-family contact the more we figured adoption was a go. What solidified that assumption was a conversation I had with his social worker saying she was going to ask the judge to

THIS BOY!!!!! Because of legal stuff with Tristan not exactly being "ours" I'm not allowed to post pictures or videos of him online. This is a challenging rule for me to follow! Especially when I see LOADS of other people posting pics of their little darlings like it's their job, and I can't one up them with my outrageously ADORABLE baby boy. It's humbling really. :) Little t (not to be confused with T, or Tman, which has rightfully belonged to Troy for 4.5 years), is growing perfectly. He is a happy, content, easy-peasy, sweet boy -almost all of the time, but nobody is perfect, right? When done correctly , he falls asleep in about 37 seconds. It's a thing of beauty. (Should I not post this picture? I'm I going to get CPS called on me due to the amount of loose blankets in his crib? Yikes!!) He is eating like a champ. He sits, rolls, grabs, rocks on his knees and is seconds away from crawling. And he laughs. Does this boy laugh! Eve