It's all kinds of these profound things crashing on you when your child arrives into the world. It'like you've met your reason to live. - Johnny Depp

 

It is amazing the journey that a Loggerhead Sea Turtle takes in its life. And this, is where it all starts.  It starts with a momma turtle taking her precious eggs to the shore where she has to leave them in a clutch of sand and hope that they will make it to the next stage in their life. She comes a shore in the middle of the night with one goal in mind, to get her eggs to the sand dune where she will spend 45 minutes to an hour making a nest strong enough to withstand predators like crabs and racoons...oh and dont forget mankind. 

  Once she is sure she has covered her nest thoroughly she heads back for the sea.  It was dark when she set shell on sand and now the sun is just starting to rise. 

 Seeing the turtle tracks and nests in Melbourne reminded me so much of being a mom myself.  Moms tend to give so much of themselves for their children. It amazes me how the life cycle of a turtle parallels with being a mother.  We spend endless amounts of time taking care of our children and teaching them.  We would go to the ends of the earth to protect our children. Then before we know it they are grown and it is time for them to leave the nest. I just hope when that time comes that I can be as strong as the mother loggerhead turtle and let my hatchlings emerge from their nest and enter the world with everything I have taught them.         

                                                                           

2nd Grade

Every year it is tradition on the first day of school to get a picture of Trevor. This year however I was rushing to get us both out the door on time so I wasnt late myself. So this picture was taken with my cellphone. The batteries in the camera crapped out. 

I did get to walk him to class which is something I would have not done. I mean it is 2nd grade and he reminds me on at least a daily basis that he is a big boy. But he had so much school supplies to take in and his backpack was already so heavy. 

2nd Grade already? It doesnt seem right. Like maybe we skipped a year or something. I know from here on out the time will fly and he will be going into middle school. He has a great teacher this year who is suppose to bring out the best in him and hopefully he wont be bored this year. God bless her. I pray she entices his brain in some way. Looks like she will though. No worries yet.

Goodbye Summer

Seems like this summer just flew by. I didnt want to let this summer go already. Even with Trevor starting school....it still didnt quite feel like the summer was ending. Even after going to the beach this weekend and enjoying a nice night in Melbourne, it still didnt feel like Fall was approaching. This morning though as I was letting the dogs out I realized that our beautiful tree with the white blooms had leaves turning colors and we also had some leaves in the backyard. Also while we were driving to the beach I noticed the fall colors on the trees.

So I guess it is time to say goodbye to summer 2010. We didn't do much this summer and weren't able to travel much, but the time we spent together as a family was enjoyable.

Gone Too Soon

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.  ~Josh Billings

 His eyes

 It was almost as if he had a human inside of him. The kindness in his eyes was not often found in other dogs.

Unconditional Love

He was Trevor's best friend. When Trevor was afraid to walk in a dark room, he would always take Maxi with him. I remember when we brought Eme home from the hospital and he would lay by her crib. 

My dog too.....not only was he a great companion for the kids, but I also loved him too. Whether he was laying on the floor beside my bed or under my feet keeping them warm, he was always there. I will miss watching him jump in circles outside looking for birds to bark at or running his cold nose along my leg. Maxi you will be missed, but if All Dogs Go To Heaven......I know forsure God will let you in. We love you friend!

Summer is here.....

The tans will fade, but the memories will last forever.

I have always loved the summer. I love to go swimming and there is something about the sun shining on your face.  Its the time of year that we go to the beach and bbq in the backyard. I love the afternoon rain showers that soak central Florida.  More than anything I enjoy having Trevor home from school.  

I didnt get around to blogging much in the month of June.  Once Trevor's first grade year ended we have been going non stop. I returned home from San Angelo for my visit and to see Skyla graduate and it seems like we are already in July and I am going WHHHOOAAA! hold up let me just figure out where June went! I guess a good reason the month flew by is that we were having fun.  I like having fun, but hope the rest of this summer doesnt pass so quickly that I dont know where it went. That seems to be the story of my life.

Captain Pantyhose

Children change so fast and it seems that one day they like something and the next they dont. I hope that isnt the case with Trevor's imagination.  These days there are so many children glued to the tv or their hand held games.  Trevor he has never been on of those kids...well unless he is sick and confined to the couch.  It seems as though his imagination is constantly at work.  Captain Pantyhose was something that came straight from his imagination!

He came to me and said mom can we cut a hole out of your panty hose. This took me by surprise, but I had a brand new pair of panty hose that I probably was never going to wear. I hate them things! So I found them and he asked me to cut the foot area out. Then he placed it over his head like a bank robber. He made funny poses and ran around the house. Then later that afternoon we were playing in the back yard and he went in the house and came back with the panty hose on his head and a cap on. He got on his razor scooter and rode it around the yard. He came around the corner of the house and the air would catch his cape and we would say TRALALALA. Thats what Captain Underpants says. The Underpant series is one of Trevor's favorites. If all that wasnt funny enough he took his shorts off and tried it in his underware. I love this kid! Always making me laugh!

Make it Fit.......

Emelyn loves shoes. I am not sure if this is because she is a girl or that we have just always put shoes on her. This morning she went into her room and returned with a pair of shoes that she has outgrown that I had put in the closet to give away. She handed the shoes to me and climbed on the couch. I told her that they didnt fit, but she insisted I put them on. As I was squeezing her chubby little feet into them I got a image in my head of the prince's servant going thru the town looking for the foot that fit the glass slipper and all those feet that just would not fit into it. Emelyn wanted to wear those Navy blue shoes with the red bow on top just as bad as all those ladies in Cinderella wanted the glass slipper to fit them. I would squeeze her chubby foot in and she would walk around and come back to me to take them off. This went on 2 or 3 times until she gave up. I now know how it would feel to be the person trying to make all those chubby feet fit into the glass slipper.