Court Hearing

We had our court hearing/trial on Friday. It was an extremely long, stressful, anxious, and emotional day. We, meaning Shane, me, and Amber, got to the court house early and we had to wait for quite awhile to go into the courtroom because there were lots of people on the docket. We didn't actually get into the courtroom until about 10:30 or 11am. The main issue at stake and discussed was is Aedyn an "indian child" according to the description of the ICWA. After 16 months the tribe still did not make Aedyn or Hugh a member, which by law then states that Aedyn is not an indian child. Everything is very technical about this subject. Our lawyer feels good about everything that we have presented. The final result at the end of the day is our lawyer gave a verbal closing statement, and the tribes lawyer wanted to give written closing statement. The judge gave him 2 weeks to complete and file it by February 17th, which then our lawyer has two weeks to write a written rebuttal and file it by March 2. On March 3 our case will then be considered submitted and the judge may formally make a decision of which she can take 90 days to make.
We did have a glimpse of hope that the tribe may be willing to settle and allow the adoption to go forth with a post adoption agreement for visitation with the tribe. We are willing to explore this option so that it may guarantee that Aedyn will be our son forever.

Sleep

OMG! Hallelujah! Amen!
Connor slept through the night from about 10:30 pm to 6am.
Woohoo!We realized the miracle happened when Shane's alarm went off and I hadn't been up before that!
Let's see if it happens again,or if it was a flook. Aedyn started sleeping through the night around 3 months, Connor is now 10 weeks.

Me and My Boys

The next member of Future Plumbers of America

Everyone is growing! Connor is 2 months & Aedyn is almost 16 months

Aedyn using the TV remote control as a cell phone
Connor chillin' with Daddy
Aedyn doing his daily chore of dishwasher loading. That's right folks, child labor! haha!

Well, Connor turned 2 months yesterday and we had his checkup. He is now 24 inches (90th percentile) and 11 lbs 10 ounces (60 percentile). The doctor says he is looking good and growing well. He had his immunizations yesterday so he has been a bit under the weather but still eating and sleeping well!He now tracks objects with his eyes with ease and with socially smile at you and respond back with coos and ahh goos! He has the cutest little crooked smile. He loves to be sung to and he loves to snuggle close to our chests!

Aedyn on the other hand, who usually comes to us to tell us he is ready for a nap decided yesterday he would not take any naps!!! UUGGHH! I tried 3 times, and even though when we were snuggling he was falling asleep he decide dto pitch a fit once in his crib. So last night he had an early bath and went to bed a little early without a fuss. Thank God! Aedyn is now trying to sign the ABC's everytime we sing the song, and he can do the signs for "more, yes, please, apple,smart,and all done". Aedyn has his own sign for when he wants to watch Blues Clues, he point to his head like he's thinking, it's so adorable. Most adorable is Aedyn dancing, he loves to turn in circles, and do this squat move!

The best part Aedyn loves Connor! He loves to give him kisses and hugs and loves to bring him things, which comes in handy when Mommy has dropped the binky or burp rag.

Random photos during Christmastime

Connor's very 1st ornament!
Connor with his stocking on Christmas morning!
Aedyn on Christmas morning with his stocking
Shane with a friend, Ashley, at Kat and Jon's caroling party
Aedyn at our neighborhood Christmas house
Brothers :)
Trapped!

Update on resolutions!

Started doing the exercise bit of my getting healthy goals! Starting Monday I started walking about 1 1/2 to 2 miles a day with the boys in the Caddy stroller. It is quite a production getting them ready, especially since it has been chilly out and we all needed to bundle up!
Yesterday we went to the Mall, did a Kids Club event they have there, walked about 4-5 laps around our outdoors mall then had a healthy lunch at Souplantation!

Feels good!

Aedyn sandwich!

Nina and Brian making an Aedyn sandwich on New Years!

Holiday Happenings!

Connor meeting Aunt Soone
Connor Chillin's with Grandma.
Angela in her new hat!
Aedyn opening gifts at the mountains! He got a Bounce and Spin pony!
The view through the town of Running Springs!
Our family waiting in anticipation for Christmas to start!
Aedyn riding on his new tricycle!
Aedyn opening his basketball hoop!
Aedyn and Brayden enjoying a Christmas snack together!

Ok so I am behind on posting for the holidays. We had a lovely time at Mom and Dad's and the rest of the Moore Clan on Christmas day. As our family is extended, opening gifts (because the tradition is to open one at a time) becomes longer, and an all day event! I believe we started at 10:30 and finished by 5pm.
The next day I would not want to repeat ever, at least not until 7:30 pm when we finally got to Dad and Helen's house in the mountains. It took us 6 hours!!!!! It had just snowed on Christmas Day and all the "flatlanders", as Dad calls the people who come us to gawk at the snow, made the drive a nightmare. By the time we got there it was dark and both boys were screaming but Shane got us there safely.
Finally when we got there we had a nice time, opening gifts, spending time with family, talking, laughing! Then we got in the car the next late afternoon to go home, and it took us 1 hour to get through town to get to the highway (it normally takes about 10-15 minutes if that). All the people who came up for day to see the snow were leaving to go home so there was traffic again, so we opted to return to the mountain house and wait it out for another 3-4 hours until traffic died down. We finally left a 9 pm and pulled into the driveway at 11pm. Lesson learned!
Shane took New Year's week off as well so we were able to relax, go to D-land, and just enjoy our boys! Aedyn had the greatest time at D-land, he ran around Big Thunder Ranch and saw Santa, but not up close, and then he made himself at home on the Mark Twain by running around. He would look out to the water and scream "Duck" whenever he saw one. It was hilarious!
New Year's eve Nina and Brian came over, we played games, watched movies, ate junk food, and just enjoyed each other's company!

Overall the holidays were great, and the boys got spolied!

Resolutions!

Need I say that one of my resolutions is getting healthier! Since I had the baby I lost 20 pounds, but I really need to lose a lot more to get to a healthy BMI percentage. So eating healthier( like I did when I was pregnant) and exercising more are the obvious goals.

Other resolutions
1) being a better and more compassionate listener to my husband.
2) being a more understanding and open communicator with family
3) commit to creating more opportunities for my sons to get one on one time with extended family members
4) attend church more often so that we can help our children know God, and have a religious base.
5) scrapbook and keep up with our growing boys and family events
6) be a more patient, kind, and loving person to those I share my daily life with and also to those that are complete strangers.
7) Be the best Mommy and Wife I can possibly be!

Boyz in the Hoods

Happy New Year!

Everyone have a fun and safe New Year!
May 2009 bring everyone peace, love, and joy!