Family Day :)

I am the one tired now. We went with Nancy and Terry for a long bike ride today. We started in Georgetown, biked around to Alexandria and then biked back to Georgetown. We left the house at 11:00 and did not get home until 6:00 pm. A great time was had by all but I will say having an extra 50 pounds attached to the back of the bike makes things a little more difficult. I kept asking you to learn forward going up hill but this did not make much sense to you!!! You absolutely love bike rides though and I am hoping to get you out more often. We are still working on you riding a bike by yourself but it will be awhile before you can do the the 16 miles we did today.

This was the first time we have been able to do a family day with Nancy and Terry. Your love for them and their love for your is amazing! We are so blessed to have them part of our lives and their unconditional love and support has helped us more then you can imagine and I am sure will continue to get us through not only our rough times but your cheering squad as you continue to grow.

Today was also the three year anniversary of your Grandmothers passing. You never had the honor of meeting my mom, your grandmother, but she would have loved you from the moment she laid eyes on you. I will explain the whole adoption journey to you one day but before she passed away I had started the process and she was my biggest supporter and also my strongest shoulder. Even though she was never able to meet you I know she played a role, in some way, of you and I finding each other (even it if was her way of paybacks :). When she passed away I told everyone that she became my wings and would continue to support me through life's daily hurdles. There is not doubt in my mind that she is watching from above, not only laughing at great amusement from our adventures, but also keeping an eye on you and I. She will always be our guardian angel.

You are headed back to school tomorrow. I am hesitant and not really thrilled by your first week in the school but we will see how week number two goes and then make a decision for the rest of August. Hopefully as they get to know you better and you settle in things will get better but I have to keep your emotional and mental state in mind also. You can only make so much progress so fast.

Keep on Trucking Baby

Love you
Mom