The next right thing...

I went to my first AA meeting with S a few nites ago. I had been wanting to check out an AA meeting for a while but didnt want to intrude on S's newfound turf so i have put it off. I figured if he was actually extending the invite then he must be ok with sharing it with me and i jumped at the chance.

The format of the meeting was very much the same as Al Anon. Main speaker. Program. Open discussion. The overall "feel" of the meeting was much more...intense? I hesitate to use that word since it kind of brings about a negative connotation...but i assure you it was intensity in a good way. The room was FULL of people. Men/Women. Old timers/new comers. Some in sweats/some in work attire..even one gentleman in a tuxedo. Definitely a diverse group brought together on one equal playing field for the hour and a half long meeting. One by one, they shared. And the stories shared were not of hopelessness or shame. Not of apology or regret.
The comonality in each story was that each person was striving to do "the next right thing" in their life.

The next right thing.
I had never heard that expression before, but latched onto it immediately. Imagine if EVERYONE adopted that as their motto in life. Going day to day trying to do only RIGHT things?

The possibilites each of us would have would be endless.

It seems so simple to say.
It seems, when you hear it repeated by a roomfull of people, easy to do.

Just get thru each day trying for it.
Striving for it. Praying for it. Wishing for it.

DOING IT.

so talented!

Tonite was Parent's Nite at M's school. Classroom was filled with art projects, storybooks created by students, photos of kids at play. There was a dvd playing in the back room of M's class...so we stopped to take a look. It was the kids in his class each showing off a talent. For instance, one cute little boy stands before the camera and says, "My name is Samuel. I can do a summersault." then the camera pans back and you see little Samuel summersault his little heart out. Next kid says, "My name is Maya. I can hop on one foot..." You see cute little Maya jump up and down on one foot. On and on until M's cute little face pop up on the screen.

My name is M---- and i can do the shocked face!

and he does.

A true -open mouth- shocked to the core face!

Then he giggles and it fades out.

For those of you who are not familiar with this particular talent (i am figuring 99% of anyone who ever might see this blog are not familiar with what this is...) it's a face we try to get K to make at home to entertain us. "K. Let's see your shocked face..." and bam. there it is.

Funny that he thought that was a true talent!
I Love that little boy!!!!!!

mmmm cheesecake

so
is it
wrong
to
be
eating
cheese cake
and
watching
THE
BIGGEST LOSER???

:o)

baby babble

All that talk about Michael's vocabulary last week got me to thinking about the twins and their current state of speaking. They definitely blow their big brother out of the water for this age..heck, they blow a lot of 2 yrs old out of the water. So I sat down and made a list of the words they each use regularly...Just to preserve this little moment in time.

J's Words:
What's This? (said all run together-whatsthis?)
Bops (for Doodle Bops)
uh-oh
ho ho ho
kiss
Caillou
nite nite (i love how you say this-you get SO excited and say NIGH NIGH!!)
hi
stuck (so funny when you think you are stuck you just yell, "STUCK")
quack
choo choo (you say it SHA SHA)
car
beep beep
bye
cracker
cookie
more
kitty
meow
woof
hot dog
fries
stinky (you say "stiiiiiink-dede)
what? (wha??)
mama
dada
Barney
Elmo (you say MELMO)
Jo Jo
Manny (for Handy Manny)
Baby (you also call K BAY-BEEE)
grandpa (um-pa)
ball
hat
five five five (you say it like that)
low low low (there is a song with that as the chorus)
star
butterfly (you say "fly?")
my (mine)
nose

K's WORDs
what's that? (whazda?)
kitty
meow
quack quack
moo
baaa
woof woof
sssh (you put your little finger up and do the sssssh)
cracker
cookie
mama
dada (you say it for daddy, jordan and anytime the phone rings!)
shoe
ba (ball)
hat
beep
choochoo
bye (you say it like a southern belle...Bah-byeee)
uh oh
Bops
Good Girl (this was your first word!)
ho ho ho
juice
mo (more)
grandpa (buh-pa)
BASEBALL/BASKETBALL (Ba-ball!!! you say it all excitedly!)
baby

Four Years ago tonite...

I was waiting.

Waiting for my turn to hold MY baby.
Waiting for the snuggles. The smiles. The giggles and the wiggles. The mishchief and the fun.

It hadn't yet begun.

Four years ago tonite...

I went to bed thinking, "when is this kid coming out, already?"...not knowing that i would be a mom by the time i went to bed the next day.

I had no idea how much my world was about to change. How my concept of love was so limited..


Four years ago tonite.

FOUR YEARS???

holy cow.

My BABY BOY is turning FOUR tomorrow!