Like father like son?

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TWO!

Happy 2nd Birthday to my baby boy. TWO? I can't believe it. 2 years ago my life changed forever, for the good, one the happiest days of my life.

For your first birthday, the 3 of us spent the day at Disneyland and Rainforest Cafe for lunch. Then we had family and friends over to our house in the evening for cake and presents. Afterall, you do have one of the coolest birthdays.

You in the box of your favorite present- a Radio Flyer Car from Auntie L.

On January 4, 2009 we had a huge 1st birthday party for you at Grandma & Grandpas. Just 2 of my favorite pics from that day.

You have changed so much and I cannot wait to watch grow in 2010.

I love you!

Merry Christmas, from the Rooneys

Our 1st and Last Christmas

Last year was our 1st and last Christmas as a family. I never imagined we'd only get the opportunity to share one together. However, I am thankful for the one. I guess I can say it's better than none but I prefer to be greedy, thinking I had more ahead of us.

stuck

As the Christmas festivities are about to begin,

this image is stuck in my head.

Monday Memories: Look What I Found!

While re-organizing the garage for the 3rd or 4th time this morning, I came across a unmarked box that I hadn't cleaned out yet. I started digging and looking around, trying to figure out what this box housed. I saw a few picture frames, a baseball piggy bank, a really old Christmas stocking with PATRICK stitched on it... and towards the bottom of the box I found this:

I hardly even remember doing this, but after reading it and looking at all the clippings it started to come back to me. It was 2001 and Patrick was graduating from high school. He had already signed a contract to play baseball at Pepperdine. At this point we had been dating for almost a year and this poem was our year in review. {Remember, this was almost 9 years ago. I was 16!)

As I walked into math

One Monday morning

God directed my path

Cause I couldn't help noticing

You at your seat

When your eyes met mine

Fate that we would meet

It must have been a sign

I never said a word

For 2 full years

And when I heard

You cause some tears

I expressed a few feelings

And conquered my fears

Through 7 innings

My words got around

Heard throughout the bases

Even on the mound

It was a Thursday night

At Esperanza's football game

I had you in my sight

But I only knew your name

That very next day

You just couldn't wait

You didn't know what to say

But I could tell you wanted a date

A walk across the street

Was all it took

Surprised that we would meet

They just had to stop and look

To our first date

At Woodranch & Urban Legends II

Sine the start you were always late

From then on it was just me and you

As your birthday rolled around

On the 17th day of November

My heart is what you found

It was a night to remember

In January came Winter Formal

Our first dance together

It was simply incredible

It couldn't have been better

Senior Prom 2001

An unforgettable night

It was so much fun

Everything went just right

Red dress and white tux

Pictures, dinner and dancing too

It costs big bucks

But all worth it for you

It went by so fast

But our memories will forever last

Sunset League Champions

You played like a pro

There was some hard competition

But how would I know

High school graduation

All of a sudden it's here

It's time to move on

From the past 4 years

Bound for baseball on the beach

Off to Pepperdine as a Wave

All your goals you shall always reach

For the paths you've already paved

Your accomplishments could make a list

Now to college, learning to save a buck

But trust me, you'll be missed

Patrick, I wish you the best of luck.

good news!

camera battery located! Found in bottomless pit, aka my purse! Blogging can continue!

poor camera

Of course when I actually have time to sit down, download all my pictures from my digital camera I plug it into the computer and I have no battery in the camera! I have no idea where it went or where it's hiding. I have so many great things I want to blog and share but need my pics to go along with it! I'm not giving up on finding it.

Monday Memories: inhale

Both my kids are pretty sick right now- bad coughs, runny noses, respiratory crap- notice, the lack of blogging. We've been in and out of the Dr's office and urgent care these last couple of days. I've always said I've been extremely lucky in the sick baby department. Will was never sick his entire 1st year until right after Patrick's accident. He was hospitalized with RSV just weeks later. I know it was from the hundreds of people who were in our house the month of January. That's when I realized Will had his daddy's bad lungs. Come to find out after this weekend, both my kids have his lungs. They are both on inhalers and breathing treatments.

It reminds me of a trip we took to Lake Havasu with my parents. I woke up in the middle of the night and Patrick was missing from our bed. I got up and searched our hotel room but he was no where to be found. I frantically called his cell phone hoping he would answer. As it rang and rang my mind ran through the possibilities of where he could be. He didn't answer. I stayed up, waiting for him and finally, after another half hour he returned. Turns out he started to have an asthma attack in the middle of the night but didn't want to wake and worry me. He went downstairs to the front desk and called for a cab to pick him up. The cab was taking too long as his attack worsened, so he decided to walk himself to the pharmacy to pick up an inhaler. All this at about 2am while we all slept. I wish he has woke me to go with him or help in some way.

I have a feeling these inhalers will be apart of our lives for years to come.

Reese is 9 months!

I have a lot of catching up to do from the past couple of weeks but here is a peek at Resse's 9 month pics.

Halfway through the shoot Will decided to shove Reese off the suitcase they were both sitting on. She headed face first into the dirt. Poor thing had dirt in her mouth and scratches all over the left side of her face.

Here are a few of my favs..

ok more than a few, how about 10?