Help 100 Children with Your Mouse

Reece's Rainbow, a ministry that assists with adoptions for children with Down Syndrome, is in the running for an American Express grant. (I read about it on 5 Minutes for Special Needs.)

Click here to nominate the ministry to receive a grant that would help 100 children. No catches. Just nominate before Sept. 1.

'67 Shelby Raffle

My good friend Jodi and her husband are raffling off their '67 Shelby to benefit The Wooden Cross Ministries.

Jodi's church is "drawing up plans to build a Ministry Village. The first structure going up is the Hope House where the main focus will be families: counseling, budgeting, foster care, as well as a child advocacy center, of which there is none on the east side of Atlanta."

Visit www.youcouldhelp.com to purchase your $25 raffle ticket.

Happy Early Birthday

Grandma & Grandpa bought Tyler a climbing jungle gym for his birthday. He loves it! Brian and I love that we can sit down and enjoy the backyard without running circles keeping up with Tyler!



See the Gatorade bottle? His favorite thing is to roll bottles down the slide!

He also likes to go down the slide on his belly. He wants to go face first, but I won't let him!

First Baseball Game

Before the game, we went to the kiddie section, and Tyler did not want to part with this ball. Instead of throwing it at the moving target like the other kids, he took it to the top of the slide and threw it down!

Here is Tyler leading the way to the top of the slide, Mama in tow.

And good thing. That was a big slide. Tyler wasn't too sure about it once he got to the top! But after Mama brought him down, he wanted "more! more!"

This looks like he had a great time, sitting in the stands, watching the game, doesn't it?


Truth is, he lasted as long as the candy did. Two innings into the game, Mama and Daddy took turns chasing him around the stadium for two innings each. Six innings into the game, we called it quits... just as the home team hit a double in a game we were losing 3-0.

Grandpa had fun, too.

Less than 15 minutes later...

Making the Sofa More Comfortable

After moving all the sofa cushions onto the floor — repeatedly — Tyler was exhausted.

Tyler: "mmmm, tomatoes!"

Visit Green Resolutions for pictures of Tyler. Click here.

Armor, toddler-style

Tyler got in trouble yesterday while I was at the grocery store.

Brian popped his leg for something, probably throwing something down the stairs.

Tyler ran into the laundry room and tried to put on two pair of denim shorts, as if that would protect his leg! The problem is that he isn't coordinated enough to pull the pants up over his diaper, and he had them on upside down anyway!

Do you want a kiss or not?!