April 2009 - Gotcha Month

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April is Gotcha Month and it marks an outstanding milestone of James being home now for 1 year. It has been an excellent year. Mommy and Daddy are very blessed with a young man that is truly a joy. He has changed my life in terms of my world views and touched my heart as I aspire to be a good Daddy. To say that Mommy and Daddy love this young man is an understatement!

James has had an outstanding April with only a little slowdown from strep throat. He has healed nicely and didn't seem to cause him much trouble.

The month of April started with our local Guatemalan Families getting together for Easter where a surprise visit from the Easter Bunny was a big hit! Grandpa came with Daddy to the gathering as Mommy was at a wedding shower and Daddy had just had his appendix out and could not pick James up. We had a great time and we received an Easter Basket from the Easter Bunny to take home. There was a good turnout for the well organized event with good food and games.

Onto Great Wolf Lodge in Canada where we had three days of fun splashing events! Uncle John, Aunt Chris and Jack visited on the first day and we had an excellent time in the indoor water park. The giant indoor water park, indoor arcade and talking animals can keep kids of all ages busy for three days with no problem. The lodge caters to not only the kids, but their parents as well. We had an efficiency sweet, but the food in the lodge was great. We did not know what the cost structure was for meals so we packed and planned to eat all of our meals in our room, but the first night we had a nice dinner with John, Chris and Jack. A very filling vacation with highlights that included, a 5 ft wave pool, talking trees - bears - moose and raccoon, story time with the animals, and most of all some quality time with my family in a relaxed atmosphere.

Easter - we made some Easter Eggs, but James was sick with strep throat so we just took it easy on that actual day and stayed home. It was a special day none the less.

Nice Weather begins to arrive! James and I cleanup around the house in prep for the summer and James loves to ride on the tractor and in our plow truck (Jeep). James has also begun to learn about using chalk to draw on the driveway - he was a little aggravated as the driveway is sloped and the chalk kept rolling away. He did a great job!