Isaac says the funniest things.....

So, really, sometimes Isaac is the most insightful child you can imagine.

I know that most people really do think they have the smartest kid on the planet, but since I didn't actually BIRTH Isaac, I do think I can say, he is really insightful for a kid.

I wish I could just remember all the funny things he says. Sometimes they are so grown up that you think, "Did someone tell him to say that??"

We are at the doctor's office and Zion is sick. The nurse is going to swab his throat for a strep test. I begin to tell Zion what is going to happen and that it will scratch his throat. The nurse disagrees with me and tells him it won't hurt,
(a side note, that is a BIG pet-peeve of mine, DON'T LIE TO MY KIDS!!)

So...She swabs his throat and Zion throws up on her.

Isaac "tsk'd" his tongue and says, "That's Karma!"

It CRACKED me up!

GOT-CHA!!!!!!

Today is a special day in our family.

It's Isaac's "Got-cha" Day.

9 years ago today, we packed up our Ford Explorer with an empty carseat and headed from College Station to Houston Texas. It was a Tuesday. Isaac had been born on Sat. (New Year's Day) and with all the Y2K stuff, I guess people were worried about stock piling food and having electricity. So this little one creeped into the world at 3:17am while we slept. Our adoption agency, New Life Children's Services, was closed over the weekend. So on Monday they called us, and let us know we were parents again.

We arrived at Ben Taub hospital and met our social worker there. I was able to go up first and see our tiny new little one.

He was 3 days old, 7lbs, 7oz and goodness gracious he was CUTE!

Although Isaac was our second son, it was our first go with a newborn. (Michael was four months old when we adopted him.) He really seemed so tiny. I had always wanted a son named Isaac, so there wasn't much discussion about his name. His birth parents had given him the name James. So we put them together, Isaac James Thornton.

He continues to bless our lives in so many ways. Life is NEVER dull with Isaac around. We never imagined such a ball of energy was encased in that tiny wonder 9 years ago! He is full of miracles. (I'll tell you that story another day). And we can't wait to see what God has planned for him next!

I LOVE YOU ISAAC!