Jordan turns 16 years old today!

Sixteen years ago today, at exactly 8:00 am Jordan Tyler came into our world:) Little did we know as he was born to the opening music to ESP* Sports Center that he would be our little basketball player. I distinctly remember Curtis sitting next to the bed while we were in labor saying we should name him Jordan Michael... Though this little guy was born with some challenges and was very ill as a toddler, and the doctors told us all the things he would never be able to do, he has surpassed everyones expectations in all of his accomplishments and we couldn't be more proud!

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When Jordan was 4 and playing t-ball he ran off the field and straight over to us. He said "Mom, Dad I know why God let me be a little bit blind in one eye. When I'm playing second base I can watch the guy batting with my good eye and I can see if the guy is trying to steal first with my other eye" (he has peripheral vision and can only see around the outer edges of in one eye). We knew at that moment in time, at the age of four, he was seeing the glass half full and he was going to do awesome!! We are extremely proud of his personal relationship and love for Christ, his determination to make the best of any given situation even when met with adversity and his desire to follow God and allow Him to direct his path in life that makes him such a wonderful young man. We love you Jordan ~ happy 16th birthday:)

The Irony of it All

This evening after dinner Curtis gently says "you may want to go through some of the mail that came today". I thought this comment was strange as we typically open the mail, put it where it belongs and go on with our day. This peaked my curiosity. The first piece of paper is from the government. Not something nice like a tax refund, no, it's a letter from the selective service system telling us we need to register Daniel, our 18 year old. Well, as he is our oldest and I've never done this before I totally freaked out. I called my girlfriend Lora who has a son Daniels age, as well as a son that is two years older than Daniel. She gently tells me yes, you need to do this but they aren't taking him anywhere...it's ok...it's part of having boys. I guess I thought they only had to do this if there was a draft or something but that isn't the case. So, after some deep breathing exercises and my conversation with Lora I continue to go through more of the mail. The next piece of mail, yes, it too is from the government! We received our I 797C notice stating they have received our I 800 A application and we will be receiving an invitation to go get fingerprinted in the near future..this is GREAT news!! In my wildest dreams I wouldn't have thought that on the exact same day we would receive two notices from the government; one wanting us to register our first born son with the selective service and the other progression in being another step closer to bringing our baby girl home from China...Curtis said something about with this type of odds it may be a good day to go to Vegas? Not that I'm dying to go to Vegas however, I think I just may agree with him!