Hold On World, I'm Almost There

If I only coulda seen it coming. I would've still taken him and probably would've even paid a large sum of money for him, but a warning letter would've been helpful. Or at least the ultrasound tech could have said, "Looks like it's a boy, go remove all the deco from your walls, raise your faucets or install drains in all rooms, place nice furniture in storage, buy an expensive first-aid kit with a pair of ear plugs, keep your hands inside at all times, and have fun!"

Oh don't get me wrong, we're having fun, but there is a price. For a small fee of my sanity and a summer's worth of liquid bandage you get......Brooks!

Exhibit A - Steve tells me he's going to take kids to practice ball at the park. 20 minutes later he returns with kid and severe cut adjacent middle lip. Photo and liquid band-aid makes it look like small stuff but I actually debated taking him for sutures.

Exhibits B, C - Climbing playhouse, enormous tree, unsteady rocks or whatever else falls under the risky category

Exhibits D, E - Jumping on tramp with dangerous and possibly explosive items that have now been buried in the county landfill

I remember a kid came into the office one day and his legs were lined with bruises front and back. The assistant asked him what happened and he told her he didn't know, just playing outside and stuff. She wanted to call Family services because she thought it was a fabricated story to hide abuse. Now if I didn't know his mother AND if I didn't have Brooks, I would've encouraged the call, but instead I gave her the "are you serious?" followed by the "get a boy." Yep, instead of telling people to "get a life" now, I say get a boy, cuz that in and of itself is quite a life people.

You keep us young Brooks. He can find a different use for each playground apparatus besides the one it was made for. I try to look at it like, dang he's so creative.
He would eat these for every meal if we'd let him. I can hear you now, "well maybe he wouldn't be so wound up if they didn't give him all that sugar." Please do not pass judgement, we have tried most parental advisories known to Adam. We don't allow Brooks to watch Power Rangers because he mimics many things and the last thing we need is him walking around family parties kickboxing uncles and cousins. One day he came in to Steven & I and told us that power rangers had come on the tv and asked if we could change it because he liked it, but knew he wasn't supposed to watch it. Steve left to change it, then came back in the room and said, "Every once in a while Ang, he gives us a glimmer of hope." Brooks gives us lots of glimmers and I know sometimes he just can't help himself when chance and adventure are staring him in the face, but for any of you that haven't yet had a boy and are planning on more children, consider yourself notified. Oh, and we hope you enjoy the ride as much as we do!