Archive for January, 2009

HARRISON HAS HIS FIRST BASKETBALL GAME

WELL HARRISON HAD HIS FIRST BASKETBALL GAME WITH THE MIGHTY MITES AND ‘YES’ TEAM. HE IS HIS FAVORITE, #8 . HE LOVES TO DRAW AND WRITE THE NUMBER 8 TOO. HE HAD ALOT OF FUN. HE’S NEVER PLAYED IN HIS LIFE, JOINED THE WEEK BEFORE AND WAS THROWN IN THE GAME. HE KEPT RUNNING BACK AND FORTH AND WATCHING HIS SHADOW AND DOING SPINS… AND PUTTING HIS ARMS UP TO BLOCK THE OTHER GUY..BUT LIKE HIS MOM, HAD NO CONCEPT YET OF THE GAME.

IT WAS A RIOT. TIMS MOM AND SISTER DOTTIE WERE IN TOWN AND DOTTIE TOOK SOME GREAT PHOTOS. HOPE YOU ENJOY. TONIGHT IS MOVIE NIGHT. MY FRIEND TRICIA GOT US AN OLD FASHIONED POPCORN MACHINE.. SO WE’LL WATCH EITHER BOLT OR KUNG FU PANDA.. AND AT SOME POINT I’LL GO SEE ‘RACHEL GETS MARRIED” XOX

Well We are now Officially a Family! And we also broke bread with Howard,Charly and Stubbleyou!

Yesterday the judge pronounced Tim and I the parents of Harrison Anthony Morales. But the hour and a half getting to that point was nerve wrecking. More on that another time…time to just dwell on the outcome. Our lawyer in Florida called us and said “Do you have a Notary with you?” We said’ Uh No.’..Anyway we jumped in the car…me half way made up for an audition for How I Met Your Mother in a few short hours. Any way California and Florida laws differ in adoption..and the heartache, nerves and tears in that hour and a half trying to meet the requirements from the Judges Chamber and still follow each states laws and being patient and trusting God in the middle, were quite a challenge. But it all paid off. And when the Judge announced that Tim and I were now the parents, it was Tim’s time for tears.It was amazing. Although from the day Harrison came to us, we considered him our son and assumed the responsibilities and love that follow it.

The night before we met Howard (who was in town on business), Stubbleyou (who works downtown), and Charly who jumped off a plane from San Francisco, got caught in traffic but than joined us at Carmines in south Pasadena. The food was great, but the company was even better. Howard knows something about almost everything!! Never a dull moment with him, and Harrison loved him. Of course they regaled him with gifts, which they needn’t have…but he really enjoyed meeting them all and staying up later on a school night. Steve sang me his parody off of JLY’s new film “Oy vey my son is gay.”, which was hilarious…and Charly just lit up the room with her joy when she arrived and showered us with amazing, perfume and cologne gifts ,so much so that TIm and I could probably avoid a shower for awhile and still be presentable to the world.All in all it was a great evening, and hard to leave. I would have stayed so much longer if we hadn’t had to get up for school.  MANNY SKERITT”. I’M the one with my clothes on

FROM 8° TO 65° IN A MATTER OF HOURS

WELL WE JUST RETURNED FROM MICHIGAN AFTER 2 WEEKS OF STAYING WITH MY MOM AND DAD. WHAT A WHIRLWIND. ON CHRISTMAS EVE WE HAD 38 SIBLINGS AND THEIR KIDS IN MY PARENTS HOME. TALK ABOUT LOUD!! EVERYONE LOVED HARRISON AND HE WAS NOT SHY AT ALL. HE LOVED THE SNOW THE MOMENT WE GOT OFF THE PLANE AT 1100 PM. OUR CONNECTING FLIGHT IN DETROIT WAS DELAYED, AND THAN TOOK OFF, BECAUSE OF A BLIZZARD IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, BUT THANKFULLY WE FINALLY LEFT…AND FOUND OUT ALL FLIGHTS AFTER THAT WERE CANCELED .

HARRISON WENT SLEDDING, THREW SNOWBALLS, THREW HIMSELF IN THE SNOW, ROLLED IN IT, DANCED IN IT, MADE SNOW ANGELS AND NEVER SAID HE WAS COLD. I TOOK VIDEOS AND WATCHED FROM THE WINDOW… A LOT… SINCE IT WAS MOSTLY THE GUYS OUT THERE. AND I GOT THE COLD/FLU HE CAUGHT AT SCHOOL, TIM SUBSEQUENTLY GOT IT, AND MY DAD AND SISTER,ETC…

BUT WE SURVIVED AND HAD FUN. MY DAD AND HARRISON BECAME POWER RANGER PALS, AND WITH MY MOM HE IMPRESSED HER WITH HIS ARTISTIC SKILLS AT 5 YEARS OLD…ALSO MY DAD COACHED HIM IN BASKETBALL AND HE LOVED DRIBBLING 75 ON THE RIGHT AND 49 ON THE LEFT. WE WENT SWIMMING AT THE YMCA ONE COLD DAY, WE SAW ‘THE TALES OF DEVEREAUX” ..HE PUT ON A KNIGHT HELMET AND SWORD, AND IMPROVISED A BEAUTIFUL DANCE WHILE WE LISTENED TO MY NIECE SING A GORGEOUS RENDITION OF ‘O HOLY NIGHT’ ..HE OBVIOUSLY TOOK IT LITERALLY, AS IT WAS CHRISTMAS EVE..HE TOLD ME ,’KNIGHTS DON’T USUALLY GO TO CHURCH, BUT TONIGHT IS A HOLY NIGHT…” IT WAS REALLY MOVING..HE MADE MY MOM BE AN ANGEL AND I WAS SOME KIND OF FAIRY…

WE GOT UP AT 4 30 AM EASTERN S TIME AND HE WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS..AND HE AND I FLEW BACK TOGETHER,AS TIM RETURNED TO WORK 2 DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS..AND THE GIFTS AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE ARE RIDICULOUS…YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE OUT THERE..WE CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH… WE’RE ONLY OPENING A FEW A DAY…AND WE PRETEND THEY’RE FROM SANTA RIGHT NOW..AS HE DOESN’T KNOW YOU LIKE I DO… BUT I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.