c2cd2008

Psst... Here he is with the quilt, dont tell! LOL

Izy

awwwhhh, love his rosy cheeks!! :D
How old is he??

tlrnhi

Awww....look at him all comfy and warm!

c2cd2008

He is 14, gish where does the time go? He was 7 when I come into his dad and his lives and we have bonded more and more over time.

Celeste

He looks adorable! 14? He sounds like a sweetheart! Isn't that the age where they don't appreciate stuff like this?

(Don't get me wrong; I'm not basing it on my own personal behavior-- I was an angel!) :mrgreen:

c2cd2008

Normally kids his age do not appreciate stuff like this. I have a 12 and a 9 yo that do not. This one is my step son and its a very long story, but he has had a really bad life. I just got him a little over a month ago and its been a very emotional time for all of us. His mother is an addict, she just got out of a rehab, before that CPS and truancy officers come in and its all the results of several years of a declining situation that no one wanted to address. I was standing on my head for years screaming at the top of my lungs that things were not right. When there was a threat of removal from his home his maternal grandmother swept him up and would not let us have him and the paternal g-mother helped her keep him from us. Long story short we went and like a swat team or something and created a scene but come out with him and we have faught every day since. But he is a happy boy now, he has the most stable life he has ever known and he misses his mother but he is adjusting more and more every day. He called me mom the other day, which is something I have never asked him to do nor expected and he is starting to hug me and tell me he loves me. He feels very secure where he is now and he is proud of me and all that I do for him. I have chaperoned one field trip with him and will be doing another one in a couple of weeks. He makes it a point to tell everyone I embroidered his clothes he has on, and makes sure and tells them about my quilts, he is a big help around the house and thanks me for every single thing that I do for him. It almost gets annoying being thanked for the food, the clean clothes, the this and the that, but its theraputic to me at the same time to know that he is getting his needs met. When I got him he had nothing more than the clothes he had on, all the things we had purchased him over the years which was a lot of electronics he does not have. He lost everything when the grand mother took him and we have worked so hard to get at least his basics met so having a new quilt to sleep with is a huge deal to this guy. Before, in his home he slept on a mattress on the floor that had no sheets, one flat pillow and one blanket that was worn and tattered.

Now he has money in his pocket, he has a list of chores he does every day in order to earn the allowance. He wears good clothes, and were gathering up things little by little for him to call his own. He enjoys hunting and is a heck of a good shot, he kills squirls all the time and cleans them on his own and we help him soak them and he almost has enough for a "mess" he is looking forward to teating them. I dont want any part of that but will be more than happy to figure out how to cook them so he can enjoy them.

Anyway, its a very long story, but the boy is happier than he has ever been.

amma

You are an AWESOME step mom :D He will never forget all the love you have shown him nor all you have done for him. :D I have pictures of my kids growing up that they did not appreciate at the time, but have a lot of fun with now as adults :D I really like your quilt, it reminds me of springtime :D