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"If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done"

Payton
A characteristic of the normal child is he doesn't act that way very often.
Madison

Meet Payton...

Payton Avery Romero blessed our lives on August 29th 2000. Payton is truly a gift from God and we thank him for both our girls everyday and can not imagine our lives without Payton! Payton is very smart, silly and clumsy. She is also the most beautiful blue-eyed girl that I have ever met. She is lovey-dovey, but she has to be in the mood for the hugs and kisses. She is the light of our life and we love both our girls with all our hearts!

Meet Madison....

Madison Esperie Romero entered our world on Feb. 23rd 1999 and our life was changed for nothing but the best and we thank God for her. Madison is our oldest daughter. She is very smart, beautiful and although she is a lil "moody" at times, she is also the sweetest when she wants to snuggle. She loves to talk and her new favorite thing is to cook/bake....she gets that from her Nanny Ang (as much as i love her, in so many ways she really should have been Ang's lil girl he/he). We love this beauty more than she'll ever know!!!

Our Family

Us...Trip over love, you can get up. Fall in love and you fall forever.
Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your heart.
A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.

I promise

I read this in a book and loved it. I changed it a bit, but hopefuly one day my girls will read this and know how very much I love them : )

To my beautiful Daughters, Madison & Payton...

- I promise to always be consistent and provide you with your stability.
- I promise to display actions that you can mimic. I'll show you that being out of control is not okay. I'll teach you the benefits of morals, values, respect, honesty, and good judgment.
- I will always strive to make you completely trust me and your surroundings.
- I promise to lead a clean, wholesome, "late-night/partying free" lifestyle- so that you learn the difference between excess and occasion.
- I promise to allow you to develop a healthy sense of attachment and give you a sense that the world can be a reliable place. I will limit and monitor who comes into your life for your benefit and protection. There will not be a revolving door of people in your life.
- I ultimately vow to keep you safe and free of harm to the best of my ability, but when hurt does occur I will be by your side to comfort that hurt away with unconditional love free of judgment and under NO circumstances will I ever turn my back on you, EVER.
- I promise to always correct you when you've done wrong and ALWAYS be truthful and honest with you about life and lessons that I've learned, but also allow you to make your own mistakes so that you learn from them.
- I promise to you that if there is anything compromising your healthy well-being I will be proactive in making any changes deemed necessary to insure your developmental and emotional growth. This I vow to you with every fiber of my being.

My dear, sweet, innocent, precious gift from God I promise to you this day to always strive to teach you:
o Spirituality
o Morals & Values
o Importance of Education
o Confidence
o Strong Will
o Loyalty
o Responsibility
o Accountability
o Wise Behavior
o Imperfection is okay
o Kindness
o Compassion
o Patience
o The Importance of Hard Work
o Apathy
o Consistency
o To always be friendly
o Forgiveness

Most Importantly LOVE


I am sure I will add to this as the years go by and I learn lessons myself along the way. This is the core values I want to instill in you to send you out into the world with. I promise you that I will continue to learn and grow with you along the way. I love you both with all of my heart and soul. You're going to have more love surrounding you that you will ever need. You were sent to me as a very special gift from God that I will never, ever take lightly and will always make my utmost priority.

With All My Love to my beautiful girls,
Mommy

I Love You Enough....

To my daughters, Madison and Payton....I love you enough:

I loved you enough... to ask where you were going, with whom and what time you would be home.

I loved you enough... to insist that you save your money and buy a bike for yourself even though we could afford to buy it for you.

I loved you enough... to be silent and let you discover that your new best friend is a creep.

I loved you enough... to make you take a Milky Way back to the drugstore (with a bite out of it) and tell the clerk " I stole this yesterday and want to pay for it"

I loved you enough... to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned your room, a job that should have taken 15 minutes.

I loved you enough... to let you assume the responsibility for your actions even when the penalties were so harsh they almost broke my heart.

And I loved you enough...to say NO when I knew you would hate me for it. Those are the most difficult battles of all. But I will be glad when I win them because in the end you'll win too.