He likes to move it, move it!

Ryan's favorite places to crawl to are Allie's food and water bowls so he can play in her drool infested h2o and the bottom shelf of the coffee table so he can take everything off and throw it on the floor. Of course he is bypassing all of his toys to get to places where he shouldn't be. He also pulled the plant down on top of himself and that scared him and he cried! He is doing a very good job of trying to get from a sitting to standing position, as well. He did it once in his pack-n-play yesterday.

Jumperoo

Piano Man

Christmas in CO

Working on Crawling :)

Rolling guy

Bad Parenting?

Ryan's 1st cereal with mama's milk

Sitting UP for the very first time!

Smile :)

A day off!

I have been neglecting anything that has to do with writing lately. I feel this is not fair to those who have been wanting to read my blog. To the two of you who read it, I am sorry. I have had a lot to celebrate and many blessings in the past few weeks. I have been back to AZ for a wonderful wedding and even heard my baby's heartbeat. There is too much to explain about it all, but I am very happy to say we will be hosting Thanksgiving at out new home for the first time this year. I apologize again for my lack of typing. Have a great weekend and everyone go see the new Bond movie.

What a day for miracles.

What would you start to think if the carefully laid plans from 3 months prior were suddenly screeching to a halt? That is how we were the past two days. We put our schedules together right. We planned the closing, the move the doctor appt. The final inspection. All was going the way it should. Some lender, decided to put a stop to everything with one sheet of paper 24 hours prior to closing. I don't know how anyone else would act, but I give myself a gold star for not losing my temper on everyone. Hettie and I kept the faith, we knew we had to close yesterday. I don't even have the time to tell the whole story. I'll continue this later but we have to move today... Gotta go.

How about that...

I am on cloud nine this week. We are expecting for those of you who have not been in touch with us. I am excited and have no idea how to express myself. Hettie and I have been transitioning from our lifestyles to ones more accommodating to babies. We are going to be buying and planning and shopping and inviting. There will be painting and prepping and lots of babyproofing. We are excited about all sorts of things and have no idea where to start. We already have our first appt. to see the OB. The unborn baby will have it's first flight in late Oct. Time ot start thinking names. We appreciate the input from anyone, good luck getting your name on the list. And no we are not wanting to know the sex beforehand. We are hoping to have a healthy baby and that is it. Until then, we want to hear the heartbeat, see the ultrasound go to classes and just enjoy the ride. I'll check in from time to time. I need to tell the story somehow!!! Love to you all, and we hope you all are as blessed as we are right now.

Labor Day!

Isn't it great to get Monday off? I always enjoy the 3 day weekends. I like the fact that the next week is only 4 days too. For me it will still be five. Better than six. I am working on getting the sales and service up for the pinellas office. AJ and I have made some big steps in the business. I hope we keep up our run. The real reason for this blog, is because of the wonderful travel we have done this weekend. Hettie, John and I have been up in Crystal springs seeing sights and interacting with local wildlife. Manatees are very cool. They average about 1000 lbs. They swim so gracefully and I think they are some of the friendliest animals out there. They have a wonderful disposition, no wonder they get harassed so much by others. They have no natural predators, but they do no harm other than eating and traveling. I see now why they are called "sea cows". They are pretty cool though. Hettie left a wonderful detailed message about what we did yesterday. I'll let it go at that. Time to relax for the rest of the day, and pray for those in the upper gulf area. We'll be heading home today to get our pup and go home. Take care all.

Nursery Day

As most of you know, Hettie and I volunteer our time in the nursery every other Sunday. We are going in today looking forward to seeing the little ones. Some of the past few times have been a little trying. We want to help out in areas that we signed up for and I am tired of getting other peoples problems dumped on us. Don't get me wrong, we signed up to help and we are doing it gladly. We signed in for the Nursery. Not children over 2. Our training and qualification was given to us for the little ones but nothing else. Some people insist on leaving their older children with us when we are the only ones there in the morning. This is not only unfair to us but the babies as well. We have ages separated for a reason. The older children play too rough for the newborns. The last thing we need is 5 newborns in a tiny room with baby toys and children too big and too old to coexist. We don't have the lesson plan for the older ones, so it becomes much more of a burden. It is really hard to say no. Especially with the other volunteers not showing up for their shift. Sorry I just had to vent. Time to shower.

No Fay Day

Kinda bummin this morning. We have been watching this storm wondering what we were going to get. There were evacuations last night for mobile homes and flood zones. As of this morning, those were rescinded. Now we are watching the swirling winds on shore way south of here. We have to watch it on TV because it isn't here yet. We'll be seeing rain(yawn), wind and power outages. I am happy that everyone will be safe, I just wanted to see a really big storm. We are blessed to be ok, and we'll just sulk through our shower. Have a great day.

Day off

Hooray for Saturday! We are able to hang out at home to get some things done and relax together today. This will be a good day to recharge our batteries and have some couple time. We're going to the Humane Society today and we'll be cuddling the cats. Time for lunch, gotta go.

sore neck :/

Did not feel good yesterday at all. In the morning, my neck was strained working out, and I was in a lot of pain all day. This morning, I am happy to say I am feeling much better. I am still a little wary about turning my head quickly. Today is a day off for Hettie. She has decided to scrapbook, and get some errands run. I think she'll have a lot of fun. She does such wonderful work with all our memories, I can't wait to get home from work today so she can show me what she did. I am so proud of her. She found a great hobby that she absolutely loves. It's exciting to see. I have to get out and jog this morning. We have been walking everyday, and just got to jog for the first time since last week. We're jogging day 2 today since her surgery. She is feeling better. Talk to you all soon.

Been a while

I have been out of the habit for a little while, getting the chance to write today is nice. We have a lot of things coming up and we are excited! I was hired at my new job last month, and I made Manager. I am getting to know the ins and outs of the shop, and I am happy to be working there. The job is fun and challenging. I get a chance to think and exercise my problem solving skills. Some situations are pretty hairy. I like the challenge though. I would get bored really quick if it didn't. Hettie and i both have the weekend off. I think we'll be able to do this every two weeks from now on. Today we are going to the Humane Society, then we'll be at a welcome back party for Hettie's work. This evening, we're going to Hettie's 10 year reunion. Today is going to be a little busy, but lots of fun. I love it. I have been looking forward to having time with my baby all week. It is a good day already.

TGIV

Thank God it's Vacation. So why are we still calling people and figuring out problems with mortgage brokers and stimulus checks, and too many emails. This is supposed to be the time for relaxing and not worrying about those things. I am looking forward to another long day of travel. We spent most of yesterday out and about with plane flights and driving around Tucson. Today we are going to NM and it will be a lot of fun. We get to stay in Pinos Altos and Silver City. It's only going to be a couple days, but there is a lot to see including cliff dwellings and remote towns where the closest grocery store is about 75 miles away! How do some people live this way? I think they enjoy the solitude, and quietness up on the mountain. We may get an opportunity to ask these questions and who knows if they will even care. I am just excited about spending time with family and seeing some interesting sights. We are in for a two week adventure in the desert. Sounds like we'll have to upload a lot of photos to share with you all. Hettie and I are really blessed to have our time together out here. Hope all is well with everyone else and we'll be blogging.
-me