the day of thanks

well, just thought i would say that we went to OKC to eat with the Pool side of our family. we were going to the grand ole furr's but the line was INSANE! as in winding around the parking lot....so we went to western sizzlin.....my first time there...of course is was right smack dab in the middle of ry's nap time thus giving us fun memories....afterwards, we hit up the super wal-mart.....got ry some christmas gifts....then we came home...ry slept from 3-5:30....hopefully we have a good night's rest tonight......anyhoo, HAPPY THANKSGIVING...now i am ready to kick up my feet and enjoy tucker being home for 4 WHOLE days...the most days in quite awhile!! :D

thankfulness

i can't believe thanksgiving is a day away...CRAZY! here are some of the reasons i am thankful:

1. my salvation
2. God's grace and mercy
3. my family- my amazing husband and beautiful daughter...and our little angel in the belly
4. friends
5. Twilight

sometimes it's hard to remember to be thankful for ALL things. i know i get down and say 'what is there to be thankful for?' but glancing to right i see my bible...in the living room sits a precious little girl, at work is my amazing husband that gives more of himself than anyone...there are ultrasound pictures on the fridge of a precious little baby that will be in our arms in a couple months....we have God, each other, shelter, food, and clothing...do we NEED a fancy car, house, and fancy things??

ryan and a box

these are her "piggies"

this is her elbow

these are her teeth

this is her nose

saying CHEESE!

blowing kisses

busy...busy

i thought i would do a quick blog. we've been super busy. last night, we went to tucker's parents for ryan's paw paw birthday party. she loves helping him open up presents. lately she has been quite a little entertainer for all those willing to watch...she was singing "mickey mouse, twinkle twinkle, wheels on the bus, elmo" and everyone loved it of course. ryan doesn't remind me of a shy child.

oh yea, we moved ryan to a twin bed in her room. her memaw got her a really cute blanket and she has some polka dot sheets and LOVES her bed. ryan grabbed my hand and lead me to her bed...i think all the present opening wore her out with all the dancing and singing.

other news, RYAN WENT POTTY IN THE POTTY!! we had a potty party. we haven't been training much since the new baby is coming and i don't want to bog her down with a bunch of new changes. but, it did give me hope! she kept going to her potty and saying "poo poo in potty YAY". also, next summer is ellie's last moments...he is moving away. yep, the thumbsucking is out of control when mr. ellie is around. i talked to the dr and he agreed to give it a couple months after dylan is here before taking away ellie.

oooooo, i think i figured out what ryan has.....i should seriously invest in an MD degree! ryan might have celiac diease...which is an allergy to wheat, rye, and barely. thus, she would have to go on a gluten free diet. this is a herditary disease as well...this disease won't kill but it's more about quality of life...considering the body can't absorb nutrients makes the body work harder to fight off sickness.. anyways, i have to take her in to get tested in the city for it...which is a prick on the finger. answers though.... :D

well, i have a baby shower today and more things tomorrow....my life doesn't slow down and don't think that i will ever get to....but it's okay cause i wouldn't change it for the world!

it's a.......

i thought i would write today. i was so sick yesterday...i had aches and chills all day yesterday accompanied by fever...i took some Tylenol pm, went to bed at 8:30 and this morning felt 100 times better.

....anyhoo....yesterday i went to my ob appoint and went to check in only to find out when i made my appoint last month she forgot to click ENTER! yep, i showed up for a non-existent appoint. she must've understood my frustration cause she was going to put me in real quick...but i went this morning instead. i was sooooooooooooo frustrated! when i go to my ob appointments, i take ry to tucker's office simply because she freaks when i am up on the table and she can't see or something.

my appointment today was good and bad. the good news: it's a girl!! the bad news: i am fat. dr told me to watch what i eat. it's weird...one dr says gain the other says you are fat! okay, so he didn't call me fat but i have never ever ever ever in my life had too-fat-issue-talk. he didn't seem too concerned though...good thing about this dr is that i was out of there in 30 minutes...that includes an ultrasound.

i am happy with a girl. i would have loved a boy only because i would've had one of each. the name "arvil" stops with tucker. :D

so, we went to Tulsa last weekend. we had such a fun time seeing everyone. the only thing about visiting is that i never want to leave. ryan loved visiting too. she got to see her aaaabaaaaaa (ava). welp, that's all for now folks.

leaves, ballet, and steak

cheese in the leaves

wanting to play outside all day!

the cutest little dancer

totally ready for dance

breaking it down

ry's favorite part...the pom pon song

ry LOVES helping cook...this is her testing the sauce

this weekend was filled with a bunch of relaxing. we went to breakfast as normal at the cherokee with all of the grandparents. ryan talked her paw paw into a singing frog...she definitely loves her paw paw...when she sees him she just LIGHTS up!!

i haven't been feeling the greatest so i tried to rest up since tucker was home. ryan has become obsessed with care bears now...i think sesame street is over with...she says "bears bears" gets on the couch with her care bears and relaxes. the cutest little thing.

ryan was up and down all last night...so was her mommy!! ahhhhh!! she has been going through a phase where she likes to sleep with me. i allow it...she's only this age once and actually wants her mommy...we have a while. but we are going to get her a REAL big girl bed this week!!

anyhoo, ryan helped her daddy rake leaves this morning and played outside majority of the day. our neighbor gave her a stake he was grilling....and i have to say that was the first time i have seen her eat beef....but her daddy ate most of it...our neighbors are pretty awesomely sweet. they are great.

well, not much this week going on but we have a big trip this weekend to tulsa. i am sure that ryan will make the week go by fast though.

ELECTION

she is so adorable!

izzy!!

our little tree huggers!

well, the election has finally drawn to a close. (thank goodness). now, all the political commercials can go away for 4 years. i am glad my vote actually went to the winning candidate...however, i am getting pretty tired of everyone being 'disturbed' about who won...well, i have to say he didn't win narrowly but by a fairly huge margin. i get frustrated cause people win always complain. i live in bible belt oklahoma and i sit in sunday school or during the sermons and listen to all the republican view points and how democrats aren't really christians. i beg to differ. i like to call myself a democratic southern baptist. (basically unheard of...) God chooses the kings that rule over us...does God not have a hand in Obama's win? i have my reasons for choosing to be democratic...i think democrats are more Christian sometimes than republican's...democrats are known as 'bleeding hearts'....anyways, i hardly ever put political opinons out there anymore...people trying to convert me that is a lost cause. i don't know why people debate about politics because we already have our opinons yet people still try to impose on you. BLAH.

we haven't been that busy yet again we are...ryan is such a lil nut!! i love her so much. last night, tucker and i were watching the evening news and ryan got on the couch and gave us a 'group hug' kissed her daddy, kissed me, then proceeded to get down to play. crazy how many times we have 'grouped hug' and she caught on enough to do it out of the blue. yesterday she kept coming to me and saying 'please cheese'....ryan has ate almost 12 pieces of string cheese in the past 3 days...my opinion is she is actually eating something...so let her be...

yesterday morning ryan woke me up by singing to me and giving me kisses. sounded like she was singing 'you are my sunshine'...the song i have sang ever since she came out of the womb to wake her up. ry is getting conversational....she talks and talks...she asks 'why?' now...she is such a blessing even when she is embarrassing me with the fake fit in stores!! :)

the baby has been moving like crazy. i am starting to get my belly, thus carrying ryan and having a big ole belly is starting to make me really tired when it comes 8. sometimes i wonder if i can even stay up to put ryan to sleep. however, i do know sleep is now something of the past and i probably won't get any till i am 50. this pregnancy seems to be going by fast. i am already 24 wks...i think trying to keep up with ryan makes the times go by quickly. some days i think of how unprepared i am...but how much prep do ya need? i make the milk...cloth diapers i already have, and clothes...i have all those things...i just need to dig out the clothes.

well, till next time adios!

Happy Halloween a day late....

HAPPY HALLOWEEN...i know i am a day late...we have had a pretty exciting past couple days. wednesday...us girls went to dance class, then decided to play on the playground with adeline and izzy, then decided to go over to adeline and izzy's so the boy's could hunt and most importantly...see their new casa!! (it's pretty awesome). we didn't get home late.

thursday was the day clinton does trick or treating and our church fall festival...we didn't get home till really late that night too...

making friday CRAZY...ry is a child who DEFINITELY needs her scheduled sleeping! her pawpaw aka maytag man came to help fix my sad excuse of a washer that does work so i shouldn't complain...however, ryan came up to me and lead me to our room meaning she wanted to go "night night" @ 6:30!! i actually got to relax with tucker and hang out with him.

today i actually got to sleep in thanks to my super duper wonderful hubby!! we went to breakfast with her pawpaw, uncle jake, granny, and grandpa...i have to admit she does have pawpaw pretty wrapped around her little finger!! afterwards, i went and helped her pawpaw and uncle jake build ryan's shelf that looks like a dollhouse. seriously, whatever ry ry wants ry ry gets from pawpaw!! afterwards, we went to the park. ry LOVES the outdoors just like her daddy. she tries to go outside even if it's cold...we normally do, however, lately she goes outside to bug hunt. have i mention ry's obsession with bugs?? we came home and made some dinner. ryan has been helping with the dinner the past two nights. i let her pour ingredients...she LOVES to help...load/unload the dishwasher, washer, dryer....fold clothes...sweep...anything i am doing she is trying to do...

saying cheese!!

posing with her daddy

us girls

dr. pool with dr. mark, bennett, and matthew the stormtrooper

playing games with jada

with addison

"fishing" for candy

ry loved putting pretzels in the lion's mouth

anyhoo, i am amazed with all ryan has been doing lately. her language doubles each week...today she said "why why why?" she loves taking bows at the end of each dance. too cute.

the baby in my uterus is becoming much much much bigger. i have double in sized in the past couple weeks. ...i have gained 10lbs...but still i am short so looks more like 20! i am feeling movement like crazy...i love the assurance of movement!! i am kind of hoping for a girl...

the names we've came up with for a boy are: reagan, christian, logan and that's about it!

for girls:marley, dylan, and that's about it!

all i know is that i am going to be HUGE!! i hope i can still walk...this pregnancy is flying by! i am 23 wks already....and i have too much to do before this baby gets here...well, happy time change and adios!