like mother like daughter

ryan is a watcher. she watches me. she plots against me. she will probably blackmail me when she gets older. see the little one in the corner? that's ryan's protege she will help blackmail me because i made her dress up as a cow for the fall festival.

back to the subject. ryan has some serious observation skills. it's quite amusing. she knows i LOVE coffee. she believes wholly i only drink coffee. 'mommy, you drinking coffee?'....'mommy, i will make you coffee'. yep. she makes me pretend coffee, in case i don't have coffee at hand. i am glad she is ours. i wouldn't know what to do without our little coffee- maker. (too bad we can't turn her on and off)

today, she took it to a new level. she took the cap from baby d's bottle...placed some candy canes in the cap....i simply said 'ryan....what are you drinking?'....ryan replies 'i drink coffee like mommy'. HELP!

santa brought us this....

sniff sniff

ry is such a hoot!! she says some silly stuff. for example. we have been battling colds lately and i have tried to teach her about 'catching her cough' and washing hands....etc. a couple mornings ago she was sitting on my lap and coughed....i said 'ewwwww all your germs are going everywhere...' she said 'oh, catch my cough mommy?' and i said 'yeah, good job of remembering'...she coughs and catches it and tells me 'hold on there is more'.....'i am not finished yet' cough cough....'mommy, i have a lot of coughs'.....cough cough....i ask 'are you finished now?'....ry 'nope mommy, not yet!'....cough cough 'okay, i am finished now'. WHEW!

baby d is a moving and a grooving. she wakes up and her whole day revolves around going where ry goes. at the end of the day her knees are bright red from crawling...with minor scratches...she always has pants or baby legs on to protect those cute knees. she pulls up on the coffee table...last night she pulled up on the bath tub. she is GREAT standing up.

we are so excited about the arrival of holiday season!!! this year will be a BLAST with ryan. we've already been reading santa books...i know this CHRISTmas will be so magical for her...we can't let her down!! :) we might be putting our tree up this weekend!! yay!!

can you believe it?

finally the weather is COLD!! yesterday was cool...not cold...but today is COLD!! since the weather decided to changed, i realize i need to get on the ball with CHRISTmas right around the corner...only for the girls' birthday quickly following. ryan and dylan's birthday's are so close together that i MUST start planning 3 1/2 months ahead of time.

my CHRISTmas wish....the Girls' to not grow up. we had bath time (i make the girls take baths together) dylan was the first out and ryan said 'bye dylan' and dylan waved to her for about 2 min straight. it's quite possibly one of the cutest things!! she waves when i change her diaper, nurse her, play with her, read to her....it's CUTE! after putting dylan in the exersaucer and returning to finish up ryan (who gave her fairies a bath)...we got out...we were on our way back to her room and i said 'ryan, golly i love you so much! you are one of the best things in life' she replied 'mommy, i love you so much' and i said 'well, that was such a NICE thing to say'...she said 'your welcome!'

after drying off and getting undies on, i put a shirt on and she told me 'it's stuck mommy!!' so i asked if she wanted another and she did..going through them she replied to each one ...'too big'...finally she picked out a shirt with a horse 'it's stuck mommy'...so i pulled out a short sleeve shirt....'YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA!' she was totally trying to tell me. i am such a doof. i can't help but to be INCREDIBLY thankful for our little family.

sweet potato smiles and wind blown hair.

dylan wants to know if you like her hair? she did it herself!! (the child has insane and uncontrollable hair) don't love her sweet potato smile?? b.c we do....

ELLIE

everyone knows ellie. when we go to church and take ry to ss the teachers say 'hi ryan hi ellie.' i have watched ellie fall and get boo boo's...i have seen numerous hugs and kisses. i have seen ellie go places more than any other ellie. btw: 'ellie is a girl' stated from ellie's best friend ryan. they confess their undying love and unbridled love to another each day....i will hear the occasional 'ooooo ellie, i love you....you my best fren ellie'.....ellie and ryan have been through almost 3 years together...today tho, i chuckled as ryan was finishing up b' fast and ellie of course watched...ryan was getting down stopped turned back to ellie and said 'ellie you wanna come with me? OKAYYYYYYYYYY! good choice!'.......

there is a feeling in my gut that ellie will be with us in many more adventures in the next several years.

batman and cookie.

masta t's birthday has come and gone. we were all sick. friday we went to the big city and we woke up with sore throats from drainage thinking it would go away...however, as the day progressed the worse it got!! ry got worse as the day went on too...she even fell asleep in the mall and slept on a chair...it was that bad!! saturday, i woke up sneezing, blowing my nose, ryan had a temp, and masta t was sneezing and his nose running. he and i did not follow thru with our original plans of taking the girls to the pumpkin patch and then on to a date for his birthday....we stayed home with a feverish child and runny noses. t's mom brought us some chicken noodle soup...which helped a ton. sunday, his granny cooked out for his birthday. we had steak, burgers, hot dogs....and of course a cookie cake that t looked forward to...so, despite feeling sick we had a small little birthday party.

ryan could live off of cookie cake.

pretty sure tucker could too!!

almost 8 months.

dylan is offically and almost 8 months. this month has been fairly thrilling considering she is crawling...cut two teeth. following big sis around and her personality is HILARIOUS!!! she giggles as she crawls she makes silly faces...such an easy going baby if she is FED!! :)her favorite activity is to go into big sis's room and play with her toys. (i had to go thru the whole room to take out the small pieces.) hard to believe our little baby girls is almost 8 months.

daddy pool

to our daddy pool, masta t.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! masta t hits the 2-7 mark today!!! we love you daddy pool!

innocent.

look here at this little bundle of cuteness acting innocent. well, she is innocent when i took the picture but she does crawl now...she even crawls to other rooms. dylan is 7 months old and got her two bottom teeth and crawled in same week. we love her. she gets goofier by the minute. :)

ryan and stud

we have an extra room in the new house so we are planning to make it a playroom. as you can tell in the background...it hasn't happened yet. there are still boxes to be unpacked...crutches just in case i have another knee surgery before i turn 28. but, we have cleared and made a little spot for ryan to watch some vhs tapes in the 'playroom'. the other day, i was working on getting organized and put on the 'lion king' and this is what i found when i checked up on her....ryan and her own 'lion king' stud. :)

hello little kitty.

a couple weeks ago was the oklahoma state fair in oklahoma city. i kept seeing children with face painting...so, we found the booth. there were tons of pictures of paintings to choose from. ryan only looked once and said 'kitty, i want to be stud'. i wanted her to get a cool butterfly, but gave into her desperation of being a kitty. she came out LOVING it. also, let me tell ya, the child sat VERY VERY still for them to paint her face.... :)

stud.

meet stud

ryan's new best friend i believe

it's a sad story behind this cat. very sad. i don't know if i want to share it because it's sad. i am not a huge cat fan....not in the least. but i am an animal fan.

about a year ago, ryan and i were outside when this sweet black kitty showed up. we named her 'kitty'. she was so sweet....we gave her food and the rest was history. we let her in...she loved cuddling and being petted. most cats don't like people...not kitty she LOVED people. during the spring we put her back outside...let her roam.....she ended up getting pregnant. when she had her babies, i went on a journey to find them...we had also discussed getting her fixed. she was only maybe a year and a half old. well, as i was walking by a bush i heard some small rustling.....i looked and there they were. all four kittens. we made sure she had food and water.

about the time of discovering kitty and her kittens, we were in the process of moving. we were definitely taking her. she was sweet as can be. we didn't know what to do with the kittens, but we were going to take her and her small family. one evening, we came home, i went to check on her....she was just laying there. (weird, cause she would always come out to socialize when we were near.) i said 'kiiiiiiittttttyyyyyy'. nothing. nothing at all. she laid there. i told tucker to come quickly. she picked her up....she let out a moan. lifeless....she couldn't move. we called the vet and tucker quickly loaded her in a box....she just laid there....we put her kittens in with her. i remember, kitty in the box and tucker running in to get something. i kept petting her as she was letting out low moans. her eyes were fixed on mine telling me 'help me'. i started crying. her babies were trying to nurse. i kept crying.

tucker left. i cried. i cried i cried. over this sweet little kitty. tucker was gone for a long time. as soon as i heard him, i quickly ran to the door. it was too late. kitty had gotten into poisoning. there is nothing a vet can do after a cat has gotten into poisoning. then, there were four little kittens. crying for their mommy.

for a whole 2 weeks, i nursed and nursed them with a bottle. i would nurse dylan, then the kittens, pack. it was a crazy two weeks. we moved. we put the kittens in a storage shed. the kittens were doing great. they thrived. however, one evening, the kitty with twisted limbs, we found dead. he probably had some intestinal problems that happen when kittens have twisted limbs. a week later, our dog kaya malled two others. then, i found stud in the back of the storage shed meowing. we took him in and named him 'stud'.

about 4-5 days ago, stud went missing. we usually let him out for a little while and he comes back in. hardly does he ever wander off...but this time he did. a couple days ago, ryan started calling him...she went to every room. still no stud. while she was napping sunday, he went and asked our neighbor boys if they seen him...yes, they had but it was a day before. tucker told them he'd give them $20 to go find him....15 minutes later stud was reunited. (dumb boys should've done it for free, but kids these days are BRATS). ryan was so happy and stud too. he curled up in our blankets and slept for 24 hrs.

new seasons are ahead.

hello, my readers. i have been on hiatus, i can't really pen point where i spent it but i did. new seasons are upon us with our family...so i will share recent news with all of you.

first, dylan has started crawling and cutting her two teeth...she did them all in the same week. wow!! she is now 7 months old. hard to believe i was 40 lbs over weight at the beginning of this year.

second, ryan is becoming a real hoot. the other day tucker asked 'ryan are you a cowboy?' ryan replies 'no daddy, i am a cowboy-girl'....so matter-of-factly. since moving, we have enjoyed having neighbors that speak english :). our neighbor girl, reagan, was over visiting...she told ryan 'you are silly' and ryan said 'no, i am ryan.' :) now when she plays, she will set up her figurines and tell me 'that's perfect mommy'. oooo how she loves to sing. this kid picks up music like crazy!! i can't believe she is two and a half.

third, tucker is starting his OWN business!!! what a wonderful blessing?!?!?!?!? not too long ago, he bought a screen press and a ton of equipment from a lady wanting to get out of the business and selling her stuff for cheap!! we got a steal!! lately, on tuesday's and thursday's after all us girls are in bed, he sets off to print t-shirts. he's also been busy with creating logo's, business cards, web-sites. exciting news is that there is a possibility to get a space to run the business. pretty cool. tucker is doing awesome.

fourth, i am starting up a photography business on the side. as in, doing photos for friends and family. i love LOVE LOVE taking pictures and masta t bought me a new camera. i already have a client!! this is just something to do on the side...i am not pursuing something.....just want to be able to allow people to have great photos without costing an arm and a leg.

fifth, life is good right now. life is good.

the worst blogger award.

my sincerest apologies for not blogging more often...thus, i get the 'worst blogger award'.

i had knee surgery a couple weeks ago. i had soft cartilage under my knee cap causing it to rock out of the groove. i also had a lateral release (they cut the tendon to release pressure of the knee cap). so, it's been a wild ride for the pool party of 4. daddy pool had been in charge of the pool house. it's been an interesting ride. he did a great job of taking care of us. i am incredibly thankful for our family and church family...these weeks just wouldn't have been smooth for the 4 of us.

daddy pool and i watched my knee surgery video...they record it and also they talk to the patient about what they are doing. ...turns out, i have arthritis. i am only 27. i shed a couple of tears. however, i will have to stay on top of excercising and it might prolong intense pain.

daddy pool has started a t-shirt printing business. sweet. he's been working incredibly hard...he hasn't advertised and he already has orders to keep him busy. we are scared of when he does advertise. :)

ryan is doing absolutely GREAT!! she is such a big girl. she talks better and better everyday and it's always something new. today we put her sunday school papers in the back of the passenger side chair and she proceeded to tell me 'i am kicking Jesus'. there she was kicking her papers. ryan also told me she sings at church too "Jesus loves me". fun times.

dylan is attempting to crawl. she's not quite there but closer everyday. :) ryan already gets frustrated and even takes dylan's toys away.

all is well in the pool house. all is well.

ooo sweet girl

what a silly little turkey she is!! that's why we might keep her!!! :D

5 months

o my o my. look at this lil face. isn't she silly? dylan is 5 1/2 months old. bittersweet the feeling. i can't believe the beginning of the year i was 45 inches around which is almost doubled my normal!! i remember lugging my body around....always having to go pee and eating like a full grown man, hence the 45 lb weight gain on my 5'2 petite frame. that was half a year ago.

i won't give you my stats now...although i have shed a few lbs...dylan however is 14 lbs. she eats like a full grown man now. geesh. dylan is actually trying to get on her hands and knees. she means business. dylan's favorite time is watching big sis of course!! ryan sings and dances for her...she even gets on the floor with dylan and plays with her toys. amazing how time flies. i realize that when i look at miss ryan. i am trying to take all this baby stuff in because i know one day...one day soon i won't have a little baby to watch roll all over the floor. one thing is for sure...dylan's smile can light even a big sister smile.

fell off the face of God's green earth.

hello people. miss me? well, i am back...or so i believe i am...i might just be joking. the whole month of june and july have flown right by me...could've used a message during those months...no one offered...5 would have been magical.

what was so important that i couldn't blog...i had to wash my hair...actually 2 months of physical therapy, moving across town, working on the new house, trips, and two children makes people fall off the face of the earth. here's the low down...aka 411...aka update:

physical therapy: had 2 months of intense therapy. i realized stair masters are a device to torture people, meanwhile the physical therapist stand around and laugh. we came to an agreement however, i need to go to a surgeon. i am down in the books for aug 11. i hope he can fix my 50 yr old knees!! ;D

4th of july: we went to canadian texas....what fun!! i will post a blog later. i have some pretty awesome pics to share of our wonderfully crazy family.

tulsa: the tulsa trip ended up being a goodbye to a sweet man. john pat cobb jr. i loved him. more on him later.

housing arrangements: we are moving across town to a larger house...extra room, bathroom, and den...including a fenced in yard. what a blessing...we've been helping our landlord by painting the whole house...the floors had to be replaced...it's been an entire summer spent on this one house. the old house is just a piece of dust in the wind. actually we still have some small stuff and i have to clean up some dust.

ryan is doing GREAT considering we've been to a million places and she has had to be watched lots of different peoples. dylan is growing. 5 months a couple days ago. she is rolling from front to back...back to front, sitting up for several minutes. we haven't tried soilid foods quite yet...she giggles...absolutely LOVES watching big sis play. they are great together (so far).

well, more blogs in the next week to make a complete "update".

btw. pretty sure my husband and family are the greatest. praise the Lord.

happy anniversary.....

4 years...2 kids...HAPPY ANNIVERSARY mr. daddy pool. i love you and thank you for the life you provide for us girls!! you are our hero!!

precious.

little dylan is growing up. she weighs 13 lbs in fact. dylan rolls over now from back to tummy and tummy to back. dylan is also trying to sit up. little girl might just be there soon. dylan loves watching ryan go about her day...ryan loves her too...ryan can't help but smile when dylan flashes her sweet smile. dylan still hasn't gotten any tastes of food yet....however, she has the rest of her life to eat real food so why push it right? well, our sweet baby is growing up. now, if we can get her to sleep past 6 i would be well rested!

baby pool photography

i had my camera on a tripod messing around. little shadow decided to follow in my footsteps. these are ryan's first pictures behind the camera. i wonder if i take too many pics. i bet she is tired of the flash and it has given her brain damage. just kidding. i think it's cute. our little girl the photographer.

princess dy

okay...little miss dylan. how does time fly? i wish i could pause sometimes. dylan is now 3 and a half months old. she is such a clown. she is brooding with personality. i wonder if her cheeks hurt from smiling so hard...sometimes i am ready to give her cpr cause she holds her breath smiling too. she coos...coo coo...kinda like a bird. not really. she is noisy. basically dylan smiles and sounds like a bird.

the important part of this pic is her smile. cracks me up everytime.

maybe you can tell, she sucks her bottom lip sometime.

okok...she could kill a person with her cuteness.

she has attempted many rollovers...yet, her arm gets in the way. i believe she will be sitting up anytime soon!!

dinner with daddy pool and baby pool.

i am writing this because i am sending an sos out. help me. i live with nut-cases. please anyone.

"mmmm, i like puddin"

"no daddy i am two and i like to do things myself so i am going to stick out my lower lip til you give"....and he did...

so, he ate his chips

hopefully, his face won't stick like this...help me. baby pool thought it was HILARIOUS. please baby pool don't try this at home....

okay, i changed my mind....she has a totally cute and sweet side.

awwww....she is adorable and maintaining cuteness eating chicken nuggets.

wait a minute...i've seen that face before!

times like these make me laugh.

today. ah today. all of us girls were tired. we've been working on the new house till wee hours at night. anyhoo, nancy has been watching the girls while we paint...yesterday night, julee had a game so she only watched dylan. we took ryan. she kept going to her daddy in the kitchen window and saying "hi daddy i am coming" walk to the backyard... "hi daddy, love you bye daddy"...then come find me and say the same except with mommy. she was so dirty from this i gave her a bath at 10 at night. cranky girl! she bled from her thumb and we have no idea from what cause she didn't cry. so her band-aid came off in the water. total melt down. after tub time she looked at her bug bites and they all needed band-aids. now, all boo boo's have band-aids. if her boo boo's fall off...it can get rough.

today during nap time she was quiet. figuring she was sleeping i worked on the house chores. then i heard a peep. i go and check and she said "uh-oh mommy" and pointed at these stick on earrings nancy gave her...i noticed some were missing and i pulled her blanket up and one could say i found them.

cowboys.

yesterday, ryan and i were talking....this is our conversation.

"mommy, a cowboy" (there was one on tv)
"papa a cowboy"

i ask her: "are you saying 'papa is a cowboy"

"ya, papa a cowboy. bulls. horsey. YEEHAW"

later, we were outside throwing those pop fireworks on the sidewalk. (daddy, mommy, and ryan)

daddy: "ryan throw them on the ground"
(ry throws one)
daddy: "listen, did you hear it pop?"
ryan: "no daddy, it BOOM no pop"

followed by singing: "i BIG...I chunky...moto moto"

btw: ryan went to her first rodeo a couple weekends ago. we told her we were going to see cowboys, bulls, and horses. she loved watching and playing under the bleachers. who hasn't enjoyed that though.

i love a 2 yr old perspective!

our life

pic before their first pbr

ryan simply playing

ryan posing for the camera...

silly lil' dylan

is quite busy! ahhhhh! we decided we would finally splurge on a bigger house since lil' dylan came into our lives. the house has an extra den, bedroom, and potty room. also, a fabulous backyard. however, the catch is we have to paint the new house and pack the old house. meanwhile, i am still doing physical therapy.

oh, the physical therapy story. so, i decided since i was post partum to partake in some hard-core exercising at the local gym...well, little did i know my knees were so weak they weren't able to absorb the shock...thus, i have to go to physical therapy 3 days a week. my hamstrings are a heck of a lot stronger. i am thinking that training for marathons (my goal) might be accomplished.

back to the busy pool life. we are moving. yup. to add on to it...i am volunteering at vbs next week amidst all the moving. then off to canadian tx for some small town festival for the 4th. afterwards, i am going to come home unpack, get ready to travel to hominy oklahoma. yipee. i can't wait. although, where i am going is a mile from a max security prison. signs line the road saying "hitchhikers may be escaped prisoners" or something like that....nothing like feeling at home. if i were an escapee i would visit the casino next door...win some money...then pay a person to take me somewhere. just saying.

therefore, blogging is going to be sparse. sorry. however, i will try to post a few more with pics.

itsy

yesterday, we added a member to our species collection. we have 2 dogs, a cat (preggers too), about 20 fish, and now...introducing 'itsy'. this is how we got itsy. juju and i were on our way to have girl time with pie and coffee and j saw a spider on the side of the road a little ways from t's parents driveway. i called t and he rushed to come get it...they put itsy in a mason jar and punched holes on the top. when i took j back ry was THRILLED with her new pet.

first thing in the morning she wanted itsy

beautiful.

itsy goes where ryan goes.

i never thought i would have a house full of animals. t and ry are going to get itsy a home today for ry to keep him. he's a male. that's what t says and i wouldn't doubt that he would know. i can honestly say that ry is her father's daughter. do i want a pet named itsy? pretty much no. however, it is great ry has such a fascination with God's creations...whether it is a bug, insect, snake, fish, spiders, and all others...she loves them.

zoo time.

we decided to go to the zoo this past saturday...which is like an hour and 15-20 min or so away. we got there pretty late around 3 and there was major parking overflow and the sheriff was blocking the entrance. tucker and i almost decided to leave...we decided to stay cause of our handy dandy zoo membership. we've already got our money worth of trips to the zoo plus it helps out the zoo!! :D we were walking in and the sheriff's left...meaning people were starting to leave...there was a flyer stating the zoo was actually open till 8 pm on saturday's through the summer. what a great idea!?!?!? we grabbed something to eat at the rainforest's canopy...there wasn't any healthy options either!! boo. we then went to the dinosaur exhibit.

we thought ry would absolutely go banana's for it...she did till the huge t-rex let out a big roar and started moving. she wanted out of the stroller and into daddy's arms!! did i mention this booger isn't scared of much? she loves bugs, snakes, dinosaurs, animals, ....she doesn't mind the dark either...but these dino's were pretty scary to her and most of the kids there. i looked around and all the small kids were peeing in their pants.

this is after ry leaped into daddy's arms!! :D

this t-rex was pretty big...big enough to scare booger face!

probably one of my fav pics ever...i love the movement of it and ellie flapping through the breeze.
mommy and booger face....we hardly have pics together cause i am always the one behind the camera...i love capturing pics of her and her awesome daddy pool.

zoo trips are always fun. daddy pool LOVES the zoo and his protege runny-nose. this was dylan's first and she slept in the sling the whole time. i was literally exhausted carrying her around. i do love spending time with hubby pool and our sweet darlings.