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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.