Happy Halloween and Other Stuff!

My happy girl, 5 months

Our little banana

The Flintstones and their monkey

A monkey and his banana

Family pic at the pumpkin patch

Grandma with us at the pumpkin patch

Kisses

Grandma & Ry

I want this one

My boy

Riding a John Deer

LOOK! I ate it ALL

Mamma and Ry at Disneyland

Daddy went to Nascar

WEEEEEE!

Dani's room is finally finished...thanks cousin Beth!

Maybe I should be a kitty???

I can hold my own bottle now

Ryan and Dani playing legos

Ryan feeding Dani her first solids

She absolutely loves her big brother

Dani and Mommy at her 4 month check

Welcome, Fall!

Life is just busy, busy, busy. Let's see.... Dani is now a little more than 4 months. She is a good baby and shows a lot of patience, especially with her brother. She is cutting her first tooth and loves to suck on those fingers. Ryan continues to be an amazing big brother. He loves his little sister more than I could have imagined. Now if he could only learn to use his little voice while Dani is sleeping.....life would be perfect. I definitely have my hands full, especially since Daddy started back to school two weeks ago. We miss him when he's gone, but we know how hard he's working to finish his degree. Just a few pictures...since we hardly get a chance to blog anymore.

Who gave my Ryan a barbie??? He was very worried that he could not get her panties off! I enlightened him and told him they were her pantyhose, not panties. "Oh, well, mommy, could you help me get her pantyhose off?" What do you say to that? When I asked why, he let me know that Barbie needed a bath!

He was very impressed by himself! "Look, I'm giving barbie a bath all by myself!"

Drying barbie off. Now you know I had to take pictures of the entire ordeal! I had to show Daddy what we do while he's at work.

Time to get Barbie dressed again...now that she's clean and all. See....all clean fun! No worries! He'll make a GREAT husband someday :-)

Ready to go in the morning.

Wrapped up in brother's towel.

Playing on the floor

At the Doctor's for a visit.

Just got back from a walk. At least one of my babies are tired!!!!

Fun at the RiBer! (That's how Ryan says river)

How I wish the summer would stay a little longer....just with cooler weather. If the summer actually ends, this will only mean one thing.....I must return to work. Only this school year will begin at a new school, in a new classroom and a new grade level. Kindergarten, here I come. Excited, yes! Nervous? To say the least!!! Anxiety? my new middle name!

As for the fam, little Ryan has just about conquered potty training. We've resorted to paying him actual money for "big" potty in the toilet. We've had many accident free days, and we're so proud of him. Just when you think you have no more patience left to give...try potty training a two year old while nursing a newborn. Dani's getting to be so big and her formula bill is beginning to cut into her college fund. I never knew a 10 week old little girl could eat so much. She loves to be held, rocked and swaddled. Daddy thinks it's amusing to sit her in front of the mirror and watch her stare at herself for what seems like forever....hey, whatever works!

For me, summer will officially end as of midnight tonight. Monday begins a new school year and learning to manage two little ones in the morning, dropping off and picking them up at daycare, and getting to work in a timely fashion. Can't wait til I actually have to do Danica's hair. I'm sure I'll still have time for my morning Starbucks run....right??? Boy am I glad I'm a morning person. So good bye summer, good bye going to bed whenever I want and rolling out of bed whenever a child runs to my bed side shouting "good morning, Mommy" (my morning boy), good bye river house and boat. Hello alarm clock....how I despise you so!

Ryan in his crab, before the Havasa heat melted it :-(

I think he knows how to operate my Iphone better than I do...and he's only 2!!!!

Baby girl on Fourth of July

Mommy and Dani. Grandma bought her her first swim suit.

Mmmmm! Spaghetti

Such a ham!

Playin in the sand

Still playin

He had to pee

pee on the rocks. Talk about confusion! You must pee pee in the toilet Ryan...except for at the river!?!???

Sleepy boy

Taking a nap on the boat! Notice the beer cuzy on his hand. He thought they were gloves. Too cute

Little fish

Daddy and Ryan at the sand bar

Cousin Sam, Me and Ry

Lounging at the riBer!

Oh how our world has changed!!!

Danica Grace

(Birchfield Photography)

Thanks Trav!

Ok, well to say the least, we've been super busy....having a baby, potty training, Disneyland trips, and so on. As most of you already know God blessed us with our little Danica Grace a few weeks ago. She looks exactly like Ryan, at least we think so, and life as been busy ever since. Here are a few new pictures.

This is Dani's first bath

This was Ryan's first bath. Don't they look like the same baby???

A day at Disneyland

Mom and I try a self portrait on the cars at Disneyland. This was the best one.

Daddy and Ry on the Rockets

We all look exhausted.

Ryan meets Dani

My Boys!

More bath time fun

Dani pooped and peed all through the photo shoot.

Easter and Everything Else Since we Last Blogged!

Easter morning gifts from the Easter Bunny! I'm already for the rain.

I know it's been a while since we've updated our blog. Between work, school and waiting for baby, life has been pretty busy. We are now entering week 38 of this pregnancy. We CAN'T wait any longer! Going to doctor's appointments four times a week gets pretty tiring, but the good news is that the doctors say the baby looks healthy and seems like just the perfect size and weight for 37 weeks. We go so often to do ultrasounds (3 a week) because the doctors have been worried about my size. Each time the baby is checked though, they assure us that everything looks great! We can never have enough ultrasound pictures (over 30 to be exact) and we never get tired of seeing and hearing the baby's heartbeat. Ryan is growing up so fast and has become a pro at peddling and making sand castles in his sandbox. We adore everyday with him and can't wait to see him with the new baby.

Easter brunch at the wineries.

Cousins Steven and Samantha help me run to find at

least one egg. I think all the big kids got them.

I loved the Easter Bunny

Cousin Sam and I

Hunting for eggs in the front yard.

I've learned how to ride my bike and I'm really good at it. I only fell a few times...then mommy and daddy made me wear my helmet.

My favorite thing to do!