Pigtails for the day!

Emma's hair finally grew enough that I could attempt at pigtails. She still looses half the front bang hair, which of course is what I'm trying to get out of her face. But she looked so cute - and she thought so too. Of course, by the end, Ryan was pulling them out and throwing the pony tails down the gutter (his new facination, since he threw his shoe in earlier this week).

Ryan has been enjoying school. He comes home with new dances and new phrases that his teachers say (when have I ever said 'sit on your bottom'?). He had homework a few days ago, and wanted more! He seems happy and hasn't had an accident at school or on the bus yet. He's had a few in the last few days here, but both times it was where he just didn't make it quite fast enough. And that I'll take!

Emma is enjoying her new mommy time. Although she is either sleeping or eating for most of the time that Ryan is at school (what a nice day for mommy). We've made a new weekly calendar to schedule our gym time and allow us to start taking Emma to a library class. I've felt bad because we did all that with Ryan and haven't with Emma. Of course, we did it for socialization of both Ryan and Mom and now we're not in need of that now! But Emma really enjoyed her first story time. She paid attention and even participated a little bit. She had a big smile on her face the entire time. Emma's other big news is that she has used the potty twice now. She thinks it's fun to sit on. Once we've finished the diapers we currently have (and the diaper study we're doing which ends on the first) I am going to try pull ups to see if I can get her trained before the baby comes. Wouldn't that be a treat!

We've also been making the rounds of doctors appointments. With the ultrasound last Friday, and OB appointment on Monday. Both which went well. Then we had the eye doctor today and the dentist in a few weeks. Pictures from the ultrasound are here. Yes, it's a boy! We have confirmation of that again.

Besides that things are going well around here. I'm about to embark on one of my major projects - pictures, photo albums and baby books. I hadn't ordered pictures since last July! So I have a lot of work cut out for me. Emma's baby book is very sparse and she has no photo albums of her. So I'm setting out to change that before the baby comes. And I need to finish that project quickly because the next project also needs to be done before the baby. This is the 'Move Emma' project. And to do that, we need to paint her room and figure out what we're going to do with all the stuff in there! Lots of fun going on around here!

1st Day of School!!

Woo Hoo! We made it through the summer! I can't believe it's time for school to start again. Ryan was very excited. We finished all of his homework this morning (a page of family pictures) and only had a small mess when Ryan got into the glue while I was getting ready this morning! I drove him to school to take some pictures and he seemed happy to see his teachers and his friends Nicholas and Carson from last year.

Emma was also excited for school. She sat with Ryan and stood in line with him and was so excited to walk to his classroom - she was ready to join in! We enjoyed our lunch and playtime alone before naptime - which I am enjoying now! Can't wait for Ryan to get home on the bus and see how he enjoyed his first day!

New York City

After the Wible Reunion and trip to Cowen's Gap, we left the kids with Grammie and went to New York City. I had never left Emma overnight, so I was a little worried about her, but she did great. Ryan was in the midst of an 'accident' week (probably because he was away from home because he's done great since) - so he gave Grammie a little trouble. But the both had fun over there playing with new toys and going to the park. And of course having some one who will give them cookies!

Kris and I drove into NY on Tuesday. We had lunch and got tickets for Rock of Ages later that night. We really enjoyed the show - anyone who is around our age will love it. The music is totally 80's rock. The story was built around the music and while it had a little too much 'stripper' story, we had a great time - even though we missed the first 45 minutes because we didn't check the start time!

On Wednesday, we visited the UN building. The tour was good, but there was too much information that they throw at you and don't give you time to read all the information on the walls. We could have been there for a few more hours if we had. After that, we walked across the island to the Intrepid, a WWII air craft carrier (both the UN and Intrepid were at 45th - just one was on one body of water and the other on the other side). The Intrepid was pretty cool. They had a bunch of planes and helicopters from many different times of the past; as well as exploring the carrier. It also had a submarine and a Concorde jet (which we found kind of disappointing for the cost to fly on it!). We rested a bit after that and then went to dinner in Little Italy (which was one block off from Chinatown).

On Thursday, we stopped in NJ to have lunch with our friend Liz and then visited Menlo Park mall - the Brookstone of course. It was so nice to get to visit with some of our friends while we were out there. And Kris enjoyed driving like a New Jersey vet! He swears no one has ever seen some one with Kentucky plates drive so fast! Then we drove back to Grammies.

Overall, we had a great time getting to spend some time together. We thank Grammie/Diane for the chance. On Friday (my birthday and half way day of the pregnancy), we drove home! What a way to celebrate the day. And here's a picture of the cake that Kris and Ryan made for me!

Wible Reunion/Cowen's Gap

Two weekends ago, we travelled to PA to attend the 100th Wible Reunion. This is Kris's extended family and this year his brother, Kevin, was in charge. They had more events than normal, which kept all of us busy the whole weekend. On Saturday, we had a potluck lunch and during the afternoon Emma went back to the farm with me for a nap, while Ryan played in the saw dust and bouncy house (a great addition). I got to call bingo later in the afternoon and then we enjoyed music all evening. The pig roast and bonfire topped it all off - the kids loved s'mores.

Sunday, we went to church with Kris's grandmother. And the kids made it through 55 minutes of the hour long service. Not bad for them. Then we went back to the reunion for the lunch and the memorial service.

On Monday, we moved from the farm over to Grammie's house. She recently had her attic set up so we had plenty of room there! We all went to Cowen's Gap for the day. While it was a little cold, the water was warm and the kids had a great time. We had a picnic lunch then hit the beach. After the beach, we hiked around the lake (which was unfortunately cut short by an 'accident'). The hike gave us some great pictures.

Hiking

Just wanted to post some pictures of our family hike a few weeks ago. We had a great time despite my sneezing, stuffy nose and the slight rain. Kris said Emma will have to walk next time because she's getting too heavy - although she couldn't do it yet, we were out for over 2 hours.