Keeping Going

For all of you who have been following our First Steps procedure, we had our final meeting today before Ryan starts speech therapy next week. I was glad that Kris was able to join us and that we are finally going to get this rolling. He did the evaluation last week and found that everything except the expressive was good, which was what we expected. So now we're just anxious to see some results. We did find out we could partially blame Kris though - he is slightly tongue tied like Kris, something we didn't know until now!

We had our registration at the hospital on Saturday and another doctors appointment yesterday. Details of that on the baby website. Other than that, we're just keeping on here. I had a migraine today that kept me from enjoying the evening, but now I'm up getting things done since I already got 3 hours of sleep, plus another hour nap when Ryan napped.

I updated the Snapfish link, so there are new pictures on there. Hopefully, there won't be any problems with it!

Been a While

Sorry, it's been so long since I've updated. We've had some busy last two weeks. Between the last post (2/3) and the 12th, Ryan and I kept ourselves busy with a lot of playdates and doctors appointments. Kris was home for 3 days, but it really wasn't enough. My doctors appointment went well and everything seems to be going right so far. I've included a few pictures of Ryan doing his crazy things. First is Ryan at a play area dressing up (note the purse). The second was a great suprise when I was on the phone, he walked in wearing my boots and talking on his phone. The third is him cuddling in my bed trying to avoid taking a bath and the fourth is a potty time of his right before his bath. I'm also trying to include a video of him spinning himself crazy in the bathroom.

Last Wednesday, Ryan and I drove to MI. We got to visit Robin at work and see her office. Ryan then stayed with my parents, mostly my mom, until Monday night when I got back home. During that time, I flew to Sacramento to visit Kris. It was a long day of travelling, but I got upgraded to first class for my first time ever which was great. I must say my belly was a bit of a problem getting things under the seat in front of me. Friday, I got to relax most of the day and then we took a Jodie, a friend from college, out to dinner. It was so nice to see her again, it had been over 6 months.

Saturday, we drove to San Francisco. We drove Lombard Street, which has got to be the curviest in the world and took the Golden Gate Bridge, stopping several times for pictures. We drove through the Presidio - which truthfully, we have no idea what is is (or was), but we know my parents cannot stay awake through the movie. We walked around Fisherman's Wharf and attempted to ride a trolley car (but the line was way too long and they were way to slow about loading people). So we opted to get some ice cream in Gharidelli Square and head down the coast to Los Gatos to visit Jim & Sarah Anderson (Jim went to MIT with Kris). We had a frightfilled drive to their house due to its location at the top of a mountain on a curvy one lane road. Here are pictures from that day!

On Sunday, we drove to Lake Tahoe. It was a long drive, but we loved the area once we got there. We stopped few times to take pictures before settling in the Heavenly area in South Tahoe. Kris played craps at the casino, we attempted to take a gondola ride but it was sold out, and did some shopping. Later, we drove around the east side of the lake before starting the drive home. It was a long day, but very beautiful. Here's some pictures.

On Monday, I started the long trip home. My parents picked me up at arrivals and then dropped my mom off at the departures. On Tuesday, Ryan and I drove home, making good time and glad to be back in our own beds.

Now, here is the good part - hope you made it here. My mom had told me that twice she went into Ryan's room after naptime to find him completely naked! He has NEVER done that to me, so I thought maybe it was the different diapers she had. But low and behold, today Ryan did it to me - and it wasn't just a pee diaper! So I ended up cleaning the carpet, the floor, the tub, his clothes, etc. What a great afternoon! We will be so glad to see Kris tomorrow!

'Super' Picnic

Well, we're feeling good enough to venture out of the house as of yesterday. We had soccer in the morning and then we went over to the gym for some workout time. It was nice enough in the afternoon for us to play outside for a little while, although Ryan was covered in mud by the time he came in. So our days have gotten busier and happier! Of course, I'm always happier when we're not sitting here staring at each other!

Today, we went to church and then to the open house at our church's school to check out the preschool. We were pretty happy with it, except for the time - 11:30 - 2:30 for 3 year olds. Kind of bad timing since it's in the middle of lunch and naptime for us. We still have another to check out this week though. We played outside again today with another muddy day. Then we had our own Super Bowl Picnic in the living room. This was special, because we don't allow Ryan (or ourselved when he's around) to eat in the living room. We bought Subway, had a bowl of chips and a bowl of apple slices and had our own little picnic. It was fun, although for some reason Ryan kept wanting to lay down and eat his food. He also had trouble sitting still, which caused him to kneel on his food a lot and knock the bowls over. Eventually, I had to wrap it up because he was starting to figit a little too much. But, overall, I think Ryan thought it was a cool idea.

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We're pretty busy for the next two days, so I'm looking forward to them going quickly - especially since Kris will be home on Tuesday. Tomorrow is Ryan's evaluation for First Steps and I have a doctor's appointment on Tuesday (the one with the awful orange drink!). So I'll update when we get some results from those days!

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Oh - and I guess congrats to the Giants. I'm pretty disappointed that the Patriots lost, Kris is in limbo. Not sure if he should be happy for Eli or upset that we didn't get to see a perfect season.