The boys go for a walk

Chandler and Ryan decided to go for a walk with Max yesterday before the snow came. It was still COLD outside so we got Ryan all bundled up to go and off they went. Ryan was sure cute in his little snowsuit.

We are SO thankful

this year that our boy is home with us and that we are a complete family. We are thankful that we have had a great transition with only a couple bumps in the road. We are thankful for all the blessings that have come our way through this process.

We NEED SLEEP

What happened to our great little kid? He is getting up every night again at 3 and staying up until 4 or 5. Then getting back up at 6:30-7a. It is making for a very long day for mommy and and tired and crabby baby for most of the day.

It may be time to put our foot down and let him cry it out. Man, I am so tired, I don't even feel like shopping. Moi? Not want to shop? Surely you jest. That is just wrong. I can hardly wait for him to go down for a nap so I can get one too!

We just got the call to schedule our first offiicial post placement visit, so I guess Ryan gets to stay...LOL!

Remind me not to get this kid off his schedule.......

Because if we do...NO NAP. He thrives on a schedule. An hour variance is fine, but no way can we do more than that.
Our neighborhood was having a party on Saturday and we took Ryan and Chandler over to my parents (Bailey was with her dad) and just planned on spending an hour at the party. It was so much fun we stayed 2 hours. When we got back to my parents Ryan was sleeping. But when he saw us he woke right up. So bath time was at 9:30 and bed time was at 11:00. Argh.
And then he decided to get up at 5:45a. With only a 1 hour nap the next day.
We were trying to get Christmas decorating done and bring in our new TV, so him not sleeping meant mom had to chase him around and the boys worked.
Oh well, he is down now, hopefully for 3 hours like usual. Christmas decorations, here I come!

Have you ever just had a night...

When nothing will make you happy?? Ryan did last night. Sitting amongst his many toys and loving family, this is the lovely face we saw ALL last night. Now, to be fair, both Ryan and mom have colds, but still...LOL! Isn't he pathetically cute?

He must still not be feeling the best as we have had 6 (yes SIX) poopka diapers this AM. (Heidi, if you are reading this, told you they never stop...LOL)! He is now down for his 3 hour nap and I already have dinner put together and am just going to eat some lunch and clean out my desk. Maybe catch up on some tivo.
Big kids have music lessons this afternoon, so we will be driving most of the afternoon after nap. Hopefully he wakes up much happier than these pics. :)

YAWN

I just awoke from my first nap in a LONG time to answer the phone so a telemarketer could try and sell me something.
Ryan had another tough night last night. The nap thing is working great, but it seems every other night we have a rough night.
Still loving being home again (thanks to grammy for staying with him so I could have an hours or so break today) and am finding my list grows longer each day with stuff I should be doing.
Bailey is loving basketball and Chandler is counting each snowflake until ski club starts.

My Happy BOy

Just another day at our house with our happy boy! What you see is pretty much what he does ALL day other than nap time. I am surprised he doesn't get dizzy with the circles he runs...LOL!
My last day at work was on Friday, so I am looking forward to a nice boring week!