Bath Time!

Max was a stinky dog so we decided to give him a bath before Ryan got one. After Max got out he likes to act wild and crazy and jump over the kids. Be assured Ryan jumped right up after this and laughed with us. He wasn't hurt at all! Kid just takes a licking and keeps on ticking!

The Week in Pictures

Ahhh...a dogs life for me. Truth be told, this is where he goes to poop!














I am learning to eat all on my own at daycare! I am going to try it at home now. What a mess!













I LOVE my new chair! It makes sounds and reads me books. What a good find at the toy store!
















Another new chair for the big boy!

Bailey's New Glasses and Haircut

Isn't she stylin?? My pretty princess.

And he is off.....

His vocabulary that is.
He has learned so many new animal sounds and words since starting daycare it is amazing. He can hiss like a snake, meow like a cat, ask to go up, baa like a sheep and the list goes on and on. He has been walking around and says, "waa daa" and pointing. We are pretty sure he is saying "What is that?" So we tell him.
The big kids went back to school today after all the days off and it was nice to send them out the door...LOL! By day 5 we were all ready to go somewhere else. Didn't help that I got the stomach flu this weekend and was in bed the entire weekend. Aaron sure pulled his share of work and running after 3 kids. Maybe gave him some perspective...LOL! I could hope.
I am off to take my dad a whopper for lunch. After 2 months of dieting before his surgery, he can't wait!

My baby is 18 months old!

Where has the time gone?? He has been with us for 1/2 as long as he was in the orphanage already. Today he has turned into the teething monster as he is getting 3 more teeth in. The funniest part of today was that he felt the need to chew on something and as Aaron was laying on the floor, he chomped him on the behind! Chandler and I laughed so hard we were crying. Aaron put Ryan in a timeout but we were laughing too hard for it to do much good. I still start getting the giggles just typing about it...LOL!

It was SO cold today (-20) going to work and my van didn't want to turn over going home from work. BRRRRR! This weekend it will get warmer so Ryan will get to be out of the house.

Update on my dad

His surgery went great, they were able to get the cancer out and it hadn't spread. AMEN! He won't need any further treatments and will coming home from the hospital today. He was in good spirits and not alot of pain this AM when I saw him.

Also, please keep one of my favorite family members in your prayers as their job was lost unexpectedly yesterday.

My boys......

Ryan loves to be downstairs in the basement with Chandler while he drums. He carries around a pair of drum sticks and bobs his head to the music while Chandler drums. They can do this for a long time...it's noisy, but good for both of them.














This is their other routine. Chandler is a man of one cereal only....crunchberries is his choice this month. Ryan LOVES crunchberries and every morning he sits with Chandler while he eats breakfast and has his own little pile of cereal. It is amazing to us that he never grabs Chandler's bowl, Ryan just eats his own cereal and talks to Chandler.

Please keep my dad in your thoughts and prayers as he undergoes his surgery tomorrow to remove his cancer.