Hooray for a Full Night's Sleep!

Ryan has slept completely through the night 3 out of the past 4 nights! I didn't want to write about it earlier because I thought it wouldn't happen again. 3 nights is a pretty good streak though and I thought it deserved attention. I actually feel like I got almost enough sleep last night. It's a strange feeling. I don't think I've felt it for a year and a half! Last night I went to bed at 9:30 and it's a lucky thing I did because Ryan did get up a little early this morning. 6:30 doesn't seem as early when you went to bed at 9:30. Don't get me wrong I still didn't want to get up, but it was a lot easier than it would have been if I had stayed up later;-) Yea for a good night's sleep!!!

Very Bad Daughter

Yesterday was my mom's birthday. I am a very bad daughter. I didn't even get to call her on her birthday! I wanted to, but the morning and early afternoon kind of slipped away from me with Zach's teacher conference and errands. Mrs. Dunning was kind enough to stay and watch the boys so I could go to the grocery store all by myself. I guess I got a little carried away with the freedom. By the time I realized I hadn't called it was too late over there. It's hard for me to remember to call before it's too late in Belgium. Sorry mom! I did try to call today, but no one was home. I also forgot to mail her birthday gift. ::smacking self in head:: So since there was so much anticipation about what I got her from the Decoy Festival I thought I'd at least post a picture. Then I will stick it in the mail. It's a carving of a mouse on an apple. A cute little pin perfect for my mouse loving mom:-) I thought it was adorable and had to get it.
Happy Birthday, Mom! 

Teacher Conference

We had a meeting with Zach's first grade teacher this morning. She had many glowing things to say about him. She was very confident that we made the right decision to put him in first grade. That was more than a little bit of a relief. We are very glad he is in the right place and thriving. He loves first grade and is doing very well in all his subjects. Thanks to everyone who prayed for wisdom for our decision and a smooth transition for Zach. It seems to have paid off!

Promised Pictures

Here are the pictures I bought at Picture People. Not my favorite pictures of him, but they look professional and they are not bad pictures. I wanted to have professional 1st birthday pictures and now I do.
1 Year Old Picture 

Ryan is 1! 

Zach's Game

They lost, but they had fun:-) Sorry the picture of Zach playing is fuzzy, but it's the only one I got where someone was not in front of him:-(

Soccer player, Zach

Zach is in red with blue pants and sleeves