I should be ashamed of myself

But I'm actually kind of proud. We went to the mall today to pick up the pictures from Thursday. I wanted to get a little, dare I say it, Christmas shopping(okay I admit I have fallen victim to the Christmas machine) done while we were there. I know it's not even Halloween, but I figure I should get an early start. Especially this year with the baby due in February. Who knows how much I will want to go shopping with people bumping into my wide load and my back hurting from all the weight of the bags, the boy, the winter coats and the belly. The more I write about it the more I just want to order everything from the internet and have it come to me! We did pretty well. We got a huge bag full of toys for the boys and only spent about $75. That's decent in my book. I thought sure it would be over $100. I was dreading the total. That's a decent start to the holiday shopping season. The boys are easy though. Now I have to really start looking for extended family. Then there are Kris Kringles for the extended-extended families, but we don't even know those yet, so I can't start thinking about those. I also have to update our wish lists and add one for Sweet Pea. There is this really sweet bear snuggly outfit that mommy saw at Old Navy that Sweet Pea(read-mommy) really wants. It's so cute!

First Pictures...well sort of

Did I ever post pictures of our ultrasound? Well, here are some profile shots.
baby girl

A Good Idea After All

I wasn't sure how I felt about that Laps for Learning thing. Now I think that it is definitely a good idea for the school. It was hard for us to ask people to support Zach's run/walk, but people were very receptive. Given that Jay and I were both hesitant to put people on the spot we only asked Zach's family. People were so generous and didn't seem to think it was imposing. The total pledged for Zach's walk was $200! We have never sold that much worth of stuff when the school does those fundraisers. The best part is that this way 100% of the money goes directly to the school. A little bit goes toward prizes for the kids who participated, but there were also some great donations for prizes. I think the prizes motivate the kids(or parents) to raise money too. The people coordinating it are all volunteers and they are using the school track, so they don't need to rent a space. I don't know how other kids did with their fundraising, but from our standpoint this fundraiser was a huge success.
Thanks mom, dad, Mr. and Mrs. Dunning, TJ, Elizabee, John and Ben for supporting Zach and his school! You guys ROCK!

It's a Jammie Day

It's raining and cold...blah. I plan on making the best of things by spending the day in my warm jammies. We were going to play with Erin and Ben today, but Erin is spending the day in her jammies too.
I'm a little disappointed that we don't get to play, but it's almost a relief after the day I had yesterday. We were home in the morning long enough to get dressed. Then we went to gymnastics and the store afterwards. Came home for lunch and Ryan napped. I spent nap time cleaning up so Jay could have his meeting in the evening- I didn't finish. Woke Ryan up early from his nap to get his new clothes on and ran out the door with both boys(Zach had a half day). We zipped through the mall to Picture People so I could get my last free sheet out of them before my membership expires. We were a little late, but it didn't seem to matter. It went fairly well. No fussing, but no huge smiles from Ryan either. I have not seen the pictures yet, Jay and I are going to look at them together this weekend. After that we decided to get dinner out because it just seemed easier. I let Zach choose-we went to Pizza Hut. We got there just before 5 and didn't get out until 6 and there was only one other family when we got there. [Note to self- No Pizza hut when time is short.] We rushed home to change for the bonfire pack meeting. I finished cleaning up as best I could before Jay's group showed up. Then we were off to the bon fire. Lots of fun for the boy scouts, not so much fun for me and Ryan. Ryan was saying "All done" after about 15 minutes. He did manage to entertain himself for the rest of the time with a little help from mommy, but he was not very quiet. We left before it was over(8:30) because Ryan was getting tired and so was mommy. Zach didn't like that, but he had fun while he was there. So the result of yesterday is one tired mommy with a sore back and legs(mostly from carrying Ryan so much) and two happy kids. Not too bad...I'll recover.

My [Current] Favorite Ryan Things

Ryan will say something and just crack up laughing, so much that everyone in the room starts laughing too. He must think he is a great comedian.

"Daddy's home!" said when he hears the door open around dinner time or when he sees daddy
"Mommy's home!" followed by a big hug, said randomly throughout the day or when I come home.

Giving hugs while saying "awwww" or "I'n glad a see you" [I'm glad to see you]

"I wub you"

"Wuhoo!"

"I got it" followed by him getting or doing something he wants(getting a stool and turning on the light for example)

full body hugs

asking for hugs/kisses

saying letters that appear on an object followed by "spells [insert object here]"

jumping up and down and/or clapping while giggling when he gets excited

"A clue, a clue on the [object]" whenever he sees a pawprint- the pet aisle at Target is fun:-)

"inNASTICS"- forward rolls, hanging on the bar and laughing himself silly because he's so proud of himself for staying up

"Was that fun?" and/or "That was fun" after we do something special

"Aaaaaahhhhh, pkkkkk" as he crashes two cars(or other vehicles) together

This list is abridged- I didn't realize it would get so long so fast!