You are Belle from Beauty and the Beast!
Okay it's a silly quiz with totally unrealistic questions, but I've always wanted to be a Disney Princess and now I am, see? ;-)
What Disney Princess are you?
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Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Silly Quiz
You are Belle from Beauty and the Beast!
Okay it's a silly quiz with totally unrealistic questions, but I've always wanted to be a Disney Princess and now I am, see? ;-)
What Disney Princess are you?
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Monday, November 29, 2004
So Many Cute Moments Today!
We had so many cute moments today that I couldn't just pick one. Ryan has been sitting in anything that he could for the past few weeks. This is one of his favorites. He looked so cute I had to take some pictures. Really it's a table that has 2 sides, a lego side and an activity side. He takes out the flipable part and sits in the bin. I took the legs off when he fell over onto a table and hit his head. He still likes to sit in it. I keep thinking how much he needs a chair, but I put a little sofa on his Christmas list. I don't want to go out and buy a chair if someone is getting him the sofa, so we are just going to wait until Christmas. Maybe I'll get a couple bean bags chairs for the play room for Christmas. I've thought of a couple things to add to his Christmas list just by watching him today. Like a portable musical device of some kind. He loves to carry around the Leap Frog Fridge Farm that Erin and Ben gave him for his birthday. He will make it play a song and he holds it and dances. I should write these things down as I think of them because I know there are some I can't remember now.
I was busy thinking about blogging about the table/chair when a package arrived from my mom. Boy was that a big hit! First I got out the very cute, soft bear and Ryan got a huge grin on his face. Apparently one of Mom's German friends made the bear. How cool is that? I've gotten some really great gifts that mom's friends have made. He cuddled the bear for a while. Again, out came the camera. I just missed an adorable kiss that he gave the bear. We went back to the rest of the gift. Ryan grabbed a book from the package and plopped down in my lap to read. After reading the two books I started uploading the pictures. I should have known better because he got the box and put it on his head and started playing peek-a-boo! Duh- The box is always their favorite part! The instant the photos were uploaded I unplugged the camera and took some pictures of his peek-a-boo game. It was a fun day!
In case you don't know-CLICK ON THE PICTURES FOR BETTER RESOLUTION. And if you move the mouse over the better picture's bottom right corner a small square will appear to expand the picture even more!
This boy so needs a chair!
Soft bear
Where's Ryan?
Peek-a-boo!
I was busy thinking about blogging about the table/chair when a package arrived from my mom. Boy was that a big hit! First I got out the very cute, soft bear and Ryan got a huge grin on his face. Apparently one of Mom's German friends made the bear. How cool is that? I've gotten some really great gifts that mom's friends have made. He cuddled the bear for a while. Again, out came the camera. I just missed an adorable kiss that he gave the bear. We went back to the rest of the gift. Ryan grabbed a book from the package and plopped down in my lap to read. After reading the two books I started uploading the pictures. I should have known better because he got the box and put it on his head and started playing peek-a-boo! Duh- The box is always their favorite part! The instant the photos were uploaded I unplugged the camera and took some pictures of his peek-a-boo game. It was a fun day!
In case you don't know-CLICK ON THE PICTURES FOR BETTER RESOLUTION. And if you move the mouse over the better picture's bottom right corner a small square will appear to expand the picture even more!
This boy so needs a chair!
Soft bear
Where's Ryan?
Peek-a-boo!
Long, Busy Weekend
It was a long busy weekend, hence the lack of blogging. Thursday of course we had thanksgiving dinner with the Dunnings, but you knew that because of the Happy Thanksgiving Picture:-) Dinner was delicious as always. Ryan did well, but he liked exploring all the different places in the house. It got very tiring chasing him around that big old place! Zach read the blessing for the meal and helped serve dessert. We should have thought about pictures earlier because that turkey really took a toll on everyone in our family. The boys did all right in spite of the tiredness. They were real troopers;-)
Friday Lindsay and I had a massages thanks to my very thoughtful husband:-) It was very nice to hang out with someone and not worry about the kids for a while. Then it was back home to get everyone ready for our family pictures. That actually went very well. We had a good photographer that was able to keep Zach and Ryan to look at the camera at the same time. We spent way too much money because we liked most of the pictures so much. I think we both think it was worth it to have some really good family pictures especially since we had never done it before. Plus I think we might be able to get a few good Christmas gifts out of the deal. Friday night Ben came over and hung out. He read Ryan stories and then he and Jay went out to rent a movie. This is something I may never let happen again. They rented Chronicles of Riddick(the sequel to Pitch Black). In all fairness they thought we would all like it because we all liked Pitch Black. However it was totally different from the first movie and quite cultish and strange. Oh well, at least we had an interesting discussion about it after.
Most of Saturday was spent running errands and cleaning in preparation for Sunday.
Sunday was Ryan's Dedication. It went fine. I felt very self conscious up on stage in front of the whole church. I think everything was amplified by the tremendous amount of stress I was feeling. We were supposed to be lined up backstage, but since we had not told everyone where to sit we had to wait for them. We never found one person we were supposed to find and I was just hoping she wasn't lost. This might sound really crazy, but I was worried that the house was going to catch fire while we were at church because we left the oven on warm to keep the chili hot. It just seemed like the next logical thing to happen since nothing seemed to be going right. There were many other factors contributing to my stress. Among them hosting people at my house after the service. I felt like I had no control since I wasn't there yet. There were so many things I wanted to have ready that I didn't get to before hand. I don't know why I stressed myself out so much about it. Everything really worked out fine. Ryan behaved beautifully the whole time. I just kept focusing on every little thing that was wrong instead of being in the moment and enjoying myself. This is probably why I don't like to be the center of attention. I can't think of anything except what might be wrong. I think I might be a little to focused on other people's perceptions. Perhaps so focused on it that I make a fool of myself and give the very opposite impression of what I want because I don't want anything to go wrong. Wow this has been like a mini-therapy session;-) All in all the dedication went pretty well I think. If I focus on the good things instead of the bad I might even say it was good;-) The get together after was nice. Grandma and the Dunnings all came over. It was a pleasant party. Everyone seemed to enjoy the white chili, sandwiches and dip I made for the occasion. It was really great to get to talk to everyone. Especially my grandma since I have not seen her in so long. Ryan was down for his nap for most of the time people were there, but when he woke up he really enjoyed all the attention. He was all smiles and giggles. The rest of Sunday was spent relaxing and recovering from the busy weekend. Jay seemed to sense how much I needed a break so he did all the dishes from the party and took care of the kids while I took a bath.
Today I ordered some Christmas presents and played with Ryan per the advice of our sermon on Sunday-'Slow down and enjoy things' was the basic message. It was a really great message. I definitely needed it after this weekend!
Friday Lindsay and I had a massages thanks to my very thoughtful husband:-) It was very nice to hang out with someone and not worry about the kids for a while. Then it was back home to get everyone ready for our family pictures. That actually went very well. We had a good photographer that was able to keep Zach and Ryan to look at the camera at the same time. We spent way too much money because we liked most of the pictures so much. I think we both think it was worth it to have some really good family pictures especially since we had never done it before. Plus I think we might be able to get a few good Christmas gifts out of the deal. Friday night Ben came over and hung out. He read Ryan stories and then he and Jay went out to rent a movie. This is something I may never let happen again. They rented Chronicles of Riddick(the sequel to Pitch Black). In all fairness they thought we would all like it because we all liked Pitch Black. However it was totally different from the first movie and quite cultish and strange. Oh well, at least we had an interesting discussion about it after.
Most of Saturday was spent running errands and cleaning in preparation for Sunday.
Sunday was Ryan's Dedication. It went fine. I felt very self conscious up on stage in front of the whole church. I think everything was amplified by the tremendous amount of stress I was feeling. We were supposed to be lined up backstage, but since we had not told everyone where to sit we had to wait for them. We never found one person we were supposed to find and I was just hoping she wasn't lost. This might sound really crazy, but I was worried that the house was going to catch fire while we were at church because we left the oven on warm to keep the chili hot. It just seemed like the next logical thing to happen since nothing seemed to be going right. There were many other factors contributing to my stress. Among them hosting people at my house after the service. I felt like I had no control since I wasn't there yet. There were so many things I wanted to have ready that I didn't get to before hand. I don't know why I stressed myself out so much about it. Everything really worked out fine. Ryan behaved beautifully the whole time. I just kept focusing on every little thing that was wrong instead of being in the moment and enjoying myself. This is probably why I don't like to be the center of attention. I can't think of anything except what might be wrong. I think I might be a little to focused on other people's perceptions. Perhaps so focused on it that I make a fool of myself and give the very opposite impression of what I want because I don't want anything to go wrong. Wow this has been like a mini-therapy session;-) All in all the dedication went pretty well I think. If I focus on the good things instead of the bad I might even say it was good;-) The get together after was nice. Grandma and the Dunnings all came over. It was a pleasant party. Everyone seemed to enjoy the white chili, sandwiches and dip I made for the occasion. It was really great to get to talk to everyone. Especially my grandma since I have not seen her in so long. Ryan was down for his nap for most of the time people were there, but when he woke up he really enjoyed all the attention. He was all smiles and giggles. The rest of Sunday was spent relaxing and recovering from the busy weekend. Jay seemed to sense how much I needed a break so he did all the dishes from the party and took care of the kids while I took a bath.
Today I ordered some Christmas presents and played with Ryan per the advice of our sermon on Sunday-'Slow down and enjoy things' was the basic message. It was a really great message. I definitely needed it after this weekend!
Friday, November 26, 2004
A Better Time at Picture People
We went to Picture People to get family pictures. The photographer ws much better at getting Ryan to smile this time. I was left with the decision of what pictures to get because I liked them all instead of what picture to get because none of them were that great. So we used our coupon and got 5 "poses" for the price of 3. At least we will be able to use them as Christmas gifts! I really didn't plan on spending that much money! Well we've never done family pictures before, so I feel like it was worth it to get some nice pictures to preserve images of our family just the way we are now. I don't think Jay knows this, but I really want to make a yearly event out of this. I think next year we will try JC Penney; They seem to have better prices.
Family Photo
Zach and Ryan
Mommy and Ryan
Daddy and Zach
Close up Family Picture
Family Photo
Zach and Ryan
Mommy and Ryan
Daddy and Zach
Close up Family Picture
