Hannah and Ryan

Really?...Oh my goodness...

2010-01-26T18:21:00.001-08:00

August was the last post?!?! Oh. My. Gosh. I've decided that my biggest weakness is consistently having good intentions and never, I mean NEVER, following through with them. I have taken pictures. I've taken lots of pictures, but where do I start to even begin to catch up? In an attempt to be better mommy, I've cut back on the number of sittings I do per week so I'm hopeful that I can spend more time on stuff like this. Those of you who actually read this...please hold me accountable!!

Jeremy asked me today if I like being a mom to a boy...I absolutely, without a doubt, LOVE having a son. And I absolutely, without a doubt, LOVE having a daughter. I was worried though, before Ryan was born, Girls were all I knew. Would I know what to do with a boy? I've figured it out so far and I'm sure I'll keep learning as we go.

So, here are a few recent pictures of the kids...nothing fabulous, just our everyday silliness...

This, my friends, is the face that melts my heart!!

2 months old!!

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Flash Back!

2009-08-10T14:05:00.000-07:00

Well, here it is almost 2 months after Ryan was born, and I've not even added the pictures of when he was born.

This was the first time that Hannah held Ryan...

After 2 days of going non-stop, she finally crashed in my hospital room...

2009-07-01T20:21:00.000-07:00

9 Days Old...

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Outdoor Shoot...7 Days Old

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Ryan's First Photoshoot

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The Pool

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What can I say, the girl loves the water! We've spent several days at the pool and she's never ready to go home.

The Lake

2009-06-10T08:28:00.000-07:00

I can't tell you how happy I am that Hannah enjoys going to the lake like she does!! As someone that grew up going to the lake every weekend, I think I might have to disown her if she didn't enjoy it!! :)

Taking a snack break to eat some Cheetos...

Fishing with Papa Bear...

Jammin' with their air guitars to some country tunes...

Last year she refused to go tubing, but decided she'd give it a try this year and loved it again...

The Royals Game

2009-06-09T14:19:00.000-07:00

Fun Day #3... The Royals Game.

My sister went with us just in case I went into labor. How hilarious that is sitting here at 40 weeks 2 days and still no baby!! :)

Although it was an incredibly hot day and they lost...we still had a lot of fun! Hannah got spoiled rotten and that's really all that matters, right?

Deanna Rose Farmstead

2009-06-08T13:49:00.000-07:00

Our second "fun day" was a trip to "The Farm". This was our second trip and Hannah really enjoys it. It has a playground as well as a lot of different kinds of animals that you can pet and feed.

Powell Gardens

2009-06-06T20:08:00.000-07:00

I chose to take 3 weeks off before Ryan was due, to do "fun stuff" with Hannah. Our first fun day was a trip to Powell Gardens. It was a beautiful day and we pretty much had the place to ourselves. Hannah's favorite part was the water fountain. This first picture is of her taking a picture of the water with her camera.

April

2009-06-05T20:06:00.000-07:00

This NEVER happens... Hannah fell asleep on the couch watching TV!

I feel so honored that my belly was worthy of princess stickers! :)

An afternoon at the park...

Check out Jeremy's face!

"Blowers"

An after-bowling snack from Taco Bell.

An afternoon in the backyard...

April 16th--Church Baby Shower

2009-06-04T14:54:00.000-07:00

Belly Pics

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These were taken at 29.5 weeks...

Hannah's Easter Pics

2009-06-02T19:18:00.000-07:00

After our lovely Christmas dress incident this year (I purchased 2 dresses that Hannah refused to wear because they were "itchy"), I decided to let her pick out her own Easter dress. We came home with 2 that weren't any itchier than the Christmas ones, but hey...she picked them out! She wore the off white one on Easter to church. The other one we're saving for Ryan's first Sunday at church.

Easter Day

2009-06-02T14:12:00.000-07:00

Coloring Easter Eggs

2009-06-01T12:57:00.000-07:00

A Few March Pics

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Hannah playing dress up...

Pretending to not want her picture taken...

My 2 cheeseball smilers...

Family Fun Night at the Roller Rink...

February Fun

2009-05-30T14:49:00.000-07:00

It's pretty rare to have a day in February nice enough to go outside and sit, but we had one of those days and Hannah and I took advantage of it. These are just a few of her silliness!

Valentine's Day

2009-05-28T23:16:00.000-07:00

So, I had big plans for Hannah's Valentine's Day pictures this year. They included a cute nightgown, sponge rollers and pigtails... Well, little Miss Priss had something else in mind and she won. Lately, I take what I can get with her when it comes to picture-taking!

St. John Belly Pics

2009-05-26T08:38:00.000-07:00

The roadside scenery was absolutely incredible on the way to the beaches in St. John. I knew I would regret not taking some belly pics on the trip. I set the camera up and Jeremy shot them for me and I'm so glad that I did!! There are others but these are a few of my favorites.

Our Trip to St. John

2009-05-24T15:25:00.000-07:00

Much of January was spent with Hannah and I being sick. She had strep and an ear infection and I got "attacked" with the worst sinus infection EVER!! But, we were both able to get healthy in time for our trip to St. John on January 23rd. It was our first trip without Hannah which left me with quite a few mixed emotions... Luckily we were vacationing with 4 other couples who also had kids left behind. Hannah didn't seem to miss us much as her time was occupied with riding a train, going to see Sesame Street Live, eating at Chuck E Cheese... Anyway, Jeremy and I had a great time!!

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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IT'S A BOY!!!

The Month of December...

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Even with a dusting of snow, Hannah thought she and her Dad should build a snowman!!

A little random silliness during a picnic on the kitchen floor...

Getting ready to go sing for a nursing home...

Decorating our Christmas tree...

Jeremy's going to shoot me for this one... :)

Making Snickerdoodles... with a fake smile...

Making Grandma cookies...

Getting ready for her first Christmas program at church...

Notice all the other kids nicely lined up singing... and then there's Hannah in front of the microphone... Apparently she thought it was there for her to sing a solo! :)

Drinking hot tea and making sugar cookies...

A visit to Santa, after the drama and tears...

Christmas Eve at Nana and Papa Sheer's...

What Santa brought to our house...

Christmas morning at Momo and Bobpop's...

Thanksgiving Weekend

2009-05-15T21:22:00.000-07:00

We spent part of Thanksgiving Day in KC. We ate lunch here and then took off for our annual trip to Branson. Jeremy had to work on Friday, so Hannah and I went with my parents and sister.

We woke up at 4:30 on Black Friday and went shopping for all the "big" sales. Hannah was up and ready to go before I was!! She was such a sport all morning. She and Mom were so crammed in the backseat by the time we were done. We also went to Silver Dollar City where she rode on Fire in the Hole. The first time she rode, she liked it...the second time, not so much. She still talks about it and that she'll ride it again when she's a big girl. She rode lots of other rides that she really enjoyed too. We also went to Dixie Stampede one night and she absolutely loved eating with her fingers. One of the girl horseback riders gave my dad a carnation during the show (we were on the front row) and Hannah thought that it was pretty cool that Papa gave it to her afterwards. Anytime she wants to eat dinner and watch TV at the same time, she'll reference that we ate and watched a show at the "Horse Show" and she wants to do it like that. I don't think any of us got much sleep all weekend, but it was worth it!!

Our Little Pirate

2009-05-14T15:02:00.000-07:00

Hannah had decided in June that she wanted to be a pirate. During VBS last year, there was a skit that was performed every night and one of the characters was a pirate. After that, that's all we heard, was that she wanted to be a pirate for Halloween. I figured she'd change her mind, but she didn't... October came and she still wanted to be a pirate! I have to say, she was the cutest one I've ever seen.

We had made our rounds and ended up at the Sheer's last. I wasn't feeling good due to the peanut growing inside so we just stayed for awhile. At one point, Mauri said that he only had 8 pieces of candy left and when they were all gone, we'd have to shut the porch light off and call it a night. What Hannah responded with, blew my mind and left me in tears... She said, "We don't have to do that. I'll just share my candy with the rest of the kids."

The Pumpkin Patch

2009-05-13T18:42:00.000-07:00

We took Hannah to the Pumpkin Patch in October and she loved it! She rode the train and some toy tractors. She also played on the swings and slides. We went on a "hay ride" that consisted of NO hay, but lead us to the actual patch where she got to pick out her own pumpkin. She still talks about going back this year and how much fun she had! The girl has a memory that you wouldn't believe!! :)

First Belly Pictures

2009-05-10T21:41:00.000-07:00

These were taken a day shy of 6 weeks... as you can see, the bulge had begun to show!!

Playing Catch-Up

2009-04-22T14:24:00.000-07:00

I have 4 weeks until this little booger is to arrive, and 8 months of catching up to do. Over the next few weeks, I'm going to try to update a month at a time starting with when we found out Ryan was on the way. Then maybe, just maybe, I'll be ready to post baby pics without having to backtrack! :)

As you may already know, it took 18 months to get pregnant with Hannah. We were successful on round 2 of Clomid. This time around, we were successful after 9 months on round 3 ofClomid. I found out I was pregnant on September 29, 2008. I had had a few suspicions prior to that because I couldn't for the life of me, stay awake at night. I would put Hannah to bed at 8:30 and Jeremy would find me asleep in her bed when he got home at 11. It wasn't long after that, that I would've found out anyway, since my clothes quickly didn't fit anymore. We told a few people right away, but knew we wouldn't be able to keep it a secret for as long as we hid my pregnancy with Hannah, so on November 2nd, we allowed Hannah to do the telling.

Well, Here It Is....

2009-04-18T21:01:00.000-07:00

Several folks have asked if I'm going to do a website for Ryan like I did for Hannah. And yes, I've had every intention of doing so, but I've already fallen into the trap of being a mom the second time around. My sister has complained often that her baby book isn't finished like mine and looking through photo albums, hers stop at about a month old... I'm not going to say that I won't be like that, because it's already begun. Here I am at 33 weeks and no, I don't have a website for Ryan, nor have I taken belly pics every 4 weeks like I did with Hannah and I have yet to start the journal that I bought shortly after I found out we were expecting baby #2.

I've decided to start a blog to dedicate to Hannah and Ryan. It's much easier to update than the website is and this way I can keep everyone updated on both of our baby's.

Enjoy!!