Let them eat cake!

I need some business... So all you fabulous followers out there (mostly that know where I live and live there too), tell all your Friends, family, acquaintances, even complete strangers, that you know someone who makes beautiful cakes and you could give them my name ;) I know there are loads of people that like to take advantage of Christmas Break to get hitched, there is a possibility some of them procrastinate as much as I do and still need a cake...send them my way! I'll be in Utah for Christmas...so if you live there, we could work something out!

King of pout!

Ryland's newest "phase" is the perma-pout! It's adorable...but we can't quite figure out why he does it. He just walks around making his pouty face all day, it must feel funny, or maybe he's just pushing his lip out to catch all the snot from his perma-snot nose! (He must be teething, because he has had a runny nose for 2 months.)

..Three Wise Men..

I'm kinda "Ba humbug" about Christmas this year. I got this great idea from my Aunt Melissa (Sa, if you read this, I'm a copy-cat, it was a great idea!) I can't remember if it was last year or the year before, but they only bought each of their kids three gifts for Christmas because the Three Wise Men brought Jesus three gifts when they came to see him at his birth, therefore, the kids get what Christ got, because that is who the season is really about. I just don't even want to think about tons of crazy shopping and buying more useless toys that my kids won't even play with, so we are following suit, and this year Christmas will be about Christ!

Just to Laugh!

Okay, so I've never tried putting links on my page before, hopefully I can figure this out. I know, it has absolutely nothing to do with anything, especially my family, but, it made me laugh, a lot, and right now, I'm always up for a good laugh. There are some seriously crazy, brilliant, hilarious people out there, and I thought this guy deserved a shout out! So here goes: See...Funny Huh? Ha, made you laugh, now go make someone else laugh!

Down! Down! Down!

In case you didn't catch that...I'm feeling DOWN! No offense to any readers who are Obama fans, but I'm not, and I'm kinda freaked out about where things are going now, despite the fact that gas keeps going DOWN! (Yeah, are you jealous...It's totally $1.89 a gallon here in cheap Missouri, just another reason I love it here. If it's not cheap where you are, you should come visit!) Anyway...then there's my sick kids. I'm really concerned about my wee one. Ultrasound tomorrow, cross your fingers for us! And I really want another baby, but since we can't just want to get pregnant and it happens, it cost's loads of money, that also is a great source of DOWN for me right now. Because despite my greatest efforts, things requiring money now, just keep popping up. Yeah, so that's my DOWN in a nutshell! Maybe things will seem UP tomorrow, but probably not, as my husband would say (in the most loving of ways or course) I am the eternal pessimist!

Photo Tag!

I was tagged to do this tag. Does that make sense? Anyway, this is the first tag I have ever done, Yeah Me! All you do is go into your photo files, choose the fourth file, then the fourth picture in that file, and tell about it. So here goes...

This photo is of my best friend Alyssa and her darling family. I actually took this photo for their family portraits shoot. We got some great shots! I am so grateful to have her friendship, she is the bestest!

I tag her and...hmmm...let's tag Whitney, Heather, and Jen M.

Crack!

I love Crack! When it belongs to my cute little toddler! He has this issue with where his diaper rides, so if he is not fully clothed at all times, he is constantly pulling his diaper down in back. Which results in the most adorable little plumber's butt. Hopefully we can break this habit before he hits puberty, or we will have some saggy pant issues!

Now, on a more serious note, this little crack needs some prayers! We had his 15 month check up today, all went well, except for one very important part. As it turns out, he may have some very long lasting problems with his little boy parts that may need surgery to correct. We have an ultrasound scheduled later this week, and then we should know for sure if we need to go see the pediatric surgeon. We really would rather not have to go the surgery route, so please keep our little guy in your prayers and we will keep you all posted!

Halloween '08

Well, it came and went, nothing too exciting, we're kinda boring these days. We did the Trunk-or-Treat at the church Wednesday night. Ronnie(in his best whiny voice, which is pretty whiny these days) "Just couldn't wait till Trick-or-Treat day!!!!" Mom could care less, because it just means a month of non-stop "Can I have candy? Mom, PLEEEEEEASE! I need candy...I'm starving!" Which eventually ends in me throwing away most of the spoils. I know...I'm mean! Ronnie reminds me of that at least once a day. Anyway, this year Ronnie was an elephant, Ryland a bear. What's that you say...he doesn't look like a bear in the pictures. Oh, that's right! Because the cute, fuzzy bear costume I fell in love with, that clearly stated it was size 18 months(Ryland still wears 12 month), was not even close to fitting! (Yeah, way too small!) The poor kid, I still tried desperately, to no avail, when I thought I might break body parts trying to get it on, I decided to do a re-run and he wore Ronnie's Tigger outfit from when he was 10 months old, yes, somehow, the 10 month outfit fit. Go figure! Yeah, I know I ramble. We carved pumpkins for family night the Monday before. Well, mom carved, the boys just played with the guts, Ryland ate them, and the pumpkin lid, and then decided mom needed to wear them, so began throwing the guts all over me. That's about it...till next year!