Snow

So what do two 26 year old new homeowners do on a Saturday night at 11:30 when their son is in bed. They bundle up and go out in the snow of course!!!! This is our first snow in our new home. We were tempted to wake Ry up and take him out there to see it. Then we thought it through. So far we have just over an inch and we are expecting more for the next couple of days. I am hoping that it will stay around for my birthday on Tuesday.

Proud Sister

Just wanted all of you to know that Brian, has started his own business. Yes our little Bri has his own construction business. The company is called Buchanan and Sons Construction. We are so proud of Brian for taking this jump. He has received his licence and is already lining up work. Bri, we are so proud of you. Hard work does pay off.

Spending time with my son

So being a Dad is an amazing thing. I don't think you realize how special it is until you really are one. I look at Ryan and every time I am amazed that he is part of me. I have someone that will look up to me and who I will have to teach everything to. That is a lot of responsibility and I love it. Having a son means the world to me and I can not express what I am feeling but WOW!!!
I got off work today and went to go pick up Ry from Cin. They were shopping for the presents for the pancake feed and Ry needed to get home to take a nap. When he first saw me he almost jumped out of the cart into my arms. He is growing so much. Everyday I have to remind myself that I need to cherish every moment with him. He is so much fun at this age right now. It is amazing to watch him figure things out. So we came home and I put him to bed because he was definitely tired. But when he woke up he was ready to play. So we went down stairs and we got some toys out and Cin had just got home and he wanted to go into the kitchen. So what does do now; he is starting to go up the stairs. It is so much fun spending time with Ryan. I cherish the time we have and look forward to the adventures ahead.

Pedicure

Today I received the best birthday gift. I know that it is not officially not my birthday, but I felt so special. Rex has been bothering me to go get a pedicure for a while. This is something I really enjoy to do and I use to do at least once a month. It just seems like the last month I have made appointments and than something else will come up and I cancel them. It was something I wanted done before my birthday, Rex and I are planning to go to Seattle for the night. Well today I had a lot of running around to do after my moms group and Rex is on shift. So I called my mom and she offered to take Ry for a couple of hours so I could get a break. While getting a pedicure my phone rang, I usually would ignore it but I looked down and it was my Jamie. As silly as it sounds, it was the best pedicure I have had in a long time. Although Jamie was not with me I felt like she was. I got to talk to my best friend for an uninterrupted 22 minutes and 47 seconds. Naturally this is not the longest conservation we have ever had and we did not solve the worlds problems, but we just got to chat. It was nice to not have anyone need me but her. I was able to listen and focus on what she was saying. So to you Jamie, thank you for always knowing when to call and always loving and supporting me. You are an amazing woman, and friend. I always love to hear your voice.

Baby Gates

I never thought that we would be one on those families that has their entire house baby proofed. I read about a company that comes in and will baby proof your entire house, I just laughed thinking that I would never need anything like that. Boy was I wrong. Ryan is into everything. It is insane. All of the rooms that I thought were safe somehow have hidden dangers around every corner. I vacuum all the time, but somehow Ry will find dirt or a piece of something to eat. It is amazing that he has so many toys, but he rather play with the little tinny plastic thing he finds on the floor from a tag of a shirt. We have two baby gates at the top of each set of stairs. I fear I am going to have to get more. Today I was making lunch and Ry was playing with his toys in the fireplace room. I was talking to him and he was making tons of noise talking back and banging on is toys. All of the sudden it was quite. As a Mom you always know that when it is quite something is going on. Sure enough I look down and I see this little head bobbin up and down by the stairs. He has gotten himself up the first stair. He was so proud of himself. Needless to say he sits in his chair in the kitchen when I am making any kind of meal.

Little gym closed for repairs

So I was giving Ryan a bath, when he was done I had him standing on the counter in front of the mirror. He was talking to himself and than he noticed his pull up bar (the towel rack). He grabbed the bar and started to do pull ups like he does with his Daddy. Well I tried to pull him away from the bar and he would not let go. So I tried a little harder and all of the sudden pop. Ryan was holding on so tight that he broke the towel rack. He thought it was funny, and to tell you the truth so did I. He stood there laughing and holding what use to be my towel rack in his hand. I stood there with my jaw on the ground. I had no idea what to do. We will have to wait for Daddy to come home and fix it.

The toilets are clean!!!

I am getting ready to go to bed. I am happy to report that I cleaned my toilets. Well I pretty much got everything that I wanted to get done today in an hour after Ry went to bed. I forget how quickly I can get things done with out chasing after Ry. I have found that I get really distracted by him as well. The laundry and house work can wait, if it means that I get to spend time with Ryan. It is so cute, he crawls over to me I love it. However I am my Mother's daughter and I love it when my home is sparkly clean!!!!

Do you ever have those days that never seem to go right??? Well today is mine. Rexer is on a 36 hour shift and I was totally excited this morning laying in bed making a mental to-do-list. I was going to finish the laundry, that is never ending, go grocery shopping and clean the house from top to bottom. Needless to say the only thing that got done was the shopping. I have not even fed the dog yet. It seemed like every time I tried to do anything something else came up. I am not even sure where today went. I spent the evening at the Fire station just finishing up Pancake Feed breakfast stuff. Rex although on shift was planning on being there to help me with Ryan. He got a call, so I spent two hours going through stockings and chasing Ryan around. Thank God other firefighters where there to help me entertain Ryan. I ended up doing about 1/3 of what I wanted to do. Ryan and I finally made it home and when I pulled in the driveway I was hoping that the cleaning fairy had stopped by and folded all of my clothes and cleaned my toilets. I walked a pile of laundry that seemed to triple in size while I was gone. To top it all off Ryan had a major blowout all over his car seat and clothes. Well I guess I better get to it. Maybe if I feed the dog he will leave me alone so I can get at least something done!!!

Grandpa's Concert

Yesterday Ryan experienced a family tradition that I ave been doing for as long as I can remember. We took him to Grandpa Ralph's Christmas concert. I am so thankful that Ryan, although he will not remember gets to attend and do things that I grew up doing. We all went out to dinner afterwards which was a blast. It was nice to spend time with the Kenyon side of the family.