New Hair but bigger than ever!

Hey, here is a picture of me at 37 weeks an a day!! Yikes!! Jake has dropped and I think he likes to sqeeze my bladder. I wake up about 3 times a night to go peepee!! I feel better now that I finally lightened my hair but I am swollen so I don't look like myself!! Less than 3 weeks to go!! I can't wait to meet this little guy!! And I am hoping he is like my nephew Kolt and sleeps through the night at like 6 weeks old!!! 12 hours that little guy does!!

Honeysuckle Hill Pumpkin Patch

Last weekend we went to a great pumpkin patch. There was so much to do there that we spent 4 hours there!! The kids loved it!! And passed out in the car ride home!! There were multiple playgrounds and slides, a hay ride, multiple corn mazes, a cow train, a petting zoo, a corn box (like a sand box but full of corn, and you could even milk a fake cow!!!! Here are some pictures of our fun day!!

Katey's Dance Class

Here is some video of Katey in her ballet/tap class.

There is no sound because she is behind glass (in case you didn't know). But you can still see she is so serious. I love the look she gives one girl (in the 2nd video) when the girl is jumping around crazy!! Enjoy!

Being like Mommy

While I was trying to take a picture of Tyler and his new shoes I looked over at Katey and this is what she was doing!!!



I guess she was trying to look like me by putting a basketball under her shirt!!

New Shoes

We went to Sears the other day and they had a ton of shoes of clearance and of course Katey and Tyler found some cute shoes!! Katey just loves her big girl flip flops and Tyler is so excited to have water shoes just like his Daddy. And there were only $4.99!!




As you can see Tyler has already been getting them dirty in some mud.

Feeding the Geese and Jump Zone

We had a great couple of days as a family. Ryan had Monday and Tuesday off for Columbus Day and we made the most of it. On Sunday, we went to church and then had lunch at our "pseudo-family" Monica and Kevin's house. Kevin is actually Ryan's Grandmother's boyfriend Jack's grandson and they are stationed here at Fort Campbell. So we had fun watching football and eating lunch. Then we went to this place called Dunbar Caves Park, which has a trail (that I could barely walk) and this huge cave system that is apparently 8 miles long. You can no longer go in except for on tours. So Ryan and Tyler will be going on a tour on October 24th. They get to bring their flashlights and it is always 58 degrees in the cave. We walked up to the entrance and you could feel the cold air. You have to be 3 so Katey can't go yet. We also fed the geese there.

Then on Monday Ryan took the kids to Tractor Supply company and John Deere and some other "really exciting places." :) On Tuesday, we tried out this place called Jump Zone and the 3 kids, including Ryan had the time of their lives!! Jump Zone has a bunch of those huge inflatable slides and obstacle courses and jumping things. I had a great time watching them have so much fun. It will definitely be something I can take them to pretty often while Ryan is gone. Tyler kept running by telling me "This is so much fun, Mom!" Here are some pics.

And here is a short video of Tyler and Katey going down the Firetruck slide!

Ballerina Katey

Here is a little video of Katey showing off some of her ballet and tap moves. I will video some of her class on Friday and put it on here too. She is so cute!!

Our little dancer!!

Well, just wanted to let everyone know our little ballerina/tap dancer was moved to the big girl class after only 2 days of dance!!! She is just so darn cute and follows everything the teacher says!! And her teacher was shocked she wasnt even 3 yet!! Just had to do a little bragging...since she doesn't listen to a thing I say...at least she listens to her teachers!!

More pictures!!

Here are some more house pictures of some of the upstairs rooms. Here are the master, Tyler's room, and Katey's room. Jake's room is still under construction!!!

And here are some more of the backyard!!

Pictures of the kids

Here are a couple of pictures of the kids. The first one is Tyler on his first day of school on Sept 3 and the other is the kids in our backyard before Ryan mowed!!!! Those weeds were high!!

Some belly pics

Here are some belly pictures that Linda (Ryan's mom) took a couple of weeks ago. I think they turned out pretty good. Thanks Linda!

House Pictures!!

I know, I know, finally some pictures of the house!! I don't have an of the upstairs rooms but

here is the downstairs and the front and back. Enjoy!!

the kitchen another view of kitchen the dining room

living room the stairway

The New Playground

Ryan has been putting together the kids' new playground after he gets home from work the last few days. Today he made lots of progress and as you can see the kids could not wait to get on it. As soon as the swings were ready they were on the swings and then the slide and then the cargo net. Check out the pics!!

Tyler and his Daddy

Well, I just picked Tyler up from school and of course asked the daily question, "What did you do in school today??" Which I never get too much out of him besides played on the playground, played with toys, etc. Today he had made a bunch of drawings so I was like, "oh, you did all those drawings." And he said, "yeah, those are all for Daddy so he can take them with him to Afganistan." I was like, "Afganistan??" I have been trying to slowly tell him that Ryan is leaving again just little things but he never really said anything back to me but "Yeah, whatever, tie my shoe!!' I told Ryan and he said he has been talking to him about it too on their Daddy days. So, I guess he is comprehending it. I just hope he doesn't take it too hard when it happens. I was crying in the car when he said it so I hope I make it through this deployment!! :)

On that note, I have a sign up sheet for visitors once month for all next year. Let me know when you are coming!! hahahahha!! :)