More catching up

I STILL cannot get over how great I feel now that my major work events are behind me. It has been GREAT not worrying about that stuff!! I am so looking forward to going into the holiday weekend....and enjoying a few days off!!

I am still playing catch up on some older pictures that I want to get up on here!!

My sweet Livi bug. She is seriously the best baby ever. I thought that Blake was, but Olivia is SO good. She is so happy and content. We have been so blessed to have TWO good natured babies!! Blake and his buddie Dylan had a great time at a pool party. Don't they look like old men here?! So cute.
Blake and my mom are "best friends." He seriously cannot get enough of his nana! He just LOVES to be with her...and lucky for him (and us) she feels the same way! They spent the WHOLE day together yesterday. Ryan had to work late and I was golfing with the girls, so she babysat while we were at work all day and then into the evening as well. They have so much fun together!!
Maggie (my parents dog) is doing good!! I snapped this cute picture a couple of weeks ago. My parents just installed an electric fence, so now she can hang out outside and we don't have to worry about her running away! The fireworks are FREAKING her right out though....this coming weekend is going to be tough for her. Poor thing!!
Blake is getting so big. I don't know if I am biased, but he is SO smart! It just amazes me the stuff that he learns and retains every single day now. He can hold a FULL conversation. It is so fun being his mama! I am proud :)

Ryan has an appt. down in the Detroit area tomorrow with an Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon tomorrow. He was referred to him because of all of his back issues. I am hoping that he doesn't need surgery...but more than anything I am hoping that they can come to a plan where Ryan's back pain is lessened...SO, if that means surgery, so be it I guess! Wish us (him) luck!

Dylan's 1st Birthday Party!

On Saturday Blake and I attended one of my besties (Erica) son Dylan's 1st birthday party. It was lots of fun! I cant believe that Dylan is one already. It seems like he was just born! Time just goes so fast.

Dylan got LOTS of goodies...and Blake really enjoyed all of the festivities. It took him awhile to warm up to the crowd, but once he did he was just fine!

Birthday Boy...

Enjoying all of the attention (and gifts)!
Blake decided that he was going to get right in the mix. Here he is sitting on Dylan's dads lap during the unwrapping of the gifts!

Dylan and Blake...little buddies :)

Blake enjoying some party snacks!

Dylan dove right into the cake like a big boy. He just picked it up and ate it like he did that every day!! He barely made a mess at all...

Since the "party" Blake has decided that he is ALL about partying. When we pulled in at church on Sunday morning he said "we're at the party"...haha, so cute!! He wore a new coat to the party as well...and now refers to it as his "party coat"...

I'm Back!!

OK....I am back. Finally. I seriously have not been that sick in forever. It was terrible. So sick to my stomach that I could not keep anything down. I was so weak because I hadn't eaten in 4 days...ughhh....it was a vicious cycle. I hope that that is behind us now and no one close to me catches it!!

I have to say that the timing on me getting sick could NOT have been any worse. We had the extra baby (from last Wednesday until yesterday)...and poor Ryan, my mom, and sister were stuck taking turns taking care of all 3 of us. Man, it was no good.

BUT, Ryan did snap a few pictures of the boys while I was laying in bed dying. I started to feel ill Saturday afternoon and it go bad Saturday night. ALL day Sunday I was out...so Ryan had both boys.

Blake was actually pretty good with Dylan around. He had a couple of jealousy issues...but really nothing major. More than anything he just wanted to play with him and couldn't figure out why Dylan wouldn't chase him around the house!!
On Monday Ryan had to work, so my mom came in and helped me. We actually took Blake to his daycare to keep him in his routine...so my mom had to take care of me and Dylan...

On Tuesday I was STILL not ready for work. My mom came in, since Tuesday's are her usual mornings with Blake anyway. She had both boys in the a.m. At 1 she took Blake to his other babysitter (regular routine) and then I was feeling batter so I could handle little Dylan on my own!

We got out a lot of the the toys that Blake has outgrown, and he was very glad to see them. He took to sitting in his bumbo again (which he hasn't done in about a year)...also his little vibrating chair. He is so slim that he still fits in everything...but it is funny to see.

We hooked the Johnny-Jump-Up back up for Dylan to try. He really enjoyed that. Blake thought that he wanted in again...so I let him test it out. He quickly realized that it wasn't as fun now that he could walk....it was actually more like a harness and held him in one spot...haha

SO....it is back to just the 3 of us now...and I am feeling better....all I can say is thank goodness for my hubby and my family! I couldn't NOT have done it without them!!

Workin for the Weekend!!

YAY…the weekend is almost here. 7 more hours and I am FREE :) We have a super busy weekend. LOTS going on.

1st it is my hunnies b-day. The big 2-5 tomorrow!! Tonight we are going to dinner at my parent’s house to celebrate. Tomorrow his family is coming over to celebrate (with an early dinner).

The birthday boy!
Saturday day-time I get to see this kiddo. My friend Erica’s baby Dylan. Erica and Thomas are going to Jamaica in a couple weeks to get hitched…so Dylan will be staying with us then. I figure that it will be good practice to see if we can handle more than one kid :)

Saturday night is Erica’s bachelorette party!! Yippy. We have a party bus and 20+ of our closest girl friends coming to celebrate.

Erica and I used to be roomies :)...Back in our wilder days.

Sunday I will probably have to recover. And probably hear out to my parent’s house so my mama can wait on me :) hahaha. Bless her little heart.

My family

Baby Dylan Thomas....

Finally posting these pics. I went down to meet baby Dylan last friday. He would have been just a few days old when these were snapped. mama Erica is doing good. Baby just slept when we were there...but I guess that is what they do when they are babies!

I remember just waiting and waiting for Blake to wake up....now I pray for him to fall asleep and stay down for at least an hour!! My how times change!!

Look at his chubby little cheeks!

prefect complection and beautiful coloring
My sister Mary holding Dylan...she thinks that she is ready for a baby now :)

I must admit...she does look pretty cozy with a baby in her arms!

baby Dyan and I...

Dylan with his mama Erica...

The 3 of us...

my hair looks SICK...but whatev!!

Sleep, Sleep, Sleep!!
Event the camera flasses didnt bother him!!