Snow...AGAIN!!

Definitely the winter of snow. I don't think it has ever snowed this much in one winter in any place I have ever lived. Wow!! Finally, though, we were prepared. The winter coat was purchase, hat and gloves were found, and boots were worn! YEA!

Park City, Utah

Sundance Festival here we come!!

Off to Park City we are...and what a blast we had!!

Our first trip away on a plane, together, without Ryan, since we moved to Alabama. Whew...what a great time to relax!

We went out to dinner, walked around, I went to the spa, Mike skiied for an afternoon, we had some more food, and we RELAXED!!!

Heaven!!

Mom and Dad were so sweet and came over to keep Ryan for 4 DAYS!! How wonderful of them!! It really was a nice get away and we really appreciate the opportunity to go.

23 weeks - February 8

I mean, am I doubling by the day??

21 weeks - January 23

I am starting to really show. Big change from just a week and a half ago...

19.5 weeks -- last week as I am now almost 21 weeks.

More Birthday Pictures 2010

Ryan's birthday!!

So, before I continue with Christmas...which will take me a while, I figured I would upload Ryan's birthday party!! It was so fun and I think that Ryan had a really good time. It was a bit chaotic, but sometimes I like it that way.

Ryan's 2nd birthday was yesterday and I took brownies to school - at the request of his teachers not to have something with icing...

Ryan loved it and asked for "Mou" all day. I was able to work from home yesterday afternoon and pick him up for Mother's Day Out myself. That was fun to see him before naptime. We took him to NY Pizza in Homewood last night. I have to say...he had a good time, but taking a 2 year old out to eat is not necessarily the least stressful thing you can choose to do. He was definitely a handful. With all of that going on, we didn't even have a chance to open gifts from us...and still haven't, actually. Maybe after nap we will get to it. His big gift from us is a power truck/jeep, but it is on backorder so we won't be able to get until the 2nd week in February. Terrible parents, I know. Next year when he really knows the difference, we will do better!!

On to today at 10:30am. Ryan was rambunctious all morning and really getting into stuff before everyone got here, but he seemed to calm down as the house got fuller and fuller.

We had 12 children here and all of their parents. We were a full house and had SO MUCH FUN!!

The kids seemed to enjoy playing with everything and the parents had fun enjoying the little bit of conversation that could be had above the racket and refereeing that 12 children require. Here are some pics. Oh, the one where Ryan is burying his head - those are because we are singing to him. HAHAHA...Mr. Shy all of a sudden!