Swing, swing, swing

Ryan loved swinging for the rest time the other day! I think we might have a stunt man on our hands, the higher he swung the harder he laughed! Ryan loves being tossed in the air, going down the slide, anything fast and full of action.
What a sweet picture of Ryan with his Bobo. Brent was home for the weekend before he went to Florida to install alarms. Ryan and I spent the weekend at Mom and Dads since Jared was out of town for work. We had such a nice time with the fam. The next time we see Brent he will be getting married!

Happy BIrthday Lady Bug!

Happy Birthday Big Girl!! Delaney turned 2 yesterday!! She is such a big girl and a joy to be around! It's amazing to see life through the eyes of a two year old. Delaney is smart, kind, funny, loving, and a wonderful niece. I have loved being a aunt, she makes me feel so special(most days) and I love spending time with her!! I LOVE YOU Delaney Bug!!

Can't get enough of that birthday cake!! She was so cute licking her plate, she didn't want to miss a piece. All week she wanted to know if it was time to make "upakes" for her birthday!

All aboard....choo choo

So lately I've been feeling kind of trapped by Fort Worth, I'm not sure why because there's not a mountain range in sight. I think maybe because in the last ten years I've lived in 5 states but moved 7 times, and I think we will be in Fort Worth for the rest of our lives. Which is fine, but also kind of boring. Jared hates change, talking about change, doing anything different, me on the other hand love change, love going new places and doing new things, so Fort Worth for the rest of my life is interesting. Also I've been very soiled and have lived in some of the most beautiful places in the country(Fort Worth is not included in this list by any stretch of the imagination) I'm talking about places with mountains, oceans, place to camp, go hiking, get outdoors and do things, this is not Fort Worth everything cost money and it's so stinking hot, raining, humid, pouring, freezing, oh did I mention hot that you don't want to be outside doing anything. Okay so after my pity party was over I decided I needed to do something about MY problem, so I got online and looked up mommy and me groups, did you know that there is a website where you can find people who want to form a group for anything thing your little heart desires. I found a group that I think I will like, I went to the my first activity today and had a very nice time. All the women were very welcoming and friendly. We went on a mini-train ride in Trinity Park in Fort Worth. They have a bunch of activities planed throughout the week and you can pick and choose which ones you want to go to. I'm excited and I think my friend Shalene will join too, so we can go to stuff together.

He looks like such a big boy sitting there by himself.

Flamingos, Iganuas,and Aligators oh my!

We went to the Ft. Worth Zoo today! I think this is one of my favorite places to go in Ft. Worth. My friend Shalene and I rolled into the zoo at about 12pm which is a far cry from the 10am we were shooting for. Man, babies really slow you down. We went to lunch before hand at Fuzzy's Taco's, which is a fish taco place over by TCU. It's really good.

By the the time we got to the zoo it was nap time for Ryan. He passed out cold in his stroller. I don't know how anyone could sleep in this position but he managed to sleep like that for about a half an hour. The penguins were a new exhibit at the zoo. What a cute little animal.

Aren't those lizards awesome colors!

Shalene took the reverse picture at the beginning of the day where Ryan was asleep and Jordan was awake. I think Shalene fell in love with my stroller. I have to say one thing, even though I HATE my car, it has a huge trunk, both of those strollers fit in the trunk along with alot of other crap I have piled in there. And both carseats fit pretty easily in the back!! Surprising and disappointing at the same time. Well not disappointing since Shalene doesn't have a car during the day,so it's great that my little car fits all of us and our piles of stuff.
Look my HAPPY boy is back!!!! YIPPEE!!

That's a really Alligator looking at us!!

Happy birthday to me!!

I had a fantastic birthday last week! We had some friends over for dinner, and we had my favorite meal TACOS!! I love tacos and any excuse to have them is good for me. Jared gave me a lovely card and a pair of earring( we are going to go shopping for the rest later.) With the money from my family I got a drum roll please a new CAMERA!! yippee!! Hence the new picture on the blog below!! I'm so excited to have a new camera, now I just need a new memory card because I can only take about 12 pictures with the memory card that came with the camera. The other thing I got was a new watch!! I lost mine a couple of months ago-well actually I gave it to Delaney to play with in the car-BIG mistake I never saw it again. Oh well I got a new Kenneth Cole with a light pink face! It's really cute and chunky!! Okay two more things, I got a docking station for the Nano that I inherited from Scott while he is on his mission(I'm buying him a new one when he gets home) and Katelyn bought me a heart rate monitor with a calorie burner!! I love it, I wear it while working out and it tells me my heart rate,target heart rate and how many calories I'm burning-it is amazing!!Especially since I went back to the gym today!! Thank you to Kelly, Nana, Nana Jo and Mom and Dad for the money. Steve and Joann thank you for the gym membership. Thanks to my friends for the wonderful lunches. Anyways I had a wonderful birthday even though my dad forgot my day of birth. : )

Did you ever hear of the boy who cried wolf?

Ryan has acted sick all week!! He had a temperature of 102.5, won't eat or drink has bottle, and is crying all the time!! He doesn't want me to put him down and is just generally cranky!! I went in last Tuesday for his 9 month appointment with a very happy and came home with a fuss budget. So on Friday I called the doctor to try and figure out what was going on with my baby. The nurse called me back and said that he probably picked up a bug while we where there for his checkup!! Bummer dude!! That really sucks to go to the doctor with a totally healthy baby and come home with a sick one, isn't it supposed to happen the other way around? So today I went in with my sick child to find out exactly what was wrong with him. Once I got to the doctor I think everyone thought I was a hypochondriac because he was all smiles!!!

He smiled at everyone and was laughing with the doctor! All the girls we walked by he smiled and wrinkled up his nose at them. How can anyone believe me when I bring in a sick baby who is all smiles?? Why can't he smile at home? Okay so the doctor did see some drainage in his ear, so I guess he is a little sick and I'm not totally crazy.

Ryan had his nine month check up on Tuesday, and everything was great!! He was 19lbs 3ounces and 30-1/2 inches long, so he was is the 45% for weight and 95% for height. They didn't even tell me the head size, probably because it was so huge. Doctor Worsley said not to worry because he is not crawling yet that he still has 3 more months to learn. I love our doctor,and yesterday I got in on time which was a first, I don't mind the wait because he is SO nice. Ryan had one shot and it is the first time his shots have effected him afterward. That night he got his first temperature of 102.5 and then was cranky all day yesterday. Hopefully today will be better. My camera is not working great so I don't have any new pictures, but in case you were wondering he is still pretty darn cute!

He has grown almost a foot since this picture was taken!!

I was tagged by Jen and the topic of this tag was 10 things I suck at and 10 things I rock at! This was really hard to think of ten things for both-once I started thinking though I couldn't stop. I tag Jill, Leah, and Katie.

10. I'm not very good at keeping my house clean~I can't seem to stay focused to get anything done! I'm just hope that one day I come home from shopping and it will have clean itself, or maybe the menahunies will have snuck in and cleaned it. I can dream-I guess I will have to do it myself.

Disclaimer this is not my house-my house is not this dirty

9. I get bored and like to shop! ~This is really hard on my hard working husband. I have been trying to stick to a budget and find things to do that don't cost money or make things with the pile of craft stuff I have already.

8. I hate noises that I'm not making.~Let me explain, I hate to listen to people chew. Especially anything loud; cereal, chips, gum, crackers. I hate the sounds people make with their silverware while eating like scraping their fork on the their teeth. I think I have very sensitive ears, but I know my dad is the same way. And if you what to put me over the edge have me ride in a car with a rattle that you can't find or stop. It gives me anxiety just thinking about it.

7. I don't proof read my blog before I post it.~This fact I get excited to post, and don't take the time to proof read, I think ADD has a little to do with it too. Jared always comes home from work and lets me know what I missed or what doesn't make sense, good thing I married a man with a English, and focused on technical writing.

6. I am addicted to the computer.~We have a laptop which I take all around the house with me(think it is going to die soon though : (I love to play Spider Solitaire, or blog. I don't really look things up I just look at peoples blogs.

5. I'm a huge procrastinator~Why do something now that I don't need until later. I plan ahead, buy the things I need and then don't do it until the last minute.

4. I love the TV.~I will watch just about anything. Most people have about three show they watch, I think I have about 12 that I can't miss. If I turn the TV on in the morning then I watch it on and off all day. I just can't turn it on, I get a lot more done during the day without the TV

3. I would like to be better at grocery shopping~I like to go that day and buy what I need for that meal, but that gets really expensive. I need to sit down and make a menu and then make things that go together so I don't waste food or money.

2. I HATE leftovers, left me repeat myself I HATE leftovers. ~ First of all I hate cleaning out nasty dirty plates or bowls that have sat in the fridge for two weeks, and second I don't want to have the same thing twice.

1. I am not good at saying I'm sorry. ~ I've gotten better but it still needs work.

( I thought of one more thing I really suck at--mailing things to people-I have about three packages and thank you cards from Christmas that I still haven't mailed, I actually have a Christmas present that I haven't mailed yet!!!)

10 things I rock at

10. I'm a good cook~ I come for a long line of great cooks. I used to have all of Jareds single friends over for Sunday dinner, we had a blast. I wish they were all still here so we could have more people over.

9. I love to have people around me. I would have people over every night if we could.

8. I'm a loyal friend. I will do anything for a friend with in my power. I do a good job of keeping in touch with people once they are my friend.

7. I make the best chocolate chip cookies-I really enjoy baking, which is hard since I'm trying to lose weight.

6. I am crafty~ I've decided that I'm craft not artisy. I was in art classes all though high school and did good but never felt inspired, give me some fabric or beads and I can work magicI love to decorate

5. I'm pretty calm~Not many things work me up to much, I do have a few buttons but for the most part I'm pretty mellow.

4. I'm good at sewing~ I made Ryans whole bedroom set, made one for a boutique in Fort Worth and I'm about to make one for a friend from law school.

3. I love being a mom~Ryan is the best thing that has ever happened to me(besides Jared of course) he is just the best baby, and I've loved every moment of being his mom. I hope he will think I rock.

2. I love being spontaneous- I love to just take off and do something. I love having friends that are up for anything. My family was really good at finding adventures in anything, and I really enjoy that.

1. I rock at being a wife-just kidding but I love being a wife and I love my husband and all the support and comfort he gives me.

Gym or sleep, gym or sleep which would you chose?

So I have a gym membership which I had been faithfully going for about a month and half straight, that is until daylight savings. Now I know some of you are saying, "uh Emily that was over a month ago, what's your excuse now..." Well I have an amazing reason for not going still, Ryan has been sleeping for about 14-16 hours every night!!! He goes to bed at 9pm every night wakes up at 7ish to 8ish drinks a 6 ounce bottle, and promptly falls back asleep for another couple of hours!! Is this normal for a baby to sleep that much? He wakes happy and ready to go for the day, and takes a nap around 3 for 2-3 hours. I just can't bring myself to wake him up, but it seriously cuts into my gym time, since it closes at noon and then doesn't open again until 3, at which time he is going down for a nap!! What do I do with my perfect sleeping machine? Do I wake him, let him sleep. I feel like if he is sleeping that much he must need it right? Well I guess the gym can wait!! : )

Look how tiny he was!!

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Please scroll down to see all of our wonderful pictures from mine and Ryan's trip to California! We had a great time

What is his name? Jared

How long did you date? First met June 2000- First date July 4th- Engaged sometime in Sept, with the ring Thanksgiving- Married May 5th 2001.

How long have you been married? 7 years next month

Who eats more sweets? ME ME ME

Who is taller? He is but not by much

Who is the better singer? Jared is way better

Who does the laundry? Uh do I even need to answer that question?

Who pays the bills? I did until this month, now Jared is aahhhh!

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? He does

Who mows the lawn? One good thing about an apartment is we don't have to worry about that right now.

Who cooks dinner? Again is that a question I really need to answer? I think he can heat a cup of noodles, but he did survive for 12 days while I was gone.

Who drives? I do, Jared is not a very good driver. About the only time he drives is when we are going to a law firm function.

Who is more stubborn? Me.

Who kissed who first? I think we both leaned in about the same time.

Who asked who out? Jared asked me, but I had to drive myself out to his house for fireworks on the fourth of July.

Who proposed? He did. He had a bad dream up at school that I broke up with him, and he couldn't stand the thought of not having me. : )

Who is more sensitive? Day to day things I'm more sensitive, but I'll have you know Jared is pretty sensitive too.

Who has more Siblings? Me

Who wears the pants? I think we are pretty balanced

I love you hon thanks for 7 great years

I tag Shalene, and Jennie Erickson

Thanks to all

I just want to say thank you to my Grandma for a wonderful trip in southern California. We had a wonderful time hanging out and shopping with GG. I hope you are feeling better GG!

Laur and family thanks for a great week. This was the longest I have spent with my aunt and family ever I believe. We had such a nice time just hanging out. I had a great time getting to know my cousins, and let them met Ryan. Chrissy will be a wonderful mom and was so helpful, kind, and friendly. Robbie did a great job babysitting, letting me get out of the house with Laur and Chrissy. He called after Ryan had been awake for an hour and asked what to do with a crying baby. Robbie decided that babies seriously cut into PS2 playing. Thanks Robbie for watching Ryan. Tommy was very cute with the baby wanting to hold him and play with him. He didn't even mind watch Sesame Street when his friend was over. It was really cute to watch him interact with Ryan. Rich thank you for sharing your office with Ryan so that I could sleep better at night. Also thank you for burning the CD with all the pictures. Again I had a wonderful time and wish that we lived closer,so we could hang out all the time.

While we were there Ryan cut a bottom tooth! He was a little fussy but we all made it though!!