"Where are ME?"

Here is Riley's newest hiding spot. She has learned that she can fit into the kitchen cupboards and close the door. While she is hiding from all of us, she is screaming, "WHERE ARE ME?" and.....

..... As you open up the cupboard door she yells at you, "HERE ME AM?" She loves to play and hide. She also hides inside our closets. She is not afraid of the dark either.

TWO WEEKS OLD

Brenden is two weeks old today. This morning we went to our first doctor's appointment. It went well. We have a healthy baby boy. Not that we did not know this already. We are back to our birth weight of 7-14 and we are still 21 inches long. He is eating well and often. Sometimes I feel like that is all I do is feed the boy. He is alert when he is awake and he loves his BIG sister. He laughs when he sees her and follows her around when she is talking. Over all both children are doing well.

SIBLING'S LOVE

Brenden enjoying his floor time. We played with our new toys

and our piano. Brenden would flow the lights as they danced across the piano.

Riley enjoyed playing with Brenden and showed him how the piano worked. When she thought that he was done playing she decided that he needed to go into his swing. So as I picked up the toys Riley took it upon herself to pick Brenden up and carry him the two steps to his swing. She did a nice job holding him and carrying him but I let her know that she had to wait for mommy to help her the next time she wanted to carry her brother. She was just helping me.

FAMILY TIME

THE RINGMAN'S

Ben, Angie, Riley, and Brenden

This is Riley playing at the Brad Paisley concert that was

here the Monday before Brenden was born.

She is holding a glow stick ball in front of her face.

Here is Brad Paisley singing. We were not real close to the stage

but this is what we could see. We also heard Kelly Pickler and Taylor Swift.

We all had a great time.

CALLING ALL FRIENDS

Riley grabbed her phone and started to call everyone she knew when her little brother came home. Notice that we are watching Nascar.

TOO CUTE!!!!!

Here is BIG sister Riley with her little brother Brenden. She wanted to share her ice cream with him the first day he was home. She is always going up to him and shaking his hand and saying, "Nice to meet you Brenden." She has made the adjustment to having a baby around.

This morning Riley told her dad to go and take a shower and that she would watch Brenden. She just sat there watching him. No, Ben did not leave the two of them alone but I thought it was cute that she wanted to care for her brother like mom and dad do. Brenden enjoys having his sister around. He laughs and smiles all the time when he hears her voice or sees her face. They have a bond already.

PICTURES !!!!!!!

BIG SISTER WAITING TO SEE

HER LITTLE BROTHER.

Mommy and Brenden waiting to go home.

BRENDEN GEORGE RINGMAN

Well the wait is over and Brenden George was born Thursday 9 August 2007 at 6:37 pm. The day was long and full of waiting. Planning a delivery sounds like fun but it not. It's full of waiting and being pushed back due to too many natural active labors. Once we made it to the hospital and was put into a labor room I was in labor and having contractions about every 2-3 mintues. When the doctor came in to tell me it would be in the next half hour, she told me "If we don't get you back there soon you will have this baby naturally." My contractions patterns were better then those women who came in in active labor. I guess either way Brenden was going to be born on the 9 August. Here are soon ALONG WAITED pictures of the little guy.

BRENDEN GEORGE - 7lbs. 14oz - 21 inches

THE WAIT IS ALMOST OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well with just hours to go before Brenden George is here, I am running around unable to be completely prepared for what is about to happen. Knowing the date is almost worse then letting things happen on their own. I have not been able to sleep for the past week and that is only going to get worse once a new little baby is in the house. I have been feeling things or so I think I have then I think its all in my head. When you want something sooooooo bad your mind will tell you anything. But tomorrow 9 August we will have our second baby. The time is pending based on the number women in natural labor. The nurse who took my blood today said that last month there were 216 babies born at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital. I asked about this month but she had not looked at the books to know. I will have to find out tomorrow how many have been born up to the time Brenden cames. Life at the hospital has been crazy and busy for everyone.



My mom and dad made down on Monday and will be here to help care for Riley while mommy and daddy are at the hospital with Brenden. She has been wonderful and knows that something is going to be different after tomorrow. I am not sure if she is completeley ready either. Only time will tell. I will post pictures and information as soon as I am home and able to get to the computer. I know everyone wants to see what the little guy will look like but the internet only goes so far here.



On this final note I want to let you all know what I think Brenden will weigh and how long he will be. Brenden George Ringman - 7lbs. 8oz. 21.75 inches long. He will have lots of hair and look like his mommy.

PLAYING IN OUR "BABY" SUIT

Riley loves to wear her "baby" suit and play in the livingroom like its her "BIG" swimming pool. She also enjoys sunbathing in the doorway. Here are a few pictures of her in her baby suit.

Beautiful Butterflies!!!!

Here is a picture of the most beautiful butterfly that anyone will ever see. I know that it looks like it has two heads but those faces are pieceless. This was taken at the Toledo Zoo. We walked through the butterfly house and saw many butterflies the same color has this one in the picture. When we walked out and around the building Riley stood in this frame and asked to have her picture taken. This was a surprise because she did not like to have her picture taken at all that day. Our day at the zoo was wonderful.

Family Picture

This is the last family picture of us as a family of 3. We will be a family of four in just a few days. This picture was taken on 7-7-07. We were going to a friend's wedding, thats the only way I can get Ben to dress up. We had a great time.

Swimming with Daddy

Here are a couple of pictures of Riley and Ben in our BIG pool. We went shopping for a couple of things that we needed to get for Brenden and Ben found this pool. I think he was more excited about it then Riley was. We came home and he put it up right away and went swimming. He had to really talk Riley into going but she loves to go swimming now.

WE MADE IT BACK!!!!!

After learning that it would cost more to fix laptop one we decided to go and get a new one. So today we went out shopping and found one that is wonderful. We will still see about talking to Dell and what we can do with the other computer but for now we will have a computer to update everyone. With just a little over a week until Brenden's birthday I thought it would be nice to have some pictures of him on the web page when he arrives.


We are looking forward to all the company that will be here to visit with The Ringman's. I also have a few pictures that I would like to share with everyone. Let me get things ready and my camera set up on this computer and I will post some new pictures.


I will be going to the doctor on Thursday for my last appointment before D-Day. Last week we meet the doctor that will be preforming my c-section and she is wonderful. She is also the head of Labor and Delivery. She too said that I made a good choice about a repeat c-section because my hips are not large enough to delivery children naturally. And once again she informed me that I would have a large baby this time around too. Brenden is in the head down position but he had not dropped yet. So we will she what is said in a couple of days when we return for our 38 week appointment.

4 weeks to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With just four weeks to go until Brenden's arrival. I would like to know what you all think he will weigh and how long he will be. But before you go and through out some number let me give a little bit of information.

Riley - 6lbs. 14 oz and 21.5 inches Before she was born I was told that she was going to be an 8 lb. baby because my belly was measuring bigger then what it should have at the time.

My doctor said that Brenden will be a least a pound bigger then Riley because once again I am measuring bigger then I should be at this time. Now Ben was unusually small for a full term baby weighing in at 5lbs. and I was an average baby weighing in at 7lbs. 14oz. So with this information I would like to know what you all think this "little" guy will weigh. Since we already now his birthday we will be guessing on his weight and height. You may even guess how much hair he will have and who he will look like. Riley looked just like daddy at birth but is now a little cutie and looking like her mommy.

The last post shows a picture of my belly and how large I am at 35 weeks. This may help you and it may not.

GOOD LUCK!!

35 WEEKS!!!

Well with just 5 weeks to go to my due date Ben and I have decided to go for a repeat c-section. So with that I will only have 4 weeks to go because Brenden will be born on August 9, 2007. I will go and meet the doctor who will deliever Brenden on August 2 and we will know a time. We have been playing with the idea of a repeat c-section all through this pregnency due to Ben being redeployed to Iraq. We have come to understanding that they will receive orders to be leaving some time in mid to late September. This will allow Ben and Brenden to bond a little before Ben leaves for 15 months. We are looking forward to having a family of four.

"POTTY TRAINING"

Well we have been working hard at getting Riley potty trained before the arrival of her little brother, Brenden. Things went VERY well yesterday at school. She came home in the same clothes that she went to school. But today was a different story, an hour after I dropped her off I received a phone call asking to bring Riley another pair of shoes because she had had wet herself. OK so I guess on accident is not bad but then while we were home she had another accident. I guess she will go when she wants to and then she can be lazy. I am still very proud at her progress. I am just thankful for the fact that I wont have to buy diapers/pull-ups for two children at the same time.

Well I tried to bring up the pictures of the house both inside and out but I unable to at this time. I will keep trying until something works. For now enjoy your weekend.

31 WEEKS TODAY!!

Well I made it to 31 weeks. I will go to my 32 week check up in one week (nest Tuesday). I am going to find out my results from my sugar test. Yep I had to go and take that 3 hour sugar test because the one I took at 28 weeks came back high. I will also have to make that very important decision about having a repeat c-section or a "naormal" delievery. I am not sure what I want to do at this point. I am sure my body will let me know when the time comes and I have to decide. Since I have been home I have been able to work on Brenden's room and get things in order for his arrival. We have a few more things to do and his room will be ready to go. His room has a sports theme. Not only have we been working on the house but we have also been working with Riley on potty training. She is doing great. She lets you know when she has to go and she have been doing both jobs in the toilet too. We are almost ready to use panties all day and night now. Even when she is at school she goes to the bathroom on her own. I am very proud of her. She just decided that she was not going to go potty in her pants anymore and Grandma Ringman helped her get started when we where home visiting. Now using a public bathroom is a challenge for Riley right now. She does not like to go to the bathroom unless its at a house or at school. This may take a few months. I know how she feels because I was the same way for many years. I am sure it will get easier the older she gets.

Well enjoy "hump day" Wednesday and hopefully I can get a few more pictures posted here soon.

HERE ARE A FEW NEW PICTURES!!!!!!

Nana and Riley being silly and smiling BIG

for the camera.

Here is Riley and Jackson (cousin) playing

Ring-around-the-rosie.

Riley had a great time playing with Jackson. They had lots of energy. Watching the two of them play made me smile and laugh. I now know how Riley will be with a little brother of her own to play with and mommy. She loved holding Jackson's hand and pulling him in the wagon while we walked around the zoo. Riley shared her soda with him and made sure that he was doing the right thing. It was lots of fun and brought smiles to everyone's face.

Here is a picture that I found of Riley and her daddy. Riley is just a few weeks old.



As we await the arrival of Brenden Ringman, Riley is getting more and more involved with the pregnancy. She has a Brenden in her belly too. He has been moving a lot in the last few days and it feels as if he is running out of room in there. I know that we still have about 2.5 months left but its starting to feel little he is growing faster then my belly is right now. I am still not as large as I was with little Miss Riley but I think little Mr. Brenden will be bigger too. I go to the doctor on Tuesday for my 28 wk. check up, we will see what it said at the point. I am also hoping to come home soon to visit with the family and attend graduation parties. Tuesday's appointment will tell me if that is possible or not. Keep your fingers crossed that I can still travel that far. Oh and we are planning to have a repeat c-section with Brenden too. I think that it will be easier for everyone if we know what day he will be arriving. Some maybe on Tuesday we will have a delivery date.

We are still working on getting the other computer fixed. I guess we have learned that its not that big of a deal for us to have a computer or not so I am sorry I will try to work on that in the next few weeks.

School is done for the summer and I will have lots of time to work around the house clean up Brenden's room and get things in order for his BIG day.