Halloween 2010

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Riley the Witch with an attitude!

Brenden my little football player with a witch hat!

Mommy with her little Witch!

Mommy with her little football player!

The kids have wanted to have their photos taken these last few days. I love it. I have gotten lots of good pictures of the two them. Next we will have to get daddy involved in the photo shoots.

Holiday Picture Preview!

Today was Riley's picture day at school and this is the outfit she wanted to wear. Once Brenden seen sissy in her dress he wanted to be all dressed up too. So I took a couple of pictures since they were so willing this morning.

Riley (5) and Brenden (3)

Take #2 not so good. Brenden was not happy with the way Riley wanted to pose.

Looking forward to taking more pictures like these with baby Ringman.

Michigan Fans

Bubba in his Michigan shirt that we can't get him to take off.

He loves it.

Riley took our picture because she did not have her Michigan outfit yet.

In fact she just received her Michigan cheerleading outfit the other day but it's a little too BIG for her. I guess I am going to have to look around for a Michigan shirt/sweatshirt or something for her to wear.

Growing Belly

Ok this is not the best but here is a picture of me at 35 weeks with Brenden. I was all baby all in front. The second picture is Baby Ringman at 26 weeks. Not sure if this is a good comparison picture. I am still looking for a couple more pictures to see the difference in belly size. Hope you enjoy!!!!

Photo Journel

26 weeks and counting!!!

Baby "Landon" is growing fast.

My baby belly is growing to the point where tying shoes is difficult along with sitting on the floor to play games with the kids and picking up anything that is dropped. I don't remember these things being so difficult with my other two pregnancy until my last few weeks. My maternity are also shrinking (or I'm growing out of them). Many of my shirts are not long enough to cover baby "Landon".

OB appointment today so maybe things have changed and this little/big guy will be here sooner then later. I don't see us making til December at his rate.

Many Changes!!

Well last week Riley started Kindergarten, leaving me and Brenden home together. Riley rides the bus to and from school and loves it. I believe it's her favorite part of going to Kindergarten at this point. She attends school all day every day. Which is new to Washington. Not all the schools in the area have all day every day kindergarten. Riley has made many new friends here at the apartment complex and at school. She has a new story every day. She looks forward to learning something new each and every day. When she has papers to bring home to tells us all about them and what she needed to do to complete the worksheet. She even read us a story yesterday. I love that she is all about school and is enjoying herself. (We do not have pictures to post but Riley was not in the mood for them and I was not going to upset her on her first day).

Brenden and I are able to do some much needed bonding time while Riley is in school. It's great because we do what he wants to do. He is a very busy little boy and loves to be on the go most of the day. We play lots of different sports. His favorite is baseball. He is a natural at it just like his daddy.

It's very different to have just one child at home during the day. Which I know will be changing come December but for now we are enjoying our time together. I am able to spoil my little boy just as I did with Riley until Brenden was born. I love the memories we are building with this time together.

Happy 3rd Birthday

HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY,

BUBBA!!!!

Baby Ringman

The ever growing belly.

My photo journal continues with more pictures

13 weeks

16 weeks 21 weeks A front view of "Baby" Ringman

A Michigan Fan in the making!

For those of you who may not know we have learned that "Baby" Ringman is a little boy. Name is still unknown at this time.

In Loving Memory of MOM/NANA

After Mom lost the battle with Breast Cancer a wonderful friend of ours, Judy Ford, offered to create something extra special from mom's clothes. We all agreed to hand over mom's clothes and see what they would be turned into. Here is what we received the other day.

Nana Bear

One for each one of the kids

MOM/Nana Quilt

Butterflies and Ladybugs were a special added touch

"Ladybug Kisses and Butterfly Hugs"

The Ladybugs or "nana bugs" were added because the day of mom's funeral a ladybug landed on my kids walking out of the funeral home and they were scared because they both hate bugs. But I told them that it was Nana making sure that they were OK and sending her love from Heaven. They were ok and told Nana that they would see her later. It made that day a lot easier on them and me. Now when we are missing mom/nana so much a little ladybug will show up someplace and it gives us a sense that she is right there watching us and sending her our love. The Butterflies have a similar story but for my grandmother (my mom's mom). After grandma passed away we saw butterflies everywhere. On cards found in the house, pillows that grandma made, and then that spring lots of butterflies. It was the same feeling, Grandma checking in on the family.

My sweet Kids!

My sweet baby boy!

His face is priceless.

A little practice before his baby "sister" is born.

He says it's a girl baby.

My beauitful daughter!

Posing for a picture. Yep she asked to have her picture taken.

My two beautiful children being silly.

One of the sweetest sounds in our house, my two children giggling together.

Siblings

Sibling love.

I love these moments.

Playing horsey. Daddy is usually the horse but he is in the field so Riley is the horse til he returns. Brenden tries to be the horse but it does not work out to well.

I love these two with all my heart.

Baby Ringman Photo Journal

Photo journal of this growing belly.

13 weeks

No longer fit into my jeans

(been that way since week 6 of pregnancy)

16 weeks

Wearing maternity clothes and they fit!

My belly is not round in shape but square. It's hard at the top of my belly and softer at the bottom. We feel more and more movement in the evening when I am trying to rest and relax. I have my 18 week appointment on the 21 July and then my 19 week ultrasound appointment on the 28 July.

Putt-Putt Golf

A couple of weekends ago we went to play golf. The kids love the game and Ben found this course which had I believe 5 different courses we could have played. The kids picked the yellow course. Here are a few pictures of our day.

Ben trying for par!

Bubba trying to figure out how to work his club with two hands.

Getting a little help from Daddy!

Riley was great at this game.

Watching her ball....

...go in the hole.

She made a hole-in-one.

Daddy telling her great job with a high-five.

We had a great time. Mommy won the game between mom and dad by 5 strokes and then won a free game at the end by making a hole-in-one on the 18th hole. Yippy!!! Riley, Daddy, and Mommy all made a hole-in-one so we received a coupon for a 1.00 off and not to leave Bubba out we all received a ribbon for playing. The kids thought that was cool.

Baby Ringman Update!!!

Baby Ringman is only one for now with a due date of 17 Dec 2010. Heart rate is 150 beats and sounded great. I am measuring larger then the 14 weeks I am suppose to be but we will have to wait til the end of July to find out for sure.

Both Riley and Brenden went with me to this appointment. They were very excited to hear the baby's heart beat. When Brenden heard the baby he yelled at Riley, "Hurry up Riley the baby is coming. I hear the baby, it's coming." He sat and waited and listened. When we got ready to leave he asked, "Mommy, where is the baby?" I smiled and said, "that "she" is still in my belly." So we walked out with him saying.... "Mommy I don't know if the baby is going to be a boy or girl. I just don't know." He was so cute and he is very excited about being a BIG brother. So I can't wait to see what happens in December.

Seattle Zoo!

Our trip to the Seattle Zoo!

One of the many photos spots at the zoo!

Riley and Brenden enjoyed looking for these photo spots too.

A Sloth Bear.

This Orangutan was very active.

He was swinging then walked across his log to go into hiding.

The Bird House was fun.

Brenden and I went in and saw some beautiful birds. These birds just sit and wait for visitors to come in with bird feed on a stick and they come and join you. We saw one bird fly over and land on a kids stick to eat. So the kid was holding the bird. Very cool.

The Flamingos were feisty.

They put on a good show for us. They did not want the other Flamingos in their space. They would scream and bit at each other. We did not stay long because the kids thought these birds were not very nice and I had to agree.

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The kids enjoying the worm garden.

Brenden thinking about how to climb over this worm.

Riley in one of the houses that were in the historical zone.
Over all we had a good time but we all wished that more of the animals were out to explore.
Can't wait to see the other zoos in the area.