It's been a while...

It's been a while since my last post. We just finished Spring Break! It went way too fast! We got the chance to go with some friends to Key West and Islamorada. It was gorgeous and the weather was so nice! I will put some pictures up soon and tell about our adventures.

I'm back in the real world now though. Back to work, back to the businesses, back home. It was a nice break, but it some ways I'm always grateful to get back into the swing of things. For once, I actually got a lot of rest on this break. I think Baby Ryan had something to do with that. If we got in the car for more than a five minute drive, I was out cold. If I wasn't sleeping, my wonderful husband fixed a little bed in the back seat of the truck and put in a DVD for me. I ran out of DVD's on the way home. Thank goodness for Flying J...they had some good ones for cheap. :)

Speaking of Baby Ryan...I think I'm out of the Morning Sickness woods....finally. Still have to be careful what I eat, how much I eat and that I eat on time, but I'm feeling MUCH better. Now I'm just hungry all day...I can hardly finish eating something before I'm thinking about what I can eat next. I have heard about this stage from those that have gone before, but I didn't really expect to feel this hungry....like tummy growling hungry. I thought I would just be craving foods, but no...I'm close to ravenous at times. We have two and half more weeks before we go for THE ultrasound. Hopefully Baby Ryan will cooperate and we will know if they are a boy or a girl. Then we are really going to have to find a name. We haven't really even talked about names. I feel like I have all the time in the world to prepare and no time at all...it's really kind of weird.

I guess that is all for now...pictures of the Keys next post. :)

Bones is learning bad habits

Since Mom loves the Bones commentary...I found this video of David teaching our "Youngest Child" to misbehave. Heaven knows what he'll teach our human child! :)

Letting the Cat out of the bag

Well...it's official...we have let the cat out of the bag and announced....

We're having our first baby!

David and I are very excited to begin growing our little family! I was twelve weeks along last Friday. I've got a long way to go, but hopefully we'll have lots of fun along the way!

Behind on blogging....

To say I'm behind on blogging would be quite an understatement. David and I enjoyed a long break from work for Christmas and New Year's. We had many plans to work on catching up all sorts of things, but like all the best laid plans....we only got half of the stuff done we wanted to do. Here are a few fun pictures of some of our Christmas adventures.

We built the puppies a HUMUNGOUS doghouse. We filled it with cedar chips, so now they smell like hamsters. :)

We went to see one of our ALL-Time favorite Christmas movies...Christmas Vacation at the beautiful Alabama Theatre. It was so fun and really got us in the Christmas Spirit for our, "Fun, Old Family Christmas". It is really cool because before the movies begin, the organ comes up from the stage floor and the guy announces the movie and then plays as they lower him back down.

We took Bonnie, Autumn, Shelby and Hayden to Zoolight Safari. I think it was 2 below out there that night. You can't really tell, but this picture was taken in the "snow". It was a soapy, fake snow...that is what Shelby is reaching for. Unfortunately, they put most of the animals away, so we are planning a trip back to the zoo for warmer weather.

After the Christmas festivities were over, we were supposed to drive out to Oklahoma to see my family but the Blizzard of 2009 prevented that. We decided to take a short trip anyway. We went to Nashville, TN to explore. More on that adventure next blog.

Bones got a new playmate

A couple months back, my Sister and Brother-in-law, along with my VERY cute little nephew came to have lunch with me. The girs were in school. They drove all the way up here to eat lunch at Poppy's with me. It was wonderful and soooo much fun! We met at my house to drive over to Poppy's together. Hayden loves all things furry, so he had a great time. Sorry the lighting wasn't so great. (P.S. The meowing in the beginning of the first video is coming from Hayden, not Bones.)

Cesar to the rescue...we hope...

The title is referring to Cesar Millan...the dog whisperer. Our canines are out of control! We are recarpeting the bedrooms at the first of the year, so we have decided that the dog's have to live outside permanently. This is going to be a feat. We have one with anxiety and aggression problems and one with territorial problems. One seems to be well adjusted, if not a little depressed having to live with the aforementioned two. David and I agree we are 100% to blame for their behavior problems, so we are taking action. I purchased Cesar's book and we will give it our best! Bryant is getting the nip it surgery the first week of 2010, so hopefully that will help. Our plan is to attempt the construction of dog houses this weekend. Wish us luck! We are going to have such good doggies in the end....we hope....please pray! I'll leave you with a few photos of our babies...Wasn't Holly such a cute puppy!?!?

This is the reason we don't have many pictures of Buddy...they all turn out like this. :)

Holly and Bryant
He loved taking this picture...Ha Ha!

Bryant reminds me of snoopy in this one.

Buddy captured on his way to come sniff the camera and give Mommy kisses.

Holly relaxing on the patio.

Bryant's curious face.

Gracie with her usual "You stupid dogs" look on her face. She's not a big fan of the big furry creatures she has to live with.

Bones...

...is actually in a good mood. Bones had the inevitable visit to the vet where HE became an IT. Poor baby, but it had to be done. It was pretty funny when I handed him to the vet assistant yesterday morning he was purring. I told her he didn't know what was coming. He was still a little disoriented when we got him home, but otherwise in a perfectly good mood. I don't know what will actually phase him. He takes showers, eats dog food, plays with dogs (one of whom is scared of him), drinks water from the Christmas tree stand, and is perfectly happy after THAT surgery?!?! Crazy cat!
I finally pulled all the data from my phone onto my flashdrive, and I found this random video. This is some bagpipers playing at a UA Football game. My Mom and Grandparents will definitely get a kick out of this. Sorry the sound quality is not so great. Can't expect too much from a cell phone.

I will eventually get the data off my camera, then we will be in business!