Connor at his cutest

Ryland's newborn pictures

He's here, as if you didn't know that

Yes, Ryland is here, been too busy to post. Between family and friends, being sick, and getting to know him ,just been too busy.

Link to pictures: HERE

Stats: 10/24/09, 10:57am, 8.7lbs, 20.5 inches
Labor: 3.5 hours long, barely made it too the hospital in time :)

Promise to be better about posting!

Mom's here and I'm past 39 weeks!

Mom got here Monday. Went to doctor yesterday, of course had issues with my BP so I'm, on bed rest until Ryland arrives. Now we're just playing the waiting game.

Here are some more pictures that Monica shot that day...

38 weeks!

Today was my 38 week check up with my OB. Something going on down there but not much to get excited about. 1-2cm dialated and 50% effaced. He said he hoped that he'd see me this weekend b/c he's on-call but I hope not! Mom doesn't get here until Monday. Wait till then Ryland, wait till then!

37 Weeks

Recently a friend who is starting in photography took some pictures for us. They turned out great. This is only a sample, more to come soon.






I started back to Grad school this past week, but the Dixon family has been very sick with colds, so I can't say I've actually done any school work yet ;-) but will have to start very soon b/c I have a paper due next week already.
Mom will be here on the 19th, hopefully Ryland will stay inside until then.

OK I'm hungry and need to get ready for the day....

My little monkey

Yes I know Halloween is still over 8 weeks away, but I couldn't help buying Connor's costume and letting him wear it. I wish I could know if I should buy one for tiny baby or not. Oh well, I've never seen a costume that small anyways.

I can't believe it!

So Connor's has had his lovey, who he calls "baby" since he was born. The fur on it is kinda long and recently this became an issue. He would twirl his fingers in the fur like some kids do in their hair. Well, we've had MANY issue of having to cut Connor's finger out of "baby" b/c it was so tightly wound it was cutting off the circulation. Well this morning it happened again and Jeremy and I decided enough was enough. We don't want to risk him losing a finger, so no more "baby." He asked for it and I told him he got a new "baby" and pulled one out of the closet, along with a matching one off the floor and he was ECSTATIC! He didn't ask for the other baby and happily went to bed with the new ones. So hopefully no more issues with having to cut Connor's finger out of his "baby."

Work & School & such...

I started my new job last week and are really enjoying it. It's so nice to have a job doing what you love to do. I'm a breastfeeding peer counselor at the Health Dept. This will also help me get my hours for my degree so that's a real plus!

Connor is really liking his school now. No more crying, he just runs in there and starts his day. He knows either Jeremy or myself will "be right back" (in his words) and it makes him happy. They've started potty training, so we'll see how that goes.

Pregnancy moving right along. 31 weeks and will start going to the dr more often after this weeks visit. I have a doula to help me with labor and are very excited about this. Belly picture coming soon.

New beginnings

Lots has happened since we got back from Florida. Connor started daycare, but we call it school. It's been hard on him ,but each day gets a bit easier. He knows that after nap I come to get him so he wants to go to sleep as soon as possible.
Beginning on Monday, the 17th, I start a new job as a breastfeeding peer counselor at the Comanche County Health Department. I'm very excitement about this next chapter in my life. It will help me with my Graduate work and I get to help women with something I feel so strongly about. And getting paid is a bonus for sure!

My pregnancy is progressing quickly. As I type, I am 29 weeks and a few days. I've gone through Connor's old clothes and we've got pictures for the nursery but that's about it. Soon Connor will have new furniture and I'll be able to organize the nursery better.

I help!

If Jeremy or myself are doing anything, Connor more than likely wants to help. On this day Jeremy was fixing the door and Connor very quickly grabbed his tools and went to work:

Then, Connor drop a bowl of something and there were crumbs everywhere so I got out the vacuum and he decided that his chair needed a quick clean up:

Florida trip 2009

I know we've been back for a while, but I'm just now getting to post about our trip. We had so much fun and being with friends and family never gets old.

Wed, July 22 Daddy drove Connor and I to the airport. Connor did such a great job on the planes. We flew from Oklahoma City to Dallas, then to Tallahassee. On the layover in Dallas, we found a play area and Connor had a blast:

We had to wake Connor up at 4:45am to leave for the airport, so I wasn't sure how it would go but on the flight from Dallas to Tallahassee he fell asleep in my lap for the last 25 mins of the flight:

The first Saturday there was my 10 year class reunion! I had fun seeing old friends and catching up. Here's some of my classmates:

To see the full album click here

That following Sunday one of my best friends, Jessica, came to Tallahassee from Gainesville to visit. Her daughter, Sophia is Connor's age and they have always played very well together. About 4 weeks before we moved Isaac was born and I had not seen pictures of him since so it was fun to see how much he had grown. We swam and played really hard. They spent the night and needless to say, having two 2 year olds and a 3 month old in the same house was hectic but a blast!

During the week I took Connor to Zoinks, which is basically just a bunch of bounce houses to play in. Connor had so much fun, I had to drag him out of there:

Here's a video of Connor going down the slide. He did this over, and over, and over. At the end he's saying "on more time" b/c we had a lunch date with Elizabeth and needed to leave, but I hated to drag him away from having so much fun.To see more pictures click here

The next big event of the trip was Chad and Kelli's wedding. Jeremy was the best man and we had lots of fun:

Sunday before we left, Jeremy's family come over for the day and it was so much fun hanging out with everyone. We swam and ate and played with blocks of course:

We flew home the next day, Monday August 3rd. It was a fun trip and we're looking forward to going back after the baby is born.

My little robot

Daddy and Connor love to play, and when I came home last Saturday I found them dressed up as robots and having a blast.

Happy 4th of July!

Yesterday was filled with fun and excitment as we celebrated our first fourth of July in Oklahoma. After nap, we went to Medicine Park to watch the rubber duck race that we'd heard about. We got there just as it started and the ducks raced down the river to the finish line.

After that we knew we wanted to keep Connor awake to do some fireworks so we drove around the lakes and visited some places we had wanted to see, but had not yet. We headed home to eat a late dinner and after Jeremy set up some fireworks. Connor loved it and was scared at the same time. He clinched onto me with dear life, but had a smile the whole time.

Helping daddy get things together:

Connor enjoying his first sparkler experience:

Telling me to look at the fireworks daddy just lit: