Fall...

I love fall...the ability to cook and bake without making your house to hot, the smells, and the changing weather. I do enjoy the change into the holiday season. As I sit here I realize that this holiday season is going to be oh so fun and go oh so fast! To be blessed with a two-year-old around the holidays is going to be a blast! Blake is not going to know what hit him during the two weeks of opening presents for both his birthday and Christmas-and I am anxiously awaiting that time as he is getting bored with his toys but I don't want to buy him any know the onslaught of stuff that is coming! Luckily he LOVES books and enjoys reading all of them, he has a pretty amazing memory for a little one that makes some people ask me if he can already read, because he can pick up a book and tell you a title or "read" a part of a page. It has been so fun watching his vocabulary increase, and to get to have little conversations with him because he now can speak in short sentences. He is wonderful and I am fully blessed I can't believe that he is almost two-where has the time gone. In the midst I hope and pray that I am soaking it up enough, not taking a moment for granted and at the same time I find myself exited for his future and the pleasure of meeting the amazing man that God has created him to be.

As well as loving my little guy I am starting to feel this little one more and more each day-she is making herself known-not as much as Blake did-but known. Blake loves to "find sis" which equals him lifting my shirt up and poking my belly button and today he gave my belly a hug and said "hug sis." So precious. But at the same time he has his moments with this whole idea...like the day I was hanging up some clothes I had gotten and some things my mom had brought me that I wore when I was little girl-he came in the room and pointed at the pile and said "baby sis?" and I said "Yes these are for baby sister." He then promptly walked up the pile and threw them all on the floor! Ha! How blessed I feel to have them both and I can hardly wait to meet her in 16 weeks!

Its Been a While

Hey to all the people out there-probably 3, but I do this for myself as much as for others so hope you enjoy it. Sorry it has been so long-we have had a busy 3 months. In August we started a kitchen remodel and it is slowly reaching its stages of completion-takes longer when you do it yourself-but costs a whole lot less! In September I started my new position at Renton School Districts Re-Education TOSA (teacher on special assignment). Re-ED is a philosophy developed in the 1960's on how to best work with troubled and troubling youth, if interested check out http://www.warea.org/ Anyway it is my job to support other teachers working with kids with Emotional Behavioral Disabilities in the classroom. It is, so far, a lot of work but a lot of fun and I am really thankful for this opportunity. And I am currently 1/2 way to being a mom of 2! We found out this week that we are having a little girl this February and are are really excited for Blake to be an older brother. Now let the preparation begin....last week we got to go see a couple of friends who just had a little boy and when I was holding him Blake stood by dad and cried "No No No" while shaking his head....we have some work! Needless to say life is really good right now and I am truly thankful. Here are some pics of things you have missed...

Us in the photo booth, this year, at the Fair.Blake seeing the ocean for the first time in Lincoln City OR:)

Running around in his "towa."