7/9/2009
Ian is getting so big. He is 20 months old now and climbing on EVERYTHING! He thinks it's so funny to climb on the kitchen chairs and it's a race between us to keep him off the kitchen table! Yesterday he just decided to go and open the back door. WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?? I guess it's time for top latches on all our exterior doors,. ( he knows how to turn the locks on our latches - he's so smart!) Below are some pics of him at 18 months. he loves loves loves to be outside and would really rather be with other children. Mom and dad bore him very easliy.
Also, this past Monday he showed me he can use a big boy cup so we are going to phase out the sippy shortly.

Ian's First Dip in his Pool.

18 months old. I love to watch him sleep.

Spring Time

Ian LOVES to be outstide, he just loves it. Here we are fixing our flower beds and removing old and dead debris from the winter. I know, I am kina late; but when you have very little time like me, you do what you can.

Ian's speach is coming along nicely. He can say apple and banana and his newest words are ball and balloon. Except that everything round is a ball and a balloon! and even he seems to be a bit perplexed at times.

He is out of day care for the next two weeks for our "Spring Break" I have been saivng my allowance so that we can visit a new place everyday. I think we will go to our Church and have a play date with our new friend Karen and her son. If the weather permits we will be going to the zoo, and I think we will try the Louisville Science Center as well. I would love to plan a trip up north to see my family - but we will see.

okay.......................

....so I am having the darndest time replying to comments on my blog. So I am sorry for those that have left comments, I promise I am not ignoring you.

It seems like making the transition from working 40 hours a week to nill is taking FOREVER! We have since realized that my presence cannot not be obsolete, I must come in at lease 2 days; better than 5 I guess. Don't get me wrong, I love working with Brian and everyone else, and what we do makes me excited to be apart of it all; but the pull to keep Ian home seems to get stronger by the passing day. It only gets worse when I read friends blogs about how wonderful it is to be at home with thier children, and how awesome it is to give thier child the best part of them and not just what's left over. Face it, most of the time that's all that is available - Ian gets the left overs; gosh that made me cry just now. He deserves so much better than that. I know stay at home mom's have thier struggles too; both sides of the coin do.

Trish B. : Hi girl! Nicholas is so handsome ( as all of your boys are!) Ian and I would love to have a play date this summer, I think that would be great!

Please continue to pray for our family, it's so hard to know that my plan is not always God's plan and that maybe Ian will be our only son. But I am optimistic - all I need is prayer.

New Do.....

So, Ian is not a baby anymore. He is a full fledge Toddler decorated with what ever kind of food he is eating at the time and dedicated entirely to getting into anything and EVERYTHING! It was time to update his hair cut to match his current personality - kinda spikey on top to indicate his mischeiviousness. He looks like trouble. I will have to say, at times he is trouble! The other day he figured out that he must've grown a few inches b/c he could now reach the top of our kitchen table. So if it was with in a micrometer of the side, it ended up on the floor; where of course he tore it to SHREDS!

Ian loves, loves, loves to be outside. Which he indicates by throwing his body at the front door and yelling "SIDE!!" As if his life depended upon him getting outside - kinda funny - kinda not. Depends on my mood I guess. Here we are gong for a walk in our neighborhood, incidentally - everything I thought to bring along with us ended up on the ground, I just didn't notice until we had returned to the house. So we made 2 trips around the circle to find our missing objects.

Ian changes everyday. Everyday seems different. He is finding out that emotions can be hard to handle at times, and pretty tough to convey his wants. If his biggest struggle is fighting with a toy from time to time, we may be ok.

Brian and I have had huge prayer time dedicated to his care as of the last couple of months. I feel like I have missed out on so much and he is just getting bigger and changing so fast and he is doing it all at daycare. I feel like our daycare has been a blessing in sharing his new experiences, and I also feel like our business really needed me to be there full time. But Brian and I both feel like the time has come where I need to be at home with Ian and to try and grow our little family. God has placed the right people in our lives at the right time to allow this to happen. I am so excited about this change.

It's been a long time

It has been a while since my last post here. Ian has been battling sickness and pink eye for the last month. Of course, i got both as well. We have missed church for the last 3 weeks and I feel like this next week we will be back! Ian's pink eye came back after 1 day back in day care ARRGGG!! So frustrating. So back on the antibiotics he is and this time I will keep him on it for a week. I have had bronchitis for 2 weeks but FINALLY feel good, still coughing but at least I don't feel like death walking! Somehow Brian has managed to skip it all....why is that? Anyway that's what we have been up to.

Ice Storm

Ian likes to "brush" his teeth. It's really more like chewing on the tooth brush, but whatever will desinsitize him to it is fine by me!

Our neighbors tree behind us. 7 am this morning during our ice storm

I sure hope my Lilac Bush can with stand this kind of weather.

Ian walked a little in the snow,

then he fell and wanted to go back inside....

but not before taking a last look at the white stuff on the ground.

Here is the video of Ian brushing his teeth.

ROCK STAR!!!