Baby #2 birthday stats if born close to due date of October 27, 2008

Fun Birthday Facts

baby's birthstone will be Opal (Hope)
baby's Astrological Sign will be Scorpio
baby's Flower is Calendula or Cosmos (White, Yellow and Varied)
baby will be born in the Chinese Year of The Rat
This time next year the baby will be 34 Weeks Old!
baby will start kindergarten in 2014
be old enough to drive a car in 2024
finish high school in 2027
graduate from college with the class of 2031, give or take a year.

Happy Fathers Day

Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers out there. We saw both sets of parents and it was nice being only an hour away.

I went to the daycare to drop Dylan off and they made the cutest fathers day frame with his picture in it. I'll put it on the counter today and have Dylan give it to Todd. I'm sure he will be very happy about that.

UPDATE ON DAYCARE-
Dylan didn't cry when we initially got there, but when I left he was crying a lot. I'm hoping this gets better. I'll probably pick him up around 5 today and see how he did. I like the teachers there, I just don't know any of the names yet.

flight delays...

Go figure my flight was delayed. I wasn't going to be able to get out tonight on my original flight, so I had them reschedule. I get in late tonight, but at least I get in tonight. My parents are going to come up Saturday night and stay until Sunday, so that will be nice.

UPDATE:
Well, I was able to get in last Friday night, but they lost my luggage. They said they would deliver it to the house the next day. Well, I waited and waited and no luggage. Then they said it would be late that evening. So, I called the airport and had them change the address to Todd's parents house. They were supposed to drop it off last night and never did. The luggage did come today though, so I'm happy about that.

Flooding...

Well it has been non stop rain since we have moved here. A lot of places have flooded. Luckily our house is ok, but it sure isn't fun. The National Weather Service called flooding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a "historic hydrologic event" Thursday as the swollen river poured over its banks at 500-year flood levels, forcing the evacuation of nearly 4,000 homes. I'm hoping that I'll be able to fly back tomorrow and everything will be ok.

Park pictures from Alabama... Can you dig it?

One of the last fun things we did in Alabama was go to the park with Dylan's friends and have a picnic. We had a blast!!! The kids enjoyed going down the slides, swings and also playing some baseball. We sure miss everyone.

all these changes

Today is Dylan's first day at his new daycare. He did not want me to leave and he said I want to go in Dylan's carseat. It just broke my heart. I'm sure hoping he does good today.

Last night we had to run Todd to the ER. He has been having some major back pain and then he said the pain was unbearable by his kidney. Well, guess what he had a kidney stone. He hasn't passed it yet, but on the CT, it showed that it was only
3mm. I said now you know what its like to give birth. He is home this moring resting and he said the pain comes and goes. Poor thing...

Birthday, Birthday and Birthday (x's 3)

We had a great weekend celebrating Keagan, Kade and McKenna's birthday. Angie/Curt came to visit with us on Thursday and Denny and Maxine came down on Friday. We all left here on Saturday and headed to Kade's baseball game and then the birthday celebration. Afterwards, we went to Keagan's exciting game. It was fun watching him play. We spent the night and really enjoyed seeing everyone again.

Happy Birthday to Curt

New home and also happy birthday Kenna

Thank you to Andi, Troy, Keagan, Kade, and McKenna for the really cute welcome home cookie by design.

random

We finally made it

We made it here! It took two full days for the movers to load up our stuff and then they didn't get here until several days later.

New hot rod

Dylan just got his new set of wheels today. We will be putting the Diego bike together tonight and I'm sure he will just love it.

new hot rod...

Dylan really seems to enjoy Drew and Laci's big wheels, so we plan on getting him one when we get to Iowa. The two that he seems to like are the hot wheels and the Diego one. Drew and Laci both have the Dora one. I'm shocked he didn't pick that one out.



We have been trying to pack, but we keep getting side tracked. I have Friday off, so I'm hoping we get a lot accomplished. Dylan's last day is on Friday and they are having a party for him. I'm bringing some happy face cupcakes to school. So sad... I'm sure I'll be crying.

Happy Belated Birthday Andi!!!

It was Andi's birthday on Saturday!!! It sounds like they were busy with baseball games, but they had a lot of fun. We are going to celebrate her kids birthday the beginning of June and we are excited. We can FINALLY go to more family functions.

Happy birthday again Andi. We miss you =)

Kite flying

It was a little windy on mothers day so I asked Dylan if he wanted to fly a kite. Of course he wanted to, so we got our Lightening McQueen kite out. Are you surprised it had to be a CAR character? Anyway, it was a lot of fun even though we didn't get the kite up for very long or even very high for that matter. I guess thats what I get for getting a dollar kite. I was just trying to save a few $$$$.

random...

The under contract sign went up today!!! We have exactly 2 weeks left until we move. We are getting very excited. Both sets of parents went to the house and re-painted the dining room. We went with a chocolate brown color. They said it turned out really nice and it gives a warm feeling to the house. I think anything better than the "show stopper red" would have looked good. I can't believe we picked that color out. What were we thinking??

Happy Mothers Day to everyone

Just in case I don't get on the computer tomorrow, I wanted to wish everyone a very happy mothers day. We don't have any plans except for some packing. Maybe I'll be able to sleep in a bit though. That would be a nice treat!

Hudson's birthday party

Well today we went to another birthday party. It was a lot of fun. It was at the neighborhood park and Dylan loved being on Hudson's tractor. Of course, he loved the cupcakes and cake too. We can't get him to eat much, but he sure does love his sweets.








I think tonight we will go over to their house for a bonfire and eat smores. That kind of sounds good to me too =) I know Dylan will just have a blast. The other option is to go to the Barons baseball game with his friends Laci and Rachel.

Water Park

We went to Alabama Adventure this weekend and had a blast. Our biggest decision was deciding if it was warm enough to go or not. We finally decided it was in the 70's, sunny and it would be perfect to go. The water was a little cold, but we had a great time. We went with Dylan's friends and their parents; Jesse, Rachel, and Laci. Dylan really enjoyed the water and he loved the big ferris wheel. Yeah, mommy wasn't loving it because I have a fear of heights and also Todd kept spinning the wheel. Dylan and Todd were just looking around the park and pointing to the next thing they wanted to do. Poor Dylan, most of the rides he was too little for that he wanted to go on. He isn't quote 42 inches yet. Maybe next year... I'm wondering what the height limit is for the Adventureland rides. Andi would know...

Prom 2008

Elizabeth and Robert



Elizabeth and her boyfriend Matt. He is a really nice guy and we also met his family that night too.




Dylan smiling with "Bizza" (Elizabath). She is Robert's sister.
We went to go see Elizabeth get ready for prom. This is her Senior year, so its her last one. Dylan thought she looked like a princess and said "whoa" when he saw her. Robert taught him how to say hot girls, so he was saying that all night. When the girls came over to him though he was really shy. The weather was so perfect and I'm sure they had a great evening. It sure brought back memories.