THUMBS UP

we love this little video of our baby girl. she's giving us the thumbs up that everything is good!

GIRLS ROCK!

we found out today that we are having another girl. i was so excited because that's what i wanted. i thought it would be better to have a girl, so that emily and the new baby would be closer in age. and, my sister is having a girl next month, so they would be really close in age. when i told emily, she didn't really say much. from the beginning, she has told me that it was a girl. ryan, on the other hand was a different story. he about broke my heart. when he got home from school i was showing him all of the ultra sound pictures. then i had him read the one that says "it's a girl." he read it once, and then the second time he almost started crying because he really wanted a brother. i quickly told him how lucky he would be that he would never have to share his boy toys, and that made him feel much better. he then told me that when the baby is older her name would be princess leia, and after she was born it would just be leia. he was totally serious too. i feel bad that he will never know what it's like to have a brother, but he is going to be (and already is) an awesome big brother to 2 little sisters.

KINDERGARTEN!

so my little guy started school today. i can't believe that he is old enough! i was so worried that i was going to loose it this morning. when we went to the open house on saturday, i was crying so hard, i almost started ugly crying. i did start crying on the way to school, but once we got there i was able to stop. ryan seemed so excited and happy to be there, i didn't want to ruin his enthusiasm. he had one moment when i thought he was going to fall apart, but he really surprised me and went right to his class. as he was leaving, emily started crying so hard and screaming, "i want my ryan! i miss him so much!" that made me start crying because i did not expect her to react in any kind of way. all day she kept saying "i miss ryan so much." i missed him too! when we went to pick him up after school, she ran up to him and gave him the biggest hug. that made me cry again. anyway, ryan loved school. he talked about it all day. he even made 2 little friends already. i am so glad that he likes it so much.