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Up or Down?

Ryan loves to watch football and he has always put his hands in the air and said touchdown with Jamie. Well, Ryan and I were watching a game the other day and he put his hands in the air and said touchdown, as usual. Then, he looked at me and said, "That not touch-"down" mommy. That touch "up"!" Then he touched his hands down to the couch and said, "This touch down!"
Absolutely floored me--how do you respond to that one??
He is coming up with some interesting sayings lately--I know the blog is probably going to be heavy on the Ryan quotes for awhile!

What is He doing in there?

We were on our way to church yesterday and Ryan asks me, "Mommy, what Jesus DO in your heart?" I had to clarify what he was asking, and he asked again, "What Jesus doing in there??"
That made me think and I told him that Jesus forgives us for all that we do wrong, that he loves us and helps us to make the right choices.
Ryan thought about this for awhile and then said, "But I not see Him!" I told him that Jesus lives up in Heaven and that when we love Him we can go see Him there after a long time. A few more seconds of thought and Ryan said, "But I not see Him!"
I love that seeds are being planted and that Ryan is asking these questions. I just pray that God is working in his heart and drawing Ryan to Him. And I can understand his frustration--sometimes it would be so much easier to be able to see God and know for sure what He wants us to do!

Coming Soon....

We are expecting a new addition to our family! Right now my due date is April 19. Ryan is very excited and I thought it might be fun to let him share the news!

I'm feeling pretty good right now--I'm just over 13 weeks along. The sickness is starting to go away, thank goodness! I'm hoping to get some energy back eventually also!

Falling...

So, Ryan took a short nap (AGAIN) and so I decided to take advantage, head to the outlets to get Ryan new shoes. We get the shoes, I found his Christmas Eve jammies at Carters and we went to one more store when Ryan told me he needed to pee. So, we rush to the bathroom--on the other side of the mall and then he doesn't even go.

What he does do is fall off the toilet! I told him to wait and I would help him get off--(I was putting my purse in the stroller). He didn't wait and fell. He was sitting backwards, so he sort of fell off sideways, bumped his face on the side of the bowl, bit his lip on the way down and his head crashed onto my feet as I reached to catch him. Thank goodness it didn't hit the ground! There was blood all over his face from his lip; he bit his lip pretty hard on the way down.
And of course, he is screaming and crying. And while I was very concerned, I was just sure that people outside the bathroom were thinking that I was in there beating my child! We cleaned him up, he calmed down and I just decided to head back to Salem.

He has a pretty fat lip right now, but is fine. But, is there a nastier place to have an accident than a public restroom?? At least we were in the family restroom, not just a stall, but still gross! And is it just my kid who gets injured falling off a toilet?? Seriously!

Exhausted!

And ready for a (another) weekend! It was a fun weekend, but jam packed with a birthday, a shower, meetings, church, errands.... I seriously need ANOTHER weekend, just to catch up on rest!
Not sure how we are going to keep up this pace, especially come spring--and I hope we are NOT! I just know that last week, either Jamie or I had something going on every single night. Tag-team parenting every night and I'm tired of it!
I'm hoping that when I finish up with my classes at Corban, that will relieve some of the busy-ness and give me some more time to relax, get things done around the house and spend more time with Jamie after Ryan is in bed.
No real point to this post--just tired ramblings, but I'm really hoping next weekend comes quickly!

Why I did NOT become a lawyer.

Okay, there are probably a billion reasons, but I am trying to do this stupid case analysis for my Education and the Law class and trying to decipher the legal-ese is driving my up the wall! Seriously, I'm looking at the case and then the case was appealed and overturned, then the appeal was reversed, so that means the original ruling stands?
UGH! Last class, last class, last class (just keep telling myself this!)

Not hearing?

Ryan woke up from his nap the other day, and I didn't hear him right away, since I was typing something up on the computer in the den. (Really, I was doing work, not just playing on Facebook!) So, I did hear him and went into his room and he was very indignant and asked, "Your not hear me Mommy?" I told him that I didn't hear him right away because I was typing something on the computer.
So, later on we were playing and Ryan told me that I needed to take a "nap." So, I laid down and pretended to sleep. Then he told me to wake up and "cry." So, I did and he tells me, "I not hear you, I typing on the puter."
Oh, boy....