Ian and Rusty

Today we took Ian to Build-a-Bear for the first time ever. He had a great time. He loved putting in the heart and giving him a bath afterwards. Ian calls his new puppy "Rusty". All day today Ian has wanted to do everything with Rusty. He has played doctor with him. He kept telling Rusty "It's okay, it's okay" as he would check his heart beat.

When I put Ian to bed tonight we heard him in the monitor telling Rusty, "Go ny, ny (sp?) Rusty" "It's okay". Then we heard him attempt to read Rusty his Itsy Bitsy Spider book (the best he could). It was so cute to see and hear him pretend. He even shared his juice with Rusty.

It's crazy how time flys and to hear how big he sounds now. He is (as Justin says) "my little man" growing up so fast and talking so much...and so clear just like his daddy did at a young age. :)

Here are a few pictures of Ian playing doctor with Rusty:

Ian checking Rusty's heart beat

...and checking his blood pressure
Breaking the news (diagnosis) to his friend
His treatment: a kiss

Hooray for Ashlynne!

We are very excited to say that Ashlynne made the school basketball team!!! We don't know what number she will be yet, nor do we know when games will start but we PROMISE we will post days and times on our blog whenever the season begins. I do know that practice has begun and boy do they start early. Try getting everyone to where they need to be in the morning, ugh! By the time I get Ashlynne to practice and then come home to get the other kids off to the bus stop and Ian to day care I'm ready for a bed again. :) Oh well, thats the way it goes sometimes and we are very excited that she gets to play. We can't wait to see her in her uniform and actually have games! I hope everyone can make at least one game to show her your support....if not, I can guarantee you there will be pictures on the blog.

Las Vegas -- 2nd Anniversary Trip

Here are just a few pictures of Las Vegas. We had a great time. We stayed at the MGM but after doing some site seeing we realized that the next time we go to Vegas we want to stay at the Paris hotel. It was beautiful! To celebrate our 2nd anniversary we had a very romantic date. We went to Paris and went up the Eiffel Tower and then ate at the Eiffel Tower restaurant. We had great food, great conversation and got to see the beautiful water show through the window overlooking Vegas.

Afterwards we went to see the Penn & Teller show. It was a great show and as most of you know, Penn called me up on stage and did a magic trick on me. It was really cool. We got to keep the props for the trick and we had them sign them. We also took pictures with them afterwards. Justin loves them so he was really excited that I got to go up. I really wish he would have had the chance though. Either way, it was our story and our fun memory of our 2nd anniversary trip.

Halloween

Here is a Halloween picture. Unfortunately a picture wasn't taken with Ian in his cute little pirate costume, but we did get a picture of the big kids. Since Justin and I were in Las Vegas we didn't get all the pictures we would have normally gotten. The kids had a great time though. Elyse and Valerie went to a Halloween party and spent the night at a friend's house, Ashlynne went to her Mom's house, Gersito went to a friend's house and Ian went with Ms. Rhea, our wonderful babysitter.


In order from left to right:
Ashlynne - Freddy
Valerie - sailor girl
Gersito - Jason
Elyse - school girl