Waiting....

So its finally time for Rylan to arrive! My Dr considers me full term! I saw him Monday and I was congradulated on making it this far, and I graduated from a high risk folder (purple) to a normal people (manilla) folder for my files at the Dr's! He said Rylan is free to come! He guesses Rylan is about 5 pounds 13 ounces or so. I will be checked for dilation on Monday. I didnt know you had to request it. I will also be getting my Group B Strep results back. Hopefully they are negative like they were with Aaliyah. I am SOOO beyond ready for Rylan to get here. I recieved steroids for his lungs over 10 weeks ago! So I am sure he is ready.

I unfortunatelly found out that 9 times out of 10 a women who has taken progesterone shots to prolong her pregnancy goes over due! I hope that doesnt happen in my case! It would have been nice to know that tid bit in the beginning.

Aaliyah is growing like a weed as usual. She is doing and discovering something new every day! So to hold you over till we have some news on baby Rylan here are some of the many faces of Aaliyah!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

We just celebrated our 2nd Halloween with our little peanut!

Last year Aaliyah dressed up as a pink puppy! Can you believe she couldnt crawl or walk or anything last yr? Now she is yelling RUN RUN RUN. As she runs to the next house for candy!

We started off with some pumpkin carving! Aaliyah wasnt so sure but she copied what we did.

I of course carved the Dora pumpkin, Matt took the easy raod and did the BOO pumpkin!

Matt had school for trick or treating, his 1st day and I didnt want him to miss it. So I took Aaliyah trick or treating with his mother, sister, brother, and nephew Landyn. Aaliyah ended up having a blast!

Even though she doesnt look to excited cooped up in her stroller! But it was hard for mommy to carry her and her baby brother ;)

I decided to get into the spirit a little also!!

We decided on actual Halloween day to go for a visit to Aaliyah's god father Josh's and his fiance Jen. We spent a little bit of time playing with their doggies Milo and Zeke. Aaliyah loved to throw the ball for Zeke but got a little nervous about him jumping up on her.

Trick or treating didnt quite work out that day. Aaliyah ended up miserable, it was cold, and there were alot of hills and way to many doors you had to go up stairs to, which my body could not handle!

Last but not least we decided to paint my belly like a pumpkin! We couldnt leave baby Rylan out of the festivities!!

I think Aaliyah thought we were nuts!

We had such a fun filled Halloween season. We visted Yecks where we went on a hay ride, met some cute little animals and got pumpkins with Matts family. Then we went to Soergels where Aaliyah played in the play houses, met some more animals, and we got some yummy goodies to bring home and eat. We carved pumpkins, went trick or treating, visited friends and painted my belly like a pumpkin! We didnt get around to making our Halloween cookies. But we can only fit so much in a day!

We are continuting to prepare for Rylans arrival, which we are hoping is sooner rather than later. I am 35 weeks along, and at the point where I had healthy little Aaliyah. We are prepared for an early arrival with this little man, I had steroid shots for his lungs at 26 weeks. But I think he is going to be stubborn and make me wait it out!

I hope you had a wonderful Halloween with your families! Thanksgiving is just around the corner!! I hope to have my little turkey by then!

19 months old

Aaliyah is 19 months old today! The months just keep on passing by and my baby girl is turning into a toddler! Hopefully she will be a big sister before 20 months!!

We are gearing up for Halloween, hopefully we will make it to trick or treating! Wouldnt you know it Matt has his 1st actual night of school on the 29th, that is our townships trick or treat and about every place in our county. So we are trying to find a good place to go. Im really not looking forward to the walking to be honest but I think Aaliyah will enjoy all the candy! Hopefully my next blog will be of our pumpkin carving adventure which we plan to have tomorrow! We are also going to make my belly into a pumpkin!

We took Aaliyah to Soergels Orchard the other day. She wasnt in to good of a mood but we made the best of it!

Hopefully in a few short weeks I will be able to blog about our new arrival! Im 34 weeks on Monday, so a little over a week till we are at the point we had Aaliyah! So Rylan after next week... we are ready when you are! Mommy is MORE than ready!!

Aaliyah's 1st haircut

We took Aaliyah to get her 1st haircut on Tuesday. Well just a bang trim. Her hair kept hanging in her eyes and she refuses to keep it pulled back.

She did WODNERFUL. She didnt cry or fuss and sat still!

Animals, Hay rides, and pumpkins OH MY

Today we took Aaliyah to Yecks Farms for some Halloween/Fall festivities. We went with her Grammy, Uncle Zack, Aunt Nicci and counsin Landyn.

First we decided to see how Aaliyah measured up

Then it was time to go for a ride on a cow MOOOO Aaliyah said

Then it was time to meet a turkey

We even met a true ass!!

Last but not least the goats

Then it was time to explore. Landyn and Aaliyah checking out the corn field.

Run run run

Time for our hayride!

CHEESE!!!

Hmmm whats this stuff?

Yummy hay!

Landyn wasnt so sure about the ride at 1st

Aaliyah wasnt so sure about these big orange round things.

Time to take our pumpkins home!

It was all around a fun day at Yecks! Maybe we will visit Sorgels too!

Rylan James Michael... in 3D!!

So we finally had our 3d US Monday night. It was so nice to see who has been kicking the crap out of my insides! And even though we were worried Aaliyah would have a break down like she always does when someone is touching me she ran around the room and played with the toys they had! Now thats my kind of place.... equipped for people with CHILDREN! Nothing seems to be that way these days.

Rylan had his hands to his face the whole time and it was really hard to get good shots of him. But I think they did a really good job!

Side view of Rylans face

Rylan doing his best Elvis impression

Sound asleep!

He has such an adorable little face

Look at those lips!!!!

Grabbing his piggies!

Touching his nose

Nose and lips

Its totally amazing any chance you get to see your baby in action in your belly! We did Aaliyahs US at 30 weeks also. I will post a blog another day and compare the two. I have to pull out her CD.

Potentially 5 short, yet very long weeks till we meet out little man if he is like his big sister!

WE CANT WAIT TO MEET YOU RYLAN!!

Every girl knows Ken has a thing for Barbie

So I dug out my old Barbie and Ken (hence kens 80's sweater) for Aaliyah to play with the other day to see if she liked them! Well she sure does! I cant wait to play Barbies with her! Some how Aaliyah just knew that Ken has always had a thing for Barbie, and at 18 months old, she made them KISS! I was rolling on the floor laughing! How do kids learn these things?

SORRY ITS SIDEWAYS my camera does that sometimes and I dont know why.