Fun Weekend

This past weekend we left the kids with Ryan's parents and we headed to West Chester to have an early Thanksgiving dinner with Rachel, Matt, Amie and EJ. We got there and had a great dinner with pumpkin soup, turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, and a ton of other food! We drank 5 bottles of wine and some pumpkin ale! We then played games and EJ and Rach serenaded us with some music! We enjoyed spending time with our good friends, and we look forward to doing it again soon!

The best part is that the kids were great with Ryan's parents! Turner is always good for them, but he passed a big milestone by sleeping in a big boy bed! Reese was great and enjoyed spending time with her grammy and pop! It is so exciting that she loves her grandparents, and we look forward to having time with my parents and grandparents this week!

On a sad note, my grandparents had to put down one of my cats from childhood today. It still has not hit me quite yet, but I am sure it is going to when we don't see her on Thanksgiving. It is hard because this is the first pet still in my life that we have lost. I am happy that she did not suffer though!

Relationships

Tonight I turned on the movie "Because I Said So" with Diane Keaton, Lauren Graham, Mandy Moore and several other of my favorite actors. It is a favorite of mine and I have seen it several times. I really enjoy the movie because of the humor and because it deals with the ultimate challenge in anyones life: relationships. We all have several relationship, whether it be with significant others, parents, friends, and especially our children. For those of you that do not have kids, bear with me for a little bit, and for those of you that do I am sure you are going to be able to relate to what I am going to rant about for a minute. I look at the relationships I have with each of my kids and it terrifies me. How am I going to get through the next 18+ years, how are my children going to be as adults, where are Ryan and I going to be each passing year, etc.... I don't want to hover over my children, but I want to guide them. I want them to be independent, but want to come home to us too. I know that Ryan and I are going to have a solid relationship even after our children are gone, and we are adults that choose to be with one another. When your children grow up they leave, which is a good and bad thing. I see how my husband does not have the attachment to his family that I feel for both of our families. He could go months without seeing his parents and weeks without talking to them and he would be okay. I talk to both sets on a daily basis because that was how I was raised. Will my children want to have a relationship with us when they leave the nest or is it going to be forced. Will my sweet little boy leave and never look back until his future spouse forces him to. Will my daughter want to talk with me about her problems or will she pretend I don't exist. I know we all have these questions, it is just so perplexing to me to think about my children as adults and will I be enough of a mom to them that they will be secure to be individuals, but sensitive enough to want to be part of the bigger family picture. I guess only time will tell!

Past few weeks

I know it has been forever since the last time I posted. We have been really busy with some with big things like my in laws 30th wedding anniversary, but mostly with little things that just add up and take so much time and energy.

The weekend of October 20th we threw Ryan's parents a surprise party to celebrate their 30th Wedding Anniversary! It was a lot of fun. We invited a lot of friends and family and Linda and Vince were completely surprised. To be ready for the event, we had to get most of our home in order. So we completed Reese's room and the living room and hung pictures all over the house. It is beginning to look really good and it is feeling like home.Surprise!

Reese hanging out with her 2nd cousin Drew

The week after the party Turner was sick. If you have kids you know how fun it is to have a sick 2 year old. Then Reese ate something Turner gave her that she was not supposed to so I had to call poison control ( she is fine!). By the end of the week I had the pinched nerve in my neck and could barely move. The neck problem is still there but slowly getting a little better.Reese petting Tayer

Turner learning to ride his tricycle.

Hey Mom, I'm backwards!

Turner being cute!

Our house in the fall!

Last week was a lot of fun. On the 30th, Ryan and I celebrated our 8 year anniversary of being together. We usually celebrate this one more than we celebrate our wedding anniversary because: 1. Turner was born 4 days before our first wedding anniversary and that overshadows it, and 2. We have been in a committed relationship for the past 8 years, and even before we said our vows we were committed to one another for life! It is hard to believe that it has been 8 years!


Then Halloween was the next day and it was soooo much fun. I took the kids to see all their grandparents over a couple days. Then we had a neighborhood party to go to that we have heard about since we first moved into the neighborhood. After the party all the neighbors sit out front drinking and giving out candy. The neighbor that has the party even gives out beer to the parents of the trick or treaters. We were out front until after 10 drinking and have fun with our next door neighbors, Marge and Dave. We always have a good time when we hang out with them.

For Halloween, Turner was a baseball bat and Reese was a Ty Beanie baby- a guinea pig. When we decided to make Reese a beanie baby I had look up her name for the ones Ty already made and it turned out that it is a guinea pig. Ryan almost died when I told him! My grandmother made the costume and I made the tag for it. As you can see it was sooo cute! Their friends, the Klein twins, were thing 1 and thing 2! They were also really cute!

Cute Baseball Bat!

Again!

Reese's First Halloween!

Turner and the girls!

My guinea pig!

One out of four isn't bad!

Reese has also had fun getting to know the new little boy in the neighborhood. Marge and Dave adopted a little boy from Korea and he arrived early in September. They named him Ryan, and he is sooo adorable. Apparently Reese thinks so too!

Reese and Ryan!

"Uh Mom, I'm not a horse!"

"But I love him!"

Hugs!

Sorry it has taken so long to update! I will try to post more often:)