Lately...

I can’t believe September is already half over. We had such a busy summer but I am thankful that things are slowing down and Fall is approaching. I love this season! The cool weather, my pumpkin spice candle and looking forward to the holiday season.

 It’s been awhile since I updated about what we are doing. Josh started back into school at the beginning of August and is currently taking 2 classes towards his masters. So far he has kept a 4.0! At the end of October, he will be ¾ of the way through his program so we are hoping he will be done sometime next year – he’s planning on taking a break for November-December to have time with the new baby!

Speaking of baby - I am now 30 weeks pregnant, so we are in the third trimester and only 10 or so weeks away from meeting our little girl! We are slowly but surely getting the nursery put together and it’s been fun to look and plan for a little girl.

This picture was taken 2 weeks ago at 28 weeks - around the beginning of the third trimester

Ryan has been learning so much in the past few months as well. We have been working on baby sign language with him to help him learn to communicate. So far he is signing “please,” “thank-you,” “all done,” and “eat.” This is helping with screaming and whining when he is hungry or wants something. He is also beginning to say some words “mama” and “dada” are his two main words right now but he tries to imitate us when we make animal sounds or point to the cats. He is definitely a busy boy, but I am so thankful that he enjoys playing alone at times too. Sometimes he just sits down and looks at books for 5 or so minutes or spends time concentrating on a particular toy. I love watching him learn about how things work!

We were able to find one of the fun grocery carts at the grocery store and Ryan loved it! I also enjoyed it since it kept him entertained! 

Ryan has discovered that this bouncy seat (for baby sister) is more fun than his own chair. He likes to lounge and hang out when he needs a break - its a good thing its made for up to 25 lbs!

Lately, Ryan has been wanting to help with lots of things. One of those things is cooking dinner, he wants to stir the things on the stove - so instead of him stirring hot food I gave him his own pot and spoon and he stirred to his hearts content

He also loves to help dust. He gets his own duster and pretty much dusts the floor and some other easy to reach things but likes to do what Mommy does.

Ryan's first time eating a Peanut butter and jelly sandwhich. He practically tried to shove the whole thing in his mouth at one time - I think he liked it! He ate the whole thing

Family photo op over Labor Day