Graduation!

I am graduated! well, almost. lol. I was able to walk with my class yesterday and obtain a nice little folder thing that will eventually house a special piece of paper signifying my certification to teach.
but for now, I have two summer classes and a semester of student teaching to finish first. oh and two certification tests to take this July. But i can see the light at the end of the tunnel and it is growing brighter with each passing day! lol.

It was great to be able to walk with all of my friends and to enjoy all of the festivities surrounding graduation. I graduated with honors (Cum Laude) and i'm so glad to be almost done! i have enjoyed college life, but i am so ready to enter the working world and start paying off this school debt!

my family all came down to the honors ceremony friday evening and again saturday morning to watch me walk, then the in laws came saturday afternoon to celebrate with me after the grad ceremony. :)

here are some pictures from the weekend :)

a few more pictures...

our potty chair!!

Hunter's throne, lol ;) complete with magazine rack and paper holder.

my messy boy after the first time i let him eat spaghetti with his hands instead of me feeding it to him. he had lots of fun. :)

got another thumb sucker!

haha. Hunter was rubbing his face/nose and i snapped this pict. it cracks me up every time i see it!

Hugs for daddy

some photos

lol. Hunter is always putting on my shoes! :D

When I ask him where his cheeks are, he pinches them :)

Hunter kept trying to put the toy into Keegan's hand, but Keegan would not hold onto it.

he decided he would take off his diaper. thank goodness he didn't poop in bed...this time

I love Keegan's smile!

This is Hunter when he wakes up. lol. I can just picture him with this same exact face at 16 not wanting to get up and go to school. hehe.

Pictures!

I added four more links to my facebook photo albums under the "photos" section to your right.
maybe next week when my online classes are done I will find time to get some pictures uploaded and do a real post. lol.

Busy Busy!

Classes have started, hence no updates yet this month. lol. Everything is going well though.

Shelby, i have been meaning to write you a thank you card for the adorable outfit you got for Keegan, and i just keep forgetting because of everything else going on, sorry! and thank you!!!!
:)

Hunter is starting to talk more and more. i love it! yesterday i asked him if he could say dog and he said, "woof woof" hehe!
hopefully i can get the video posted later today...

I have updated the links of photo albums, three new ones! so check em out :)

gotta go, more later!

This ones for you Amy :)

As requested here are some photos:
:D

he is like a little tree frog :D

Checkin' out his little brother

does Hunter look huge, or does Keegan look small?

I love his smile :)

for more, check out my facebook album :)

Pictures!

I have been trying to take a few pictures of Keegan everyday since they change so much the first month, here are a few of them and links to the facebook albums so you can check 'em all out (if you so desire ;) ).

Keegan:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2021032&l=96668&id=178200794

some of Hunter:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2023185&l=c9942&id=178200794





I have also Added the links to the list in the right hand column -------->

Another Mini Ryan?

I have been looking back at baby pictures of Hunter to see how much Hunter and Keegan look alike. Ryan has said from the first day that Keegan looks more like me. I thought so at first too, but looking back at Hunter's baby pictures i'm not so sure. So you decide, does Ryan have another mini me, or does Keegan look a little bit more like his mommy?

Hunter and Keegan the first day in the hospital

Hunter at about 2 months


What do you think?

Thanksgiving...plus a little updating

I know that this is a little late, but hey, we all get busy!
Ryan worked on thanksgiving day so I went with my Mom and Grandma to my Aunt and Uncle's house for dinner. Food was good and it was good to see family, but the best part was watching Hunter play with Kaelee, (my aunt and uncles daughter) and their dog, Frankie.
Frankie is a husky with one brown eye and one blue eye, the most beautiful dog in the world!
Hunter LOVES animals and even tried to give Frankie a kiss, (I wish I had that on camera, a priceless moment!) mostly Frankie was the one giving out kisses :)


Black Friday we headed up to Ryan's parent's houses. It was nice to get away for the weekend and spend time with them. We had a great weekend and are both looking forward to going back in a few weeks to see his brother (Ron) (and his brother's family) who is back from Iraq! You can imagine how excited Ryan is, he has seen his brother two or three times the last three years for a day or two at a time. This is going to sound really really cliche, but I think Ron coming home in time for Christmas is the best thing anyone in his family could get this year.

I have all of four more days of classes for the semester! (with the exception of my online class which ends the 21st) I am so excited to be done with school! The best part is that I only have one real final to take. :D (Yay!) I am really looking forward to relaxing over January and just spending time with the kids.

I guess that is all for now. I hope all of you had a wonderful thanksgiving!

Independence!

Hunter has become quite the little independent man. (no this post is not about the elections...that will come later...)
today he put his coat on all by himself. for no apparent reason other than he found it on the floor and so he put it on. :) so cute!
the best part is that although he was able to get it on all by himself, he was not successful at getting it on right side up! Yes, he put his coat on upside down so that the hood was hanging by his butt. lol. (this also caused the coat to be folded over at the top, his jacket is lined in red and the outside is plaid)

Trunk or Treat :D

Halloween night. A night to dress up and get lots of candy :)
Ryan and I did Trunk or Treat down a t the church for the fourth year in row. Our trunk turned out really well with webbing everywhere and a giant spider that literally spanned the entire length of our trunk! unfortunately, I forgot my camera. :( so there are no pictures of our trunk, but i will take a picture of the spider and post it ;)
Hunter went as a little fireman, SO CUTE! he had a good time. I decided not to take him around to get candy since he is still so little, but next year I will. We did "tour" the lot and look at all the other trunks.
A ton of people showed up for the event, it was fun to see all the costumes and spend the evening with Ryan.
more later, but here are a few pictures: