Happy Birthday to our Baby Girl!

Happy Birthday to our baby girl. She turned 2 on the 28th of December. You are a spunky, smart, and energetic little girl. I missed you soo much in the hospital. I can't wait for brother to come home and be with all of us. He has a wonderful sister to look up to. Mommy Daddy and Ethan love you lots.

Announcing......

Our new baby boy, Ethan James, arriving 10 weeks early after two and a half weeks of bed rest at the hospital. I was admitted after a rupture of my membranes following Thanksgiving. He is at the hospital where he will likely remain for the next 6 weeks. He is doing well and growing bigger each day. I have a lot to say but not enough energy to write about it right now. Thank you to everyone for your support prayers and well wishes. We love you all!
Windy, Ryan, Hannah & Ethan

He was 3lbs and 5 oz, 15 1/2 inches long.
Born 12/15/08

Welcome back readers!

Well what can I say...with Thanksgiving, X-mas and Hannah's birthday coming up I have been busy, busy, busy, and mostly trying to conservatively shop for the bargains out there. I have also been busy reading others' blogs but have not put forth the effort to update mine. I hope everyone is doing well. I am fine just getting bigger by the day. Feeling more and more fatigued running around after a 2 year old pregnant and trying to keep up as well as trying to think of fun things to do in the 90 degree weather we have here in late November! Not looking forward to cooking a turkey for several hours in the heat next week. I hope, hope, hope, it cools down. So much for Fall now what about a Winter? I am in a tank top and capri leggings today and I feel warm. On a much more interesting note Hannah is getting so big... she can sing several songs now and thanks to Dora she knows her numbers and colors(almost) in Spanish! I guess I am not too fond of too much TV but it is amazing the things they put in the cartoons now. She loves Dora so we will be having a Dora birthday party/fiesta for her b-day in early January. Should be fun and I can't wait to chow down on the Mexican food. Hannah also loves beans,rice, and chicken. In baby news, I went for my Glucose Tolerance Test last week and just like last time I have to go back for the 3 hour GTT because my sugar level was high again. Please pray that I do not have gestational diabetes b/c if I do I am in for a very interesting 3rd trimester of meal planning and maybe even insulin testing. AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! I can't wait to show pics of my Thanksgiving table next week with our big meal in the middle. I just love all the food. To have to watch my sugar during the holidays....would suck!!!!!I will update after I get next results. Take care all!
Windy
P.S. This is a picture of Hannah last Thanksgiving. I don't have many pics of her sleeping as she never sleeps and when she does I am sleeping too. Sleeping babies are so cute though!

Kinsey's Welcome Party

Yesterday I went to a welcome party for baby Kinsey and Amy in San Diego at a place called Extraordinary Desserts
I had a piece of chocolate cake and it was literally the best dessert I have ever tasted! We had so much fun hanging out together as Mom's and talking. Four of us there were pregnant! Don't drink the water out here!! Amy got a lot of wonderful gifts and she looked beautiful. I was able to borrow my sister-in-laws camera, thanks Robyn! I love her camera! It's called a Sony Cyber Shot. It takes great pics. Here are some pics of the party. Hope all is well and I am so glad it finally feels like Fall!!!!!!!!!Yeah

Halloween

Yesterday our street decided to have a Halloween party for all the kiddos before the Trick or Treating. It was so much fun. Hannah wore her whole costume and I was a witch and Ryan was a pirate. I can't believe I even got him to actually dress up! Here are some of the pics! P. S. Hannah ate so much candy and cupcakes at the party - she was even eating the cake decorating supplies by the handful! Hope everyone had a great time last night too. Thank you for all your comments!
I added a pic of Hannah last year too so you could see how much she's grown!

Laughlin

So we went to Laughlin this last weekend for Ry's mom's birthday. we took the boat but it was a lot windier than expected so Ry and Robyn just went out once. The boat was kind of slow this time in the water and when Ry got home he checked and ..there was no oil in it at all! The lessons you learn when having a new boat. Lucky for them it didn't blow up on the water. Robyn's face would have been priceless driving him on the wakeboard in the back. Hannah did fairly well considering she was trapped in a single room for four full days. We ended up going to the store and buying a portable DVD player because there was not one cartoon channel on the TV at all. Although she doesn't watch a lot of TV she couldn't possibly have four days without any, especially without all her toys from home, etc. We also bought her a small bucket of plastic animals and a barn from K-Mart. Boy did those come in handy. Next time we travel with child or children we will definitely rent out either a house or a condo. Kids need space to run. Needless to say, none of us struck gold in Laughlin, except for Hannah of course : ) Read the t-shirt on the first picture above, after four days with her in Laughlin I had to buy it to commemorate the trip!

Sorry I haven't Updated in Soo Long!

I have been well...busy! to say the least. I have started a lot of my X-mas shopping. I know it's pretty disgusting. With Hannah's birthday December 28th I sort of reserve the month of December for her planning of her B-day party and getting gifts for her so I generally try to finish all my Christmas shopping by the end of November. I have been adding some elements to her Halloween costume and I can't wait to dress her up and post pictures. I also have a Halloween party on my street on Halloween day and I have been planning a craft for the kids to do that day. I am going to have them decorate frames and I will bring my soon to be extinct Polaroid camera to take pics of them in their costumes. I thought I would bring a crock pot of Apple Cider as my potluck food donation to the event. Topped off with whipped cream - sounds yummy! This time of year gets so busy and being bigger with Hannah sure makes it harder to get things done. I thoroughly love this time of year the best and I am happy to celebrate it with family and friends. This last weekend was my Aunt's birthday and we went to Lucky Strike Lanes in Orange. I haven't bowled in ages. Thank you to Robyn and Lynn for watching Hannah! We had a blast, although I think maybe I should have stretched first. I welcomed back the wonderful sciatica that I had last pregnancy! Other than that, this pregnancy has been much easier so far. I do not have any of the swelling..yet! that I had last time and I seem to have a lot more energy but do tend to get winded in the afternoons. Had another ultrasound last week and the baby is right on target for weight and length and is right on target for his due date. For everyone's info the baby is due February 24th but will probably end up being here more like the 17th because I will have a scheduled c-section since I ended up having an emergency one last time. Still no name but I think this one is going to be named upon arrival. I hope everyone is doing well and thank you so much again for commenting on my blog. P.s. Does anyone know where I can either get or make cheap placemats? I want the table to be pretty for Thanksgiving but I am having trouble finding placemats for under $3 and when you need about 15 that adds up. Thanks!

Pumpkin Patch

We visited the pumpkin patch with Ryan's Mom today. It is in a beautiful location in wine country out here in Temecula. Hannah had so much fun! There was a small petting zoo and a train to ride, she also could not be more delighted with all the pumpkins to choose from. All she kept saying was "heavy". Once I found a baby one for her she was soo excited! We will go to a different patch one more time a little closer to Halloween as well because she had so much fun. I will also include a picture from last year so you can see how much she's grown!

Prego Pics

Since people have been asking, here are a couple pics of my pregnant belly at 20 weeks. Enjoy!

Just found out I am having Thanksgiving!

I have always loved Thanksgiving for the simple fact of the food. Turkey, pumpkin, etc. I love all of it. My Aunt and Uncle will be out of town this year so I will be having it instead. I am so excited! I decided upon getting my fall decorations out that my centerpiece flowers needed some fall updating. So I changed them and here is the new look. I love the fall colors together and hope to coordinate some place mats and napkin rings with the colors in time.

Hannah's Halloween Costume

So since Hannah hates wearing all tutu's, costumes, etc I had to get crafty with her costume this year. She's very opinionated about what she wears now and if it's itchy she basically looks at me and says, "No, Mommy!". I decided a cat costume would be one that I could make both easily and comfortably. Since she doesn't like headbands I decided that she could not have the traditional cat ears and she would just rip them off. Knowing that she doesn't mind pigtails and barrettes I decided that I would make her cat ears out of barrettes. I then crafted her a cute marabou cat tail made with bendy wire so we could point it in all directions. She will be wearing black tights (which she generally doesn't mind) and a short sleeve leotard (no long sleeves b/c she's doesn't like!) and then include a lightweight sweater for the Trick or Treat part of the evening. I have the face paint and hopefully she will let me put a black nose and whiskers on her. In the case that she doesn't go for the leotard and tights combo I also have black leggings and a tee shirt for her. Lastly, I had to get the glitter spray for both of our hair! The street is having a Halloween gathering at 4 pm where each of us brings a game or craft and a snack to share. I will do cupcakes and a picture frame they can decorate. Should be fun!

Q & A

Okay so, Melissa wanted me to do this on my blog but it had all kinds of fancy stuff I was supposed to do with it and I couldn't figure out how to link other people's blogs to mine so here are the answers anyway.

The questions are as follows:

1. Where is your cell phone? lost.. maybe my purse, maybe downstairs, maybe underneath the car seat
2. Where is your significant other? home
3. Your hair color? Auburn
4. Your mother? H.B.
5. Your father? He left Earth about 12 years ago and now he's hangin' with the big Man in heaven
6. Your favorite thing? I dunno????Maybe my wedding ring. Things don't really seem important.
7. Your dream last night? I had a 17 lb baby
8. Your dream/goal? To be a good mom
9. The room you're in? Office (soon to be little guys room)
10. Your hobby? Blogging
11. Your fear? Swimming in the ocean
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Not here. Someplace much cooler.
13. Where were you last night? Here, waiting for Ry to get home for the weekend.
14. What you're not? Well-rested
15. One of your wish-list items? A new camera
16. Where you grew up? CA
17. The last thing you did? Went apple picking
18. What are you wearing? Top and underwear (hey I am prego, cut me some slack)
19. Your TV? ...What? is this a question for a male?
20. Your pet? 3 rabbits. Bear, Lady, Mini-Me
21. Your computer? Dude, I got a DELL!
22. Your mood? Sleepy
23. Missing someone? almost always someone, yes
24. Your car? Nissan Armada
25. Something you're not wearing? Pants
26. Favorite store? Target or Sephora
27. Your summer? HOT
28. Love someone? yup
29. Your favorite color? OOh.....Maybe Blue
30. When is the last time you laughed? Today, when Ry told me I pee too much and should wear a diaper to save time.
31. Last time you cried? when "Papa" passed away - Gpa Bob

It wold be nice if these fellow bloggers could do this on their blog as well:
Amy M.
Angela
Auntie Sue
Chiloe

A wedding and two birthday parties

We had a really busy weekend this weekend starting with a wedding on Friday evening in wine country, Temecula. It was beautiful and thanks to Grammy Sharon we were able to go together and left the stinkbug at home. She did great for Grammy and Hannah even let her put her to bed! This is pretty monumental b/c Hannah fights sleep for everyone, including us. Saturday was a birthday party for Hannah's friend on our street Emily, who turned 2. Ryan really loved attending this one. His only comment when we got home was "two year old's should not have parties". Luckily for me he is an accountant and not a day care provider or we would be looking for a new occupation for him I think. Hannah wore her Halloween shoes that I bought for her. They are black and sparkly!!!!!!She is going to be a cat so I figured she could wear some sparkly shoes and if they still fit wear them for X-mas too! She picked them out herself and wanted to wear them to the party. On Sunday we celebrated Ryan's sister's b-day. It was a lot of fun and we ate some good Mexican food. We were all pooped come Monday and are still resting from the busy weekend. I go for my 20 week ultrasound next week and I will post an update on baby Ciucki then. Still no name though...........Maybe Colin or Aaron or Lyndon or Dylan, looks like it will probably be a name that ends in n, that's about the only consensus so far. I swear we'll name this one when we see him and that's about the only solution we'll come to. Hope all is well with everyone else. This weekend, the pumpkin patch!!!!!!!!!!Hooray

By the way some of the pics above are from Hannah today. She is quite the ham and when she sees the camera poses and smiles.

Announcing.......................

Amy and Dan's little angel, Kinsey Rose.






Although she came about 6 weeks early both Mommy and baby are doing very well. She was born weighing 5lbs and her length was 18 1/2 inches long. If she would have went all the way to term this would have been a big baby! She is beautiful and looks a lot like big sister Marley, except for a little different nose. I took a picture of her hair from the back because I think she may have curly hair like her mama! We are so happy for the whole family and I can't wait to see her again.

Fun Day at the Pool!

So today I had three mommy friends come over with their babies for an end of summer pool party. It was a hot one, about 99 out, I couldn't believe it! It was supposed to be 88 but you know how that goes...Oh well. We had a blast. Everyone brought snacks and one of Hannah's boy friends, who also has a brother on the way, brought his boy doll, Hannah carried that thing everywhere! She was kissing and holding it, I think I need to bring one of her dolls with us when we go places. We have them at home but I can't believe how occupied she was by it. I have to find out exactly what kind of doll it was, its' eyes looked real, it was kinda creepy! I also had a surprising phone call this morning from a friend's mom who was not due until October 28th, she had to go in for an emergency c-section and she delivered her baby this morning. I was so surprised, but more so relieved to hear that mommy and baby are both doing fine. Baby weighed in at 5 lbs already! Can you imagine how big it would have been had she went six more weeks to term? I am so happy everyone is well. I will see the mommy and baby Saturday and if I am allowed to get a picture and mom says it is ok I will share with you then. Hope all is well and have a great weekend. I will post pics on Monday!

Look how old my girl looks in this one!

Weekend Fun!

This last weekend my family that just moved here came by the house for a BBQ. It was alot of fun and we also went swimming at the pool. Hannah NEEDS to get in swimming lessons b/c she literally walks into the pool and keeps on walking until her head is underneath. Not a fear in the world about not knowing how to swim yet. Will not hold anyone's hand or listen either. Ryan had to carry her in the deep end and that was the only way she would be fearful when she couldn't touch the bottom. It was a great day and also soo nice to have more family living nearby too. So the name game.....I agree with the comment my cousin Laura made about it needing to be a traditional name like Hannah that is not soo common, the problem with this is that Ryan doesn't not really like traditional names for boys and ladies i may actually lose this abttle unless I can come up with something he hasn't already shot down. Out of all the names I posted last time the only one we "agreed" on was Anden as Ryan doesn't like Micah (I do!), the other two were just detractors. It will not end up being any of those names though as we are still on the hunt for the name that fits right and that we both LOVE!!!!. By the way, since it is a boy, he cares A LOT more about what the name will be! Inevitably this one will be up to him. If you know Ryan you know that there is no pressuring him either way into liking any name. BTW -Melissa, he does happen to like your brother's name Tayson! My favorite name right now is Brennen (I love, love, love, love it) but I have not yet be able to totally get Ryan on board b/c he feels that a double consonant looks too female in any name and I feel with one it just doesn't look right (Brenen). Let us know what you think about spelling. The pis are of Hannah and her second cousin Cayman playing and then Ry & Hannah at the duck pond on Sunday.