TOO much to blog about!!!

I have been away from the blogging world for 11 days and SO much as happened (well it seems that way); so much in fact that I don't know where to begin!

I will begin in the order of events:
Soccer season is coming to an end, which is a little sad. We have had a really good team this year; good kids who actually want to play and play VERY well. Bittersweet because they play very well together. Different from last year because Mr. T actually plays and is one of our better players! But every good thing must come to an end... our last game is Nov. 12th (which means including this Saturday's game we only have 3 games left).

Pretending to be a Ninja

Excuse the "hurt" face ~ he did NOT want me to take his pictures





Gotta LOVE Mr. T! He was one of the ONLY kiddos that would not smile properly! I decided because pictures through the local company that does our soccer pictures were too expensive AND that some of the other moms thought I took better pictures, I decided this year I would do it! So for $12 I took each kiddo's picture, 1 print-out (either 8x10, 5x7(2), or 3.5x5(4)), CD of all pictures of their kiddo throughout the season AND a copy of the team picture. I think that is a GREAT price! And a little extra $$ for me!

Mr. T was being super good (that did NOT last long ~ more on that later) so as a treat Ry and I got him a special toy... a Optimus Prime leggo (YES you read that right, leggos!) He was soooooo excited and could not wait to get home to build his new toy. This is definitely a 1st... I don't really care for leggos because 1) Peanut is so little and can choke on them and 2) they get everywhere and hurt like a mother f'er when you step on them! So with some promising that he would not lose them and make sure to keep track of not letting Peanut touch them we got them for him. He was all too happy!

For the most part he built Optimus himself! We only helped a little bit, he read (rather, looked at the pictures) the directions and did it all by himself!

Then I left for a whole week to CA for my annual EPA Region 9 conference. Kind of boring... of course I brought back a special treat for my babies... Bumble Bee leggo (like Optimus above) for Mr. T and Elmo and Oscar for Peanut (she is in serious LOVE with Elmo these days... what is it about Elmo????)

Miss Peanut is becoming... well you judge for yourself:

more BEAUTIFUL, super SMART, LOVER GIRL (she loves her puppy and kitties), POSER FOR THE CAMERA, HUGE TALKER, spice of ATTITUDE, and most of all A LITTLE GIRL instead of a baby (these pictures say it all, after her bath I put her hair into pigtails again LOVE THAT and she doesn't look like a baby anymore!!!!) She is also talking up a storm... for instance, my mom took her over to see Papa for lunch yesterday and she asked Peanut (while I was on the phone with her) if she wanted to talk to Mommy or go for a walk. Peanut's response: walk and she turned away from Nana and started walking down the hall! The ladies at church tell us every week that she is one smart cookie! (I completely believe them!). She has started this bit of telling us (mainly me) when she wants to go to bed. She starts by being a little fussy and clingly... I ask her if she wants to go night night and tell her to get her milk. She then goes to the refridgerator and starts hitting the door. When I open it she grabs her bottle. I then tell her to go say goodnight to Daddy and brother, she runs over to them and gives them kisses then heads straigt to her room. She then lays down for me to change her diaper and put pjs (if she doesn't already have them on) on. Then she grabs her blankie and stands by her crib and says "up, night night". NOW THAT IS A SMART LITTLE GIRL!!!

Ry got called into work this weekend (he was on call last week and this past weekend) 2 times! Those 3am calls SUCK!!!

Yesterday I went to the Dr. and all is well with the baby! YEAH! Good strong heartbeat! Exactly what we want! And the best news of all... in about 4 weeks we should know if we are having a boy or a girl! So excited! Now we just have to really narrow down a name!

I have been busy with my RAMBER Designs, I delivered the wedding programs while in CA which she loved them! SCORE! I am also working on magazine covers for soccer, working on a How To Train Your Dragon birthday party, Pirate party (this weekend), Christmas cards (if you want custom Christmas cards CONTACT me today! Check out my flyer: CLICK HERE) and some other projects as well. I wish I was making more but gotta get my name out there first! I just want some extra holiday $$ so we will see.

Mr. Caster had a birthday yesterday! We have been blessed with an amazing dog for 2 years now! He is the sweetest dog EVER! Such a perfect addition to our family! HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY CASTER!

Mr. T got his school pictures taken back in the end of September... I got them yesterday. SO FREAKING CUTE is he! LOVE them (but will not be purchasing them... too expensive and we already get annual pictures from RED Photography (which are better in my opinion)). Here are his Pre-K pictures, he is definitely a looker if I do say so myself:

Sunday I cut both boy's hair... Mr. T wanted more of a mohawk (although I don't really like how it turned out) he loves it. And Ry just got a trim.

That pretty much sums up the last 11 days! Hope you enjoyed the pictures!