19 months old!

That's right!! Our little guy is 19 months old. It's hard to believe that he's been here with us for that long but we wouldn't have it any other way. Here's some things you might not know about him:

Favorite TV shows: My Friends Tigger and Pooh, Wonder Pets, Handy Manny, Sesame Street, Choo Choo Soul, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, pretty much anything on Disney

Favorite Foods: any type of pasta, turkey, cheese, Chex Mix, Spiderman snacks, any kind of bread, grapes, milk, Ramen noodles, Spaghetti O's, chicken

Words: baby, bug, bird, da-da, bye-bye, juice, boo, basketball, football, woof-woof

(bug and bird have a southern accent and basketball and football are said really, really fast!)

He has grown to 31 inches and weighs almost 21 pounds. We are finally moving up in percentiles! His head has always been big (that would be because of his father :) He is running all over the place and of course, that means falling too! He wakes up about 7:30 or 8 every morning, takes nap for a couple of hours around 11 after eating lunch and then goes to bed about 8:30 or 9 every night.

If you want to know more about him or see him in action, stop by and check him out!

Getting into the Holiday Spirit

We have started decorating for the holidays! It's fun having a place to hang the stockings this year besides the wall! So far, the little guy hasn't tried to knock down the tree but I know he will!

In a matter of seconds...

I turned my back for a second and look where he was!! He is such a climber. At times, I get pretty worried but he is usually fine. He has had his fair share of bruises, bumps and scratches and we still haven't been to the ER (knock on wood!!). His newest trick is wrestling which his dad loves of course. It just isn't good when he tries to tackle little girls at the gym :)

Pics of the House

We hope you like the pics of our new house. I just took pictures of the areas downstairs and will post upstairs pics later. You can see that we got our blinds and window seat finished which was pretty exciting! I think it looks pretty good. There's just so much more space than before which has been great for Little Ron. We finally got to use our dining room when our families came over for an early Thanksgiving dinner when Tai was in town. Ron is still working hard on the basement and my dad has been very generous in helping him on his days off! I will post some pics of that too soon! In the meantime, enjoy!

Over the hills and through the woods to Grandmother's house we go!

We had family in town a few weekends ago and all met over my Grandma Betty's and Grandpa Tema's house. We always have fun when we get together and the food isn't too bad either. Aunt Rai-Rai was in town (for once :) so Little Ron was happy to see her. Hopefully she does really well in basketball this season at Bradley (boo to you ISU fans) which has already started. Good luck Aunt Raisa!

Off to Japan!

My sister and her two little guys were in town the past few weeks (which explains the lack of blogging). We had a ton of fun! Little Ron loved playing with his cousin Alaina. It's crazy how well they got along seeing as though they only get to see each other one or two times a year. He was not as in love with Kendall though (she's almost a year old). This scares Ron and I especially with the new baby right around the corner. We'll have to keep our eyes wide open! Now Tai, Alaina and Kendall are in Japan and trying to adjust. They are going to be there about 4 years. We hope to travel over there and ride the Bullet Train while they are there. We can't be without them that long! When we dropped them off at the airport on Thanksgiving, it was definitely one of the hardest goodbyes. Everyone was crying and Alaina had no idea what was going on. Hopefully, Aunt Tai-Tai will post pics soon of Japan as we are all clueless as to what it looks like over there! We miss you!

Housewarming Party

We had our Housewarming Party on November 8th. We had a lot of friends and family over. Our realtor was nice enough to provide all the food (including the cake) so that was one less thing to do!! Our builder was even nice enough to drop by with a bottle of wine! Hopefully those of you who weren't able to come can stop by soon! We are starting to get comfortable in our house and make it our own. We plan on being here for awhile!

The Great Pumpkin

So, I am finally posting pics of our little guy on Halloween! We went to the Savoy Recreation Center here and they had people from different companies lined up with games and treats. Little Ron was a hit and to my surprise, there weren't any other pumpkins there! The best costume we saw was a dad dressed as "the guy in the yellow suit" and his son was Curious George. Maybe Big Ron will try that next year!

20 weeks and getting bigger by the day!

That's right folks, I am halfway there! We had our ultrasound on Oct. 9 and nope, we didn't find out if it was a boy or girl! We can't wait for the surprise. Ron even tried to look when the nurse told us to turn our heads and still couldn't see so it was meant to be. We finally met our new doctor, Dr. Shepherd and he is going to be a riot! Little Ron came with us and actually let Dr. Shepherd hold him. We were pretty shocked! The baby is very healthy and is measuring perfectly for my due date!

Our trips to the park!

One thing that's nice about where we live is that there is a huge park a few blocks away. When the weather is nice, we like to venture over and let Little Ron play with all the kids. Of course he goes for the 11/12 year olds and thinks he can do whatever they do but he always has fun! Unfortunately, the weather is starting to turn cold and we won't get to visit it as much but we always have next spring/summer to look forward to. There is also a huge hill right behind us where we hear people sled so Big Ron is very excited!

House Pics!

Okay, I know I have been bad! Here's the pics of the house before we unpacked all of our stuff. It definitely doesn't look like this anymore! If you want to see it decorated, I guess you will have to come to our Housewarming Party. We are having it the second or third weekend in November so be looking for your invites! For those far away (like in Holland or Georgia), we will definitely post pics after so you can see too!! The first picture shows rain spots on the camera, unfortunately I didn't have a picture with the front of the house and with the sod in so I picked a rainy day to take a pic! Our living room is next, and yes, the carpet is down. The next pic is our laundry/mud room (has some lockers for storage) followed by a pic of Little Ron's and the new baby's bathroom. Our kitchen is next (minus the blue paper on the countertops but with our appliances :) and a pic of our dining room is last. We just ordered blinds for some of the windows (boy, those are expensive) and a pillow seat for our bay window which I am happiest about! Hopefully it's all here in time for the party!