ok i know i'm a dork and i won't do this very often, but i am going to enter hannah in a baby photo contest for the cover of baby talk, so i need your all's votes to see which pic you like best. i would like to use one of the ones from my pic site so let me know which one shows her cuteness and personality best. i like 2 of them the best, but i won't say which ones. :)

Another relaxing weekend. Since Hannah's come into our lives, we've had many of those and I have enjoyed it. I used to want to be on the go all the time, but I'm starting to enjoy being a home body. I think Ryan still gets anxious at times, but he's getting used to it. He always says he would love to be the stay at home daddy while I go off to make the money, but then after spending a day with her like he did today cooped up inside, he quickly changes his mind. He loves the Hannah time, but doesn't like to be home for too long. Today was girl's day out without the babies and it was a fun break! We went to applebees for some dessert/appetizers and then went to see 50 first dates. a very funny movie, i would recommend it. there's the usualy crude, random scenes that adam loves so much, but you come to expect and even a enjoy them a little.

this past wednesday was an all worship service at our church so we went with some friends of ours and went early to eat at the atrium before hand which is a little restaurant/cafeteria thing they have at the church. it used to be outrageous to eat there and they actually lost a lot of money because of that, but now it's under new hands and it's a lot more affordable. we decided to put hannah in the nursery for the first time. It was actually kind of sad to leave her there, but she loved it and did great. And it was so nice to be able to fully get into worship and not have to keep checking on her to make sure she's not getting disruptive. i'm sure it's a lot more fun for her too than just sitting in her carseat the whole time. i still worry about the germs and her getting sick again, because I don't want to deal with that again so soon, but hopefully the worst of the germs are over and she stays clear of them.

friday night was guys night out and it was at our house so i went over my friend's Jamie's house and some of the girls came over to hang out. we watch under the tuscan sun which was very much a chic flick, but very good i thought.

such a good idea trace on the guest book idea...with all the visitors that you get that will be fun book. and can you put the recipe for that fruit pizza on your blog or email me. I keep forgettign to write it down when you tell me and i want to make it again. so yummy!

tonight ryan is up in cincinnati. i can't decide what to do to be productive which means that i'll probably be lazy and watch tv and stay up too late and then be tired all day tomorrow. maybe i'll call trace and chat. welp have a great week everyone!

My pic site got erased because of inactivity I guess. So here is the new link. I also update the one on the side as well.

http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?selected=784427

Welp, right now I am not a happy camper. In fact you could say that I am a very ticked camper. I finally get to sleep before midnight last night so I can get a good night's sleep, because I've been so tired lately. Well I was awoken at 6am by a barking dog and then the contruction workers decided to start nice and early today at 6:30am and where else, but the house right next to our bedroom. Fortunately I thought to turn Hannah's fan on at 6am, so it should hopefully not wake her up. They have been starting between 7 and 7:30 which has been annoying, but not unreasonable, but I will definitely be complaining about this.

So anyhoo, not much more to update. It was good reading blogs yesterday. Congrats to Joel for the engagement! Last night Ryan and I decided to go through the purpose driven life book together. I am looking forward to that. I need a spiritual boost right now. I can always tell when I haven't been spending enough time in the Lord, things just start to seem out of control and the old easily irritated Michelle comes out, and she's not much fun to be around. So hopefully this will be just what I need to get back on track.

To answer Ryan's question, I'd have to say that my fav dessert would either be pumpkin cheesecake or the black tie mouse cake from Olive Garden.

I think I'm going to post some more pics right now of sweet Hannah, so check them out! -->

Happy Freakin Tuesday!

Happy Monday all! I hadn't realized it's been so long since I've blogged. What a slacker I am! Had a great Valentine weekend. We have never celebrated Valentine's day before, but we decided to this year. The pastor at a church told the guys 5 things they needed to do for valentines day and Ryan did all of them except 1! He called and asked me out on a date like he did when we were dating. it was so sweet..he acted all shy and silly. then some friends watched Hannah and he took me out to olive garden and to see along came polly. entertaining movie, but i didn't feel the chemistry b/t ben and jennifer. and then he wrote me this sweet letter that made me cry and gave me my christmas/valentines day gift. it was a 1 hour massage which he has gotten me before and it's the best massage ever! and then he got me a night away in a hotel just by myself and i have to use them both on the same day. i can't wait! i'll miss Hannah, but it will be great to get away and spend some time with God and of course sleep! :) ryan and i couldn't believe that this was only our second date away from hannah. we realized it's because she's still at an age where we can take her places and she's so good we hardly know she's there. it's such a blessing though to have a group of friends where we can swap sitter time. i was talking with a friend of mine who works with ladies that have to pay their sitter like $7/hr, and they also buy them pizza for dinner and then you have the cost of your date too. you can easily drop $100 a night! i decided that Ryan needed a valentine's day gift too so I wrote him a little note as well and bought him 2 cigars. One was a new one for him that the guy recommended, so hopefully he'll like it.

it's still cold here in kentucky, but this thurs and friday it's supposed to get up to the 50's. i can't wait for spring to get here. i'm starting to get stir crazy not being able to take Hannah outside. i bundled her up yesterday and tried to take her and reeces on a walk, but the wind was so cold that we only made it to the sidewalk and had to come inside. this summer we are going to myrtle beach with 3 other couple friends and their little girls. it's going to be so crazy and fun. we'll have 8 adults and 2 girls about 14-15 months and 2 babies 8-9 months. the thought of the sun and beach is what keeps me going. of course the thought of me in a bathing suit doesn't keep me going, but hopefully will motivate me to lose the rest of this baby fat. but i am realzing more and more how much little control i have over my mind. whenever I set boundaries on myself my mind immediately rebels and wants to break the boundaries and i usually give in. for example, ryan and i are trying to watch what we spend since i am not working much and when i do it usually takes my boss like 6 months to pay me. so what do i do..i've been spending money like crazy lately. it's on stuff that i use, but it's also stuff I could have waited for. except i was really bad and went in debt on my allowance again just as i finally was caught up and bought some cd's. the music club i belong too keep sending me these emails trying to get me to buy again since it's been a while and the deals keep getting better and better. so they sent me this one where if i buy the featured selection i could get 2 free cd's. i have never heard of the group before, but i listened to a few clips and it had a good beat, so i bought it and third day offerings 2, and everyday sunday. the other one was thousand foot crutch ..anyone heard of them? they have a rock/hip hop sound. hopefully it's a good one. my other weakness is with food. whenever i tell myself that i need to stop eating so much, i end up eating more. what is my problem???!!!!! so this week i decided that i am going to fast from all flavored drinks and only drink water. i need to get control. so we'll see how that goes.

well i can see i babbled on and on again and i haven't even gotten to hannah yet! :) she's doing great. so cute and fun and she keeps getting more fun each week. i don't know what she was doing last i posted, but her newest things are rolling over from tummy to back and blowing rasperries. we are working on rolling from back to tummy and sitting up. she's almost there. i'll post some more pictures soon. she's been a bit fussy lately and we think she may be teething. it seems so early, but i know of a couple of babies who got their first teeth at 4 months so i guess it's possible. i see little white dots on her gums, but it's hard to say if they are teeth or if it has always been there.

well i guess i better stop avoiding work. i have a problem that i am having a hard time solving so what do i naturally do..avoid the problem by not working! man do i have issues! :) i guess we all struggle with that from time to time. except of course for my freak of a husband who never seems to struggle with will power. but oh well i digress.

oh and i have already told tracey this, but mary you will be happy to know that i got rid of my wedding stuff! it felt good and i don't think i will miss them. and mary be thinking about august sometime to see bob again! tracey told me you start so early like the 13th, so we'll make sure we come out there before then. maybe even the end of July.

peace all!

ok i'm in the middle of cleaning and organizing and i need ideas from those of you who know how to toss things. What do you do with wedding stuff (candle, cake topper, nick naks) that you don't really have a place to display them, you don't want to throw them away, but you don't want to just store them away. Do you think it's ok to throw that stuff away? I need good logical reasons. Ryan just wants them tossed, but can't convince me yet.

that's all i have for now. my rents came this weekend. short, but fun visit.

peace all!