i can see russia from my house

Since I am not the greatest at figuring out this whole blog thing... I'll just post the link rather than waste my time trying to post the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZfM5LluYqw

Seriously?

Happy six week birthday, baby Ryan! :)

thank you, god!

fingers crossed...

Sitting here... waiting for history to take place... change is coming!

eight+ inches... gone!

gone til november

• Ryan is going to be a banana for Halloween!
• I have an appointment tomorrow for my first haircut in ohhhhhh, seven months... I have decided to officially do a major chop. It's way way too long.
• Steve and I are doing the HeartWalk in DC this Saturday - and bringing Luke! He's going to have a ball...
• It's hard to keep your house clean with a new baby at home.
• The Indonesian Peanut Saute at Noodle & Co. is a new fave.
• Last Friday was our first night "out" - drinks and schmoozing at some bars in Fairfax... never would have imagined, but after so long without alcohol, I actually don't miss it that much.
• Eight more days until the election - cannot wait.
• Babies poo a lot.

sleeping beauty

Little miss Ryan had her portraits taken at our house on Sunday... she slept through the majority of them until we tried to have some taken with Daddy. Otherwise, she was the perfect little model! I can see her getting bigger now that she's almost a month old... it's so sad! Of course, I was already dreading her getting any bigger when she was a few days old... but what can you do. She's asleep in her swing right now - word of advice to the eight (yes, EIGHT) pregnant people in my life: buy the swing. It will save your sanity. She has been napping for about two hours now, allowing me to shower in peace, get dressed, clean bottles (fun!) and get on the computer for a few quiet minutes... swings are great. D batteries are your friend.

bagh-daddy-o

My dad has been visiting since October 4th (pretty funny that I actually thought the baby would wait until after his arrival to join us)... and he's leaving on Saturday. So sad. Two weeks went by way too fast. Luckily, we're meeting up in January to go skiing in Canada... so we don't have to wait another six months to see him. Ryan will be so big by January - hard to believe.

Speaking of Ryan, she's wearing little blue jeans (babyGap!) for the first time today. She's asleep next to me on the couch while I watch the debate on Tivo