Well, today Tyler and I had special time together for the second saturday in a row. It is really a blessing to be able to spend extra time with Tyler while giving Heather a chance to to out with frinds last week and her family this week. This past week at work was an absolute bear ending with the school districts super intendent resigning. After all the craziness it was nice to relax and play with Tyler. I so often wonder what is going on in his mind. How nice it was when life was so simple. I pray every day that Tyler will get to know Jesus and give his life to Him. That way when he gets married and has kids he will have the same person I have to lean on and look to, Jesus. I cannot imagine going through this life with out knowing Him. We are truely blessed. Well I am going to get ready for the big OSU and Michigan game. My prediction is ......... OSU 38 -- Michigan 21. Go Bucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday I had a girl day!! It was SO fun. I left late of course due to the fact that I have not had to wake up, shower and put myself together with a deadline in so long! I also realized that I could not do my makeup in the car like usual because I'd be driving... then Tyler cried when I left. It made me so sad but a little happy that he loved me enough to want me to stay and play. :) So I drove over to the outlet mall and met my friends and we went into almost every store! I got 2 maternity tops for myself and 12 Christmas gifts! I'm on a ROLL! We had lunch (Subway- eat fresh) and then shopped some more and then we went to a mall! It was a lot of driving for me but it was nice to have not only some girl time to visit and fellowship, but also some alone time! I could crank the music to whatever I wanted and put the heat where I wanted and control the windshield wipers myself....it's the little things in life isn't it? On a side note, Tyler got some fabulous toys for his birthday and some money for his college acount. He got several Thomas the Train items that he loves and the new Tickle Me Elmo and I've got to tell you that it is an awesome toy!!! The technology in that thing is just unreal. Thankfully my dad didn't get mugged on his way from the store to his car. :) Now it's off to my mom's for her birthday!! She's 29 again! In a couple years we'll be the same age... i always wondered growing up how that would work so I guess we'll find out!

Why is it that the less there is going on in life the more tired we are? Is that just me? It must be because of all the extra emotional "crap" I'm dealing with on top of being pregnant. Today we had what I am calling a 3 hour vacation. We had a 'warm' sunny day and Grandma called and asked if she could take Tyler to the park and to play in the leaves at their house. DUH!! YES!! We litterally just layed around and watched TV but it was so nice! We actually could turn up the volume and visit at the same time! :) It was a much needed break for us and a much needed outside outing for Tyler. Gary's watching the browns and from the sigs and "what the" or "geez" comments I"m hearing I'm guessing they are playing badly or making stupid mistakes or both. Thank goodness for Fantasy Football or Gary would be lost on the sport entirely (NFL- College he loves) :) I"m already starting to think about Christmas. Last year we waited and waited to go and ended up rushing around last minute buying just about everything in a single weekend. That made me crazy. For me the fun of Christmas is thinking about those I love and trying to find them something they need and would never buy themselves or just something fun that reminds me of them. The fun is also in the reactions I get- trust me, you usually don't get much reaction from gifts you buy last minute SO i'm planning ahead! I've got my list together and am working on my card list too. It's time to begin planning my cookie baking! I just love Christmas! In other news Tyler will be 2 on Thursday. I'm just in shock that my little baby isn't a baby anymore. Now all these new illustrations of independance and need for control can be explained by the "terrible two's". I'm worried about what happens when there are two of them. Sometimes I think i'm a pretty good mom because Tyler is such a good kid overall. Then I start to think about not having the time or energy to train the next one. And what if Tyler's just created to be good natured and it had nothing to do with me? What if the next one is a terror? What if I never sleep again!?!? I look at Tyler and realize in the end, I don't care. I will love these kids with every bit of me until the day I die no matter how they behave. Sure, I want them to be good kids. I want it to have helped them that we've made so many sacrifices to keep me home with them. I want it to make a difference in thier lives and for them to appreciate it the way I appreciate my mom. Yea, the next one will prolly be crazy and Tyler will learn lots of bad habbits i've protected him from, but that will be another joy of parenting....something I've always wanted. :)

Tyler in his stroller at Geneva Collge Homecoming 2006. Lori and I "Roomates Reunited!" Gary and I in our booth at the Brig where we started dating and got engaged! Even with renovations, it's still there!

I found a peek-a-boo game on Elmo's World in the Sesame Street website. All you have to do is push any key and the characters jump out and say stuff. He LOVES it. He also likes the racing game on the Thomas website. He's going to be just like daddy!

Our family and Grandma Bush's work Halloween party. We HAD to get the (expensive) Thomas costume!

Where have I been?!?! It's been almost a full month since I last wrote and I'll tell you, I've been on the couch. I think the only muscle left in my body is my tonge and my heart. :) (Kidding mom) I got sick of saltines and moved onto pasta and grandma's sauce for a week, then that got gross, so i moved onto cereal but the milk was never tasting quite right and now we're onto onion bagles with margerine. With Tyler I didn't touch a carb for 17 weeks, this one it's all carbs and fruit. I did make chicken the other day and it was really good. Tyler is growing like a weed in spite of poorly made lunches and dinners on my part. Thankfully he loves cereal for breakfast and that rarely makes me sick. He's talking more and more every day putting sentances together and starting to put his sounds together better too. He loves to look at books by himself now and is more into Thomas and cars than ever. Most of the batteries in his noisy toys have died, I figure they must be made to last about a year because we are getting close to his birthday and Christmas when he got all this stuff. :) I'm NOT replacing the batteries mostly for my sanity and his hearing. Gary's still loving the new job and I do love being home. I'm bored a lot but we got Dish Network last week so my boredom is different now.:) Funny, I can watch the cooking shows but can't eat...I must be going to have a difficult and moody girl like I am. My mom will be so glad. Paybacks and all.... I'm 11 weeks tomorrow and praying that in the next 2 weeks i get that energy spike everyone talks about. I can't take feeling lousy AND my pants not fitting for very long! I'll try to post some recent pictures and thanks to all who leave comments! I love knowing someone is reading! Also, sorry that this particular entry is so boring! Hopefully the pictures are worth 1000 words. :) Love and Blessings!