Little Guy

 That is what Emmett is not! He is looong and skinny! At 2 months he is growing out of 3-6 month clothing....say what? yeah you heard me..... crazy guy! He is still by far the easiest baby I have ever seen, he is laid back and easy going.

(I made the hat!!!)

He has started smiling and trying to laugh. He follows the girls around the room with his eyes! He is known by everyone as the LOUD tooting baby (what can I say momma loves garlic)

Last night much to my unhappiness he slept through the night.

I know I will not get these days back and they are slipping through my fingers...

I LOVE when Ryan calls him "E" man i do not know if its daddys voice or the cute nickname but it makes Emmett smirk every time!

Some how this past 2 months slipped by with out professional newborn pictures, now he no longer looks like a newborn (insert sigh of regret)

PS I am still not getting these boy parts I have been peed on sooo many times but yesterday Ryan was getting Emmett out of the shower and Emmett pooped on his foot I cried I laughed so hard, I love me a lil man with a sense of humor!!

Air Force Marathon

At this very moment Ryan is running, this is the first race he does not have either me or the girls cheering for him. The first time I have no up dates on how he is doing. I've searched all morning for some kind of live update. there are none. These runs are not leasure runs I know Ryan pushes his body to the limit I have more than once watched him finish then have his legs give out, seen the blisters on his feet, and even his skin bleed from irritation.I've held my breathe hearing an elite runner has passed out praying to God it was not Ryan, Ive cried to find out it was the son of the women next to me. I cry every time he finishes a race, the tears some mixture of relief, pride, and love. BUT this morning they are from sadness I pray someone is there to help if Ryan needs it, counting down the minutes till I receive a phone call. GO RYAN !!!!!!!!!!!i think he heard that ;)

 here is a clip of last years marathon you can see Ryan walking in the beginning of it then warming up all in black and the towards the left side during the start of the race in a bright blue shirt.

Food changes...

So here I've made some MAJOR food changes.

I have been making meals and freezing them...

Basic meals revolving around veggies... and one meat that can be used in small portions for several meals making the veggies the main ingredient not the meat!

Butternut squash and sausage bake
Vegetable fajitas
Bean chili (made from dried beans)
stuffed banana peppers (stuffed with cream cheese and sausage)
Grilled peppers and onions with Italian Sausage
pizza

anyways you get the point... but wow has it cut back or grocery bill!

using oatmeal not the sugar filled packets
dried beans
making my own pizza crust

I know what you are thinking WOW IS SHE SLOW we were doing this ages ago...

yep I am slow!!! but i cut back my grocery bill over $100 dollars this month!! ( i have meals frozen for the rest of the month. We eat out Sundays after church. Mondays we eat pizza because the local pizza joint has pizza free for military or if we are tired I make it at home. Wensdays are busy so I make ahead sandwiches or soup to eat before heading to church)

Next on my list is freezer muffins..

here are a few Millie and I are gonna try

Zucchini muffins
pumpkin muffins
Mollasses brown sugar muffins
corn bread sausage and banana pepper muffins
pizza muffins

If you can not tell I am excited about how easy this change was!!!

taking a break from school....

TEACHING- youth on Wednesday nights

GETTING small amounts of sleep

WORKING on keeping the house clean
HANGING- with a new friend from church

SOAKING- in the cooler weather

RESEARCHING- forensics, math, historical methods
SINGING - kids bop

LISTENING - to lots of whining
PLAYING- scrabble
PRAYING - for my relationships

SAVING- to travel, home, to Israel etc..
BAKING- pumpkin goodness

PLANNING- to be in DC for thanksgiving  

SEEING - The ocean during and after a tropical storm

WATCHING- my children grow way to fast
WISHING- for answers on Ryan's eyes

LOOKING forward to the holidays and time with family

HAVING trouble fitting in any cloths

STARTING to run again

THANKING Jesus