B-U-Z-Y

Yeah. That's right. I'm so busy I'm spelling it with a Z!

Nothing too much to report. I've had late meetings at school, I've been cleaning house in preparation for our guests this weekend, and today I even pulled out the Halloween decorations. The house is now sufficiently festive.

Not sure how much blogging I'll get to in the coming days. I'm out of the house most of the night tomorrow and then Laurie & Big Nick are here Friday through Monday. Can't wait!

I'm sure I'll have lots of cute cousin photos to share when I get back on the blog next week. :)

Lazy

We're back and we had a great trip - too short, but really fun and relaxing. It was nice having today off so I could hang out with Rylee and take her out for lunch (not to mention getting caught up on laundry and lesson planning).

I'll fill you in on the trip details another nigh. Jon and I are getting caught up on The Office and How I Met Your Mother tonight. :)

Getaway

Hi. We're on the road for our anniversary trip. Mobile blogging is tedious so I'll probably just check in when we get back. Have a great weekend everyone!

Holidaze

I forgot to tell you all that I had the best treats when I was sick. I always give myself a pass to eat as much ice cream as I want when I have a sore throat (I mean c'mon, there has to be some upside) so on Friday night I had two different flavors for dinner (yes, dinner).

The first was pumpkin pie ice cream - delish! I love pumpkin anything in the fall (which reminds me I have to start wearing my pumpkin lotion again). The second was this peppermint ice cream dessert that was leftover from the book club I missed. OMG! If you could turn that magical feeling you got as a child on Christmas morning into a flavor - well, it would taste like this!

If only they made candy corn ice cream - I could have pulled off a holiday trifecta. :)

Walkabout

Rylee went on her first walk around the neighborhood tonight. It didn't start out too great. She stepped off our sidewalk into the grass and did a faceplant. (Ironically it was in pretty much the exact location where I took my faceplant last year when Rio escaped out the front door.) After a quick brush down, she walked all the way from our driveway to... Dave's driveway (our neighbor). :)

It was pretty funny actually. I had put one of those sun hats on her with the wide brim (it's a little too big since it was a hand-me-down from cousin Maddie) so all I could see was this fabric bowl on the top of her head and her awkward feet shuffling along. It reminded me of ET when they dressed him up on Halloween! You probably had to be there. :)

She walked several times throughout our outing. She probably covered about 6 to 8 driveway lengths and she only had one more stumble (the fault of the uneven sidewalk) so I was impressed. This is only the beginning right?

I haven't had a chance to post a pic of the sign Amy painted for Rylee for her birthday. We hung it right inside the door to her room - it looks awesome. Thanks again, Amy!

 

Purple Pride

It's that time of year again - Go Vikes!

 

I haven't posted many pictures of Rylee walking so here's one. I like how Rio is skulking in the background...

 

I love this little cheerleader outfit that my friends over at Mom2ET bought for Rylee, but does she slightly resemble an oompa loompa?

 

I forgot how sensitive Rylee can be. One little oompa loompa comment and she's in the closet looking for a new outfit. :)

 

MIA

Sorry I've been MIA as of late, but I came down with the yuckiness that has been going around school. It was not a convenient time to get sick (if there ever is) as I had a full weekend planned:

Thurs night - book club (missed it)
Fri night - birthday bash (missed it)
Sat - spent the day at my Mom's in hopes of not spreading my germs to Rylee
Today - baby shower (you guessed it - missed it)

I am beyond bummed, but I was able to get lots of rest and mainline vitamins. I feel better than I did when it started so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'm on the mend and that I didn't infect anyone else (Rylee, Jon or my Mom). Otherwise I have a feeling that Jon and my getaway trip next weekend will be put on hold indefinitely...