Halloween Party...

Kiddo Updates

ryan had a GI appt today. i was so excited to talk to doc about how we switched from whole milk to 1% milk and it's made a big difference, he eats better, no runny nose anymore and no diaper rash. well, gi doc has no clue. he kept saying "i just don't know". he is sending us to an allergist. he did check for allergies before when he did the scope and didn't find anything. he also said definitely don't stop what you're doing cause it's obviously helping and ryan gained another pound and he was pleased with that!!

naomi has been having some fussy/rough times the last couple days. her spitup increased, she's fussier, she's not staying asleep very long during the day, eating little bits often throughout the day and she just cried out in her sleep which is the saddest thing! i was thinking it could be a growth spurt or i don't have enough milk or i should cut out something from my diet. but tonight i'm really thinking we should give some reflux meds a try for her as well, we'll see.

overall we are very very blessed and still feeling well rested and much better than we did at this point when ryan was an infant. thank you friends and family for all the meals, gifts, prayers and love!

Smiling

we are all doing great here! ryan is being a good big brother. he's gentle with her and plays by himself when i need him to. naomi sleeps and eats! which is so foreign to us! she's a very content baby! Praise God for a healthy happy family! here is a pic of Naomi smiling in her sleep tonight...

Naomi Faith Manthey

Welcome to the world Naomi!!

Fun at the pumpkin patch

It was a little cold and Ryan J was a little whiny and tired, but it was fun!

Sometime soon

The OB told us we're ok now so don't call until i'm really definitely in labor! Woohoo! The official due date is October 20, but I'm guessing/hoping we won't make it till then. So now we can tell Ryan to stop saying "Naomi stay in there!".

Ryan J Tells a Joke

Tonight at dinner Ryan made up a joke. We were all sitting there and he said, "what's down there?" so we asked him back and he said "a ladybug?" we said really?? long pause... he said "NO! ha ha ha ha!" we laughed pretty hard, it was totally out of the blue! he repeated this about 20 times! here's a couple times i caught on video, at the end of the second video he sees the camera and says "smile you!"

My Shadow

ps - i'm adding pictures daily to the september album in shutterfly
click on the link to the right "our online photo albums"

Happy Happy Happy ...

This is a busy week every year we have 3 big days in a row... Katie's birthday then mom and dads anniversary then today, Ryans birthday!! And i think this year ryan managed to get gifts every one of those days, and then some!

HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY RYAN JAY!!!

Here's a LOT of pics, and this is just from the last couple days!

I love my Uncle Andrew

Ryan LOVES to go to Uncle Andrews gigs. He can't keep his eyes off of him. He spends at least half the time standing directly in front of Andrew dancing and staring at him.

Curtains

I finally made the curtains for our bedroom. I think I bought the fabric a year ago! I put a cover on our bed accent pillow too, probably could have done 3 more covers, I way overbought on that brown fabric, oh well, I only paid like 10-15 dollars total for all the fabric... the clearance section is great!!

Eww

yes, that's ryans toothbrush. and he decided after he did that he'd brush his teeth some more.

Keller - Behringer Announcement

From the daily local...



Allen and Karen Keller of Coatesville announce the engagement of their daughter, Katie Lynn, to Andrew Scott Behringer, son of Brian and Tracy Behringer of Coatesville.

Katie is a registered nurse in the neonatal ICU at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Andrew is a music teacher at Napoli School of Music in Ardmore and a singer/songwriter.

The wedding is planned for the first day of spring, March 20, 2010, at Olivet United Methodist Church, Coatesville, with a reception to follow at the Eden Resort in Lancaster.

Pictures Uploaded!

I had been a huge slacker in uploading pictures and I finally just uploaded everything from October of 2008 through now! So if you're bored go on http://jenbutjen.shutterfly.com and take a look at pics!

(PS, there's kitchen pics in the last couple months too!)

Women and Babies Triage... Again!

so here's what happened... 

We went to the Victory "brewbq" where Andrew was playing yesterday.  Well they said we could take the hayride to the field or walk.  We chose walking because I'm crazy allergic to hay!  Well they didn't tell us it was actually a 1 mile hike uphill to get there!  And it was crazy hot.  So of course contractions started on the walk/hike and didn't stop all afternoon.  Tim panicked, as did Katie and Dad.  Dad drove the car up there to bring us back.  After dinner we went in to the hossy because ctx were still happening.  The monitors at the hossy confirmed it and they gave me turbuteline right away which really calmed things down.  They did an exam, fetal-fibroid-nectamy or something like that which tells you if you could go into labor in next 2 weeks.  And they did u/s.  U/S showed some change since last preterm scare (about month ago) but it stll wasn't too bad.  Exam was fine, the FFN thing took about 3 hours to get results.  (Once again, poor Tim sleeping in a really uncomfortable chair in a cold room!)  But the results came back neg and so they sent me home (woohoo!) and told me to do bedrest sunday only.  So unless my retarded uterus acts up again i don't have permanent bedrest (yet!)

Ryan J Quotes

Ryan just cracks me up sometimes with the stuff he says. He is NONstop talking all day long! Here are a few quotes I can remember from recently...

"look at all these ___" (tractors, cows, push mowers, etc)

sitting at lunch the other day he folds his hands and bows his head...
"dear God, thank you for pizza, AMEN!"

i was writing out "Naomi" with his blocks and he turns to me and says...
"What does that spell?"

"i'll be right back" and "go ahead, i'll be right there"

anytime we see anyone amish he thinks it's our friends the Algyers and says...
"Algyers have a dump truck" (because one time they came to our house with a dump truck to get dirt)

When playing with his toys...
"That's ok" and "Have patience" and "Hold my hand" (as he holds the fisher price guys hand) and "kisses, i love you" between a cow and a chicken

if he doesn't know what the food is called...
"want some cook"

if we say what does L-O-V-E spell? he says...
"Love! I love you!"

he also repeats anything anyone says, sometimes days later. today he said...
"i like your countertop, jen" as he played with his horse barn. (random!)

Deck Addition

Thought i'd post some pics of our deck addition now that it's basically done! It gets stained next year, so the darker part is what we already had, the lighter/not stained yet part is all the new stuff. it's SO nice!! tim did it all on his own! i'll try and remember to add another pic of after from the same angle as the before pic...


Before:



After: