From the Heart

Long before we met you,
We talked about you, dreamt, and imagined.
But, we had no clue.
What having you would do,

With you we have
A strong, unbreakable love.
A bond of a lifetime,
A family

All that we ever wanted.
And for that, we thank you.

The things that make you laugh....

Noone is more comical than a toddler......If only they could become stand-ups, then everone could enjoy the goofy things they do. Even though for a parent toddlerhood brings on the repetativeness and the true meaning of patience; it also brings on belly laughs that I haven't had since I was a kid myself. Liv's latest and greatest is looking at Ryan's ear and telling him he needs "a new one" (because of the hole his plugs have left). Over and over again, she grabs his ears and says "a new one! a new one? a new one!?" Another extremely goofy nightly ritual we have is to take turns standing at the edge of our king size bed, drum roll, then dive onto the bed ontop of each other (thank goodness we remember to close the blinds,.. the things you do for your kids....)
Halloween this year was fun! Liv wore the same costume I wore when I was her age (my my made it). It is amazing how much we look alike. We may not look alike in our everyday attire, but put on bunny ears and brown whiskers.....WE LOOK ALIKE! For about 2 weeks before Halloween, we tried teaching her what halloween was. When you think about it, it is a super strange concept. She loved saying ," Happy Halloween.....HAHAHAH", but when she said it, it sounded more like this "Happy Hawoween...Muhahaha". I wish you could hear it because it would be so much funnier then I just interpreted.
We are starting to plan Liv's big girl room. This winter we are going to get it all set up and luckily it is going to be in the other spare bedroom we have. So we can set it up but don't have to move her over to it until she is really ready. I am having so much fun thinking of ideas and decorating stuff.

Until next time...much Love and LOTS of LAUGHTER!!!