HAPPY HALLOWEEN ALL!

Have a great day all! First, I want to say to my little brother.... great game last night. We enjoyed seeing you play all 4 years and sorry the seasons always seem to finish the year with a loss. However, it is exciting that you made it to the STATE PLAYOFFS! I am very proud of you because you were very much a leader on the team. Keep being the leader you are now on the field now off the field and move it to all areas of your life. Sports do great things to people and how we are on the field or court sometimes isn't how we are in our daily lives. Keep being who you are and remember every step of your life when you choose something that is not looked upon as a good role model you have at least three little nephews (so far) that think you are the worlds GREATEST person. They will want to be just like YOU. So, far you are a great role model. Thank you! Keep your chin up today you did your best and that is all we can ask for. Great Season Caleb! We love you!

Secondly, have a great day all. We are dressing up at work and I am being something that is maybe a little risky but all the people I have talked to said that I should totally do it. So, after the festivites are done today I will make sure to blog about it tonight. Plus, after I get Rylan in his costume I will take pictures. I just wanted to tell everyone to have a great day! I'm not feeling the greatest so having a fun day planned should help. :) Looking forward to a restful weekend.

Have a fun day all,
Andrea & Rylan
We miss you Daddy!

Soy, Milk, or either

Well we are back to no Soy or Milk in my diet. I am still breastfeeding and was able to gradually start eating milk and soy products. So, I did... maybe a little faster than I was suppose to however, I wasn't eating the major stuff like milk, cheese, or yogurt. That is until Saturday. Everyone wanted Godfather Pizza. How could I resist? I didn't I ate pizza and I loved it... yes my mouth is watering just thinking about it. Anyway, since then that has been since Rylan has been fussy spitting up more and just not being himself. So, off the milk & soy products. UGH! So, very frustrating. Do you know how much I love pizza, milk, ICE CREAM... yogurt? It's worth it. I called the Dr. yesterday to see what I should do because Rylan's been having hard poopies, spitting up, and just unhappy... NO SOY OR MILK again. But before I got that news I was talking with the Recpt. and she said that her daughter was milk and soy intolerant and she would scream for 20 hours straight. Literally thanking God Rylan is a pretty happy camper. She said she couldn't breastfeed and that the formula for Milk & Soy Intolerant is $42.something. I think I will be breastfeeding until I just can't any longer. I can go without pizza and all the things I love for him. :) Pray that he outgrows it.
Also, say a little prayer for Rylan's girlfriend at the sitter. She is probably about 10 weeks old and is on a feeding tube. Her parents have to come two times a day to feed her which takes an hour each time. She was aspirating her formula into her lungs. They still aren't sure what exactly is going on. This could go on for 7-8 weeks. That is a long time.
Alright, well the little guy isn't happy so I better get going.
Have a great night everyone!

WHAT IS EVERYONE BEING FOR HALLOWEEN????

What's New

Rylan is offically taking baby steps in the crawling world. He takes like two or three crawls/steps and then sometimes stops but then sometimes he face plants. I hate to say this but it is actually pretty funny. On good days he just gets up and starts all over again. On a day like today... he will just cry. Mr. Rylan is cranky. We aren't sure what is going on but it is one of the three, teeth, constipated, or just wants mom & dad. His nose is running a little and doesn't seem to have a fever so maybe he just doesn't feel good either. From going to having a happy little baby to a fussy baby... IT IS MISERABLE!
Other than that what is new. HOW COULD I FORGET... besides just crawling a little he is also sitting up on his own. Yep, he conquered that this weekend. I think it was because he saw his cousin Cole do it so he thought if she can do it so could he. :) So, yes I believe the child proofing the house will be coming this weekend! Otherwise we may be in trouble. Rylan is still making us laugh on a day to day basis and we are still thanking God for letting us be parents. He is a lot of fun and it is weird to think what I did before him.
Congrats to our friends Neil and Renee for bringing in a little baby girl into the world Lydia Lynn... now where is that E on the end?
Good night everyone... off to finish up dinner and get baths taken and night night!
Have a great Hump Day tomorrow!
Andrea

Sorry No Pictures

Okay, so I have to apologize but I don't have pictures to share in this but when I was teaching Rylan how to kick in the bath tube a few months ago I never thought that when I gave him a bath that I would also get a bath. Tonight when I gave Rylan a bath I think both Jeremy and I were getting showered by his kicks of water and the shower of water that got on all of us. We were humored but oh man.... I was soaked. I would tell Rylan that he could stop kicking the water and getting Mommy all wet and all he would do is laugh harder. NICE! I guess this is the joy of having fun raising a child. He is a mover and never sits still unless it is when he is sleeping. Even then he is still moving a bit....
Rylan is also eating a TON. He is still on #1 baby foods but I can't just feed one jar to him. He is on banana's and green beans(he got over the gagging). Then after both of those he gets upset and wants more but I cut him off. I feel horrible but I don't think he needs that much. MY LAND! So, watch out the next time you see him he will be have put on some lbs.
Also, just so you all know the last post I made regarding the Ham.... I made a great meal tonight. Noodles, asparagus, mushrooms, chicken and Italian dressing... weird combo but yummy. It is in the Pampered Chef It's Good For You cookbook. I changed a FEW things to make it with things I would like (NO TOFU) but mostly what was in the recipe. I think it's my new favorite noodle salad. :) So, I am not a horrible cook... Jeremy agreed the it was 100% better than last night... of course it didn't take much.
Good Night!
Andrea

Ham or Processed Ham

Okay, so I am trying to be a good wife, Mommy and to do that requires a little scheduling and trying of new things. Tonight we did just that. :) I have taken advice from my sister that it is easy to plan out the weeks meals so then when you get home from work you can enjoy your time with your family and not have to worry about what to fix for dinner. So, when it was just Jeremy and I it never seemed to work.... maybe it was a lack of actually looking in cookbooks and figuring out what to fix. Not sure. Anyway, this Sunday I planned out this weeks meals (dinners), went to the store and got what I needed. Last night was Chicken Stir Fry... I go the easy way and buy the packet of veggies... easier. Tonight was Root Beer Ham. Next night something else so on and so forth. I can't tell you how excited I was about making this ham. Last night was something we have had before but tonight I was excited because I really so badly wanted to impress Jeremy by showing him that I can do something and do it well. Well, I failed!... and got the TOLD YOU SO comment. I deserved it. :) So, I went to the store on Sunday got a ham. I have no clue what kind of Ham to get. Everyone that I tried to call while in the store weren't home and I couldn't get ahold of them. So, I thought I would use my best judgement (scary yes I know... last time I will do that!) and pick the farmland kind. It was perfect I was suppose to get a 5 lbs ham and root beer. Not too hard, I didn't think. I guess at Thanksgiving and other Holiday's I need to pay a little more attention. This was a PROCESSED ham not a 'good' ham. Jeremy warned me that this was a 'processed' ham and it wouldn't be any good or maybe that it wasn't what I was thinking. I was not about ready to take the ham back to Hy-Vee to get a 'HAM HAM' so I made it anyway. What is the difference? No matter how many times Jeremy TRIED to explain it to me I still couldn't figure it out. I guess I just don't understand... now I do. So, anyway after much debate today on what to do I made it anyway and was very proud of it when I came home. It smelled so nice. I took a bite out of it to just taste it and I thought...hmmm I think I did a good job. I was bragging to Jeremy like I always do when I think I actually made something good. I was still a little unsure but didn't want him to know that. So, I made it with bread and I was eating eating eating... then finally admitted Jeremy I think it isn't the greatest. So, once again I had to tell him he was right. He let me know that I had a lot of ham to eat up... and I was thinking to myself What am I going to do with this because it isn't very good?!!! So, like his awesome Mother said... just dice it up in cubes and put it in an egg casserole... that kind of ham is good in those. So, next time we have visitors... guess what you get? If I remember that is. It is good just not what I wanted. :)
So, next time you are wanting to make a ham remember to get the ham behind the meat counter with the bone in it. It will be better.
That's all for now... off to bed!
Good Night!
Andrea
Not sure if you know this but we absolutely LOVE OUR HOME!

Our 1st Pumpkin Patch

Hello All,

I am a little late with blogging but I have been extra tired lately. My mom says that she thinks I sleep most of the day and when I am up all I want to do is eat. :) What do you say I want to get big and strong.... duh you have to eat to do that!

Anyway, this last Saturday my Aunt Rhiannon invited my Mom and I down to go to the Pumpkin Patch right by their house. WOW! I didn't know what to think but we sure had fun. I didn't even say a word the whole time I was there... speechless. I didn't know what to think with all those crazy ..... THINGS everywhere. I saw a bunch of cool stuff. Here are just a few of the many things we got to see. See more by visiting my Aunt's website at http://www.svitakfamily.blogspot.com/ My mom and Aunt Rhiannon took turns taking pictures.... hopefully soon Aunt Rhiannon will blog about the fun day we had too. :)

Visiting the Pumpkin Patch:

This is Kenner and Bub watching some play that was done by witches. By the way, I am not sure why but the little guy on the right... his REAL name is Patton for some crazy reason they call him Bub or Bubbi. So, I'm just calling him what they tell me too.

Here is my aunt and my cousins at the Castle... I thought witches were the only ones to fly on brooms? Kenner ....normal. Kenner, 'BUB' and his Mommy... Kenner looks weird.
Here are the COOL boys taking a break in CANDYLAND. Who wouldn't want to take a break in candyland? I think this was Mommy and Aunt Rhiannon's favorite place. They told us when they were cool little kids like us that they used to play Candyland all the time. My cousin Kenner is trying to show me the next fun thing to go do and I guess I wasn't paying attention.
The Gumdrops Mommy and Me. Nice Sucker Mommy I thought that was mine!
Finished the day off with a ride of the Magic School Bus.

Thank you!

A HUGE thank you to Rhiannon for giving my blog a make over. I loved the old one but once I see all these new cool ones I thought I needed something different. Thank you Rhiannon! Let me know what you think!!!

Also, I will post later with pictures but the pumpkin patch this morning was GREAT! We had a ton of fun and worth every penny spent. :) Kenner, Patton, and Rylan took this picture that is on the header... didn't Rylan do a GREAT job sitting up?! :) hehehehe! I will post more later just wanted to say Thank you to Rhiannon and also to let you all know we had a GREAT time!
Huskers played pretty good today except for the last error in the overtime. Darn it! At least they played well and didn't get killed.
Have a great Saturday Evening all,
Andrea