More School Pics...

Here are the other pictures I promised of Jack's school. You can see what his favorite thing to do is...play trains! There is a picture of his teacher, Mrs. Staires. He loves her! Monday was her birthday and Jack told me that we should make her blueberry muffins and a pink card with stickers. "She really likes that for her Happy Birthday." he told me. So, what did we do?? We took blueberry muffins to her and Jack made her a special card. She loved it!

Golf Game

Ryan took Jack to the driving range the other day, which Jack appropriately calls the "Golf Course". Here are some pictures from their trip. He LOVES to play golf! He and Ryan are always outside practicing their swing. Believe it or not, Jack is pretty good! He hits the ball 9 out of 10 times when he swings and the majority of the time the ball goes flying in the air! Grandma and Grandpa bought him his first real golf club at Christmas. Maybe we will have another Tiger Woods on our hands!

School Days

As most of you know, Jack started Metro Christian Academy this year. He is in a Pre-K class and loving every minute of it! He is only going 2 days a week, unfortunately, that was the only slot left open when we enrolled him. We are on a waiting list to go up to 3 days a week, but we'll see if that opens up. As for now, we are just truly thankful for the 2 days.

He LOVES his teacher, Mrs. Staires. Ryan and I really like her too. She is so loving with all the kids and is such a genuinely sweet person. I'm looking forward to getting to know her better as the year goes on as I've volunteered to be the "Homeroom Parent" for the class. (I know, I am my Mother's daughter!)

Each day Jack talks about stories he's read, songs he sang, and friends he played with. So far we get that his favorite friend is Kristiana. He is always talking about he and Kristiana doing this or that. He also talks about playing trains with Joey. It's fun to watch him grow in a new environment. He has always been so outgoing, I know he is fitting in perfectly! (Mrs. Staires reassures us of that as well.)

Here are a few pictures we took on the first day of school. Isn't he so cute in his uniform?!



It didn't take him long after he got home to get those shoes and socks off!


Apparently no nap at school...so, what's new! He was a little tired after school.


We have a couple of other pictures of his classroom and teacher, but they are on Ryan's phone. Once I get those downloaded I'll post them as well.

Pregnancy Update

Many of you have asked for me to post some pics of my ever expanding body...and let me tell you, EVERYTHING is expanding this time around! Here are a couple of pics that we have taken. Enjoy!

Everything so far is going pretty smooth. What an answered prayer! Baby Taylor measures right on track. He moves constantly, which is so reassuring to me! I have the latest ultrasound pics on a cd. I'll try to get those downloaded and post them as well. Our next appointment is in 2 weeks, on the 25th. Can you believe I'm already 27 weeks?!




These pics are at 20 weeks. Taken July 25th.




Now, just a month later at 24 weeks. Taken August 27th.

The "Yester-Years"

Jack is really starting to show his deductive reasoning skills. Puzzles have become his absolute favorite past time. Ryan and I are also amazed at how he "links" thoughts together. His latest phrases are proof of this...

When he starts talking about something that he did last night, he refers to that as "yesternight". So, instead of yester-DAY, he understands that the occurrence happened at night...thus, yester-NIGHT is born.

Also, when he has forgotten something instead of saying he "forgot" it, he simply says he "forleft" it. Makes sense, huh! When you HAVE something, you've "GOT" it, right? So, it only makes sense that when you DON'T have something, you've "LEFT" it...thus you get "for-LEFT"!

Oh to think in the mind of a 3 year old!! Precious!!

Green Acres is the Place for Me....

Well, we finally did it and took the plunge. We are now the proud new owners of a piece of land...a little over an acre to be exact! After searching through every nook and cranny in Tulsa County, we finally decided moving out of town and building was the right direction for us. We are so excited! (Ryan says we are moving to "the sticks" which now Jack so proudly repeats. Anytime we drive on a country road he asks if we are going to our house in the sticks!)

Here are a couple of pictures of our lot. It is one of only 20 lots total in this division, Twilight Ridge. Calling it a "division" is using that term loosely. There is only one street in and the "division" consists of only one street, ours. We LOVE that idea! We are far enough away from the hustle and bustle of town, but have the conveniences just a couple of miles away. For instance, the grocery store is only 7 miles away and a Quick Trip is only 5 miles away. I think we drive further than that now!

The greatest aspect of this land is that it is SO quiet and peaceful! You not only don't have to worry about your neighbor's house being 3 feet from yours, but you also get the incredible view from a 360 degree perspective. We can see downtown Tulsa from the back part of our property. Who wouldn't love that!

We have also seen several kids around Jack's age that live in the area. What a great place for our boys to grow up and not have to worry about the dangers "city" life can bring. We love the fact they can play and grow up with other kids that live right down the street from us.

God has certainly blessed us!

Front of lot-from the street


View from back of lot...can you see downtown in the distance?


Another front view from the street


View from back right of lot

The Zoo

We finally made it!! After two failed trips, we finally were able to visit the Tulsa zoo. Jack had a great time. I think his favorite thing of the day though was riding the train...who would have guessed! HA,HA!







Our little monkey...