Blessings on Christmas

Well for those who dont know, Miss Olivia decided to make her arrival on Dec 26 at 4:33am. She is beautiful and her big sister loves her. Once I get caught up I will blog the whole story and more :-)

Week in review

Here I go again being a bad blogger... hehe

Well still preggo... And they pushed my induction back to Monday at 6am :-( its only 12 hours later but if I went in that Sunday night I would have at least gotten some sleep... but anywho... Hoping she we come sooner but not holding my breath...

Grandma is here :-) She got here on the 15th. Pretty sure Rylei has slept with her every night the little stinker... She loves her Maw Maw...

It SNOWED!!! Day after my grandma got here it snowed a few inches! so pretty! Ry loved it but didnt get to play in it much because shes been fighting... some kind of illness... Thinking it was croup. Raspy breathing... little cough... mild fever... but no runny nose? Who knows. She is feeling better now.

We went to Carl's Christmas party on Friday. I honestly wasnt looking forward to it.. Casual party... Rockband themed... (yes the game)... And deli style buffet... YEAH. Not what I was use to... But I must say the party itself was very nice... They could of have better door prizes but I think they just need better party planners haha Food wasnt what I would have liked but it was better than I thought it would be. MC and games where great but the rockband got a little old...

I got Olivia's room finished finally. :-) I like the way it came out.. Heres a few pics of it...

We're VERY ready for Christmas.. I still havent put presents under the tree lol I do not trust Rylei one bit at all haha. I think were going to put them out tomorrow during naptime. I think I can handle half a day of yelling "no Rylei! Not Yet!!" lol

Christmas time in the City...

Well we had a wonderful time in NYC yesterday! I really loved it! The bus ride over was sooo long (3 hours) and I was so uncomfortable on the way over.. I forgot how bumpy buses are! Also made me a little sick to my stomach. I was nervous because there arent seat belts in charter buses so rylei wasnt in a car seat.. but she did well really. she colored and listened to daddys music and went back and forth a lot.

Dancing to Daddys music

Coloring with daddys hat on

Amazed by the buildings

We got dropped off at Radio City Music Hall and the madness began! lol It took carl about an hour to realize he didnt have to say excuse me to everyone.. because they wouldnt listen... and that he didnt have to acknowledge every person passing out flyers and the street vendors lol We went to Central Park first... EH WRONG ANSWER lmao It was SantaCon 2010! which you can get the gist of here. they really wherent TOO bad but very loud and drunk lol one touched my hair and I felt the need to shower... I wanted to bring Rylei to the playgrounds in central park but thats the direction that the gazillion santas where in so we stuck to sheeps meadow and she ran around a little. Enough to tucker her out and she was asleep before we could find lunch! We passed FAO at this time and she was asleep :-( so we skipped it... but I got my picture of it! So we asked a lovely NYC police officer where Rays Pizza was and he gave us great directions to it and it was AMAZING... loved it.. and $2.55 a slice?! UHM amazing even more!!!

Ry and I in central park

Ry and Daddy by lake in Central Park

Ry running in sheeps meadow in central park

Carl and our Ray's Pizza :-)

After that we wondered around more.. went in at Dylans but it was crazy packed so I just grabbed a few things and we left. By then Rylei was awake and we got her a hot dog which she didnt eat until like an hour later... She was cranky because she needed a diaper change but we couldnt find a place and she was cold and tired still. We then made our way to Times Square and went to disney which was AH-MAZ-ING! Rylei loved it and cried when we left each area! Which disney staff didnt like and each one tried to make her feel better lol Then it was the hunt for dinner.... ugh super hard!!! we really wanted a non chain place but couldnt find anything that we would all eat that was under 30 bucks a person! So we saw tgiFridays and was like whatever we will eat there... MISTAKE! hello $18 cheeseburger and $9 kids meal of pasta with NO sauce! It was a good burger but no burger is $18 good to me lol But I think we where all happy to just sit and have quiet time lol And we had a great view from our seat and I got to witness a bus hit a taxi. Its all in the experience right? lol

Ry and her mini loli from Dylans

Ry and I upstairs in Disney Store :-)

Taxi vs Bus

Then the kicker of the trip... We go to the rendezvous spot... the road is closed... which means our bus cant get there... LOVELY what do we do?? lol so we waited and made a big group and 30 mins later we learn the driver has been circling around trying to find a spot to park. So we didnt get out of the city until after 9:30 but after that rylei went to sleep no problem and thus ended our night... We had a great time... But its not something that I want to do again soon... with a stroller... or with kids for that matter... or maybe just not at christmas time lol

Mil spouse fill in #24

1. What do you see your life like in 10 years?
In 10 years hopefully I will have figured out what I want to do with myself since Rylei will be 12 and Olivia almost 10... Carl will still be active duty... but life is very unsure... depends on what he decides to do in the next 3 years though lol


2. What do you like most about your job?
Being a full time mommy is great. lol

3. What are three things you do every day, no matter what day it is?
love on Rylei, check facebook, talk to my grandma

4. What would you do with an extra five hours in the day today?
actually get a nap

5. What is your favorite Christmas (or whichever holiday you celebrate) cookie recipe (please share!)?
i have JUST started to try to make cookies actually. but i like anything ... espically with frosting hehe

Christmas Wish Come True!!

So I must say I am a little over joyed haha! ITT has been offering a free NYC on your own trip for deployed spouses... Well no one signed up for it (prolly because it would be hard/scary to go alone or with just your kids in my opinion...) and they opened it to everyone. So this Saturday will be our first trip to New York City!! YAY!! I'm so excited. So what should we do? We are for sure going "the budget route" because we didnt have time to save for this trip so no crazy shopping or over priced tour buses... Lots of walking... Which will suck for me lol Jokes where made about me not going into labor while there... I've prolly been jinxed now honestly lol. So places I want to go... in no order really

FAO (of course :-) I know its going to be crazy packed but its an experience I want for Rylei and I...)
Rockefeller Center (to see the tree)
Tiffany's (just to walk by :-D)
Dylans Candy Bar (yum)
hopefully pass by Macys, Barneys, Saks, Bloomingdales, Bergdoff, and Bendels to see their Christmas windows... maybe check out a few of them :-)
World Trade Center Visitors Center (about the only thing I'm willing to pay for...)
Disney store on Broadway (25,000 sq ft of Disney goodness)

and whatever else we manage to fit in.. I want to do lunch at a street cart or pizza joint and dinner at a non chain place.

Anyone have recommendations?

MilSpouse Fill In #23

1. If you where given $1,000 right now, how would you spend it?
I would put it all towards debit... prolly credit card. We're trying to get rid of both our credit cards FOREVER!!!
2. If you had to choose a movie title (a real one that already exsits) for your life story, what would it be?
geez I have no idea hmmmm.... The Pursuit of Happyness... even though it makes me cry everytime...
3. If you where a teacher, what subject would you like to teach?
English.. I know I dont use proper grammer on here a lot but I DO know the rules... I loved high school English... Or maybe history... I've grown to love it and would like to make it fun for kids.
4. Has being a MilSpouse changed how you view holidays or how your holidays are celebrated? If so how? If not what hasn't changed?
Not really... most holidays I was just with my imidiate family... We didnt have huge celebrations like some do and thats what we do now... We do however invite over friends or single airman a lot for the holidays.
5. What is your favorite Christmas (or whatever holiday you celebrate) memory?
I'm sure I have a ton from when I was a child but really its Christmas with Rylei now... Even though the past 2 Christmas I was far more excited than she was but still lol I get excited about how much more excited she will be every year. This year should be even greater than the last ;-)

planning ahead?

So carl is constantly making fun of me lately... why? becuase I'm already planning Rylei's 3rd birthday.. For those who dont know her birthday is in August... lol So maybe I'm a pre planner... it gives me something to do and look forward to. Her past 2 birthdays have been very generic, out of the package parties... Since I have discovered blogland my eyes have been opened... To the wonderful world of custom parties and how afordable they can be. I use to see these fancy parties and think I could only afford the stuff at the store.. hello MORE expensive than doing it myself!!! So in accordance with my obsesive list making ways I have gone through my favorite blogs, bookmarked parties that I liked or liked aspects of not only for Rylei but also for Olivia... (yeah maybe I do have a problem...) And I've since gone BACK through these sites and made a document of each party and the colors, food, drink, decorations, games, invite, and outfit Rylei could wear... and listed the sites where I got the idea from... Currently I'm all over Etsy and Oriental Trading looking at stuff that I could add... lol But I figure if I decide in the next month or so... I can start buying stuff... hopefully at discount lol So I have it narrowed down toooo

a lemonaide party--a rainbow/art party-- tutu and ties party-- mermaid/beach/pool party-- minnie mouse party-- cookies and milk party-- or princess and the frog (not so much the movie but the story in general).

So besides my little obsesiveness... hehe Christmas has come to my house. Tree is up (had to buy a new one because ours died... grrr), lights are being hung, and I'm slowly but surely getting the house cute. Havent dared put presents under the tree though.. I dont trust Ry and dont care for the battle right now lol I'm very much ready to pop.

Oh I also had my baby shower! It was pretty awesome and I had a great time. And I got my new double stroller from my mother in law. Its awesome haha Heres a pic of Ry and Aiden in it.. It rides like a DREAM.