Just a Few Things to Say

This weekend we went to my sister Megan’s baby shower.  She’s expecting a baby boy at the end of October and I can’t wait to meet my little nephew.  She’s going to be a great Mommy!

 

 

I love when we go places and the people have a swing.  This girl could swing all day long.

I also love when Paw-Paw is around and wears Ryder out!  I thought this was too cute not to take a picture of, falling asleep with the balloon in his hand, my little party animal!

Pit stop on the way home : Target to get a new seat for Maisy!  I can’t take the crying car rides anymore, I thought I’d try a new seat.  She was so quiet back there I had to snap pictures with my camera to check on her and make sure she was okay!

Has anyone noticed my newest obsession???  LEG WARMERS!  Oh they are so cute.  Especially on my girls chunky little legs.  Yum, I could just eat her up!

I’m not the only one around here with things to say…Ryder has been on a roll lately with great lines like:

“Momma, Don’t buckle my monster!” he suddenly has a fear of the bottom strap on the car seat.

“Momma, do you know where you are???  You’re in da jungle babaayyyyy!” obviously him & daddy have found a new song to jam out to.

him: “Momma, I can’t go to bed yet, I’m practicing being quiet for when I go huntin’ wif Daddy!”

me: “Nice try Ryder, it’s time for bed”

him: “shhhhhh you’re gonna scare da bucks away!”

“Big Brova’s” not the only one chatting it up around here either:

That’s right, miss Maisy has officially found her voice!  We could be in trouble…

Kidney Walk 2011

It’s that time again!  Actually, it’s PAST that time…we’re usually deep into getting our team together and raising money by now, but I think we have a pretty good excuse for getting a late start, right?!  With that said, who’s joining/donating to support Team Ryder this year??  Everyone…right?!  We’ve got to get a move on!

This is our THIRD year participating in the National Kidney Foundations Kidney Walk and you all know how near and dear this foundation is to us.  Each year our team gets a little bigger and we are able to raise a little more money, so I’m really excited to see what we can do this year! 

Each year that passes is a year further away from all of the complications we faced with Ryder’s kidneys.  Another year we get to cherish with our sweet boy, not even being able to imagine what life would have been like without him.  And another year we all get to rally together in support of the NKF to show our appreciation for all that they do!

Nothing puts into perspective how much things change in a year like looking at these from the past 2 years:

 

The walk will be held on Sunday, November 6th at 1:00 in Richmond, VA.  You can go to http://walk.kidney.org/goto/teamryder to join or donate!  Thank you all so much for supporting us each year, I hope you know how much it means to us!!

Lets go Team Ryder :)

Maisy Girl

Maisy Girl

Don’t you know that I love you

I wouldn’t dream

  

Of going nowhere

Silly woman

Come here let me hold you

Have I told you lately

We love you like crazy girl!

 

**Song by Eli Young Band**Remixed by the Marsh Fam**

Crazy Weather!

Within the past 3 weeks we have experienced an Earthquake, a Hurricane, a Tornado, and now some horrible flooding from a Tropical Storm!  I don’t know what is going on with the weather but I think everyone is over all of this craziness now.  I know I am anyway!

Last night I got a call from my mom around 10pm saying that she was trying to get home from work but was completely stopped behind a line of cars, the rain was pouring down, the water was getting higher and higher, we were both kind of panicking.  Eventually the water started to come into her car so we called the police but all they would say is that they were doing their best to rescue everyone who was stranded.  The rain finally let up around midnight and by 2am she was finally able to drive her car out of there and get the rest of the way home.  Poor Yaya, I know that was so scary for her!

At one point, Alan decided to leave to go try to rescue her himself.  That idea got put to rest as soon as he tried to leave our neighborhood and realized that the only 3 possibilities were all either flooded or closed off! 

This morning we woke up to find out that our area has a lot of damage from the flooding.  We have bridges and roads that have completely washed away!

Right now, my biggest question is…how will we ever get to Nana’s???  This is the road I always take to get there:

The dam washed away and the road came crashing down…it is completely gone!  There’s only one other way to get there:

 

And that road is crashing down too…giving us our very own waterfall!  Everyone in the neighborhood has been gathering all day to see all the damage (and I thought the Walmart opening was a big deal! Psh.)

Ryder knows how to make the best out of any situation.  In Ryder’s life FLOODING = MORE MUD PUDDLES TO PLAY IN!!

We got about 14 inches of rain already and I hear we’re supposed to get another down pour this evening!  Crazy weather…

Ryder Wants to Talk About…

His motorcycle!  Surprise, Surprise!

Labor Day Weekend

What a nice long weekend we had!!  It started with lots of action and ended with a nice relaxing day at home.  I wish we could have every Monday off work! 

Saturday Alan had a moving job in the morning but that evening we went out on a date!  Ryder went to hang out with Nana and our friend Mary came over to stay with Maisy so that Me & Alan could hit the town.  Hitting the Town these days has turned into dinner and a nice long trip to Walmart to restock our groceries!  Okay so maybe it wasn’t the most romantic thing to do, but it felt good to shop at a leisurely pace with no interruptions.

Sunday morning we went to Church for Jaxon’s dedication.

It was great to be a part of this special day for our friends!  The service was so good, as always!

My boys looked so handsome:

 

Afterwards they had everyone over for lunch.  Maisy got passed around, not just to the girls this time, but to the kids too!

 

This would be what happens when I leave baby girl alone with these crazy women:

Attack of the hairbows!!!  Yikes!

Ryder played so hard with all of his friends that I barely saw him the whole time!  The only picture I got of him was when he finally sat still…not even 2 minutes after pulling out of their driveway:

In typical Maisy fashion, she needed a break from her carseat so we stopped by CJ & Angela’s on the way home.  They were hosting a fantasy football draft so Alan got to see some of his old buddies from school.  After the draft they played a game of football, the difference between the game now and 10 years ago…they were all a lot more out of breath!

Me & Maisy enjoyed visiting with Angela & Callie

 

And Ryder had fun playing with Carter (except for that one fist fight they got into…yes, they were throwing punches and the Daddy’s had to break it up!)

They might fight over toys, but one thing they do agree on is trying to beat Alan up!  They love to team up against him.

 

Since the kids got to bed late Saturday night & Sunday night, they made up for it by sleeping in late Monday morning.  Maisy didn’t wake up to eat until 7am, then went right back to sleep until we all woke up at 10:30am!!  That was the latest we have slept since we had kids…it was a nice relaxing start to a peaceful day at home. 

That was our Labor Day weekend!

Shapes, Colors, Counting, and Sorting

All wrapped up in one video…he even throws a little Spanish in there!

 

(By the way, our power came back on Monday evening so we were able to come back home…sorry for slacking on an update!)