31 Weeks

Only nine weeks to go until we make us a family of four.  (And the first belly picture.  Forgive me Baby #2!)

And as a little comparison here I was at 30 weeks with Ryan.

And our Christmas tree!  Best time of the year...

Tamma and Tampa Singer's House

 We hit up Grandma and Grandpa Singer's house for Thanksgiving.  Ryan's been talking about this trip for weeks in anticipation and has been talking about it since we got home.  (I've discovered it's nice to have something for Ryan to look forward to so that I can use it as a threat when he's acting up.  Is it mean that I told him MANY times the week before that he better listen to Mom or he won't be going to Grandma and Grandpa's house?) Besides the AMAZING food, the highlights were:

-Riding Tampa's tractor.

 Ryan likes to retell the whole story complete with, "Oh, no!  (hands on cheeks) Tampa get gas!"  (It had run out halfway through their ride.)  I also love that Grandpa gave Ryan his John Deere tractor hat and that Ryan insists on wearing it whenever we leave the house. :)

 -Staying up late watching Frosty the Snowman with Grandma and Grandpa while Mom and Dad went on a date. :)

 -Wildlife Safari!

 Feeding the goats.

 

 -Riding the train at Wildlife Safari.  Ryan begged and so we sat and waited his most patient 1/2 hour ever before it was up and running.

 Such a flattering picture of our little family.  (Don't judge... I was feeling super sick this week.  When I went to my last OB appointment I had lost 3 lbs since my previous appointment.  And that was enough to get some anti-nausea meds.  Wahoo!  Now if only I had known about those little gems with Ryan.)

 Notice no luck getting Ryan to play the part of Zebra...

Brown Bear, Brown Bear...

Ryan loves books.  And we love that he likes "reading" them to us (even when he's got the hiccups.)

It all started at church one Sunday in sacrament meeting.  Nate and I have really been trying to teach Ryan how to be quiet and to whisper... a lesson that has yet to sink in.  But when he started quoting some of his favorite books on Sunday as he flipped through them we couldn't help but smile the whole time.

Splash!

 

"Reading" one of our new favorite library books.  (Okay, so this one's a little rusty... this was about the 10th time we'd asked him to read this book to us that weekend.)