Happy Mother's Day .... 1 Week Early!

A few months ago I decided that the one thing that I wanted for Mother's Day was to run cable and add a TV in our bathroom. Since I get up before Tab during the week and you cannot see the master bedroom TV from our bathroom I can never watch or listen to the news (ie. watch the Today Show) as I get ready for work. I was determined that Tab and I could "make this work" without any professional help and we did it!

A few weeks ago we went up in the attic to see if we could locate any cable wire that we could cut and add a splitter. Our entire attic is covered in the blown white insulation so it looks like a huge snow storm just went through and you cannot see anything but the 2x4 boards running to the ceiling. We were about to give up when I spotted a few inches of the black cable wire that was running over one of the guest bedrooms (luckily that guest bedroom has a raised ceiling so the cable wire had to run up and over that raised part of the floor in the attic). After we confirmed that it was definitely cable wire we went to Home Depot to buy all of the parts that we would need for our project.

While Ryland took a nap today Tab and I started in the bathroom by cutting a hole in the wall under the vanity section of the counter tops. Tab then went into the attic and while I held a flashlight to the hole dropped a rope down the wall. I was able to grab the rope and then pull the cable wire down the wall and out into the bathroom. Step #1 ... Complete!
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Here is the place in the attic above our bathroom that Tab had to first locate and then drop the rope/wire down.
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He then went over to the cable wire that was over the guest bedroom and cut it and then added a splitter to it. Step #2 ... Complete!
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Balancing on the 2x4 boards that are under all of that white insulation!
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After all of the work in the attic was complete we then finished up everything in the bathroom and added the wall plate over the hole. Step #3 ... Complete!

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After Ryland woke up from his nap we all headed to Costco and got a TV. We plugged it in and turned it on and everything works perfectly! Step #4 ... Complete!
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I already love it and know that I am going to really enjoy it every morning! And it is an added bonus since I get to start enjoying it 1 week before Mother's Day!

Thanks Tab and Ryland! I love you both so much!

Uh Oh ...

On Tuesday night we were all outside with the kids in our neighborhood. Our neighbor has one of those little cars that the kids can get in and it is open to the ground below. Ryland L-O-V-E-S playing in this car. Tab was pushing Ryland and Ellie Brook around in it and before we knew it Ryland had fallen into the opening and was being drug under the car. And to top it off he had on shorts so his little knees were just torn up. I cannot imagine how much it hurt and burned. We took him straight inside and to the bath to clean out all of the scraps/scratches and to stop the bleeding. This is by far his worse "accident" so far. He screamed every time that we tried to touch them or put medicine on them. He screamed when we put on his pajamas. And he screamed when we tried to put pants on him the next morning because his little knees hurt when he walked in pants (needless to say he went to school with shorts on). They are getting better and the scabs are starting to form. It just breaks my heart when I see his little knees with these scratches and scraps knowing that they hurt.

His knees in this picture do not look as bad as they do in person but this was the best one that we could get ... Ryland was not in the mood to sit still for a picture of his knees!

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More Easter Pictures

Below are some pictures as we were leaving church on Easter Sunday.
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The Easter Bunny Came, Dropped Off a Basket and Wished Us a Happy Easter!

What a wonderful Easter Sunday! The day started out with the Easter bunny dropping off something for Ryland. He was excited to see it all sitting on the coffee table in the living room when he came down for breakfast.
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We then went out to Douglasville to go to the early Easter Sunday church service. Ryland was great in the nursery. After the church service we were able to say hello to everyone before heading back to CC and Pops for a nap and Easter lunch.

After lunch we headed up to the Garbade's for an Easter egg hunt. And what better way to go than in a wagon!
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After the Easter egg hunt it was time to go back home.
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Happy Easter to all! We hope your day was as much fun as ours!
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Good Morning!

Just a couple of pajama pictures to start the day off ...

A Little of This and A Little of That Part #2

We had appetizers and dinner out on the back porch on Sunday night. The weather was beautiful and Ryland got to sit in the bog boy chair! He is eating hummus and crackers in most of these pictures so you will see it all over his hands and face! * * * * * * * * Ryland's new thing over the past few weeks is rearranging the furniture. If his little 22 lb body can push it around then it will be moved ... tables, chairs, stools, boxes. Here are some pictures of him moving his rocking chair around the kitchen and living room. PS ... Check out his new blue crocs. They are the cutest things ever! And he loves wearing them! * * * * * He also loves pushing his trucks around the house. * * Ryland and Tab were twins this day. They both wore their orange Polo shirts and khaki shorts. Everyone at school thought they were the cutest when Tab dropped him off that morning. * * These are a pair of his favorite jeans. And after wearing them for over 8 months he finally got his first hole in the knee! I guess it is good timing because they are actually a little too short for him now. * * He is doing some serious thinking ... what should he get into next! *

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A Little of This and A Little of That

We got Ryland a pair of sunglasses this weekend and surprisingly he left them on for most of our walk today. How cute is he .... * * * After a dinner of fish and hummus we decided to strip Ryland down in the kitchen and give him a bath in the kitchen sink. He loved it!! *

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* Ryland had so much fun at Jack's 5th birthday party last weekend. He was so exhausted that he was passed out before we could even get out of the neighborhood!

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What is New in Ryland's World !?!

A lot actually :) I am amazed at all of the new things that he does every day. Below is a list of the newest and custest ones. * His favorite word is "ball". And he can spot a ball anywhere ... even in pictures. * He makes a "brrrrr" sound as he drives his cars/trucks around the house. * He knows what goes in his daycare bag and helps us pack it each morning. * Running, running, running. He is as fast as lightning! * His favorite meal of the day by far is breakfast. * He is a dipper. He loves to dip crackers or carrots in hummus. He will even dip stuff in stuff that is not made for dipping! * He is learning to hold our hand when we walk outside in parking lots and in the street. It is not his favorite but he is getting better at it.