Happy New Year

Ryan and I had a great relaxing weekend. We did absolutely nothing on Saturday and Sunday Ryan went to his first hockey game. He had is face painted like a tiger. He was so cute. I think he enjoyed it. We went to Oma and Opa's after for dinner and they kept him over night. I slept so good and I didnt have dark cirles under my eye's like I have for the last few months. I have to work a few hours today and then Ill go pick him up and we are staying home for the New Year. I dont like to be out on this day and its suppose to snow and get bad. I live to far out to drive back and forth. Im going to make a special little dinner and I think Ill make it a picnic in the living room and we can watch Polar Express. He likes seeing Santa. We will be playing basketball I know as its his favorite thing. Ill have to get his Spider Man pj's wash so that he can wear those.
Hope everyone has a safe New Year.

Love,

Becky and Ryan.

It's all over already.

I cant believe Christmas is over already. It goes by so quick. We had a great few days off. Maggie watched Ryan on Saturday so that I could get a little shopping done and then we went to Chilli for lunch. Sunday we went to Oma/Opa and hung out. Christmas Eve we went to chuch for the Xmas program. I was fantastic. Ryan did really well until the last 10-15 minutes and he needed to get up and walk. We went out of the Auditorium and a bunch of little kids were running around. I had Xmas breakfast at my house on Xmas morning. It was nice and relaxing. Ryan was fun opening gifts. His favorite was his basketball hoop and race car track. We really had a relaxing time and we enjoyed the day. We even took naps in the late afternoon. Thats always nice. I won tickets to a Rivermen Hockey game so Im going to take Ryan to his first hockey game. I think he will like it except for the loud fog horn. Ill have to cover his ears. Hope everyone's Xmas was wonderful and have a Happy New Year. Ill try to get pictures out tomorrow. Take care

Becky

Today's the 21st

So Ryan is 20 months today. I cannot believe in 4 months he will be 2. The time has gone so fast and he is growing up so quickly. I try to enjoy every moment. I just love having my sweet baby. I miss holding him and watching him sleep and all the little sounds he makes. The baby smell is even gone. Well , thats all I wanted to write. Again, Merry Christmas

As Ryan would say, Ho Ho Ho!

Ho Ho Ho

Merry Christmas to everyone! I hope its a nice relaxing family filled day. I am looking forward to 5 days of relaxing and playing with Ryan. I have to get his basketball hope put together and I have a few other things to get.

Take care, Be safe and Merry Christmas

Love,
Becky & Ryan Kunkel

Its over

Well, The cast is off. The foot looks wonderful. Its straight and the incision looks great. His foot is very sensitive and he didnt want to walk on it barefoot but with shoes he does okay. I kissed the bottom of it and he about jumped out of his skin. We went to Oma and Opa's after for dinner and took a bath, put his pj's on and we went to drive through the Festival of Lights. He loved it. He oohed and ahhed. By the end he was so stinkin tired he was out. He slept all night, Thank goodness. They had breakfast for the parents at school. Ryan and I had a donut and juice together. It was nice. Now its almost ten o'clock and I better get to work. I did send out some pics of his foot and of him in the snow. I am so looking forward to 5 days off. Its going to be nice.
Everyone have a wonderful and blessed Christmas.

Love,
Becky and Ryan

Yippeeeeee

Today is the day Ryan gets his cast off. Im excited and nervous. I will freak out if his foot is turned or turns when walking. Oh, I pray its almost perfect. He is so sweet. We have a thing we do, we brush our teeth and I pick him up and we both look into the mirror and say cheese. He shows all his teeth. It is so funny and cute. We have a new favorite show, Clash of the Choirs. I love it and Ryan was dancing and clapping his hands and turning in circles. He couldnt walk much after that. He was sooooo dizzy.

I think I might have posted he got his cast off on Monday, but I was wrong. Its today.

I hope you all are well, 5 days til Christmas.

Love,
Becky

Better Attitude

Well, we had a nice weekend. Ryan's been so much better. My brother and sister in law where up over the weekend. The kids and April stayed at my house with the dogs. Ryan loves the dogs. He was up until midnight Friday night. He watched Polar Express with the kids. He has never been up that late. He was enjoying himself so I let it go. WE all slept, well the kids slept. April and I froze to death in the living room. I was so cold. We had pancakes for breakfast and went shopping then lunch. Later we have an early Xmas dinner and opened gifts. Ryan got a little people's barn and animals. It makes sound and he is loving it. He also got cloths and money for shoe's. He gets his cast off today and I'm taking him to Stride Rite to have him fitted for some decent shoe's. I want to make sure that little foot stays strong. Sunday we had to run a few errands and then we came home and I shoveled snow and Ryan helped. He fell in and wasn't to happy about it. I got his sled out which is actually a Xmas present but I'm having trouble waiting for Xmas. I get so excited. So we played and then went in and he cried as I was putting dry clothes on him. I picked him up and he was out. He slept for 3 hours. I should have taken a nap also but I did laundry, read the paper in peace, made dinner, watched a movie and just sat and relaxed. This is something I haven't done in 2 years. We had a nice weekend. He laughed and played. Only a few tantrums. He didn't even cry when I left him at school this morning. He was playing with Lily when I left. That's his best friend at school. Which is odd since they bite each other. Tonight after getting his cast off we are going to the festival of lights. I hope he enjoys it.
I'm ready for the week to come and go as I have 5 days off. We have a graduation party for a friend of mine from work that is graduating from Nursing School. I might go see my friend Carrie in Bloomington and we can visit and Ryan will love it because she has cats. Then we have the Church Xmas program on Xmas eve and I'm having a Christmas day breakfast. I cant believe its all going to be over so quick. I hate that. I probably wont take my tree down right away. I hate having to take all the fun decorations down. I did rearrange Ryan's room and took out the recliner because on his birthday he will be sleeping in a big boy bed. He told me a few times yesterday that he went potty. So we will try after the holidays to see if we can get started potty training. If he doesn't do well then Ill try again in a few months. I'm already thinking about his birthday. I need to start looking at full size mattresses and I want to get him a swing set. The one I want is a Toys R Us. I never realized they are so expensive. I like the plastic one's. I think they are step 2. They have the slide and swings and a place to crawl on and under. So maybe they will be on clearance soon. I doubt it. He may have to wait another year. We have such a large yard I could buy a ton of toys and it still wouldn't be full. I think I'm going to get a family pass this summer to the pool. Then we can do lessons and go whenever. Its cheaper to do it that way.

Well, I better get to work. I hope everyone is well. Take Care
Love,
Becky/Ryan

Busy Weekend

Well its Friday and I'm so glad. I'm sure Ryan will be also as he is clinging to me alot lately. He has had such a hard week. I feel bad for him but I cant hold him all the time. That's the ways of a single mother. He did okay last night. We played alot and he took a long bath. He ate pretty good last night. This morning was a nightmare. He cried the entire time while trying to get him ready to go. Hopefully with Erika, Jakob and Jordan being here this weekend, he will be occupied playing with them. They are good with him and any kids. I'm looking forward to visiting with my brother and sister-in-law and the kids. The girls are going out for pedicures and Xmas shopping tonight. I need some form of relaxation. My hives are starting to go away. I guess Ive been stressed out. I'm not itching as much with the medication but I have battle wounds. My legs look horrible. Oh well, having Ryan is worth it. I hope to get over to the Festival of lights this weekend and to Folepi's marketplace. We need to see Santa. Well we did at Walmart but we need to go sit on his lap and have the official picture taken. I'm so excited also, Nana should have the quilt and sham that I'm going to put in Ryan's room. I cant wait. At his second birthday which is just a few months away I am putting him into a big boy bed and I'm going to redo his room . Can you believe that he is going to be 2. All the moms in my pregnancy group at work will be shocked as then there little one's are not far behind. Its always weird because Ryan starts it, being the oldest, then I think Tori is the end. I like have all the kids be close in age as it is helpful to ask what they are doing.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. Ryan will be thrilled to be a church this weekend. We have our Xmas program at church on the 24Th. I'm going to let him sit with us and not take him to discovery land(that's bible school) He loves music and such so he will be so excited.

Take care,

I don't know if Ill write again before Xmas so Merry Christmas. I hope your time with family and friends is full of warmth and joy. I am so looking forward to Ryan waking on Xmas morning. He knows who Santa is so Ill be eating cooking and going to bed. He will sit in his new red rocking chair and I hope it snows because I got him a sled. Then we can go play. He would love it. OK, I'm rambling.

Warm Wishes to you all,

Love and Faith

Becky and Ryan

Still going

Well the bad attitude has persisted into a week now. Okay so this is a phase. I hope to come out without bruises on the otherside. He does alright at times and then there is a major meltdown. He has not gotten one good report from school this week. He's hitting and not eating. Everyone keeps telling me this is a phase and it looks like they came out okay. We are celebrating xmas this weekend so it will be eventful. Going to do some xmas shopping on friday alone. Thats a good thing. I need a break. Nothing else to report. Hope all is well.

Take care
Becky

Long week

Wow, it was one of the worst weekends to date. Ryan was not happy about anything. He's got a cold. Stuffy nose, cough. He bit me and spent alot of time in the corner. Hitting was a major thing yesterday. Grouchy. On Friday he got his first Naughty report from school. It said he was Naughty and Nice. I hope its better today. He woke up at 1am and was coughing so I did the TX routine and put him in my bed. Its just not going to happen. I hate having him in my bed. So I went to the recliner in his room and he was snoring. The moment I put him on his mattress, AWAKE!!! I told him it was bed time and let him cry. He last about 20 minutes, then out cold. I had to wake him up this morning. He was tired. I hope he goes to bed early tonight. I'm going to get the markers and paints out so maybe that will occupy him for awhile. He wont like that we are having Vegetable soup for dinner. I made it yesterday and he wouldn't touch it. We will see tonight.
Looking forward to his cold being gone. I hope to get him to the lights and to see Santa this weekend. I am actually hoping to get iced in tomorrow. I really don't want to work. Actually I don't mind work. I am just so exhausted that I would like to sleep for 12 hours straight and then Id hope to feel better. Ryan gets his cast off on Monday. A week from today. I hope its healing well and that he will be running in no time. I have to try on all his shows to make sure they fit.
Then I'm off to Stride rite for some one's that are good. I want to put some good shoe's on his feet. Alot of money has been spent on those feet. They are worth a million! LOL. Most expensive feet Ive ever seen. LOL.

Hope all is well and holiday shopping is in full swing. Merry Xmas

Love
Becky and Ryan

Too Funny II

Okay, so Ryan has been in a better mood this week. He is having a good time at daycare and seems very happy to be among his friends. He is walking on his cast now and its so funny to have him walking back and forth. He cracked me up the other day as he took all the clothes in a drawer out while I was in the shower. I was very dramatic when I found it and his eye's were as big as saucers. He knew he was in trouble. The evidence was there. He looked like ET walking to his bedroom to pick up the mess. I was in the bathroom in tears. It was so funny. He is still not eating well. Each day is a little better. He is eating well at school. It seems like he is having less fits/tantrums. Maybe Im speaking to soon and should keep my mouth shut. I probably just jinxed myself. Ryan gets the cast off on the 19th.

He is going to his first basketball game tonight. A friend from work, Cassie's, son is playing in Princeville tonight. We are going over to the grade school to watch and then will have dinner. Should be an exciting night for him. I hope it wears him out so he'll sleep through the night.

Well, Im going to start potty training after the holidays. Ryan is getting a potty for xmas and he has been telling me at times when he's gone, so Im going to try. Start with a week of just sitting on the potty. Then over a weekend Im going to have him wear underwear and just see what happens. I assume Ill be doing alot of laundry. I hope I can find Elmo underwear. OMG, those will be so cute and at the same time weird to see him wearing them as its another sign of aging.

Well, gotta work. Hope you are all well. Take care

Becky

Too Funny

Ryan has been quite funny lately. His little mind is a sponge. He is walking with his cast now, getting into everything, oh gotta go, will write later.