week 23 and month 16 ! days are going quickly

it is hard to believe that the holidays are just around the corner
which of course means i am thinkin' of presents
so what do you get a little girl who has EVERYTHING.....
well we solved the puppy issue so not sure
maybe a new house so she can put more toys in it?
the happenings this week
we took a nice drive out east to see the fall colors, eat apples, and buy more pumpkins and of course pet a cow
because halloween just wouldn't be without our front yard covered in little orange pumpkins!
sadie can eat an entire apple all by herself....just stand back...and what ever you do not take the apple away until she is done
typically every morning she runs around the kitchen and the dining room saying
"nana" for banana and "apple"
so she usually gets one banana in the morning and one apple in the evening for dessert
not a bad dessert this time of year
not much more is going on besides that
closing the yard up in preparation for winter
UGH!!! WINTER!!!!!!
new job is going well settling into a routine of sorts
school well its school not much more to say about that except i am trying to stay awake
sadie is wonderful as always giving hugs, and kisses that smell like apples
she has started helping out around the house as you saw she loves to help with dishes but she is helping set the table
why not start them working young right?
aaron is complaining about not having enough time to work on the house because he really loves working on the house
omen #2 is kicking a lot and seems to kick a lot when i am in meetings which is most of the time at least he is kicking during the day
what is than on the agenda.....
have no idea
maybe a nap?
enjoy the fall colors

week 22 and someone knows the letter A

so what does one due during the break in class?
yes you guessed it one updates the blog
what is happenin' in the wonderful world of cleveland
the weather is getting chilly, the leaves are starting to change colors, and night time starts before bath time which means our walk to the beach are limited to before dinner time
sadie is doing alright with these changes so far.....
though she is complaining about ALL the clothing especially socks
yup our little girl HATES socks
omen #2 is kickin' non stop and the good thing is he is kickin' lots during the day so we may have one person in the family who logically can define the difference between night and day but we shall see.......
went to the pumpkin patch and sadie took a hay ride and picked a few little green pumpkins
than ate lots of amish cheese and called after the farm dog
we had a special visitor come say hi to sadie over the weekend
bill read her a few books and sadie listened so happily to everything he said......
have held off doing any more work on the house for the time being
been to busy......
the new job is going well and its keeping me super busy which is good
keeping me out of trouble right?
anyways my break is over so this is the short sweet update on our life
enjoy the fall foliage and cool nights sleeping
ps. sadie's new favorite activity helping mom with the dishes, she prefers the water to be on the warm side but she is actually very good at splashing......









pssssss......the bunny is one of mimi's creations to the mural that sadie gives kisses to every morning and eve.....
"wats that?"

kiss kiss.....

week 21 omen #2 - 15 months omen #1

okay before you start saying...omen is that like from the horror movie......lets take a look at wikipedia and really learn the definition of omen....
"An omen (also called portent or presage) is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change"
so we got two little advents of good change in our life.....
thus omen #1 and omen #2
so what have all the little omens been up to.....
lets see omen #2 has found his kickin' legs
and like his sister thinks my bladder is a punching bag
which is great especially when i am in class and get up twice in 1/2 n hour to go to the bathroom
he has finally started to show his true self by pushing my belly out and making his presence known
so that shy little boy hiding behind his umbilical cord is nothing more than another kooncol - (our last names combined)
he will be kickin' and singing in no time
PS i still have ankles!!!!!
omen #1 has really found use for words
she loves singing the alphabet granted they all are meshed together into an odd form but she differently has the melody down right
both sadie and i had the COLD last week thanks aaron.....
so we have been crabby and unmotivated
which for sadie means she is really super snuggly which is great to have a person sweater wrapped around you ALL the time
the temp is dropping here and it really feels like fall
no more short sleeved shirts we have broken out the sweaters and long sleeved shirts
sadie still is not a fan of lots of clothing usually tugging at everything with disgust
we are hoping to go get pumpkins and apples this weekend and look for the fall foliage
this is my favorite time of year...though this typically does mean exams which i am not a fan of....but i did find out i could possibly graduate dec 2009 if no one givesme grief about taking a week off to deliver during spring semester
anyways my friend jeanne sent me the funniest story the other day (sorry jeanne have to share)
so here it is:

"Oh, I thought of Sadie the other day, our lovely dogs stole one of Kristof’s new elmo slippers. Totally destroyed. Anyway, outside playing the other day I came across one of elmo’s eyeballs stuck in the mud. It was facing upward such that it looked like he was buried and just one eye was sticking out. It was very morbid and for some reason my first thought was, good thing Sadie didn’t come across this."

This story had me laughing for hours b/c i can not imagine what sadie would do if she ever saw or witnessed the destruction of elmo. yes she is still totally into elmo though grover is becoming a close second. We had many great comments about the garage so here is the actual inside of the garage:








the outside: (notice the leaning features)









and aaron on the roof:

well that is all for this week
i start my new job on monday wish me luck!
enjoy the fall colors






CRISIS!!!!!!
in need of elmo tappin tunes book, sadie has played it till it was broken and now i can not find another copy. originally i got it at target please oh please for my mental well being if you see a copy purchase it or let me know!