It's time to vote for the kids again!
You can vote from each individual computer you have access too!
Kristen won with a landslide last time, so please help our boys out this go around!
JT and Ryan are both #1 in their category and Kristen is up against a boy this time around!
Thanks in advance for your help.
Mary
www.christisullivanphotography.blogspot.com
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Help Pass Senate Bill 1738—The PROTECT Our Children Act
We only have two weeks to make this happen! Please help. It's fast and easy.
http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20080911_tows_predators
Here's the letter:
Dear Senator:I know that you believe, like I do, that we must do everything possible to protect children from sexual predators. That is why I am asking for your help.Last year alone, U.S. law enforcement identified over 300,000 criminals who were trafficking in movies and pictures of young children being raped and tortured. Experts say that one in every three of these criminals has local child victims. Child pornography trafficking over the Internet has given us a trail of evidence that leads straight to their doorsteps, but the vast majority of these children will never be rescued because investigators are overwhelmed, outnumbered and underfunded.As your constituent, I urge you to do everything in your power to pass the PROTECT Our Children Act (S. 1738, Biden-Hatch). This bipartisan legislation passed the House 415-2, but it is now the victim of petty partisan politics.Now that we know where these children are and how to protect them, there is no excuse for the Senate to fail to take action this session.(Your name here)
http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20080911_tows_predators
Here's the letter:
Dear Senator:I know that you believe, like I do, that we must do everything possible to protect children from sexual predators. That is why I am asking for your help.Last year alone, U.S. law enforcement identified over 300,000 criminals who were trafficking in movies and pictures of young children being raped and tortured. Experts say that one in every three of these criminals has local child victims. Child pornography trafficking over the Internet has given us a trail of evidence that leads straight to their doorsteps, but the vast majority of these children will never be rescued because investigators are overwhelmed, outnumbered and underfunded.As your constituent, I urge you to do everything in your power to pass the PROTECT Our Children Act (S. 1738, Biden-Hatch). This bipartisan legislation passed the House 415-2, but it is now the victim of petty partisan politics.Now that we know where these children are and how to protect them, there is no excuse for the Senate to fail to take action this session.(Your name here)
Sunday, September 7, 2008
September 7 - Ryan's Day!
Well my goodness!! Our boy has had a busy day of giving us lots of smiles! We have a few videos to share!
He's just jabbering up a storm! It seems to be the same animated story each time he tells it!
He's learned to shake the car to make noise by watching his big brother! He forgets he needs to put it on the floor to make it go though!
And he's walking! He'd always take a step and then fall to the floor smiling. Well today he just kept getting up and trying again! He was so eager to please us! I should have filmed his Daddy afterwards! He missed JT walking because he was deployed. So seeing his "baby bear" walk brought tears to his eyes! It was amazing to watch!
He's waving now as well but I don't have that on video. He's just about off formula. We are finishing off the last can now. It's easier giving him that during a early morning wake up call than coming downstairs for milk! Oh, and he's loving the big boy sippy cup. He's just growing up so fast. AND, he's finally eating!! It seems that clearing him out is just making him feel so much better that he's just willing to give everything a try!!
I hope these give you all a big smile just like they did us.
He's just jabbering up a storm! It seems to be the same animated story each time he tells it!
He's learned to shake the car to make noise by watching his big brother! He forgets he needs to put it on the floor to make it go though!
And he's walking! He'd always take a step and then fall to the floor smiling. Well today he just kept getting up and trying again! He was so eager to please us! I should have filmed his Daddy afterwards! He missed JT walking because he was deployed. So seeing his "baby bear" walk brought tears to his eyes! It was amazing to watch!
He's waving now as well but I don't have that on video. He's just about off formula. We are finishing off the last can now. It's easier giving him that during a early morning wake up call than coming downstairs for milk! Oh, and he's loving the big boy sippy cup. He's just growing up so fast. AND, he's finally eating!! It seems that clearing him out is just making him feel so much better that he's just willing to give everything a try!!
I hope these give you all a big smile just like they did us.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Ryan's first birthday!
Ryan's Birthday!
He had a fun party! After the drama of going to Urgent Care with JT it was nice to have a fun evening!! Lots of good food, friends and fun!
I made him a turtle cupcake cake! A friend from my mommy's network came to help out! She did a great job! It gave me the confidence to try this again on my own...someday! What do you think???
Ryan had fun eating the cupcakes too!
He had a great time opening presents. Although JT thought they all were for him as well! Ryan's favorite turned out to be a stacking light toy that David and I almost put back on the shelf!
I'll send out all the pictures on snapfish once I have them loaded!
I can't believe my baby boy is one!
I can't believe my baby boy is one!
Thanks to all our friends who made the party so much fun. And to the family who wishes they could have been there as well!!
Thank Goodness for Tricare!
Well, three visits to the ER this week! Good grief!
Ryan went Wednesday night due to his cronic constipation! He was given a supository (adult dosage!) and went three times right there in the room! He's now on a nightly liquid stool laxative and every other day he's getting miralax in his bottle! He's doing good now but still has a hard time going poop!
Friday I go to our clinic for a strep test and there is no longer a lab tech. I threw a fit and a nurse did a test "old school" and it came back negative!
Saturday morning I took David to the ER after the babysitter showed up. He thought he broke it playing soccer for PT. After 5 hours we're told it's only bruised and and most likely sprained. So, they wrapped it with a bandage and gave him crutches and Tylenol with Codine.
Sunday I'm preparing for Ryan's birthday party for that afternoon. JT starts complaining that his ear hurts. He only complains when it's an ear infection. So, instead of going to the ER we looked up the Urgent Care. I took JT and after a long wait we're finally seen and given a prescription for his ear infection. He fell asleep on the way home. He was cranky at first when we got home but then all his friends were showing up for the party and he had a good time!
Now, I'm just waiting for the cat to need to go to the vet to complete the family trip!
Ryan goes tomorrow for his one year check up and then I hope we're done for some time!
Ryan went Wednesday night due to his cronic constipation! He was given a supository (adult dosage!) and went three times right there in the room! He's now on a nightly liquid stool laxative and every other day he's getting miralax in his bottle! He's doing good now but still has a hard time going poop!
Friday I go to our clinic for a strep test and there is no longer a lab tech. I threw a fit and a nurse did a test "old school" and it came back negative!
Saturday morning I took David to the ER after the babysitter showed up. He thought he broke it playing soccer for PT. After 5 hours we're told it's only bruised and and most likely sprained. So, they wrapped it with a bandage and gave him crutches and Tylenol with Codine.
Sunday I'm preparing for Ryan's birthday party for that afternoon. JT starts complaining that his ear hurts. He only complains when it's an ear infection. So, instead of going to the ER we looked up the Urgent Care. I took JT and after a long wait we're finally seen and given a prescription for his ear infection. He fell asleep on the way home. He was cranky at first when we got home but then all his friends were showing up for the party and he had a good time!
Now, I'm just waiting for the cat to need to go to the vet to complete the family trip!
Ryan goes tomorrow for his one year check up and then I hope we're done for some time!
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Potty Training!
I am so proud of JT. I decided to keep him home this week since David is OOT. It would be easy getting him to daycare but Ryan is always napping when it's time to pick him up at noon or 12:30. So I felt this was the perfect time to bite the bullet. I'm so glad I waited until JT was ready. He goes every now and then for fun but I finally told him that he would have no more diapers! Daycare has him going to the potty with everyone as well and was sending him home in pull ups. SO, I feel if he can do it for them, he can do it for us! And he is. He's finally loving it too. Even wants to stand up like a "big boy!" He still won't do number 2. It really takes him a long time to finish so when that needs to happen he does get his diaper on. But he wears his big boy undies all day and goes to pp all the time! He's so proud of himself. He gets one chocolate about every other time. He loves to just run around in his underware at home but I got a great shot of him out in the backyard riding his tractor! Since it's not appropriate to take a picture of him going potty, I thought this was the next best thing!! So, we're done with diapers for JT.
I am done buying formula for Ryan too! He takes milk with no problem. Unlike JT, where I had to slowly introduce milk to him with his formula. I'm hoping that once Ryan is on milk only he'll finally get hungry enough to eat real food. He still take a couple of bites of whatever we give but doesn't eat enough for a meal. I keep trying but it doesn't work. He starts spitting it all out and makes a mess. SO, he's still a snacker! That's ok, he's certainly not malnurished! It's just going to be nice to save about $100 a month now...no box of diapers ($20) and no formula ($75 plus!)
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