November!

Matt keeps saying that we need to update our blog....the operative word is "we"....Matt doesn't update our blog so when he says that, he is really trying to tell me to do it. Why, you may wonder? He likes reading everyone's comments. Seriously. He doesn't check other people's blogs (don't be offended) unless I tell him to look at something and he rarely looks at ours, except to read the comments. He will refer to things people have "said" as if he had a conversation with them but it is only from blog comments, like Sean, he always tells me what you "said" to him. Don't get me wrong, I love the comments too. (you all love your comments, admit it) Lately I have had a lot of things to blog about, but I have been thinking a lot about the anonymous readers. You know, the ones that read but DON'T comment. I have no problem with this, except you essentially have to assume that everyone is reading your blog and you may or may not know it. This prevents me from writing about certain stories, this is what stopped me from blogging about the MOST bizarre wedding that Matt and I attended an unspecified amount of time ago....what if these people read this blog. You never know!


We blessed Ryan at the beginning of the month and loved having Uncle Ross and Aunt Karen out here for the blessing. We hope that they come to visit again soon!!

Ryan had his two month check-up and he is growing a ton. He is only in the 50th percentile for weight but the 75th for height. He took his shots like a champ and barely cried at all. Matt was nervous that he was going to be cranky after but he was just sleepy for the rest of the day and then he was back to his regular self. I have had to pack away an entire bin of clothes already. Ryan was given an exorbitant amount of clothes from 0-3m all the way to 3T, but managing his clothes is practically a full time job. He only has a chance to wear most things once and by the time he was worn the other stuff in that size, he is moving up the next, so there is a full rotation going on. Hopefully as he slows down growing, he will get to wear things more than once...or in some cases at least once.

We had Thanksgiving at my parents house this year. We all have figured out my mom's trick of saying every October since we moved to Georgia that "when in Rome" and since we aren't living in Canada we will celebrate in November with everyone else, and then in November saying that since we aren't American, we don't need to have American Thanksgiving. I think she has avoided making Thanksgiving dinner for 7 years, but this year she caved! About time! Dinner was FANTASTIC. This picture was taken right as we were heading home. Matt said that we hadn't gotten a picture on Ryan's first Thanksgiving, I said we could take one tomorrow, he said that it wouldn't be Thanksgiving anymore, details, details! Whatever, if I look tired, its because I was!

On the day after Thanksgiving we went out for breakfast with John, Lindy and Anya and my parents and Nathan. Breakfast was good, Ryan slept so Anya had to keep everyone entertained which she did a great job of.

Matt attended the Georgia vs Georgia Tech game with John last Saturday. This was probably the highlight of the year for him. Although when I asked how it was all he could talk about was how cold it was. Maybe a t-shirt isn't appropriate for a November night game....it also rained that night. But Georgia won and that was all that mattered.

We are getting ready for Christmas and we got our tree today. We get a real tree every year, if you remember the Christmas tree post from last year and the quest for the Fraser Fir from North Carolina. We got a Fraser Fir again this year, because they had them at Home Depot. We didn't want to drive all the way out to the tree farm this year. So when we bought the tree Matt thought I was reading the price wrong....evidently we've been getting majorly ripped off every year, but this year we actually got a good deal. We haven't decorated it yet, we will post some pictures once we do.

Go Dawgs!

Matt insisted that the title of this post be "Go Dawgs." In case you weren't aware, it was the big game between Georgia and Florida last weekend. Georgia won 42-30, the third win in the last 17 years, so clearly a pretty big deal. Earlier in the week Matt made sure that Ryan had his appropriate fanwear so that they could watch the game and cheer on the bulldogs. As you can see, Ryan wasn't overly interested in the TV, but Matt isn't discouraged and will continue to groom him into a real fan. I was at a baby shower for my friend Amy while the game was going on, so Matt had to watch Ryan and the game. Matt is now pretty certain that Ryan is a good luck charm and he will likely have to watch the rest of the games this season.

Later than night we went to the ward trunk or treat. Ryan was dressed up as a pumpkin, and really seemed to enjoy his costume as he promptly fell asleep. There were some good costumes, and some of the trunks were pretty decked out. One family turned their truck into a pirate ship and the whole family was dressed as pirates.


My favorite costume was Sarah, she was dressed as a dentist. This is funny because she has pulled about 5 teeth, NOT her own. Kids in her class have had wiggly teeth and she has taken them out for them. Her little name tag has her name followed by D.D.S. it was pretty cute.

On Halloween Ryan and I participated in the office costume contest. If you remember, last year I won 1st place and $100. I had a great costume this year, but I only took second and only won $50, I lost to Katie who was dressed as a renaissance chick. I think I was totally robbed. Ryan dropped out of the competition because he couldn't keep his costume on throughout the judging, he was too hot! I'm dressed as a mime, in case you couldn't tell. Thanks for the idea Sara