Our place

Finally, here's some pics of our new apartment. We still have a few things to hang on the walls, we're planning on buying a new area rug for the living room, and there's some unpacked boxes in the bedroom.

Mobile Me sucks

Steve's been trying to post to his blog, but MobileMe (.mac's replacement) isn't working and won't let him publish. Arg. Quite aggravating.  ***Edited: it's working now! Visit Steve's blog!***

This morning Rylan woke up SUPER early. Last night was...LONG. She went to bed at about 8:30. Then woke up at 11:30 and stayed up (laying in bed) until about 2am. I figured she would sleep in later this morning, but nope.

After breakfast, we went to Albertsons for a milk run. I couldn't resist the Halloween stuff. Got some "gel clings" for the window, Halloween Peeps (Rylan likes to squish them!), and some candy. :) Which I don't plan on giving out. I plan on EATING IT ALL!! Hehehe....

Hmm

Rylan got really sick again last night. She wanted to "go beh" (go to bed) at about 7:30 last night, which is unusually early for her. So I put her down and about 20 minutes later she woke up crying and puked all over herself and the bed. :( She cries hysterically when she vomits. Poor thing. So Steve put her in the bath and got her clean up while I put fresh sheets on the bed. After the bath, she seemed fine again. So I don't know if she's just had a little stomach bug or what...no fever...no other symptoms. A little crankiness. But that's it.

Today she seems back to normal. Well except that's she's been taking a nap for the past 3 hours. Maybe the poor kiddo just needs some good rest.

Car sick?

Had a check up appointment this morning. Everything looks great with baby #2.

On the way home, Rylan started puking EVERYWHERE in the car. Poor kiddo. She seems to be fine now, though. Her stomach was empty after all that puking, so she asked for a "nak" (snack). Guess she's OK.

In other Rylan news, she's now able to count to 3 and knows about 10 letters of the alphabet (not in order, though). That's pretty darn good for a 19-month-old! Maybe I'll have her reading by the time she's 3. Haha. She talks a lot, most of it being baby-babble, though. She gets frustrated with her words sometimes, so I'm totally happy with the effectiveness of the baby sign language we taught her. 

Last Call!

Last call for family to submit any original/unique recipes to me for our cookbook! Our goal is to have it done by Christmas....so get 'em in ASAP!

(Patrick & Emma: ahem...breakfast wontons!!!!)

We're making good headway so far. Every morning while Rylan is eating her breakfast (she is a VERY SLOW eater. I wonder who she gets that from??? Not Steve, haha) I sit at the kitchen table with the laptop and revise, edit, and rewrite the recipes. 

This weekend we plan on taking my parents out for brunch/lunch at the French Valley Airport Cafe as a belated Thank You for helping us move. It's a cute little cafe (with good food!) located in one of the terminals at the small local airport. We love sitting and watching the airplanes land and take off...even if they are tiny little Cessnas. Rylan loves it, too!

Steve's New Blog

In case you didn't know...

Steve started a blog!

Busy, busy

Busy morning to start out the week.

Steve and I are still working our family cookbook. I'm currently working on writing and editing the recipes. It's tough with a toddler running around!

Also worth noting: the sonogram was yesterday! It's a boy! His name will be Escher Payden Klock.

So there, that's my update.

Ariel Obsession

It's no secret that Rylan has a *slight* (hah!) obsession with the Disney Princesses. Specifically: Ariel from the Little Mermaid. (Oddly, she's my favorite, too. Isn't it funny that the daughter of a former competitive swimmer chose a mermaid as her favorite character???) Anyway, we hit up the Disney Store today with grandma and Rylan went absolutely nuts. Quite literally a kid in a candy store. Er, minus the candy...

She ran around the store playing with ALL the princess toys, saying HI to the other little kids, and basically just had fun. And even though Halloween is a little less than 2 months away, I bought her the Ariel mermaid costume. :)

Tomorrow is another shopping day with Grandma and then sushi for lunch...

And...I've told Emma already...I just finished the Twilight series and if you're looking for a good series to read I highly recommend it! Yes, it's about vampires. Yes, it's YA (that means Young Adult for you old folk). And yes, it's a bit fluffy (I mean, girly?) to read. But it's highly addictive and, hey, the movie is coming out in November so you'd better read it before then! I mean, it's got NOTHING on the Sword of Truth series...but...

Speaking of which the TV series based on SoT is going to start November 1st and will be called The Legend of the Seeker. You know Steve and I will be watching!