Perfect 10

Ryan is 10 months old!

He has 8 teeth (and working on more!), he has gone from crawling to pulling up to cruising and now he has started taking steps! He is on the move...ALL the time. He still loves books, bouncing, outlets, biting and anything his goofy parents are doing. He also loves being chased. Anytime he hears "I'm going to get you" he starts to laugh and takes off, Stopping often to make sure we are still coming to get him:)

Everything is going in his mouth. We look away for a second and something is in his mouth that shouldn't be!

He is eating and sleeping well...most of the time.

He is still on the small side. Weighing 17 pounds and 27.25 inches long. The doctor asked if anyone in our family was short! uh oh!!! Tim's thinking we might have a wakeboarder instead of a basketball player:)

Ryan loves to laugh!

Ryan loves to laugh. The video is of Ryan laughing as we gently drop a stuffed basketball on his head. He also thinks it's pretty funny when we balance a plastic cup on his head...especially when it drops on the floor. He also had a great time at our friends Heath and Julie's Kentucky Derby party. He stood at their screen door and would laugh EVERY time one of the dogs barked! He really liked it when Heath put his hat on Ryan's head. He didn't even mind all the kisses from Roux, Heath and Julie's dog. Enjoy the video and pictures.

Jeff Galloway!

I work for the Murray Calloway County Hospital's wellness center. This year the hospital hosted it's first 1/2 marathon. We had over 600 runners. I was responsible for all volunteers...Friday registration, water stops, cheer teams, road blocks, etc. It was a lot of work but it was well worth it. The event was a huge success and they will plan on making it an annual event.

Jeff Galloway is an Olympic runner who flies around the country giving running clinics and running marathons/half marathons. He also writes articles for Runners World and he has a blog that I follow religiously! I reference his website almost every day. So when he was booked to give a running clinic and run the Murray half marathon I was very excited!

The picture is of Jeff Galloway and me at the runners expo the night before the half marathon. For those that want to start running, want to run longer distances, or find a running, walking or run/walk training program his website is very helpful. www.jeffgalloway.com

9 Months

I'm catching up on updates. Ryan turned 9 months on April 15th. He loves to practice walking while holding our hands. He also likes to brush his teeth with us as we get ready in the morning. He is eating well. He still doesn't like veggies very much. We are starting to feed him more table food. Although the look on Ryan's face doesn't say it...bananas seem to be his favorite.

Look out...here we come!

Tim has accepted a new job, with a new company in... Lincoln, NE!!!

We are equally sad to leave and excited to be MUCH closer to family and friends in Nebraska:)

Plus, how could we pass up a job that offers a relocation package. Tim's new position will be challenging but he has a lot of experience to bring with him.

Tim's last day with Pella will be May 17th. He will start his new job with Lincoln Industries on May 24th. Tim started his career with Pella on May 24, 2004 (my golden birthday). He will have been with Pella for 7 years (minus one week). So we thought starting his new adventure on May 24th seemed like a good idea:) Lincoln Industries will fly him home every 2 weeks up to 4 times during the transition. We will be in limbo for a while so we pray our house sells quick! Keeping our house clean and picked up all the time has already been challenging and we are only 4 days in.

We are so happy Ryan will get to see his grandmas, grandpas, aunt, uncles and cousin Addison more that a few times a year!