Sneak Peek at the birthday party invite..........

One month from today is the big party to celebrate Ramsay's 2nd birthday. Hard to believe he is 2!!

Life has been so busy...........

Wow, I didn't realize how behind I was getting on my blog. Life has been so busy I can barely keep up with myself! This fall marked a HUGE accomplishment in my life journey, which started 3 years ago. I FINALLY received my Associates in Science from Parkland in August. Those of you that know me and have watched me on this journey know how important this is for me and how hard I have worked for that one piece of paper! It's been an amazing journey with some ups and downs along the way, but 3 years after going back I can finally say that I finished it and have my Associates degree!!! This semester I am taking Statistics at Parkland (which is a requirement for my Business Administration degree) and let me say that it's not an easy class by any means. I love math and enjoy the challenge of math, but this math doesn't make any sense to me! I'll be happy when this semester is over with, as long as I pass! I am also now officially a University of Illinois at Springfield student and am taking my very first class with them this semester as well. My Parkland class is on campus but luckily my entire program at UIS is online so soon enough I won't have to step foot on any campus again until I'm walking across a stage to get my diploma for my Bachelor's. I think I've figured it will take about 10 semesters to complete that, if I continue to take 2 classes per semester. My goal: to have my Bachelor's by the time Ramsay starts Kindergarten and as long as I stay on track there won't be any issues with that. :) YAY ME!! Ramsay has a pretty busy month coming up in October, but it's going to be a great month! Ramsay is being dedicated at our church on October 13th and we can't wait to share this special moment with his grandparents and great-grandparents. Both he and I have enjoyed attending church so much and I am thankful we found such an amazing place to attend for Ramsay's Christian journey. We're looking forward to the service and celebration soon to come! Hard to believe, but Ramsay is also turning 2 in October. Seriously, where did the past two years go? I have been planning and preparing for this party for a few months now. Silly, I know, but I knew once classes got started this fall I would have much time to work on the party. We're having the party at our church since they have an indoor playground so it's going to be a lot of fun. It's also a Cat in the Hat theme party and the decorations are going to be fun and colorful, but not to many decorations since the playground itself is pretty colorful. I still have a hard time believing he is going to be 2. :( Of course the month of October brings Halloween as well and even though Ramsay can't eat the candy, we'll still be going trick or treating. This year he is going to dress up at Super Why from the PBS show Super Why. He LOVES Why and that's probably an understatement. Because of that show he knows his entire alphabet and can pick out the letters from anywhere he sees them. He's just so darn smart. :) He's also to the point now that every time we go by a park he either whines or says "play". He loves to be outside and play at the playground or even just outside at home with sidewalk chalk. He's the greatest little guy on earth and I couldn't love him more!