Past 6 months.

Wow! Let's see if I can remember some of the Stone family highlights from the last six months:

Ryan~has turned 3! He was so happy to be three and celebrate with a family birthday party. We also took him to Strasburg to ride on the steam train and visit the train museum. He absolutely loved it. Ryan is also fully potty trained. We celebrated after no diapers for one month with a trip to Sesame Place. (that's how I bribed him to take care of business only on the potty ;) Tomorrow is the first day of preschool for my little man. He truly is excited for school, and I'm excited for him. I'm also pretty happy about spending a few hours of quality time with Julia.

Julia~has been growing and blossoming. Now, at 18 months my little darling is in the 50th %tile for height and weight! Perfectly average young lady. I love her sweet, but stubborn spirit. That girl knows what she wants. Julia's vocabulary seems to be exploding lately. She loves to shout MAMA and RYAN. But everyday she seems to surprise me with the little things she says. The doctor asked if Julia says a handful of words, I laughed. She says so many, I lost count. Julia loves shoes and to play in the dirt with Ryan, and she still can't live w/o her little ducky.

Kale is still working on the basement. The biggest "project" ever. So, 2 and 1/2 years later and I think it's almost done! I must say, it is amazing what he has done down there and I am sooooo excited to finally be ordering some carpet and "moving in".

We've had the opportunity to go on a few little family vacations. We took our annual trip to Bethany Beach. We also went to a Yogi Bear campground and visited Knoebel's Grove. Oh, and in April, we were able to visit Long Island where I was blessed to celebrate a nearly 16 year High School Reunion!

Well, that's it, I think. I'm sure I left out tons, and I know that doesn't do it justice.

July 09 (42 photos), by Robyn Stone

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Oh wow! I just figured out how to post my snapfish pictures quickly and easily. Thank God!

Who has time to blog?

Well, I realize that it has been like FOREVER since my last post. Ok, well actually it was like six months ago, but still....too long. Anyway, my excuse lies in the fact that I just don't seem to have the time or patience to post and add my beloved pictures. Well, mostly it's just patience. It seems like everything I try to do on this computer takes FOREVER! Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating a little.....again......but it drives me nuts!

I have recently made a career change. I no longer work at HACC teaching nursing clinicals to the students. Basically, in order to keep my job, I was told that I needed to pursue a Master's Degree in Nursing. After much thought, prayer, consideration, stress and research........I decided that was not for me. I mean seriously, I didn't even have time to blog...........where would I find the time for grad school, or the money for that matter?

Right now, my children are my world. I work just enough to pay the bills and have some fun. Is it a sacrifice? Financially yes, but I wouldn't trade my time with my kids for anything. So, in the meantime, I am still a L&D nurse in the evenings/weekends and stay at home mom during the day. I also plan to start blogging a little. Just to keep my 2 followers happy :)

I know I'm rambling now, but it's been a while........give me chance to get back in the swing of things!

p.s. have i ever mentioned how satisfying it is when the spellcheck comes back with no errors? delightful!

Happy Birthday Julia :)

My little sweetie turned one on the 16th! It's so hard to believe that a year has already passed.........Julia is one! She truly is a sweet little girl. I call her my little cupcake :)

We celebrated her birthday with a small party on Valentine's Day. We had pizza and cake. Julia seemed to enjoy it all. She has been very playful lately, smiling and laughing. Walking with assistance and babbling all kinds of cute noises. She now has 4 teeth and has dropped down below the 75th percentile for weight! And her height is now below the 25th percentile. Yup, she's like her mama......

So, Happy Birthday Julia!!!! We love you!!!!

Time Flies!

WOW! It's been too long since I've blogged last! Mostly b/c I've been so busy that even the thought of blogging was overwhelming.

Here's a quick recap of the last few months:
~Julia turned 10 months old, then 11 months old and soon we'll be celebrating her 1st b-day! She's as precious and cute as ever. Walking really well with help and stands hands-free sometimes. She's currently getting her top two teeth!
~Ryan has thoroughly enjoyed Christmas this year. We celebrated in North Bend with Grammy and Pap-pap, then at home and then on LI with Grandma Muller and then again with Grandpa Muller! He LOVES Christmas. We got a little tree this year from a local farm, and when it went to the curb Ryan was really sad. He kept saying, "I want my tree back Dada." So cute. We visited Montalk over Christmas also and rode the LI train back to Grandma's house. I think that was the highlight of the trip for Ryan....he loves trains :)
~We rang in the New Year right here in Dillsburg. Man I love this little town......they actually drop a Pickle in the square every year! Michele, John, Kyla and Grandma visited for the week too. We even sampled the pickle soup from the fire hall where they also play BINGO every year. Next year I'm hoping to get in on a game.....anyone want to join me?
~The annual farm show was great also. Ryan loved it. We got our milkshakes and baked potatoes, saw all of the animals and tested out the tractors. But all Ryan will talk about is the lamb that pooped in the grass! LOL, i love that kid. I even picked some grass and put it in the toilet as incentive for him to poop on the potty and it worked!
~My semester with HACC has started and I'm really loving it. I feel so blessed to have such a great job. We also had the in-laws come and stay with us for a week to help with the kids and basement. Kale and his Dad got a lot done and we're hoping to start painting by spring. I can't wait!!!
~And most recently, we celebrated my 34th birthday! Nope, I'm not afraid to admit it. I really stopped counting at 27, but I don't care anymore. Ryan sang to me all day and we celebrated with the best pizza place in town and a Carvel cake that my MIL got me! It was great.


Hope that helps catch you all up on the lives of the Stones. And of course I'm trying to catch up on my pictures. I'll post some Snapfish links b/c I have way too many to sort through right now :)

Julia is 9 months!

Julia went to the doc a few weeks ago for her 9 month visit. Beautiful and healthy as always, but this time they exclaimed, "Julia, you're on the charts!". She has finally dropped down the the 90th percentile for weight :)


Now weighing 22 pounds and is 27 and a half inches tall. Julia enjoys crawling, kneeling, pulling up to standing, singing, dancing and clapping. In five minutes that girl can have all toys scattered across the room. She loves the mega blocks and basket of balls. She now looks at me and says Ma-ma. The sweetest sound in the world! And her hair is as wild as ever. I've started blow drying it and I plan to trim it soon. I'm also considering earings, any advice? Kale wants nothing to do with that!

My little man

Ryan has been so fun lately. I thought that I would tell of few stories of his cuteness. Everyone knows that I just love him, but here are a few reasons why.

Last week, Ryan woke up crying. So Kale went in his room, got him, and brought him to me. I was still in bed. Ryan snuggled up next to me, looked into my eyes, smiled, and said "I love you". I mean seriously! How precious is that?

The other day, I went into Ryan's room. Got my good morning hugs and kisses and then turned to get his clothes out of the closet. This is what I heard from behind, "mommy pretty". I was like, "awwh, Ryan! I love you!" He's just the sweetest!

Yesterday we went to the doc for Flu shots. Ryan went first and screamed. Crying now, the nurse asked if she could put a band aid on it. He asked her to put it on his nose. She thought that was really cute. He talked about the band aid he got on his nose all day. Not about the sticker or the lolly pop, but the band aid on his nose!

My last story, for now:

I started helping in the church nursery on Wednesday nights. So, Ryan and Julia come with me. Well, 2 weeks ago Ryan heard a 10 minute story about Jonathan and David and learned a song. Last night before church I asked Ryan if he remembered what Miss Dee taught him in church. He showed me 2 fingers and said "stick together". I think that was part of the song. How does he remember that? I don't know, but it was really cute!

And of course this post would not be complete without a picture of my little darling :

Here he is thoroughly enjoying his Thanksgiving meal :)