One Down Too Many To Go!

Look how lovely my little sister is! We will be seeing that baby around 9 am Monday morning!

I got one project done. I wanted to at least finish these before the move. Since Johnny and I will be leaving Tulsa for Paris, TX to be with my sister as she is having a scheduled cesarean with her first little boy, I decided the sewing projects will come with me to Paris and the painting one's should go in boxes for now :) We will be in Paris at least a week and maybe longer so hopefully I will get lots of sewing done! Here are the finished products for Johnny's wall. I may touch up paint them a little later but they look wall worthy for now :)

Feeling Really Crafty..

I guess that happens when you go through the archives of Ashley Campbell's blog :)
http://ashleyannphotography.com/blog/about-me/

(I'm not sure how to just make it a link to click on, but that's how you can find her!)

I am working on a few projects right now... I'll post pictures as they come together.

1. I opted to make the crib bedding and room accessories for Kaitlyn's new room. I just couldn't find anything out in the stores right now that I really liked. It took a few weeks but I have completed the fabric scheme. This is them below. We will see how it all comes together in the coming weeks :)

2. I am painting a large canvas print for Kaitlyn's new room in the same color scheme. It's rather large, the largest I have ever tried to paint so I'm not sure how long it will take to complete.

3. I am using one of Ashley C's idea's for some canvas wall art for Johnny's room too. Here are her creations: http://ashleyannphotography.com/blog/2010/01/13/diy-paper-bird-painting/

-Johnny's will be boyish cars :)

4. There will be dresses and tutu's in the future crafting plans but for now my focus will remain on the above 3 :)

On a side note, I ordered this canvas print of Johnny soon after our spring shoot and we have just received it in the mail and I ADORE it! I'm not sure where it's home will be but I want to get/make a black easel it's size for display :D

Here is a 22 week Belly Shot too ♥

Our Newest Addition...

Pink Ribbons and Curls,

We're Having a GIRL!!!

Kaitlyn Nichole Ryan

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A new chapter getting ready to unfold...

As most of our friends and family should know by now, John and I are both in school full-time on a mission to finish school and not waste any time getting our Bachelor's degree's. We sort of did things backwards, got married, had kids, then got degrees. Still we feel that it was all apart of our Lord's glorious and unforeseen plan that continues to enrich our lives. Our current path certainly isn't easy but each semester that passes reminds us that we are that much closer to our goals and that it is all certainly worth the effort, long nights, and missed time apart.

Our original plans for school involved both John and I obtaining our Bachelor's degrees through OU collaborative programs being offered through Tulsa programs once we were ready to transfer. I had planned on a TCC-OU collaborative through TCC for Nursing and John planned to transfer to OU when he was finished with his pre-engineering. A few weeks ago we found out that OU had severed ties with TCC for whatever reason, not a clue as to why, and not only was there no collaborative program for Nursing but TCC has no degree plan to transfer to OU for Engineering. We decided that it was necessary to look at all our options before making a decision since our options consisted of staying in Tulsa (which we love) and attending other schools like OSU and NSU or moving to the Norman/OKC area to attend OU.

After some prayer and discussions with both OSU and OU we have decided that we still prefer getting our degrees through OU much more then any of the other Oklahoma options we looked into over the last few months, I suppose we are becoming Sooners at heart. So, we have decided to make the move to OKC this Summer before the baby is born for a few reasons but mainly being that I am due August 28 and the Fall semester starts August 23. We have to be down there between now and then and I would prefer changing my OB now rather then later on in Aug. Another reason is so that we can both apply and start our desired programs on time. We have a busy Summer ahead for sure! I will do my very best to update frequently since we are expecting our nephew little Nehemiah in early May. My grandparents are coming out for a lonngggg visit late July/early August. And then our second child (girl! fingers crossed, we find out for sure this coming Friday!) will arrive in August sometime as well :). The decision was hard knowing that we would be leaving such a wonderful church and such amazing friends but we will certainly be seeing everyone still as Tulsa and OKC are not very far from one another :) We love you all and have appreciated and will continue to treasure all our memories together, as well as future memories too!

Blessings & Love

Happy Easter!

This last Saturday marked 19 weeks! Almost halfway there :D

Putting the heart inside Mr. Monkey

Looking at Mr. Monkey's heart

Johnny choosing his monkey at Build-A-Bear

Johnny is getting ready for Summer! Bring on the pool!

Our Easter family picture outside Fish Daddy's after church.


Buddy loves to sun bathe

We had a restful Easter Sunday. I am used to having more family around for Easter but it was restful and special without a ton of family around too. Johnny did the Easter egg hunt at the church the weekend prior to Easter and we figured he got his "fix" then for this year. Next year we'll do something bigger, he'll have a younger sibling too and a little cousin to share a hunt with!

It's a.....

GIRL! We think at least :) Dr J took us into his clinic this evening and baby was in a very odd position making an absolute answer hard but it definitely didn't look like boy parts. We are going to have to wait until we get into our OB for the ultrasound with them to confirm but a HUGE thank you to Dr J for taking time out of his busy day to look for us :) We are so blessed to have such great friends here in Tulsa and we are so thankful for all of them!!

Family Portraits!

We recently hired a fabulous photographer to do our Spring Family Pictures. They all turned out so beautiful and I cant wait to put them up on my wall! The hardest part is going to be choosing which will go up since I cant possibly put all 56 wonderful shots on my walls :). Can't wait until Baby Ryan comes so we can have our whole little family in the shots!