General Update

Here are the main happenings in the Ratcliffe household these days:

Cole: He has applied, interviewed and been accepted into 3 doctorate programs: BYU, Texas Tech, and here at K-State.  So now it is decision time. We'll keep you posted. He spends most of his time working on his thesis, working on grading papers, and doing his church calling. He stays pretty busy.

Me: Doing the mom thing. We are getting pretty stir crazy spending so much time at home in this cold weather. I love watching Cade and Rylee interact. Also I'm making a few aprons. Shanna and I did a craft show in TX (Kayla's drill team fundraiser) which was really fun. The cousins got to spend some quality time together. 

Cade: Fully potty trained!! Woo Hoo!! He is doing really well. I don't foresee a lapse but I am still a first time mom at this so we'll see. Legos have advanced to right up there with his cars as his favorite toys. He seems to always be full of TONS of energy-way more than I have. He is now in Sunbeams and church and is really enjoying it.

Rylee: Just a sweet bundle of joy! She really is! Her motor development is way slower than Cade's which is fine-she is just pretty chill about the whole I-want-to-move-around thing. She loves things that are not her toys such as my phone, keys, my dinner...We have also starting teaching her sign language. For a few days she was doing the "eat" sign but then lost steam. We will see how well she picks it up.

Here are some shots of day to day things.