December 2008
December 2009
Ryan has been growing like a weed... He has been out of control in the last month (he grew out of his 18-24 months clothes... at the beginning of the week they fit, by the end they were too small... notice the shortness of the pants in this picture).
So I noticed today while we were out that with the static cling of his jacket Ryan had a mullet! He got a haircut probably 6 weeks ago, I couldn't believe how fast it had grown. I immediately loaded him into the car and we went to get the apparently much needed haircut. He was so good through out the appointment and sat all by himself, the woman gave him animal cookies so he was putty in her hands. Hopefully next time I will catch the hair growth before it turns into a mullet!
Ryan is a watcher, he sees everything and is starting to get old enough that he can copy a lot of it. This morning Don kissed me goodbye as he was walking out the door, Ryan saw and ran over to me and gave me a kiss too.
The funniest copy that Ryan does is he has to hold the car seatbelt when we are driving. He is fully strapped in his car seat but because everyone else is using the seatbelts attached to the car he wants to do the same. Because you can’t actually attach a seatbelt over his lap while he is in the car seat he seems perfectly content holding it. In fact he now refuses to let us pull out of the driveway until he has the seatbelt in his hand, he will only let go when we are safely parked again. You can see just how his mind is working, he sees what we are doing and thinks that that is how things are done but he isn’t quite to the point where he understands the reasons behind the actions.
Ryan's new motorized car... I don't think I am going to deal well when he is 16. 
Happy Boy
Taking a walk
This is how Ryan signs "Uncle David"
Huh?This week has been an epic battle between my first and second trimester of pregnancy. Remnants of the first trimester are still around because I am still nauseous while at the same time the second trimester has taken hold and I feel starving. I am trying to eat only what I crave, which of course makes for some strange meals, but I suppose that’s just part of the fun of pregnancy. If I listen to what my body wants I am less likely to feel sick afterwards. Luckily I have a very supportive husband who doesn’t mention the strange food combinations! I’m hoping after this week the nausea subsides and I can focus eating.
Ryan and Grandma watching the Wiggles DVD... Ryan's all time favorite present. 
Ryan watching old family videos my mom transferred from VHS. The baby on the screen is my now 23 year old brother!
Ryan got into his stocking chocolate
Ryan got an easel, he loves that he can now do art whenever the mood hits.
Uncle David in front of the tree and all the presents Christmas eve night.
Uncle David and Don have a Christmas pj picture tradition
Ryan in his Christmas PJs 
We wish you are wonderfully merry Christmas! Ryan wasn't a huge fan of sitting in the big man's lap, but he seems to like the tree, the presents and Santa from a distance :) We have so much to be thankful for this Christmas and we are celebrating by spending lots of time with family starting our own family traditions, I hope that you are able to do the same.
Ryan's favorite thing so far was that the super nice UPS driver let Ryan take a tour of his truck. Ryan is one of those kids that is obsessed with trucks, so he was in heaven actually getting to go inside!
I was wrong, it wasn't on it's way out. I came down with the bug and ended up losing 4 pounds in one day. I am able to keep liquids down today so hopefully now it really is the end of this nastiness. Everyone else seems to be doing pretty well, I am hoping by tomorrow we will all be completely functioning again.
We have had the weekend of sick at our house. The above picture is Ryan taking his own temperature. The sickness has been gross and so I won't go into detail, but trust me, we have not been doing well as a family. It seems that we are now on the up and up. We have been cleaning and doing laundry and resting all day, hopefully this will be over and done so we can enjoy the holidays!
This past weekend Ryan and I went to Florida for my Uncle's birthday. It was cold and raining the whole time so there weren't a lot of good photo opportunities but here are a few from a children's museum my grandmother took us to one of the days.
Ryan decided for some reason he really wanted to get IN this little blue car and he got mad at me when I couldn't make it happen... 
We took a walk in the rain to get to the very cool outdoor sandbox that luckily had a roof over it and because of the downpour we got the area to ourselves. 
