Ryan and his Daddy

Ryan was playing outside while Dustin was mowing today.  I looked up, and this is what I saw.  It is so cute to see him mimicking his daddy!!  I LOVE my boys!

He was really hot after all that hard work, so he cooled off with the water hose!

Ryan's 2nd Birthday

Ryan turned 2 on July 6th. We celebrated with a Mickey Mouse cake and lots of family. Ryan is so much fun these days! He's talking more and more...putting words together, counting well, identifying shapes and colors everywhere he looks. He loves Mickey and Dora. He loves being outside, playing rough, running, driving his cars, pushing anything with buttons or fastening buckles and playing with his big sister. He is easy going and adapts well to change...hmmm probably since he's a second child. He recently started singing Amazing Grace and it is truly the sweetest sound! Happy Birthday, Ryan! God blessed our lives richly with you!!!

Mickey Cake

Opening presents

Checking out some new books

Blowing out birthday candles

Britten
Ellie and Taylor waiting for cake

Playing with his new cars slide

Slip n slide fun

Abriella and Ellie

Abriella and Taylor

Couldn't resist!!

Loves playing outside

Swimming Fun

We now have a mini-water park in our front yard, complete with swimming pool and slip n slide. The slip n slide has been a huge hit! I remember loving it as a kid! Taylor has swam pretty much every day this week. She starts asking as soon as she gets up if it's warm enough yet. Here are some pictures of Taylor and Ryan and a few of their sweet friends enjoying the water.

Taylor on the slip n slide

Ryan taking a break
Tate, Ryan, Taylor and Cali break for a snack

Ryan and Taylor

Taylor and Cali

Tate, Taylor and Cali catching some rays

Snow Much Fun!

Blogger is not working well for me, and I had a ton more pictures to upload! I'm behind!! We enjoyed the snow for about 10 minutes yesterday, before realizing it was WAY TOO COLD to be outside any longer than that! Ryan was happy for about the first 2 minutes, then screamed after that! Taylor and Cali did not want to come inside. Here's some fun pictures from the last 2 days...

Snow Angel (I zipped her coat after this...oops didn't realize it was unzipped!)

Proof that he was happy for a bit

LOVING the snow!

Not happy!!

Still not happy!

Taylor and Cali sliding

Smile!

These 2 girls are so funny together!

They love each other!

Posing in his sunglasses

Ryan at 18 months

Ryan turned 18 months on January 6th. I can't believe 1 1/2 years has flown by so quickly! It's been fun to watch him grow and develop. He's so different from Taylor and it's been fun to see the differences. Here's some facts about Ryan at 18 months...

*He loves to play outside! He runs to the door and says "ous-si" often. We go out as often as the weather allows.
*He loves basketball and football, or any game that has a ball involved! Santa brought him a basketball goal that he has so much fun playing with. He is definitely all boy!
*His vocabulary has recently begun expanding. He says Tay-Tay, Da-Da, hi, bye-bye, ball, outside, bath, mouse (for Mickey Mouse), and off. He knows how a dog goes, kitty-cat, duck, bird and cow. He gives hugs, blows kisses, and waves bye-bye. He however, WILL NOT say ma-ma!
*He continues to be a climber! Which also means that he takes frequent falls. Nothing except minor bumps and bruises thus far, thank goodness!
*He also continues to be a great eater! He has eaten until he's thrown-up on multiple occasions. We usually have to stop feeding him before he thinks he's done. If you or anyone around him is eating, he thinks he needs to be eating too! And we still have to feed him. If you put a plate of food in front of him, he'll shove it all in his mouth, instead of chewing and swallowing each bite.
*He's running pretty quickly! Loves to chase and be chased! He also walks backwards...it is so funny to watch!

Here are some pictures of my sweet, handsome 18 month old! He's a ball of energy...I'm lucky I got these!

Of course, I have to post some of his sweet sister, too...

Britten's 5th Birthday

While Lindsay, Justin, Britten and Ellie were here in Texas, they were able to have Brittens 5th birthday. I can't believe that girl is 5 already!! Taylor and Britten are inseparable and love each other very much! I had so much fun watching them play together over Christmas. Britten, we love you and your mommy, daddy and sister very much!

Taylor - before Britt's party

Ryan in his cool rocker shirt from Cami

She's 5!!!

Sweet cousins!

Britt blowing out her candles. Notice the Texas Flag cake my mom made. She wanted a Texas cake because all her favorite people live in Texas! I love that girl!!

Why did Ryan get a red piece of cake?!

Ellie and Ryan

4 cousins - best picture we could get!

Ryan giving Ellie a five!