Classic 1st School Picture

Here are proofs from Ryan's 1st School Picture. I was so excited to get them in his backpack last week thinking "oh, it's going to be so hard to choose just one picture because I am sure he looks good in all of them". Ha-ha! His Nanny and I started laughing hysterically when we say that wasn't the case at all. I love his expression though - it's almost like he's saying to himself - "really, you want me to smile this early in the morning, pulllleeessseee!" CLASSIC RYAN!

Halloween Test Run!

At the ripe old age of two and a half, Ryan is still a bit confused about Halloween. But, he sure knows what he is going to be for a Halloween - a pirate! He can't say the word "pirate" so instead he puts his hand over one eye and says "Arrrr". So cute!

Here we are doing a test run with our costume. As you can see it fits him perfectly and check out the cool eye patch!

Winter Pajamas!

Bring on the winter fleece pajamas! If only Carters sold adult sizes in these jammies, I would get myself one!

Ryan wore his new jammies for the first time last night. Shockingly, he ended up sleeping in the next morning till 7:45am. If you know my Ryan, he doesn't EVER sleep past 7am. We are lucky if he sleeps past 6:45am. I am a believer it was the comfy pj's that let Mommy and Daddy get that valuable extra hour of sleep - aw, bliss!

Cross your fingers that it continues. . . .

Hangin' With Dad

Looking Back. . .

I am so glad that I started blogging when Ryan was at such a young age - it's almost like having an electronic baby book! I love looking back over the years to see where we started and how much he's changed over the years. For example, here are 3 pictures taken in the month of October over the last few years. . . what a cute, little pumpkin!

2009. . . .



2010. . . .



2011. . . .

Big Orange Pumpkin Farm

Have I mentioned how much I love the Fall especially kid-friendly events like Pumpkin Farms! We took Ryan to one out in Grapevine last year - took us over 45 minutes to get there and everyone in Dallas seemed to be there. Not again! I heard great things about the "Big Orange Pumpkin Farm" in Celina so we decided to check it out.

We got there right at 10am when they opened the doors - weather was great, no crowd or lines and it took us no time at all to get there -- SUCCESS!

As soon as we walked in, we ran into cows, sheep and goats - we could get right up front and pet/feed them. Ryan would point to each animal and say "moo" or "baa". Really cute! And with Nanny's help, he even let the animals eat out of his hand!






They had these various characters displayed throughout the farm. Oh how I love that Ryan will smile on cue now - all we have to say is "cheese" and we get a cute smile out of him.







Nanny and I were cracking up about this picture below. Nanny tried getting Ryan to sit on one of the pumpkins for yet another photo op and she accidentally put him right on top of the pumpkin stem. He kept saying "Ouch, Ouch, Nanny".



Mom, lets drive the tractor over there!



Ryan kept calling these small pumpkins "The Baby Pumpkins". You can see we've been talking about baby a lot in our house!



Time for a ride! Let me explain to you all what exactly we were sitting on. . . well, um, I should say straddling. There was no chair in these compartments so we were both straddling a piece of wood that was no wider than a foot. My rear was killing me at the end. . . . not to mention my big belly kept knocking Ryan off his seat every time we hit a bump.



Aw, a much more comfortable seat on the hay ride.



The pumpkin farm was actually located on a private residence. So, of course Ryan found things that he wasn't suppose to play with. Out of this huge pumpkin farm, Ryan found a baseball cage that had helmets, baseballs and bats scattered on the ground. He sure is Bobby's boy!



Before we left, Ryan got to pick out his own pumpkin. He found this "baby" pumpkin in the middle of all these big ones. Good choice, buddy!

Daddy's Show

I tend to feel like a single parent when the month of October rolls around. Most people when they think of October they think Fall, Halloween, Pumpkins, etc. Well, Bobby's mind works a little differently and he automatically thinks BASEBALL PLAYOFFS. As most know, the Texas Rangers are currently in the playoffs which means Ryan and I get a lot of bonding time.

You know someone in our house is a huge baseball fan when I turn on the TV this afternoon and Ryan immediately points to the TV and says "baseball". Then, he says "Daddy's show". I was able to get him to say it again with a little prompting - funny nonetheless - check it out.

Sticker Book?

I came downstairs and found Oliver acting as one of Ryan's sticker books. Oliver is such a great sport - he is always playing along and never protests (well sometimes!).

I love this picture because you can almost read the expression on his face - "Mom, really, the kid put stickers all over my back! Where were you when all this was going down?"

Swollen!

Yikes - my fingers are officially swollen with this pregnancy!

THOR!

A Run In With The Wall

Ryan had a terrible run in with the wall this week. On Tuesday morning, I had gone up in his room to get him out of his crib and change his diaper. We were casually walking out of the room and I noticed out of the corner of my eye Ryan tripping. There wasn't anything laying on the floor to cause him to trip - he literally tripped over his own feet which happens ofter when you're a 2 year old.

The unfortunate part of this story is that his bedroom wall broke his fall. He face planted right into the wall and severely busted his lip. Because of the amount of blood involved, I had sworn he knocked a few teeth loose. But thankfully all teeth are intact and we just have a badly swollen lip.

What adds a cherry on top of this story is a few hours later Ryan took his Fall pictures at school. I can't wait to see how his swollen lip and rug burned chin looked in his first school picture!