Gee....it's been awhile!!!!

Well it's been awhile! It's been nuts around this place! The boys are growing like weeds! Dylan will be 3 in a month & Ryan is 9 months now! Where does the time go?

Dylan is as active as ever, amazing me daily with things he says. He's starting to talk so grow up! He knows his colors, shapes, numbers, some ABC's, and is doing wonderful with matching! He's all boy and loves cars, airplanes and anything to do with Space.

Ryan is sooo rambunctious! He never stops moving. He's crawling, and pulling up....cruising too! It wont be long until my hands are full with him! He thinks he is a big boy and doesn't want anything to do with his baby toys, he only wants Dylan's toys.

Mommy & Dylan make Coooookies!

Yesterday I decided to try cooking with Dylan for the first time.

We made Christmas sugar cookies.


Dylan had a great time playing in the flour & ended up making a huge mess but thats okay.

He rolled out most of the dough, cut them out & put red sprinkles on them.




We had a great time together & we loved eating the cookies afterwards!!

Daddy and Ryan

JD took this picture of himself & Ryan. I just thought it was too cute so I had to put it on here!

Putting Up the Christmas Trees

Recently we put up our Christmas tree & Nana's Christmas tree. So we had to get thoes shots on the blog!

First is Dylan in Daddys sun glasses with our tree. Cool Dude!

Then Dylan & Nana with her tree.

Puppies!

These two cute babies showed up in our backyard this morning. I guess they came from our neighbors yard so I left them there so they could go back home, but...they got out from our front gate & into the street. So now they are chillin' in the front hallway until their Mommy or Daddy come looking for them or until I can take them home.

Seeing Santa

While we were at the mall visiting Dylans best friend Kale, we saw Santa!

So we stopped off to take pictures.

Dylan told Santa he wanted Cars for Christmas the ones from the movie. He was a little shy at first but he warmed up fast.

Ryan wouldn't say what he wanted(hehe). He wasn't sure what to think of the Jolly Guy. He didn't fuss, but no smile either.

Aloha!

Dylans best friend Kale recently moved to Hawaii, but is back in the state to visit family & friends.
We met Kale, his Mom Candice, his Aunt, & his little cousin at the mall yesterday so the boys could play.

They gave each other a big hug right away. We sat down to have lunch & catch up on what's going on - then it was off to play!

They had a blast! It was great to see them back together again. I wish the time hadn't passed so quickly!

We sure have missed Kale & his family. Dylan gets talks to Kale on the phone every now & then - so that helps.

We hope to take a trip to Hawaii next summer to visit them!

A Real Astronaut!

A few weeks ago we asked Dylan what he wanted to be when he grew up. He said "an Astronaut! I want to go up to Space!" Soooo.....JD said Dylan would have to go hear Bill McArthur speak when he was in town. And.....we went!

It was great! Dylan sat there watching pretty well for the first 20 min. or so. It's gets a little tough when you're 2. So we had to go play in the hallway until it was over so we could go to the meet & greet afterwards.
Bill McArthur was so nice! Daddy, Dylan, & Ryan got their picture taken with him & Dylan got to teach him the Alligator Song!
Dylan told him that he wants to be an astronaut when he grows up. Bill asked Dylan if he was going to take his job & get him fired. Dylan said "yep."

After it was over Bill helped Dylan down the escalator. It was so cute. Dylan was so excited.

I hope Dylan will follow his dreams! I know he can be anything he wants to be if he sets his mind to it & works hard!

Alligator Song

Our friend Kay works in Daddy's office.

She taught Dylan the "Alligator Song"

"You Can't Catch Me! SNAP!!"

Chick-fil-A adventure!

Today was the Grand Opening of our Chick-fil-A. So we went to support them with our business.

We had a great time. Dylan actually ate chicken! Ryan spent his time flirting with the little girls at the table next to us.

They have a really nice toddler play place, but it was too busy to play tonight - so we'll do that next time. They had Wiggles books for their toddler toy & Dylan loved that, it was about the Alphabet - which is our theme for Daycare this month! So all I'll hear for the rest of the night is J is for Juice & C is for Celery!

Once we got home Dylan sported his hat, sauce face, and milk dribbled shirt in a mid air picture!

I can't move....I'm too stuffed....

Ryan is going through a growth spurt right now ~ so last night he started off with the normal meal.... 4 1/2oz of The Natural Stuff, 1 1/2 oz. peas, 2 oz oatmeal - then proceeded to have 1 oz more peas, 2 oz oatmeal, and 2 1/2 oz sweet potatoes. He was soooo full. I was amazed he ate that much! He could barely move. His tummy was so cute & pudgy!Afterwards he went straight to bed. Still only made it until 3:30 a.m., but sleeping through the night I guess will be saved for later.

Who's Who? Can you tell?

Everyone says Ryan looks just like Dylan. Lets see who can tell them apart!
Can you tell?

Pic. #1 _________?
Pic. #2 _________?

Leave a comment & let me know!

The Paci Fairy Visits!

Oct. 14th 2006


Well, it was finally time. Time to put that thing away. We started counting down the days ~ 7 days & no more paci, 6 days, 5 days, Day 4 we wrote a letter to the Paci Fairy letting her know she could come get all Dylan's Paci's to take them to other babies who need them-Dylan is ready to be a big boy! Then took it to the mail box, 3, 2, 1, Paci Fairy comes tomorrow!




So Saturday morning we got up, collected all Dylan's paci's in a little green bag & took them outside to our one little tree. Dylan & I tied them to the lowest branch so the Fairy could find them. We went back inside and went on with our normal Saturday morning routine. Sometime around 11 A.M. She Came!!!
That Paci Fairy was so great! She brought Dylan a brand new Big Boy bike! A red one, just like he's always wanted!

He was sooooo excited.



Now we just have to learn to ride it! :)

Ok, where do I start? Halloween? Okay!

For Halloween this year Dylan was a pirate, Ryan a Vampire. They were both totally adorable in their costumes! Poor Dylan though, his was 2 sizes too big - so we had to pin it up to fit.

We went to Halloween Fest Downtown. Ryan won 1st place in his age group for scariest costume. There was nothing scary about the giggles & smiles he was giving the judges though!!!

All Dylan cared about was the candy!