Beautiful Boys

I was just looking at pictures on my computer today & found these. Dylan & Ryan have such wonderful smiles!

Ya know.....I sure am blessed with two wonderful boys!

If only they could stay this size forever! I feel like they are growing up way too fast. They are growing so fast I just can't keep up.

I'm a year and a half behind on Dylan's album & about a year behind on Ryan's. I just can't find the time to scrapbook. If I have 20 free minutes I'd rather be reading to them or playing with them.

Summer Reading Program

This summer we signed Dylan up for the Summer Reading Program at the Library. Every week they had special guests come speak, act, read, juggle..etc. We took him to see the juggler!(I can't remember his name)

Dylan of course doesn't read on his own yet, but we read to him. By reading 20 hours of books he got invited to the award ceremony. He was so excited about getting it. He loves us reading books to him.

I printed off some phonics books from the Internet and he has started reading those by himself. He has one called "I can move" that he really loves.

Jammy Baby

This is Ryan in his Pj's. I told Mom about his outfit today and she begged me to take a pic to put on here, so here it is.

Ryan is sporting the years hottest 1 yr. old look! An oversized t-shirt from the Meramec Caverns (our most recent adventure) & his Teddy Bear slippers!

New China....yummy!

A couple of weeks ago Ryan had to have some blood tests done. They took so much blood for him being so tiny - So we wanted to re-energize him quickly! Off to New China we went! He loved it as you can see. Both of our boys really love eating there!

Just For JD

Love you Dear! MmmBop!

Newest Member Of Our Family

This is Dylans new pet fish. His name is Sponge Bob. We got him a week ago today, but Dylan just now named him.

Goldfish are great first pets - if they kick the bucket you can easily replace them, but we haven't had to yet!! :) He was a cheap pet too! $0.12(fish) plus $2.46(food) is awesome!

Mom's Birthday

In July the boys & I got to go visit Mom in Tx for a week. It was nice because we got to be there for her birthday. That day we had lunch at Chick-fil-a...then did a little shopping...

That night we out to dinner at Outback SteakHouse.

Later on back at her house we had cake, the boys loved that part.

She maybe another year older, but she's another year sweeter too!!

Aquarium Trip

Last month we took a trip with my cousin & her family to the Aquarium in Jenks OK. We had a great time.

Dylan & I got to feed Turtles - Daddy & Dylan fed the Sting Rays.

Ryan cared more about playing with Aaron than looking at the fish.
These two are the only ones in the family with red hair.....whats up with that?
They had a great time running around with each other.

Dylan's Story Hour

On Monday evenings each week we take Dylan to Story Hour at our local library. He loves it. They read books, sing songs, watch film strips, & do art activites. They do a new theme each week. His good friend Kaylee also goes to Story Hour with him.

The second picture is him with his first teacher Ms. Linda. She recently had to move away. He really liked her, and was sad when she left.

Lasagna Boy

This kid Loves Lasagna! Here is the first time Ryan had lasagna and you can tell he loved it. He ate a ton. His little tummy was pooching out so far afterwards. Everything but the sauce made it inside, he was trying to save the sauce for later I guess... (I washed it off though) :)

Of cousre Ryan loves to eat almost anything....he just doesn't always paint himself with it...hehe

Wow, Ok.....I'm sorry it's been awhile! A Long While!!

Well the boys are getting huge! They are so active. We have been so busy lately. Recently we went to MN & WI. We took a family vacation to the Oshkosh Airshow in Oshkosh Wisconsin. It was great! Dylan is really into Airplanes so he had a blast. Ryan is into whatever Dylan is into so he had a blast too. On our way we stopped to see a family I used to babysit for (their girls were the flower girls in our wedding too!). It was nice to get to see them & Dylan really misses them now. Maybe we'll see them again soon though.

We also finally got the boys birthday pictures taken! So here they are! I will put more pics on soon - including Ryan's first time to eat Lasagna

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!!"