Birthday and Halloween

So I'm a little slow but my baby turned 2 last Tuesday! I still can't believe it! We had a fun time celebrating. We invited family over to have cake and ice cream, but Ryan decided to take a late nap and was still asleep by the time everyone was here. We woke him up and he was really shy and confused why everyone was staring at him. He wasn't really excited to open his presents because he was a little out of it so Dax got to open them for him. But he loved his Elmo cupcakes that I made, in fact he tried to get on top of the stove to get them and he almost did it.

Ryan is such a fun boy and even though he completely wears me out most days I wouldn't change a thing. We never have a dull moment at our house. Everyone always comments on his amount of energy and how hard it must be to keep up with him. It is hard sometimes but I love that he is so happy and loves life. He is such a caring little guy too. Whenever he sees a baby he always wants to give it a binky and pet it's head. He is so gentle with them and I am excited for him to be a big brother. I am so glad that we have this little guy in our family! He brings so much joy to our home and I can't imagine life without him! I love you!


Eating cupcakes and ice cream



Wondering why everyone was staring at him...


Ryan and his 2 cute cousins at mom and dad's ward Halloween Party


For Halloween I made Ryan a skunk costume and I must say he was the cutest little skunk I have ever seen! My favorite part of this costume was watching him run and the little tail wiggle behind him. We took him trick-or-treating in grandma and grandpa Larsen's neighborhood and he absolutely love it. If we skipped over a house because they didn't have a porch light on he would kinda freak out. He loved running up to the doors and after he got his candy he told everyone thank you and bye-bye, then took off running to the next house. He kind of got imaptient a few times and tried to open the door. He was so dang cute though! I'm just afraid now everyone time we go outside he is going to go knock on doors and expect candy. Here's a cute video of him trick-or-treating.

Brave

So I decided to be brave and let Ryan help me make some pumpkin cookies. I usually just think about what a mess it will be if he helps me, but we actually had a lot of fun. He wasn't even too messy. His favorite part was eating the dough after it was mixed. The nice thing about this dough is that there are only 3 ingredients and there are no raw eggs. I have been trying to be a better mom and let him learn new things even though it might be messy....and so far so good. We have had a lot of fun together.

21 Weeks and Hilarious Videos

My 21 week belly shot. I didn't take any with Ryan (mostly because I was in that "is she fat or is she pregnant?" stage for a long time) and now I kind of wish I did so I could compare the two.


Ryan loves to climb our entertainment center and he usually gets in trouble but this time I was laughing too much to get him down because he was kissing the people on the TV. The poor child is going to be very confused because one time I'm telling him to get down and the next I am laughing about. Super Nanny would be very disappointed in me!


When we went to the zoo we stopped by McDonald's to get Ryan a Happy Meal, and I think this is the most fun we have ever had with a box :) (It had been a long day and we were tired so this may not be as funny to you as it was to us)


So Ryan loves to sneak back and play my organ. He has figured out how to set the rhythms on it and this is what I looked over and saw so I had to record it. He is my little Stevie Wonder! I love that he loves music and gets so into it. There really is never a dull moment with this child! (Oh, and that little squeak in that background is my sister laughing...it took me a second to figure it out.)

It's a....

GIRL! If you haven't already heard, baby #2 is a girl. We found out like a week and a half ago but I have been slow to post about it. I wanted to put some ultrasound pictures up, but Dax just built a new computer and it isn't compatible with our old printer. Maybe eventually I will...but no promises. We didn't get any great pictures anyways. She really had her head buried right into me...which explains the little pains I have been having. The lady doing the ultrasound got kindof rough trying to get her to move her head, but the more the ultrasound lady poked the more the baby burrowed her head. I have felt her moving a lot lately, so hopefully that means she is getting it all out before she comes, or I am going to be a very tired person. I don't know if I can handle to very active children :)

When we were pregnant with Ryan we had lots of girl names picked out, and now that we are having a girl we can't think of any. We should have wrote them down! We have one that we have liked since we were first married, but I think it's too close to what our last niece was named. Are Kaelin and Daelyn too close? I think so, but Dax says it doesn't matter. I think I am going to keep pondering on more names.

And as for Ryan, I swear he gets bigger everyday. I was holding him today and realized how fast he has grown! I think it goes by way too fast! He has been around a couple of new babies lately and is so cute with them, which makes me even more excited for the next baby. I never knew he could be gentle, but he can thank goodness. He did get pretty jealous though when I held the other baby. He just had to sit on my lap too. I like that he was jealous, I guess that means that I haven't messed up too bad and he still loves me, right? I think he will be a great big brother. I have some hilarious videos to post of him when I get this new computer figured out. There is never a dull moment with that child. I LOVE my family!

The Zoo

So Dax had this wonderful idea to go to the zoo Saturday since it would be the last time for a while that we could do something fun as a family before school starts. Ryan absolutely loves animals so we figured he would love the zoo..and he did. We had a ton of fun! About halfway through Sardine Canyon we realized we forgot our camera so we stopped by Dax's parents house and borrowed theirs. Thanks again! (They are used to us always forgetting something!)Ryan just decided to look away in about every picture we took, but he is still cute as ever. His favorite part was the Leopard. It was pacing back and forth in front of the glass so Ryan followed him back and forth thinking it was a game. He kept trying to get the Leopard to follow him and thought it was hilarious when it seemed like it actually did. He also really liked the monkeys. It's probably the first time he has ever seen a living thing as crazy and active as he is.






Dax said everyone has to have their picture taken drinking out of the lion's mouth.

Dad looked...

Then Ryan looked...but I couldn't get them at the same time!






Ryan and the Leopard...

Holy Post!

Ok so clear back in May we were able to go to California with Dax's family. And being the great procrastinator that I am, I decided that it's about time to post the pictures from it. We had a lot of fun. Dax and I haven't been on much of a Vacation since we got married so it was nice to get away. So here is an overload of pictures for you!

So we flew to California (thanks to a wonderful aunt who works for jet blue and gets awesome deals!) I can't even imagine trying to drive that far with Ryan. He struggles when we dirve to Ogden. Let's just say he is a very active child and if he's not running, he's not happy. Anyways, since everyone else drove we ended up getting to the place we were staying quite a while before everyone else. Since the reservations weren't in our names we couldn't go in. It was hard too, because it was Sunday and we couldn't do much. So we found a nice patch of grass with a tree and did what we could to entertain a toddler.


Ryan sliding down the windshield of the car.

Making faces on the window. (and yes it was a rental car...don't tell)

This is my favorite. Every time Dax put his head in the leaves he would pull this dang cute little face.

The two cutest boys EVER!

He loved just sitting on the tree branch. Until he tried to climb higher and we discovered thorns...oops! What kind of tree has thorns anyways!?!

While in California we got to go to Legoland. It was a lot of fun. Ryan could only go on like 5 rides, but he still seemed to have fun. As long as he can run wild, he's pretty happy. there was one place he absolutely loved. It was a room where there were foam balls constantly shooting around the room. You could load a machine and push a button and they would shoot out the top. Also, there were guns on the top level that you could shoot at the people below. For some reason everytime I went in that silly place I was the target for all of the children. I don't know how many times I got hit in the head with those balls. Those kids were dang good shots!


I think we tired Dad out!

Going on a boat ride. Can you tell the sun was in our eyes?

These cars weren't moving or anything, but Ryan just loves steering wheels.

Every time Dax spun this boring thing, Ryan thought it was hilarious. Whatever makes you happy I guess...

Playing at the splash pad

Well I just decided I am tired so I think I will add another big post tomorrow about our trip to the beach. Plus I'm sure if you are still reading this you are pretty bored, but I like showing off my family :)

First Ultrasound

So we had our first ultrasound today. It was really exciting. You can't see much in the pictures because the baby just kept moving. The doctor said it's a very active baby. That scares me a little because I already have one very active baby! The whole time I was pregnant with Ryan my stomach always had some awkward bulge that wouldn't stay still. So the official due date is January 14th. We are super excited and are kind of hoping for another boy, but we'll take what ever we are given!



Also, I know everyone is probably sick of hearing me say this, but I am participating in the Relay for Life. It is a fundraiser to raise money to help fight cancer. Each participant is encouraged to raise $100. Both of my grandpa's have had cancer and one passed away because of it. I'm sure everyone has been affected by it. I am way excited to be a part of this. If you would like to donate you can do it really easy online, and it's safe. You just go to this website and click on my name
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=14702&team_id=431831. Any size of donation is great no matter how big or small. (I think if you do it online the minimum donation is $5 so if you want to do less you can just give it to me.) The race is July 10th and 11th, so they would prefer getting the money by then, but they will accept donations until August. Thank you so much for your help!

If you haven't already heard....

Dax and I are expecting baby #2! I guess if I posted about it on my other blog, I better do it on this one too! We are way excited! I'm a little nervous because my one already keeps me very busy! It will be a lot of fun though. It will be coming in January. It would be nice if the baby came a couple of weeks early and then it would be on our tax returns :) Totally kidding, but it has crossed my mind. (Is it bad to call my baby an "it"? What is the right thing to say anyways?)

I have been pretty sick with this one too, but I am hoping it won't last much longer. Poor Ryan could probably tell you what show is next on PBS, since I don't feel like doing much. I do manage to get him outside almost everyday, which I know he loves. He really is a good kid and I can't wait to see him playing with a sibling.

We have an ultrasound on Monday and I am already getting anxious. It's killing me to not know what we are having yet either because there are so many killer sales right now! I guess I better just stock up on things for both genders right?

This photo contest ends today so I am probably too late, but hey it's worth a try. I was gone for a week and was just catching up on everyone's blog since I woke up at 6:30 and just barely read about it. So here is the address of the website http://sweetlillyphoto.com/wordpress/. She takes really good pictures!

Fun with Photos

So since I have been trying to keep up with my new blog I have kind of slacked with this one. Well I have been playing with this photo editing program that I just downloaded and you can even make collages. So here is the cute collage that I made with it. If you want to know the fun thing I downloaded to do it just check my other blog tomorrow and I will tell how you do it. I just don't want to type it twice. You can click on it to see it bigger.

I Need Advice

Ok moms out there, I need some advice before Ryan drives me crazy. He has started gagging himself to the point that he throws up. It is only when we are in the car. I try to stop him but I can't reach him and when I give him toys to distract him he usually throws them and starts doing it again. It makes me sick to sit and listen to him gag himself! Not to mention that his clothes smell like barf! Has any one else had this problem? What did you do? Thanks for any advice. Maybe I will post something a little more light hearted soon :)

New Blog

Hey I just wanted to let everyone know I started a new blog called Simple and Sensible. I am always looking for ways to make life easier so I thought I would start a blog sharing everything I have learned. It's just going to be simple ideas for cooking, activities with kids, money saving ideas and so on. Please share this with anyone you think would like it. The address is simpleandsensible.blogspot.com. I am going to try to put up a new idea every day. We'll see how long I can keep it up.

Keep scrolling down, there is another new post about my cute little guy!

Lot's of Fun

Well for Easter Ryan got cute outfit from Grandpa and Grandma Larsen, and a Chocolate bunny from Grandpa and Grandma Wood. So here are a few pictures with both. He wanted to share his chocolate bunny with everyone, but it was kinda slimy. Poor Amber has to always put up with him sharing everything. I"m glad he likes to share, but I don't care for ABC (already been chewed) food! Also, we have been going to the park by our house and Ryan loves it. His favorite is the tube slide. He even climbs up and goes down by himself. He is growing up way too fast!









Speaking of growing up too fast, my baby started nursery on Sunday. They said he did pretty well. He cried when other kids cried though. The only had to bring him to me once and that was because he needed his bum changed. Yay for being able to listen at church again. This little outfit was his Easter one, but I didn't get any pictures on Easter Sunday. It was kind of a busy day. But I think he looks like a stud in them. I am trying to learn how to take pictures, I hate paying sooo much money for something that I could easily learn. So if you have any pointers on how to take amazing pictures I would love to hear them. Oh and there some cute pictures of him playing with bubbles too. I was trying to get some good pictures of him but he wouldn't look at me so my sister had to break out the bubbles. But we got some really fun pictures of him.








I love how he always runs with his little tongue out now!


This one is one of my favorites...he just looks like he is imagining he is going to fly away or something. Really, he was closing his eyes because bubbles were falling down on him.

I Love Baby Steals!

So for any of you moms who don't already know about this website, it is the coolest (yet most dangerous on the budget). It is called babysteals.com. Everyday at 9 am they put up a new baby or mommy item that is a lot cheaper than usual. It's like 50-80% off. Amazing! I have bought some awesome things and just wanted to share it with you. Of course I have ulterior motives, they are having a contest where you can win $150. So feel free to post about it so you can win too! I hate to admit it but I have become quite addicted to it. Everyday at 9, no matter what I am doing, I race back to the computer so that I can beat everyone else to the steal. One time they even put a wrong price on an item and they still gave it to me for that price. I got an $80 blanket for under $20. It was a lucky day! Anyways, they really have great stuff so if your budget and husband are ok with it...then check it. (They are here in Utah but they ship stuff any where in the U.S.)

Guess What I Found

So for Christmas I got a new camera and completely forgot about my old one. I found a roll of film that was done from a few months ago. So the pictures are old but still cute! I will have to add a few more later because I need to rotate them and it's not letting me so I am going to have to figure it out first.

Here's Ryan's first time in the snow. He loved it! He would just giggle when we went outside and it was snowing. Most of the time he just sits in the snow and eats it.


Ryan LOVES bananas. He eats a whole one every morning for breakfast. No wonder he looked so natural in his Halloween costume below!


Dax's mom gave Ryan a little bunny for Easter last year. It plays music and he loves it. Well one day I heard him getting mad and came out to see the he had managed to force the head of the bunny through the gate while trying to get it from the other side. It was pretty funny.


Trick-or-Treating wore this little monkey right out!


I made this costume for him and I was worried he was going to hate it. He actually did okay with it and I manged to catch a few pictures with him actually wearing the ears. He sure made a cute little monkey.

Sewing Class Anyone?

Hey if anyone is interested, I am taking a sewing class and don't want to do it by myself. It's going to be super fun. It is only one night (April 23) from 6 pm to 10 pm. It is only 10 bucks and all you have to bring is 2 yards of fabric and a matching 7 inch zipper to make a cute skirt. The class is through Bridgerland ATC and it only holds 10 people. Last I heard there were only 3 people (including me) registered. So if there is a few people who want to do that would be great. Just let me know if you want to and I will get you the rest of the information. Just think of it as a night that your husband gets to spend with the kids :) Don't our husbands need more time with their kids anyways?

It's About Time!

I'm being a slacker again. I check to see if anyone has updated their blog everyday, but I never update my own. It's pretty much because I am lazy. Anyways, last week was a fun one. It was our Anniversary so Dax took 3 days off of work. He wouldn't usually just take 3 days off for our Anniversary, but it just so happens that it is over Spring Break, and he needed a break. So on Monday morning he and a bunch of guys got together to play X-Box. And since my life is so exciting, I tagged along. It was fun though because Paola came with her husband and little girl. It was snowing like crazy that day so we decided to take them for a ride in the sled. It was really cute, but Ryan wasn't to happy when we would start pulling the sled and Lucia would fall back on him (as you can tell by some of his facial expressions).





Later after Lucia had left Ryan's other friend Landon came over. It was so funny to watch them play together. We took Ryan's little firetruck with us and he would go sit on it, then Landon would push him around. The funny part is that Ryan is bigger than Landon. Eventually i made him switch places, but they had fun with that too.


Anyways, the rest of the time that Dax had off we were pretty lazy, but it was nice to just be together. Dax let me go shopping and get a new shirt on our Anniversary. And he got to go buy another controller for is Playstation. Then my sister, who is always so nice to babysit, came over and Dax and I went out for dinner. Then we all watched a movie. It was fun. I can't beleive its been 3 years already. It's been a great three years. I love Dax and he is a great husband and father. Lately Ryan has liked Dax a lot and always wants to cuddle with him. It stinks that I have to compete to get cuddle time with him. Dax works really hard keeping us all healthy and happy. He really is a wonderful husband and both me and Ryan are lucky to have him. We LOVE you!!



Look how young (and skinny) we were! I tried on my wedding dress, just for fun, and it totally doesn't fit. Thanks Ryan!

Catch Up!

So it's been a little while since I have shown of the cutest kid ever. So brace yourself...I am going to post lots of pictures.

A while back I went with my mom to the wet pack cannery in Ogden to get some frozen fruit. It's been great to have raspberries and strawberries always on hand...but I couldn't figure out what to do with all of those blueberries. Well I thought I would let Ryan try them...and as you can tell from the pictures we now have a new favorite food. Warning to all mothers...after feeding your child lots of blueberries be prepared for what will come out the other end! Not pleasant!


This is to show how many he ate...it stained his little fingers blue!

When you can't get enough with your hands, you just dump them in


He is trying to eat them without using any hands...silly goose!


Notice the little blue stained mouth...hehehe

This next little bit Dax isn't too proud of...but it's so cute. It's a good thing he doesn't read our blog or he would kill me for showing everyone this. I was making a tutu just for fun to see if I could and I had good intentions on giving it to someone with a little girl. I wasn't sure what size it turned out to be so I thought I would just try it on Ryan to see. I figured he would just tear it off like he does with anything I put on him....but I was surprised. He loved it and just ran around the house smiling. I finally had to hide it because if he saw it he would just cry to wear it. These are definitely pictures that we are going to show a future wife :)


Look how happy he is!



This is what happened when I took it off! Hilarious! And yes I put it back on...could you say no to that face?

(So, I think I need to send this cute little tutu home with my niece)

Ok so this will be the last batch. Ryan's new thing is to sit on me or Dax whenever we are laying down. He loves to ride or even just sit and bounce on our backs. In these pictures Dax was trying to take a nap...and I am such a nice wife, instead of taking Ryan of and letting him rest i just grab the camera and giggle. The only bad thing about this is that I had a friend over who's baby was laying on her tummy playing and Ryan went over and tried to ride on her back...so now I guess we need to teach who he can and can't sit on! Also, he likes to go and sit on Dax's lap and bounce while he is trying to play his video games. Dax can't usually play when Ryan is around because he is climbing all over him...I love it!


Poor Dad!


Ok...I know I said the last little bit was the last but then I saw this picture and wanted to show it. I gave Ryan a little hair cut...mostly just so he would look like Grandpa Munster. Afterwards, I decided to give him a cute little style. The mowhawk was a little strange so now I just style it like his dads...will a little spiky thing in the front...I'm not sure what it is called...but he looks dang cute...I will definitely post a picture!



I hope all is going well for everyone. I love reading your blogs...I check them everyday...sometimes more than once, so keep me busy and keep updating them.

Giveaway!

I go this off Amber's blog. So go check it out. It's a giveaway for a free photographs. I checked out her blog and she takes really good pictures! http://sweetshotsphoto.blogspot.com/

You Can Win!!

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It'll be done this year. {might be a little while}
4. You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry or maybe even some creation I haven't even invented yet (but Heaven knows it will most likely be super shiny or look like it got attacked by a bedazzler). I may draw or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!

*Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!*

Late 1st Birthday

I know his birthday was over 3 months ago, but I was finally cleaning my house and found some pictures that my parents had taken. (Maybe this will motivate me to clean my house more often...probably not...but maybe) We forgot our camera, which is not uncommon, so my brother and parents took some pictures for us. Which reminds me...I still haven't asked my brother for those pictures. Anyways, I made Ryan a little mini bumble bee cake to let him all my himself. It was so funny, at first he was looking at us like "Are you really letting me do this?". Eventually he got totally into it and had cake everyone. Drew, my little nephew was so grossed out by him and told him to stay away. It was a lot of fun. I can't believe how much my baby has grown up. I am starting to feel old. (I drive a van so that doesn't help. For some reason I always pictured older people with vans.) Well here are the pictures. I love the one of him opening his present...he looks so excited.









So I started cleaning again after I posted and found another cute picture that is from Halloween. Hey maybe eventually I will even get Christmas ones up.....
Anyways, here is the monkey costume I made for him.

Coolest Shoes Ever!

This is extremely late, but life has been a little crazy and I have been very lazy. For Christmas, Dax's brother gave us a gift card to amazon.com. Part of the money went to buying Ryan the coolest shoes ever. I never lose him when he has them on. But they are definitely outside shoes. I about went crazy the first day he had them on inside. This video isn't the best, at first he was just going crazy in them, but by the time I found the camera he was being pretty normal. Thanks Danny for the gift card. Also, thanks everyone for the support with me going on TV. I was extremely nervous, if you saw the show you could probably tell. Anyways, they are going to send me a copy of the show so when I get I will think about posting it for those who didn't see it.

I'm going to be on TV!!! AHHHH!

Holy Cow! This morning I was taking a nap and got an awesome phone call! I watch Studio 5 almost everyday. For those of you outside of Utah you probably have no idea what this is. It's a show that they show you craft ideas, recipes, exercise tips, and tons more. Anyways, they are doing a segment about making unhealthy recipes healthy. So I decided to send one in just for fun. I never win anything so I figured nothing would happen. So that phone call was the producer or something calling to tell me that they picked my recipe! I am going to be on the show on Friday at 11 am! I can't believe it! I am still shaking with excitement and nervousness! I have never been on TV except to sing for the YW General meeting. I told Dax I need to go on a shopping spree now...you have to look good for TV!

Sledding, Dancing, Eating

Sledding:
For Christmas Ryan got snow boots and a sled from Grandma and Grandpa Wood. His first experience sledding wasn't the best. As soon as we set him in the snow he fell and face planted into the snow. That kind of ticked him off so he was a little grumpy. His favorite thing to do is just eat the snow, or watch it fall from the sky....he thinks that is quite funny.





Dancing:
We have quite the little dancer. It started out as just him standing, holding on to something and moving back and forth. But as you can see from the video his dancing has changed quite a bit...thanks to Dad's example.


Eating:
I don't like when Ryan gets messy when eating so usually I just feed him or give him things that aren't too messy, but I have decided he really needs to learn to feed himself no matter how hard it is for me to watch. Anyways, I gave him a fork and bowl of Mac & Cheese. I showed him how to scoop it out but he still just held the fork and then used his fingers to eat. Once he couldn't reach the food in the corner of the bowl this is what he did....

Giveaway!

There is an awesome giveaway (Thanks Camille). Just go here http://sunshineandlemonade.blogspot.com/. Good Luck!

Check out the cute pictures below too!

Like Father, Like Son

I think most people know that Dax loves video games. I think it must be a gene. Ryan absolutley loves them too. I don't like that he likes them so much, but Dax loves it. He always says how fun it will be to play video games with his son. Anways, Ryan knows how to turn the Xbox on and he knows to push buttons and move the toggles on the controllers. So here are my two gamers playing together.




Dax and I are doing a little side job for a friend of his to earn some extra money, but it requires some traveling and Ryan isn't the best at riding in the car. He is not one to hold still for long periods of time. If you've been around him you have probably noticed that he never stops. Anyways, towards the end of our long car ride Ryan was getting a little bored and when he gets bored he gets loud. So I tried giving him a bunch of different toys but nothing was working. So finally I handed him a little doll that Dax's aunt gave him for Christmas and all of the sudden he was quiet. He loves the doll! His favorite thing is to sit and tickle his own face with its crazy hair. After he tickles his face there is always a little giggle. Anyways, that doll saved us from going crazy...Thanks Aunt Deanne!

Biggest Loser Fan

I am a big fan of the show Biggest Loser. Ironically, my sister and I usually watch it while eating a bag of chocolate. Anyways, I have been trying to lose some weight and I figured what better way to do it. For every pound I lose they will donate money to feed America, what better motivation? So if you want to join just click on the picture and you can get started. Yay for losing baby fat! (I got the Wii fit 2 weeks early so by Christmas my goal was to lose 6 pounds and I have already lost 5 yippee! I have to mention though that I was throwing up all day Thursday and hadn't had a real meal until Saturday...but hey I still lost it right? Now if I can just keep it that way....)

P.S. If you haven't looked at my blog lately keep scrolling...it's your Christmas card :)

Good Intentions...and Merry Christmas

So I was all prepared this year to send out Christmas cards with a couple of pictures of my cute family. Well lets just say life gets busy. I had my brother take these pictures of us on Thanksgiving and I had really good intentions to go a couple of days later and have some cards made. Needless to say, it is now the 18th and I still haven't done it and I don't think I will. We have had a stomach bug at our house and haven't felt like doing much. So Merry Christmas everyone...this is your card :)

Holy Slacker!

Ok so it's been kind of a while. It's so weird how I feel like I don't ever do anything...but I don't ever have time to do anything. It's weird. Anyways, I have had some new cute pictures of Ryan for a while that I have been meaning to post. I have some Birthday and Halloween pictures that I still haven't even got yet so hopefully I will get them up before Christmas since it's already been over month.

Ryan is quite the lounger...but this does not look comfortable!

Coloring with chalk

Notice the picture above...he really wanted to eat the chalk, thank goodness for binkies.

Running away with the chalk

He really likes tv, but to justify we always watch educational things :)

This isn't the best picture but Ryan's hair is starting to go curly! I love it!

My cute boys!

The cutest, chubbiest little smile. I never realize how chubby he is until I see pictures

This is what my house looks like almost everyday. He has to take every single toy out of the box.

I will try to be better at posting and keeping updated. I'm sure once the semester ends we will have a lot more time! I have been busy with a lot...though I don't know if I could even say what I have been busy with...the time just flies. Dax is way busy with school and work so we don't see him too often! We are way excited for him to have a break...it's weird that you get married because you want to be with someone and then once you are actually married it seems like you are with them less. We can't wait for the day when school is done...and I bet Dax is more anxious than me.

Question?

This may be kind of silly to do, but Dax and I have been trying to think of more creative things to do together. We don't get much time together, but when we do we both look at each other and wonder what to do. Neither one of us have been to creative, we usually end up watching a movie or something on TV....not exactly my idea of an exciting "date". Anyways, I was wondering what everyone else does for fun. We don't like to spend a lot of money, and we don't like to be away from the little guy too long. We both like simple things...but we are deciding that we need to do something rather than sit in front of the TV every weekend. So toss your wonderful and creatvie ideas this way! Thanks!