Flashback Friday

So I know it's been a while since I've updated (thanks in part to my favorite Aunt Debbie!!!)...but, I don't really have any good new ones. So here are a few ones from Ryan's first couple of months. I can't believe how little he was!

Gingerbread House

We made this gingerbread house several weeks ago...just now posting pictures...sorry!

Update on Ryan's "Rivers"

Thought this was too cute not to share...
Ryan still requests we make his rivers every night before he goes to bed (see previous post). Tonight as I was putting him to bed he said, "I LOVE my rivers!" So I asked him why he loved them so much. His response?... "I love them because they are so...rivery!"

Look who is on the 'Nice' List

http://family.go.com/santas-list/video/82610-bcrnes/

SNOW!

We got our first real snow Monday night. Ryan was so excited to go 'sledding.' We've read a few books where the kids go sledding and he knew we had one in the garage. The only problem is that NM snow usually melts by 1o or 11...so these might be the most pathetic snow pictures for those of you that live somewhere where you get actual snow! ;) (Try not to focus on the lack of snow, but on the abundance of cuteness- haha!) Anyway, we bundled Ryan up and took him to the park and then to the arroyo where we could pull him. Then we went back to the park and had a one-sided snowball fight (guess who was the only one allowed to throw snowballs- haha!).

Spontaneuous photo shoot

After our visit with Santa we went out for breakfast and then took a walk near the river. Ryan was having the best time and we got some great pictures (makes up for the not-so-great Santa pictures I guess).

Anyone good at photoshopping and can fix his eyes??? (hint, hint Aunt Debbie)

Visiting Santa

We took Ryan to see Santa this morning (AKA Brian's best friend...shhhhhhh!). Ryan has been wanting a computer (little kids laptop) for a while and that is what he was going to ask Santa to bring him. I would say the visit was a partial success...he didn't cry, but we didn't get fabulous pictures.

Here is the video we took driving home from seeing Santa.

One of my favorite things is listening to Ryan read when he doesn't realize you are listening. He just has the sweetest voice and the words/phrases he remembers from each page are so precious to me. Anyway, lately he has been reading Love You Forever by Robert Munsch (must have book!). I was able to bribe him to read for me on tape, although he skipped many of the pages he usually "reads". Still...his sweet little voice is one of the best sounds in the world to me.

Happy 3rd Birthday!!

December 4, 2005


December 4, 2006



December 4, 2007


December 4, 2008

Look how much our sweet boy has changed in three short years! And how much OUR life has changed. I could never have imagined what a wonderful journey parenthood has been. We are so blessed with this precious child and I can't wait to see what the next three years brings us!

Christmas Tree

We went yesterday to get our Christmas tree. Ryan loves to talk about all the ornaments and just sit and look at it.

I want my "river" Mama!

So for about a month now, Ryan has been asking for me to make him a river every night before he goes to bed. It took a couple of days to figure out what the heck he was talking about, but through some trial and errors I finally discovered that his kind of river is created by pulling up his comforter to make little mountain ranges. And now one river isn't quite enough so we have gone to making two. Such a silly boy, but such a good boy too...I can't help but buy into his whole river thing. ;) Notice the two "rivers" in the picture.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope everyone has a wonderful day! :)

Christmas and Birthday preview

We took Ryan to get pictures done today for his Birthday and Christmas. Here are some of my favorite shots.

PS- If you click on the pictures, you can see them bigger :)