Happy 3rd Birthday!!

December 4, 2005


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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 :)

Piano playing

A couple of weeks ago, I pulled out the keyboard I had bought for Brian many Christmas's ago. Ryan LOVES it! He probably plays for an hour every day. It has some pre-recorded songs that he loves to listen and dance to. And he has even named some of the songs (although we rarely are able to make the connection to why he names them what he does!)

Zoo Boo

We took Ryan to the Zoo Boo last weekend. He had a great time. There was one booth where the kids had to try to eat an apple off the string without using their hands...Ryan didn't quite get the "not using your hands" rule- haha!

Pumpkin Patch

We went this weekend to a Pumpkin Patch with some friends of ours. It is a fun place...lots of activities for the kids to do. Ryan had a blast...even without a nap!

Balloons

On Friday Ryan and I went to look at the balloons. I decided to just drive near them instead of actually going to Balloon Fiesta Park so that we wouldn't have to wake up as early. We still got some fantastic views. Ryan really enjoyed watching them. :)