Big Boy Bike (Part 2)

Big Boy Bike (Part 1)

Ryan got his first big boy bike from Aunt Jenny and Uncle Eric for his birthday. The timing was perfect because they gave it to him while in town for Thanksgiving so they got to see him ride it for the first time. He got on like a pro and has never looked back...he loves it!!

My Sister

So my smart, funny, kind and generous sister left yesterday for California to be part of Mission Control for the Delta Rocket launch. The rocket will carry the WISE telescope in which she has been a part of for her work.

The following information is from Wikipedia:
The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is a NASA-funded infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope. The Earth-orbiting satellite will carry a 40 cm (16 in) diameter infrared-sensitive telescope, which will be used to survey the entire sky over the course of six months through images made in the 3 to 25 μm wavelength range. The telescope's image detectors are designed to make the survey at least 1,000 times more sensitive to infrared sky features than the sky surveys of previous major infrared space survey telescopes.

We are super proud of her and all of her hard work and the awesome opportunity she has to be part of the launch. This opportunity, though, means that she is in California for approximately the next two weeks. SO...(since she told me she checks this blog every day- eek!) my goal is to update it everyday for the next two weeks for her!

Way to go Jen!!! We love you! :)

Happy Birthday, Ryan!!

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Happy, happy Birthday to my sweet boy!! I can't believe that 4 years ago today you came into our world!! We are blessed beyond measure and I love you for always!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Halloween

Trick or Treating at the Mall


Playing with his doggie hat on ;)

Misc. cute picture

Jesus Loves Me

World's Best Singer? No...

Sweetest Little Boy? No question :)

Pledge of Allegiance

McCall's Pumpkin Patch

Haha...I always forget that blogger uploads the pictures backwards...this obviously should be last. Ryan after a long day at the pumpkin patch.

Proud Mommy Moment

If bragging mommies annoy you, please skip this post ;)

Treebush

The neighbors have a cat that I swear purposefully comes over to play with Ryan in the backyard. Seems like most nights Ryan and Brian go outside that the cat comes over. Ryan has decided that the kitty is his and wants to name him Treebush. He gets the biggest kick of interacting with him.

Sleeping

I don't know what it is about little ones sleeping, but I just can't get enough of it. To spare those who don't feel the same way, I've grouped all the recent sleeping pictures together in one post. :)

Preschool!

Ryan had his first day of preschool this week and loved it. It is so fun to watch his excitement and hear all about his exciting day!

Rainbow

The other night when Brian was watering the trees in the back (yes, there is more than just rocks back there- haha!) the sun was just getting ready to set. He noticed that if he moved the water hose up over the house, the droplets of water combined with the setting sun created a rainbow. It was a really neat effect!

More Conversations with Ryan

Ryan loves to take all of his smaller balls (about 15 or so!) and put them on his bed. Then he drags his basketball hoop into his room. This happens in the morning and again after his nap with me bringing the balls and hoop back out to the living room before each sleep time. The other day I was piling all the balls in my arms and Ryan comes in and says, "Oh no, Mama! Don't even THINK about making more work for me!" I couldn't help but laugh.