Look Who's 1 Month Old!

Tyler turned 1 month old last week! I can't believe it has been one month already! He has fit into our family seamlessly. Tyler is a wonderful baby! He has such a laid back and sweet demeanor. He loves to cuddle on your chest, which is one of my favorite things! I still cannot tell if he looks like Ryan. He has certain expressions that remind me exactly of Ryan but he is definitely his own little person.

Look Who's 2!

Ryan had great fun on his 2nd birthday! The day of his birthday we celebrated by going to Choo Choo Johnny's restaurant. The restaurant is train themed. The meals are delivered by train and there are model trains throughout the restaurant. There is an extensive model train, running through a city and mountains, that the kids can start and stop by pushing a big red button. Ryan seemed to have the time of his life. It was so much fun watching his excitement. We sat by the motorized train, which was a big mistake! He wouldn't get off the ride! When the train delivering our food came by for the first time, Ryan yelled, "Come back train!" He has never been more vocal in public than he was at the restaurant.

Here is the train delivering Ryan's birthday ice cream...


Ryan riding the train and pointing out all the other trains in the restaurant...


We had a family birthday party on Saturday night with a firetruck theme. Again, he had the time of his life. He couldn't stop jumping up and down! We feel blessed to be able to surround Ryan with such loving people.

Halloween 2010

We had a fun Halloween season this year. We took Ryan to a pumpkin or monkin (as Ryan would say it) patch while Tyler stayed home with Nana and Boppa. He had a terrific time. We rode on a hayrack ride, train, jumped on the huge air pillow, and picked out pumpkins for the family. It was a beautiful day and it was great to spend some one on one time with Ryan since the previous 2 weeks were so busy with a new Tyler to the home.





We also had lots of fun on Halloween! Ryan was Grover for Halloween and he did not like wearing the costume. We have been working for weeks to get him to wear his costume. Luckily, on the day of Halloween he was excited to wear Grover and even wanted to give him a kiss. We made Ryan's costume and it turned out cute but many people thought we was Cookie Monster...I was so disappointed. It was the eyes on the costume that made it seem like Cookie Monster. Tyler was our little skeleton. My girlfriend, Kim, sent us her Bert and Ernie costumes that Marc and I wore during trick-or-treating. We were quite the group! Ryan didn't quite grasp the trick-or-treating concept but he had a great time handing out candy at the house. I don't think he realized that every house was handing out candy because when he saw kids across the street, he would yell out "Candy here!" It was so much fun to see the joy in him!