Brotherly Love

 I think they love each other

 Maybe a little too much....

My Pumpkin is 2

My baby is two! Can you believe it? Time has just flown by and he has quickly turned into a little boy. Where did my baby go is all I keep asking myself. He has truly filled up my heart so completely in these last two years.  He is pretty much the sweetest little guy and here's what I love most about him right now-

-He loves to cuddle. He'll grab his bottle, a blanket, and snuggle right next to you.
-Speaking of bottle, it goes everywhere with him. We got him off formula by just putting water in it so that's all it is, but I'm sure it's going to be a battle when we go down the road of taking it away completely. Baby steps for now!
-When it's time to say prayers, he folds his arms and gets really quiet all by himself. And he'll say his own prayers too...in his little baby language. Or he'll repeat what we tell him to say.
-He can work an iPhone or iPad better then me
-He LOVES balls. That is all he needs to be happy and he can kick or throw a ball around by himself forever and be completely content
-He loves reading books and if you say "book" he will run away and bring back a stack of them for you to read to him
-He can also go get the diapers on his own and bring them to me which is always a happy day when they figure that out :)
-He LOVES his older brothers. He is their shadow and tries to do everything they do. The good and the bad.
-He always says thank you and you're welcome for everything. He is probably the most polite person in our house right now
-He sits perfectly still when I cut his nails and toenails...first child of mine to do that at the age of 2
-He is full of energy, rarely sits still. He's always busy doing something
-He fights the most with Ty.
-If you laugh at something he does he will do it over and over again to keep getting that response.
-He loves riding on Ty's scooter
-This is his first year of loving the snow. Last year he wouldn't touch it. This year we can't get him to come inside
-My favorite thing to do is tell him a bunch of compliments on something he has done and watch his reaction on his face. He makes this face where his eyes light up and you can tell he wants to smile, but he's trying so hard to hold it back and not let is show because he gets shy. Oh my gosh, it's adorable.
-He loves brushing his teeth and taking baths
-He loves anything outdoors. He could spend all day out there if I let him.
-He loves animals so much. Sometimes I will type 'baby animals' into the google search and we will just sit and look at all the pictures.  Ryan will get so excited and say, "Babies!!!" and "Awwwww" at each one. So funny
-When he wakes up from a nap, he has to get out every single thing that was in his crib while he was sleeping and take it with him. So bottle, blankets, books, stuffed animals...whatever is in there he has to make sure it all comes out with him!
-He LOVES my parents dog Eddie. We talk about him often.
-He will come up to me a million times a day and say, "I hungee mom." The boy loves food
-If I'm ever picking up he will always come help me. For example, if I'm doing laundry he will stand there with his arms out until I hand him some wet clothes he can put in the dryer for me.
-He is stubborn and has perfected an ear piercing scream when things don't go his way. It's painful.
-I think he looks so much like Guy. And he has a special bond with him. He loves his daddy so much and whenever he hears the front door, he runs as fast as he can to see if it's him.
-He loves to color and fills his page with tiny circles. That's his favorite thing to draw, besides on my couch which I would say is his 2nd favorite.
-

Ryan's Birthday

 Opening presents with some help from his brothers

Getting ready to blow out the candles. Ryan was so cute and excited. He didn't quite understand the blowing them out part at first, but he loved the Happy Birthday song. He sang along with us with a big smile on his face the whole time. Love that kiddo!

Happy Birthday sweet Ryan. You make us so happy!!!

Halloween 2013

We went for easy costumes this year...one's we already had. So my boys were all 3 pirates and they looked so cute together. We took a few pictures in the front yard before we took the boys around our block for candy. After we went to a friends house for a yummy dinner and all the dad's took the kids trick or treating around the neighborhood and the mom's (plus Ryan) hung out and passed out candy. It was a good trade off :)

 Ty's pumpkin is the one sitting next to him

 BB with his pumpkin. He put toothpicks in the mouth for some sharp and scary teeth

Trick or Treat! What a great halloween :)

Ryan's Birthday Cake

I made Ryan an animal cake for his birthday. I had a little too much fun making it and it turned out really cute. 

 Ryan loved it! He sat next to it on the counter for a long time just staring at it... and trying to sneak licks of the frosting.  I laughed when I uploaded the pictures I took because in each one he was making a different face. Such a character! So I thought I'd post a few of them....

Sure love this buddy!

Halloween School Parade

We went to the elementary school to watch Brady in the Halloween parade. It was so fun to see all the kids in different costumes.  Brady was a pirate this year and he had a little pet parrot on his shoulder that was the hit in his classroom apparently. BB told me that everyone would come to his desk and try to feed it and make it talk.

 Brady's teacher, Mrs. Cundy, dressed up as a flower :)

I helped in his classroom after with the class halloween party. It went really well and it was fun to see him interact with all of his friends. Between the class party, Halloween, and Ryan's Birthday it sure was a crazy day! I think I'm going to need some time to recover!

Pumpkin Patch Fun

We try to go to a pumpkin patch every year in October. I think we started the tradition when we lived in Texas and Florida since the weather there never felt like fall.  The boys always look forward to it and even though we went really late in the month, we still managed to fit it in before Halloween!

 My cute skeleton pumpkin. Love that grin!

 Sadly because we went so late in the month, lots of pumpkins were rotting in the fields so it was hard to find good ones. We ended up just buying our pumpkins after at Walmart! But we still had fun at the patch and the boys loved inspecting all the gross pumpkins. Boys will be boys!

Wrestling in the bounce house. That's a familiar sight around here!