I've been feeling guilty that I haven't updated the blog for a long, long, time so here are some updates clear from Christmas...sorry. It may be a little update over load.:)

Ryan is now in a big boy bed and he loves it. He sleeps way better in it then he ever did in his crib. We should have switched a long time ago!

Ryan's going to be a BIG brother...


(This is a picture of Ryan in the hospital after he was born.
I can't believe how fast the time flies.)

Yes, that's right. We are expecting #2 on September 18th.(I've been a lot sicker this time around than I was with Ryan. So hopefully that explains the lack of recent posts.) We had an ultra sound last Thursday and so far the baby looks healthy. It was so fun to see our little baby move and to be reassured that it's doing okay.

Too funny not to post!

On Valentine's weekend we did a babysitting swap with our friends, the Rowans. That way we could each have a night out without the kiddos. If you ask me, Ryan is having a little too much fun with Isabel's dress up. :)

About a month ago we were asking Ryan where his ears, eyes, nose, etc. were. When he shows you where his ears are he pulls on them. I thought that it was funny so I started making monkey faces at him. This led to Eric and me pulling all kinds of funny faces. Ryan thought it was great. He got so excited, his little hands started shaking and you could see the wheels in his head turning; he was trying to figure out what face he should pull. After much thought, he just pinched his nose really hard. That's the best he could come up with. It was pretty funny. I wish we had had the camera ready for that one.



(These were the best faces we could get Ryan to do for us once we got the camera out)

Santa came to Grandma and Grandpa May's house to bring the kids a treat. They loved it!

Ryan with Uncle Ronnie, and cousin Nathan.

The Nativity.

Ryan was one of the sheep. He wasn't sure what to think of it all. This is always quite a production.

Christmas Morning

(Eric was having a hard time keeping his eyes open)

New Years Eve at Ronnie and Alisha's house. We had such a great time making ginger bread houses and playing games.

Ryan with Grandpa

A few of Ryan's cousins Bronx, Kaylee, Nathan and Ryan all ready to go to church.

Out to lunch with the gang.

I was able to go the the BYU basketball game with my parents. It was great to have some one on one time with them.

In December we got completely dumped with snow. Here are a few pictures of Ryan playing in the snow with his dad.

Ever since we've lived out here away from family we've made if our family tradition to celebrate our small families Christmas the Sunday before we take off to Utah. (That way we don't have to take all the presents with us). We always try to make it a special night with just us.

A couple of Ryan's tricks.
Ryan is so much fun. He is always doing funny things. The first picture is pretty self explanatory. In the second picture I'm not sure how he ended up like this. I put him in his highchair, and before long I turned around and somehow he managed to get his two legs out like this.

Where does he get his ideas? He wanted socks and shoes over the feet of his pajamas. But as you can see in the second picture he was upset when it didn't feel quite right. :)

Daddy's little boy

Happy Thanksgiving! We had a nice dinner with some good friends of ours. It was so nice and relaxing. After eating we watched some football while looking through ads for black Friday. Later we went to Fred and Kathy's (our landlords) house for some delicious dessert, and ended the night with some games. Thanks Brad and Jana for the fun day!

(These pictures aren't from Thanksgiving. I forgot to take pictures. These were taken a couple weeks ago.)

I forgot to post these pictures from our Halloween party. We had a great time with some of our friends.

We moved into our new apartment over the summer, and I've finally finished decorating our 1/2 bath. I was undecided as to how to decorate it seeing that the bathroom has a yellow sink and toilet. Anyway, I decided on a "kids" theme so I could incorporate the yellow with the decor. I painted a few zoo animals and have hand towels with lions on them. I'm pretty pleased with the results.


(I couldn't get the whole bathroom in the shot)

Painting children's art has become a pretty big hobby for me, and lately I've been thinking that I may start trying to sell some of my work. Maybe I could post pictures on ebay/craigslist/etsy. We'll see. Here is another set I did. I'm also working on some dinosaur pictures. Let me know if you have any suggestion as to how I should go about starting or other ideas for paintings! If they don't end up selling I can always give them as gifts or just keep them for myself.

Happy Halloween!!

We'll post more details and pictures later...

I THINK I'M CRAZY!!
So last year I made Ryan's little Halloween costume (dyed green tights, hat with feather, shoe covers and all). He was Peter Pan. This year I thought I'd tackle another costume but decided to do something easier and a little less time consuming. I bought some leather-ish material to sew some chaps and a vest; he's going to be a cowboy. Easy enough, right? Well between the pesky material and my finicky machine, I ruined the first set of everything I tried. However, as Ryan is so small I was still able to cut out another set of material to sew. Unfortunately I'm now stuck sewing everything together by hand. I'd have probably quit by now, but I feel obligated to finish this project because I don't want to waste the material. Wish me luck!!

Last Saturday we went to Apple Holler with some friends. It was crazy crowded but we had a good time. Here are some pictures.