Pool Party!

Ryan's "Official" birthday party was a pool party. He had lots of fun with his friends!
This is Emma. Ryan really likes playing with her. More importantly, last night, Emma showed Ryan how to potty in the toilet instead of the little potty. Now I don't have to rinse out a little potty anymore! Thank you Emma!

Remember Darren? Darren and Ryan were born 2 days apart. The next day was Darren's birthday party. Ryan ate a lot of cake that weekend. Darren has a cool swimming shirt on!

All ready for cake!

Ryan';s Second Birthday!!!

Ryan and Henry eagerly await cake at the evening BBQ birthday celebration

Ms. Gray helps serve cake to Ryan's class...A.K.A. the "mini United Nations" This was actually Ryan's first celebration, but I can't figure out how to get pictures and posts in the order in which things happened, and you do want these pictures up at some point, don't you?

Ryan actually cried the first time we sang "Happy Birthday" to him. The second two parties were much better for him, with no crying!

Well, it's August...2 months past Ryan's second birthday, and I have been pretty bad about updating the blog. I will begin with Ryan's second birthday party. It was actually a three part birthday weekend extravaganza!

Visiting Thomas

Ryan and his friend Henry (and our families) went to visit Thomas the Train. We even got to go on a train ride and Henry and Ryan "fought" over the seat.
Ryan enjoyed the view

Finally Ryan and Henry learned to share the seat.

There were other things to do as well...Ryan jumped around, played putt-putt, saw a petting zoo, and listened to music. It was a great day!

Rain, Rain Go Away!

Even though it's been raining lately, it does not stop Ryan from doing his favorite thing...playing outside! As soon as we get home from school, the first thing he says is "Outside!" and we play until dinner.
Luckily, Cousin Ethan had an adorable rain coat to pass on that Ryan loves to wear!

Another favorite activity is Ryan's lawnmower. He could mow all day long. He also loves to walk around the neighborhood and look at other people as they mow their lawns. When we pull in the driveway, he points out "daddy's lawnmower."

Snow Day!

It was hard to get a picture of his face, but Ryan had a great time today in the Atlanta Snow! After a big birthday party, we came home in the snow and played with our neighbors! Ryan loves playing with the "big boys" and while he wasn't too interested in snow in Cleveland, he loved running after Ethan and Andrew today! They made a snowman, filled a dump truck with snow, and ran around with the dog. All this, and Ryan still didn't take a nap!!!

More Cleveland

Nana's friend has two horses, so we went to visit them. Ryan thought they were dogs at first, but then he understood and realized they were "horsies!"

Auntie Laura and Uncle Brian came to see Ryan. He had a great time with them, and now Ryan loves to point them out in every picture that he can find!

Cleveland

Ryan and I went to Cleveland over the weekend. We drove by the house I grew up in! Isn't it pretty?

Ryan LOVED Poppo's trains. When we went back upstairs, he kept saying "watch trains...Poppo's trains..." In fact, the first night, he screamed and wouldn't go to bed for an hour because he wanted to go back down and see Poppo's trains. Then right when Ryan woke up, the first thing he asked for was "Poppo's trains."

Ryan got his first "snow experience." He would go to all of the windows and said "snow" over and over.

Ryan did great on the plane...I think because I got him his own seat!