Sydney Harper is here!

It's a girl! Sydney Harper was born on December 4, 2010. She weighed 8lbs 1 oz, and was 20 inches long.
Ryan was more interested in the I.V. drip than his new little sister! He came and brought her a pink teddy bear. Sydney bought him an airport play set. Sydney was born on the 4th day of Chanukah!

Once again, Poppo and Nana made the drive from Cleveland, and Sydney took her sweet time to appear. Nana and Poppo made it 3 hours before Sydney arrived! (after a 11 hour drive!)

Look what we did!

BFF Picking Apples

Ryan and Henry were so excited to go to North Georgia for apple picking.

Ryan loved picking apples, and was even more excited to eat all the apples. I think he ate about 5 of them! His favorite part was the hayride.

See...look how good I am at this!

Hilton Head!

It's been a long time since we last posted...so we'll just pick up here rather than update you on the last several months...

We spent the last week in Hilton Head, SC and we had a great time! Ryan loved the beach, the dolphin boat cruise, and everything else that we did!
I am not sure what happened here, and I have no computer skill...so this is a sideways shot of Ryan sleeping in his stroller. He refuses to admit he needs a nap but he sometimes falls alseep during the day.

Ryan was not happy with the hole he dug himself, so he found someone else's play area and took over. His obsession this summer is life guards, diving boards and swimming pools. Ryan jumps off anything he can find and calls it a diving board. Then he blows a pretend whistle and yells "adult swim." The holes he dug in the sand were "swimming pools."

In case you were wondering what we've been up to...

Stolen Photo

Many times when we are with Henry, we don't have a camera. This is a bit out of order because it is stolen from Henry's blog. According to Ryan, Henry is his "best bud." He also told me that Mindy is his "best friend." Henry is 6 months older. and is a great person for Ryan to look up to. Ryan is now in his big boy bed "just like Henry and Caillou." They are very crazy and fun together.

Second Generation

Traci and Kasey came in town, so of course we had brunch. The second generation of all of us gathered for a meeting. Ryan loved wearing Henry's jacket, and had to have the hood on. Julep got in on it too...

It's Been WAY too long

We built this snowman during one of our rare snow "storms." Ryan's favorite part was knocking it down. Charlie's favorite part was turning the snow yellow. The next day, Ryan and Henry went sledding in Henry's neighborhood. They had so much fun, and I was surprised at how brave they were!
We took Ryan to the Yellow River Game Ranch. He loved feeding the animals, and he especially loved feeding "Donkey." It was at the peak of his "Shrek" phase, and the donkey reminded him of Shrek's friend.

Noa and Ethan spent New Years Eve with us. (So did Aunt Jody and Uncle David.) Ethan showed Ryan how to build a fort in the basement...and we let Ryan play alone in the basement for the first time. (with his cousins...)

At Thanksgiving, we met Baby Eva for the first time. Ryan only took one swing at her. But he talks about her all the time, and can't wait to see her at her Baby Naming!

Ryan was a little jealous of Baby Eva

Homecoming

We took Ryan to Homecoming and he loved it! We didn't actually go in the stadium, but we did watch part of the game from the bridge. He loved ringing the victory bell, eating junk food, looking at the shiny football helmets, and especially watching all of the UGA busses and motorcycles. It was a great day!