Throwing Sand

We spent last weekend in Destin at the Beach. It was the longest drive Ryan had gone on, and he did great during the six hour drive. Probably the best part for Ryan was his newfound discovery of The Wiggles, whose DVD he watched over and over again in the car. He is now asking for them all the time.
Ryan loved the beach, and was better about this water than he is about the swimming pool water!

Mommy had to feed Prince Ryan his grapes because of the sand all over his hands.

Ryan loved going in the water with Daddy

It was a little windy the first evening!

Cook Out

We had a cookout and some of Ryan's friends got to come too! Ryan got to show off his new picnic table. It's nice that Ryan can talk now and really interact with other little kids. They run around and chase eachother, and aren't babies anymore.

Fire Truck

Auntie Laura and Uncle Brian sent a firetruck for Ryan's birthday. Ryan loves it because it makes lots of noise! I love it because it does not require batteries!

First Hair Cut

Ryan was a brave boy and got his first haircut. I had been cutting it myself for months.

He really was not happy about it, but he really does look better!

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!