My Play time is better than yours....

Happy Valentines Day Everyone!

Hope you have had as much fun as I have - I made crafts today, got lots of candy, had a cupcake, and wore my cute new shirt (yes, I did wear pants to school - at least that is what I told mama!)

I don't want to hear it...

I know it has been a whole year, but you have to understand I am an incredibly busy young man! Mama's got me running all over the place from school - yes, I go to SCHOOL, not some day play school either, but school where there are big kids and buses and cupcakes occasionally...man, I wish it were MY birthday every once in a while...then there are my other classes on Monday nights and now mama's got me in a new gym class (which is pretty cool to be honest with you)...so take it easy on me for being out of touch a bit!!

I will try to check in more often, but for now, these pics will have to do :)

-Ryan

Happy Super Bowl Sunday!

Who's the turkey??

We spent Thanksgiving in Georgia and these are my pics!!

Yes, I am laying down with Logan and Dixie, I am thinking they are the only things on the planet that get as much attention as I do, so why not hang with them!!!

October was a Busy Month for me...

As you can see, I had many adventures during October! I went to the beach a couple of times and got all dressed up for Halloween! I dressed up as a fisherman for Halloween...what mama and daddy don't know though is that I was really fishing for the ladies, not fishies! And several said how cute I was at the fall festival!

As you well know it is the holiday season! I will check in with more pics soon!!

Love, Ryan

Gatorland Adventure!!

Busy Week!

Mama and daddy are home for the summer now and boy have we been busy!! Me and mama went to the playground 2 days this week, daddy and mama took me to the splash park on Wednesday where a little boy poured water on my head, he is so funny, then me and mama went to downtown Disney to the splash zone there!! We have had a great time!! I am pretty tired though! I don't know what we will be doing next week, but I hope it is more of the same!!

I hope you are all doing well and to great grandma Wood, I hope you are feeling ok after your surgery. I don't like doctors too much, but if they make you feel better then I guess they are ok!

With Love,

Ryan

2 year old pictures

I was a little better (as you can see, not all the way better) today. At least there were no threats to leave me at the photography studio today!! I hope you like my pictures!

I'm 2 now, so stop counting my birthday in months!!

Hello!! I've been an busy boy these past few weeks! I am turning 2 on Wednesday, June 2, so I have provided you with some updated pictures. For all of you out there waiting on the professional pictures, you will have to wait a little longer. I had what some may call a moment of inflexibility when mama took me to get my pictures done on Saturday. I'm not sure how well you know mama, but for future reference, she does not appear to be amused by very loud screaming, jumping up and down, and just plain "inflexibility." Daddy's not too turned on by it either. Odd, up until that point I thought I could do no wrong - who knew!!

We had a big birthday party on Saturday night! Mama made me a dino birthday cake and my friends Austin and Lexi came to play with me! I got a new dino pool and we had a great time in there! I got a lot of new toys! I can't wait to play with them all!!

Well, happy birthday week to me! If you are looking for me, I will be preparing my next picture event...I think I will call this round "make up time for my rotteness"

Love,

Ryan

Happy Easter

Hi!! Just wanted to wish everyone a HAPPY EASTER! Mama and Daddy are planning an Easter egg hunt for tomorrow, so I am sure I will have some photos for your viewing pleasure! In the mean time, here are a few from the past few days!!

ABCs

Just some fun video of me saying my letters!!

Cheese

OK, I get it, it takes me a little while to post these days...but do you have any idea how busy I am? I mean really? Mama and Daddy just bought me a new sandbox that I have to play in everyday, and when I get done with that, I look at who ever is out there with me and say "Bye" and I have to hike to granny's house, then I have to go into her house and find the chickens, then I have to beg for someone to hand them to me so that I can play with them! And this is all before lunch time. I tell you, I am a busy man!!

Here are some of the fun things I am doing these days - and when I do them, mama and daddy seem really excited!!

1. I can count to 6 most days and on good days all the way to 13.

2. I am saying a lot more words now-a-days...my favorite things to say are: "there it is" (I hear Diego say that one all the time); Book; Turtle (with extra emphasis on the 2nd t...you know, like "Turrrrr-Tallll); Hi; mama; and coo-coo (which is Ryan-speak for cookie, and "I stuck", when I can't get around like I want to!!

3. I picked up a letter tonight and ran around saying "K" that one got everyone talking, I guess it was really a K that I was carrying, lucky guess? Mama started saying something like "Ivy League" and scho, scho, scholarship - what ever that means!

4. I really love cars and dinosaurs right now.

5. I really like to play with my new play friends Johnny and Mia too!

Mama took some video of me, so I hope you enjoy it! I will encourage her to do this more often and we will post more video in the very near future!!

Good Luck to Daddy

Just want to wish daddy good luck tonight in his basketball game!! You will be a champion to me win or lose!

Love, Ryan

20 months today!

Hi all,

Mama tells me that it is my 20 month birthday today!! By my calculations that's just 4 months until another present extravaganza!!! As you can see I am very interested in tape!! Mama told me to tell you that I counted from 1 to 6 without help yesterday!! That's pretty good I guess. I am also "walking" on my knees, eating tomato soup, jumping a little bit, and brushing my own teeth these days!! I would say I have come a long way this month - wouldn't you!!

Hope your days are well! Love, Ryan!!

Happy New Year

Hello all! I hope you had as much fun as I have had over the holidays!! I like this Christmas thing, it is something I could certainly get used to...mama and daddy are home all the time, there is new food (I know where the fudge is at grammy's), presents like I have never seen before...what is not to like? As you can see I got a lot of new toys! I was unaware of the pictures that mama was snapping, but truth be told, I was pretty tired from playing so hard, so I just needed a little shut eye to recharge my batteries (I'll get mama for that one some day!) And over the break I celebrated another monthly milestone!! I am getting to be a big boy you know!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Ryan

Anyone got a mirror?

OK, add this one to the long list of things I am really good at - rearranging my face!!! I fell on a Christmas Decoration on Thursday. I did not fall off of anything onto it, I was running and fell down. Mama did not react well at all...she said I scared her really really bad and I think I really did. I can't talk yet, but if I could I would tell her that I will try to not ever do that again. Mama and daddy took me to the hospital and let me tell you, I hope we never have to do that again. We were there for a really long time...daddy said too long. I think it may have been the latest I have ever been up in my whole life!! The people there put a needle in my hand - duh, its not my hand that hurts!! Then they gave me some medicine that made me go to sleep, but I did not go easily, it took 4 people to hold me down and get me to go to sleep - that will show them!! I have 3 stitches and maybe a scar some day, but I will come up with a great story to tell the ladies about how it happened - I will NOT be telling her that 3 puny snowmen roughed me up one day when I was too little to do anything about it...but I want to put the word out now - If you are made of snow, are fat, and have a freakish carrot for a nose, I'll be lookin' for you from now on, and when we meet again, you'll wish you had melted before our paths crossed!!

Mama says I look a lot better now then I did when it happened. It has been about 48 hours since it happened. I will try to keep you updated on my progress. Mama says on Tuesday we are getting the stitches out...they better have some big boys there to help, cause the fight I put up at the hospital will look like a Sunday stroll to the ice cream shop when I get done with that doc on Tuesday!!

For now, I gotta go, mama is watching over my every move and she looks a little nervous...But just so you all know, I am fine...still jumping on the couch, pulling things off the counter top (I am 35 inches tall now), chasing the ball, going to daddy's games, and running around like crazy!

Love you all,

Ryan

Happy half birthday to me!

I am 1 and 1/2 this week!! Mama and daddy make a big deal out of half birthdays around here! I've had a busy month...just today mama and I went Christmas shopping! Word around the house is that I am getting my Christmas pictures this weekend, so those of you who regularly check on me should be looking in the mail soon for a picture!

The edge of 17!

Hello!! I don't know if you know or not, but I am now a whopping 17 months old!! In my 17 months I have discovered that good help is hard to find...take for example the video footage mama took of me on Halloween night in downtown Winter Garden. Now, bless her heart, she did not realize that if she had the camera held up and down, then you all, my adoring fans, would not really be able to see me shaking my bootie without TILTING YOUR HEAD!!! I guess I will keep mama around for now...she truly is my own paparazzi - constantly chasing me around with that camera...but I hope she knows EVERYONE is replacable...at least that is what I hear daddy telling his boys on the team! I figured since Michael Jackson's people released his big dance video, then I should do the same!! Enjoy, and try not to get a headache as you tilt your head to the side to watch me shake what my mama gave me...at least she was good for that :)

Its a pirate's life for me....

Mama took me to her school yesterday for a haunted theater festival for little kids like me!! I saw lots of kids dressed up in funny clothes, mama said it is a Halloween celebration. She said the real halloween is next week and we will dress up again then for more fun! I am sure she will help me put up for pictures then, but for now, I hope you enjoy these photos of me in my pirate costume!!

~Pirate Ryan~