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