Tuesday, March 30, 2010

cancun

::day 3::
we laid out on the beach and parasailed!
well i did (tyler did not), i am finding that i am pretty adventurous.
maybe i always have been but i am not scared of really anything. i might be ok with skydiving, maybe i shouldn't be though,
i am for sure not as coordinated as i used to be.
{not that i was really ever that good at dancing (still don't know why i did pantheras and laugh at myself now when i watch the videos)
but i least i felt like i could hold my own at a stomp.
ever since i had kids, i feel as though i dance more like my mother, bless her heart but she can not dance! having kids really does make you feel old and outdated}
anyways...
back to me doing something crazy
which turned out to not be crazy at all.
 parasailing is very slow when you get up there.
and i should never admit this but i did moon everyone on the beach(i have never mooned anyone) but i'll spare you the picture that tyler took.
i hope mark and stacey don't hate me for posting these.
they were copying a couple who were having their pictures professionally taken on the beach.
they were rolling around making out in the sand.
not that it's weird to make out in the sand but who has their pictures taken?
the view of the ocean from the pool.

cancun

::day 2::
we went to church.
it was very hard to find and we missed the first half.
and even though i took two years of spanish and only know half the song
 "chicas de hoy" and can't understand anything else,
i still felt the spirit there because the church is true everywhere.
after church we sat by the pool and walked down to the beach.
the beaches there are incredible!
white soft sand and clear aqua blue water.

we went to dinner with all of tylers family.
ordering was a little tricky because no one sat in families but that's how everyone wanted to pay.
tyler got to use his spanish to help our waiter.
he gave everyone a number and then put each number on the appropriate check.
it really took about a half hour to get everyones orders taken.
he seemed to have a good time though.
and surprisingly everyone got what they ordered!

Saturday, March 27, 2010

cancun

::day one::
went scuba diving two times.
the underwater camera didn't work.
no pictures


not another one!

i went to get ryder up and he had black paint all over his face from biting my crib.

ryder takes after his brother who did the same thing but much worse!

our crib has no hope.
i keep a blanket on it now.
and truthfully i don't really care!

so tired

i think it's so funny when kids get so tired they fall asleep on their food!

Sunday, March 14, 2010

11 months

i know i say this every month, but time is flying by way to fast.
in one month my littlest guy will be one!! 
i really can't even believe it!
i am in cancun this week...loving it, but missing my boys like crazy
(thanks mom for keeping them)

things i totally love and totally miss about my ryder boy.

he is so mellow and happy all the time
he still has blonde hair, it hasn't darkened at all
he pulls up on everything now but it still requires quite a bit of effort
he is still army crawling for his main mode of transportation
he starting sleeping a lot better
he is ryans best friend and they get along great
loves to be outside

he really is just a joy to be around.

miss you two like crazy!!
see you in six days.
love mom


Tuesday, March 9, 2010

ryan is 3!

we have been planning a "wild things" party for awhile now.
if you asked ryan what he wanted for his birthday we would say 
"a wild things cake" (in a scary voice)
he woke up yesterday and told me that we needed to go the mall and buy a max and carol.
well good thing i had already found them.
i ordered them from urban and i thought they would be about 6 inches tall.
i was extremely pleased when they came and they are HUGE!
so i let him open a present even though dad wasn't home.
he loves max and carol and has carried them around all day.


we of course went to mcdonalds for lunch.
ryan's choice.
tyler's aunt chrissy gave ryan this adorable tent.
we set it up and he absolutely loves it!

aunt heather sent ryan a package in the mail...
and made all of the cutest party hats you've ever seen.



the invite
we spent the rest of the afternoon getting ready for his party. 

the decorations
(the sign says "let the wild rumpus start")

the cake
it turned out a little better than i thought it would.
especially because it was my first cake.
{but i have been practicing}

the guests
i didn't get pictures of everyone.
but we are so thankful that so many people came...
grandma and grandpa h. and cass
alli, marlee, ridge, and ryan
scott, nat and taycee
luke and julia
darren, alyne, courtney and alexa.

the presents
ryan was truly spoiled!!
he got a pool from grandma and papa h.
{my dad almost passed out blowing it up today }
he also got toy story 1 from grandma and papa o.
{we have already watched it 2 or more times today }

and his FAVORITE part ever was 
blowing out the candles!

and then some of the kids slept in a "big pile"
or really they just wrestled.

ryder had a great time playing with his girlfriend taycee.

after the party

Monday, March 8, 2010

can you guess how old?

that's right he is 3...

more pictures of the party tomorrow.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

ryder loves to have this ball in his mouth.
i think he is teething again.
he chomps on everything and drools a lot!

toy story

the other day ryan fell asleep in the stroller while he was watching a movie.
which is weird because he doesn't like to be the stroller anymore.
he has started to get into toy story.
he got all the action figures for Christmas.
he likes to watch the movie with all the "toys".
we are excited for the 3rd one to come out this summer.

picnic

last night the weather was so great we decided to eat dinner outside in the yard on a blanket.
i didn't even bother making the boys chicken... 
so they had mac-n-cheese
and they loved it!




ryder was the last one outside with me.  i guess he really didn't have a choice but he sure was happy!


{love those blue eyes }