Wednesday, January 27, 2010

love hate relationship


ryan hates milk.
never drinks it.
i have tried to get him to drink "chocolate drink".
he took one sip and said "i not like milk".
i have also tried strawberry milk, thinking that pink is favorite color why not drink pink milk.
didn't work.
but last week ryan told me "i want some chocolate milk".
this came out of no where.
so i gave him a cup of milk, he mixed in the hershey's syrup.
and then he proceeded to drink the whole thing.
later that day tyler gave him another glass.
he drank it.
the next morning i gave him some for breakfast.
he drank it.
then he went for a few days of not liking it again.
he only likes chocolate milk 50% of the time.
but that's better than 0.


projects

our desk top used to sit on the counter and we used this lonely old bar stool.
now it is sometimes used as the time out chair, or if we have more than 4 people over for dinner.
but it's pretty ugly!
so ryan helped me recover it today.
it looks a million times better.
and ryan said to me "oh mom it looks so pretty"
(thanks linley for the fabric!)
also i helped my friend natalie make some curtains for her little girl's room. they are cuter in person because you can see the "pom pom" (or little balls as ryan would say) trim which doesn't show up very well in the picture.
also we are working on decorating our guest room...
wish us luck!!

Sunday, January 24, 2010

vacuum

ryder loves the vacuum!
he gets so excited every time we bring it out.
he army crawls over to it as fast as he can
{which isn't very fast}.
and he gets close enough to put his hands right on it.
there is a vent that blows air, and it blows his hair.
he loves it.
{you can see his hair being blown in some of these photos}
::sundays::
ryder watching ryan
both boys
love them

Prophets

ever since last conference we have been working on reading the scriptures every night with ryan.
it really is amazing how much kids can remember.

Friday, January 22, 2010

susan

every night as i put ryan in bed he tells me
"i'm scared of monsters".
and every night i tell him that i will "call" susan and tell her to stay in fresno.
after he has been in bed for a few minuets he yells out
"mom did you call susan?"
and i say "yes ryan she is going to stay home tonight".
then he goes to sleep.

works like a charm:)!

Thursday, January 21, 2010

picky

ryan has always been a picky eater.
he won't even eat the "crust" on his pop tarts.

rain rain


go away come again another day!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

soccer mom

last saturday i became a soccer mom!
i feel like i should go trade in the jeep for a mini van.
ryan started ittybitty sports.
two weeks of soccer, then basketball, and then t-ball.
he was scared at first, he hung onto tyler's leg,
but he warmed up and did great.
he still can't kick the ball with the inside part of his foot, but we'll work on it.
he cheers for himself every time he scores a goal.
it was very entertaining to watch.
we were proud parents!


parents get to participate... tyler did a great job too:)
ryder and mom watched and took pictures.

supercross

on saturday night we headed over to chase stadium to watch some supercross.
matt sorensen and girlfriend mandy came with us,
and we met up with a lot of tylers family.
we had a great time!!
maybe next time we'll figure out exactly how supercross works!

scare...

the other night i locked the doors and crawled into bed. tyler was studying.
we heard a huge crash.
we both jumped out of bed and went looking around the house.
which is pretty pointless because tyler is blind with out his glasses.
both of the kids were asleep, and nothing seemed out of place.
i told tyler that i thought maybe someone was in the back yard.
to keep me feeling safe, he put on his glasses, grabbed the gun and went out in the back yard...
there was nothing.
so we went to bed.
the next morning i kept looking for something that maybe fell in a closet or something.
later in the day i noticed that the can of biscuits had exploded in the fridge!
all that worry for nothing!!

Monday, January 18, 2010

rain


it rained off and on today.
i liked having an overcast day.
we don't see to many of them down here.

when the rain stopped we went in our back yard and played baseball.
ryder watched.
can you believe how big his hands are?
ryan is getting pretty good at hitting the ball!
we had to cut our game short because it started raining again.


(ryan got a hair cut last saturday the 9th)
it was the second and maybe last time i let tyler cut his hair
this is what happened last time tyler cut his hair.
he was 2 months old and tyler buzzed his head bald.
long story...
but he ended up looking like charlie brown.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

thanks aunt brookey

the boys love their new pjs.
i told you ryder has his mouth open in most pictures!

my favorite gift of 2009

1/1/10

on news years day we (the owens clan) headed up to pine valley to go play in the snow.
ryan had a blast!
ryan sledding.
us.
us doing stunts on the sled.
(don't worry i really didn't go sledding with ryder in the backpack)
ryan loves throwing snow balls!
we had a great time and the weather was perfect!
happy 2010

Thursday, January 14, 2010

ryder 9 months


he has his mouth open in most pictures:)




he smacks his lips, it is super cute!


this boy can finally move... a little...he army crawls.
he just started this week, he was super super slow at first
but he is getting faster!
he loves graham crackers & mac n cheese.
he will pretty much eat anything.
he is up to three meals a day of solid foods.
he has 4 teeth now.
the top two came in
one on 12-18
the other on 12-24.
he still doesn't love the bottle.
he loves taking baths with ryan.
he splashes like crazy!
they have screaming matches in the tub...it hurts my ears.
he doesn't sleep through the night!
what am i going to do?????
he is still mellow and wonderful.
he is so easy.
he always wakes up happy, even if he only gets a cat nap.
he knows his name and also answers to "brother".
(i guess that's his nick name)
he is pretty big for his age, he goes to the doctor tomorrow.
he loves anything that lights up.
we just can't get enough of him!!

love you brother!




well check stats
1.15.10
weight 19.7 25%
height 29.5 90%
head 44 cm 10.25%





hostages

you never think that your life could be run by a two year old, and then it is!!!
we left the boys when we went on our cruise. ryan most certainly ran the house. he has everyone wrapped around his finger. i wish i could say it's different when we are at home, but it's not.
he is spoiled:).

a HUGE thank you to grandma and grandpa o. brooke alli and amy for keeping the boys.
it was a nice break but it was very hard to leave them. it was the first time that we have left them. i missed them like crazy!
when we got home and ryan ran outside to meet us, i had forgotten how adorable his little face actually was. i almost started crying when he bear hugged us.
one of most favorite memories will always be seeing him run out to meet us!

Monday, January 11, 2010

kristens cruising countdown

top 15 best things about our cruise to
cabo san lucas mexico!
#15 nate doing magic tricks
#14 playing cards

#13 the cute towel animals on your bed every night

#12 our family (mostly dad) winning the trivia game
we are pretty smart!

#11 tyler refusing to get sea sick
#10 formal night

# 9 mj (michael jackson for those of you who don't know that mj is michael jackson) tribute night
it got a little out of hand though:)
#8 doing "the titanic" off the edge of the boat
who doesn't do this?
# 7 being on the ocean
#6 sunsets and the moon reflecting on the water

#5 being on the beach
this is me copying the most hilarious little asian mom,
she was posing all over the place exactly like this and
having her 13 year old daughter take pictures of her.
it was unbelievable!

#4 being with my sisters
#3 being with all of my siblings:)
#2 thank you mom and dad for a GREAT trip!
#1 being with this guy!
love you
i can't get this picture off... for some reason it won't delete sorry it's on here two times!