Meeting Jacob

My brother and sister-in-law recently moved back to Texas from Boston. They came in this weekend to visit and I finally got to meet my new nephew, Jacob. (Jacob is six weeks older than Ryan.) He is a super cutie and a very, busy boy. We hit it off instantly! My grandmother was also in town with my aunt and got a chance to meet her newest great-grandsons.

Good to see you cuz!


I am already imagining the trouble these two will get into once they are mobile and can scheme.


Meeting Grandma

Ryan totally took advantage of this situation and managed to take his entire afternoon nap in the arms of my grandmother and Aunt Janis. Bliss all around!

Me and the wee boys. Ryan just realized he forgot to get his summer tan.

John and Big Jake

Reagan and his new best friend, Robert. Robert was a good sport and played more trains this weekend than I ever care to play in a lifetime.

What's most impressive about this picture is not Jennifer holding these two, wiggly babies, but HOW LONG Jennifer held these two, wiggly babies. She was hanging on to them both while I was putting something together and THEN we decided it would make a great picture. I danced around behind Robert to get everyone to smile and it took several shots - guess I am not all that great of a dancer or I am so good, it wasn't really all that funny. It is amazing no one dropped to the floor - Jennifer included!

The Visitors

Behind our house is a large pond and we have recently noticed that some ducks from the pond are quite fond of our neighbor's back porch. Every day they gather around his back door for a while then they come down to the creek between our houses. Sometimes there are quite a few of them. (So many that if it were my back porch, I would be a little freaked out.) Reagan gets a kick out of seeing them waddle around and I get a kick out of listening to him and John practice their duck calls.

"Please Sir, More Gruel?"

Tuesday evening we introduced cereal into Ryan's diet and he seemed to take to it pretty well.






I think he likes it!

Bye-Bye Gummy Smile

Though I'm a little sad, Ryan is excited to announce that his first tooth peeked through his gums this morning. In typical Ryan style, there hasn't been much drama to it, just more chewing - on everything - and more drool. We had planned to start him on solids tonight. Maybe we should head straight to the steak and potatoes!

There isn't much to see yet, but here is a picture of his "new" grin!

Reagan's teeth - from Ryan's perspective. Nice teeth bro.

Just a few more fun pictures from last week.

Vacation in South Carolina

We recently spent a week at a beach resort outside of Charleston, South Carolina with our friends, the Langston's, and their children. We made the 16 hour trip in two SUV's with five kids in tow. They were real troopers - we made several potty and candy stops, used tons of Purell, and watched lots of movies along the way. I can now recite most Dora episodes and XM radio Top 20 songs by heart, tell you how many Cracker Barrels are between Longview, Texas and the Carolina coast, and have changed my kid into his pj's in a parking lot - twice. John learned not to let his wife apply his spray sunscreen in the wind.
We had so much fun and Reagan loved the beach. Nothing beats watching your three year old body-surf in the waves!




Reagan and Margaret

View from the beach house


Reagan and Adeline in the waves


Charleston

Shopping in the "rock store".

South Carolina Aquarium

Ryan: 5 Months

This month has brought about many fun and exiciting milestones.

Sitting in the Bumbo

Playing in the exersaucer

Rolling over

Taking baths with big brother

Cutting teeth

And my favorite: saying "pfbbt" and making spit bubbles. This one takes a lot of concentration.