Five months

Today Ryan is 5 months old. He continues to be such a content and happy boy. He loves to laugh at Kyle and watch him run around. Lately Ryan has started eating rice and oatmeal cereal and he has also started getting in the crawling position. He loves his teachers at school and gives them lots of gummy smiles. Ryan looks just like Kyle did at this age, and his hair is starting to get lighter just like Kyle's did. It will be fun to see how much they look alike when they are older.

Here is Ryan's 5 month picture:

Flashback Friday - Volume 20: The Houston Rodeo

On March 20th, Aunt Kelly and Gigi took Kyle to the rodeo carnival for a day of fun. Kyle had a blast and did lots of activities, as you can see in the pictures below. Thanks Aunt Kelly and Gigi!

Picking tomatoes

Milking the cow
Fitting inside the tractor tire

He loved watching the chicks hatch

Playing in the car

Tractors!

Carnival rides

Rode this one several times

The plane again

Below is a link to a video of Kyle driving the plane. Yes, driving instead of flying. He couldn't figure out how to make it go up in the air. It is hilarious to watch all the other planes flying overhead while Kyle taxis. Aunt Kelly said by the time they were ready to leave, he finally figured it out!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drussgray/5544864258/in/set-72157624944124660/

Playing catch up

Here are some pictures documenting our past few weeks. Ryan is growing way too fast...he's already rolling over both ways, grabbing his toes, laughing out loud (especially whenever Kyle comes near) and eating rice cereal. Kyle is one month away from being 3 and he continues to amaze us daily with his conversations and pretend play. It is so fun to watch the brotherly love - Ryan lights up whenever Kyle is around.

Nolan's 2nd birthday party (check out the awesome Elmo cupcakes Erin made)

Ryan with Aunt Sarah and Uncle Jeff

All the "big kid" cousins

Ryan and Gigi on Good Friday

Dyeing Easter eggs with Aunt Kelly on Good Friday

Ryan's first taste of rice cereal (hard to tell, but he loved it!)

Kyle cracking Ryan up

Checking out what the Easter bunny brought

Family picture on Easter Sunday

Easter egg hunt at Nanna and Poppie's - everyone show me their eggs!

Flashback Friday - Volume 19: Who's Missing?

This is how our picture with Santa turned out for 2010. Kyle refused to get anywhere near Santa, so we had Ryan sit with him while he is still carrier-bound.

Milestone Photos

Last month we took Ryan for his 3 month milestone photos just as we did when Kyle was 3 months old. Ryan was a trooper and gave us a few smiles as the session went on. He was blowing raspberries in the first picture below. Just for fun, we had Kyle get in one picture. Not the best picture of both of them, but fun nonetheless.

Katie & Frank's Wedding

Two weeks ago we headed up to Long Island, NY for my college roommate Katie's wedding. Katie and I met freshmen year when we were both in search of new roommates in Stanford Hall. Katie lived with "Crazy Kelly" and I lived with Beth, but I felt like I had two roommates, enter Kate, who was over ALL DAY LONG. Needless to say, we were happy to find each other, and we hit it off pretty much immediately. When I met Frank, Katie's new boyfriend in 2007, I knew it was the man she would marry. 3 1/2 years later, that "hope" came true, and we were there to celebrate with them. I was honored to stand by Katie's side as she said her I Do's. The wedding was so much fun and Katie made a beautiful bride. She added some special touches to her wedding, such as wedding coloring books and crayons for the kids, and on-the-spot photos of the guests framed and ready to go. I enjoyed all of the pre-wedding festivities while Russ and my parents took care of the boys. When I wasn't involved with the wedding, we enjoyed: visiting with my Aunt Anne, cousins, and their kids; walking around East Hampton (aka The Hamptons) to see the ducks, swans, and shops; tasting wine at Wolffer Vineyard; seeing the Montauk Point Lighthouse at the end of Long Island; seeing actress Julianne Moore shopping incognito in the IGA; and riding the Long Island Railroad with Kyle. Below are several of the pictures. You can see more here. The family

Ryan's first snow

Kyle and the swan East Hampton duck pond Kyle and daddy My turn down the aisle The happy couple

Mom and me Roomies

Family photo attempt

Watching the first dance

Montauk Point Lighthouse

Wolffer Vineyard

Kyle pretending

Photo op at the train

Waving goodbye to the LIRR

Potluck Playdate

Saturday afternoon we hosted a "potluck playdate" with Gavin, Josie, Lucia, and Jack from Kyle and Ryan's classes. It was a nice laid back afternoon with lots of playing outside and yummy food. Everyone had a fun time and it was nice to get to know the parents of the kids better at the same time.

Ryan and classmate Jack (Josie's baby brother) - the boys are 8 days apart

The kids having fun with the tunnel

Josie and Lucia blowing up balloons Gavin running around the tunnel

Here comes Josie!

Four Months

Ryan turned 4 months old on Tuesday. Hard to believe he is 1/3 of the way to turning 1! He is such a smiley, happy baby. He can be crying one minute, then he'll just stop and smile. He has enjoyed playing on his playmat lately and loves to pull on the toys dangling above his head. He still loves his hands...and mine, too. Last week he had his first plane ride, and saw his first snow! He had a great doctor's visit and did much better with the shots this time...he barely let out a whimper!

Weight: 15 lbs. 10 oz. (70th %)

Height: 26 inches (85th %)