Ryan is 2!

Ryan turned two years old on February 26th. we had some family and friends over for a low-key “little man” birthday party.

Ryan had so much fun! Tim and i had so much fun watching Ryan have fun. :)

Ryan blew out his candle about six times because he kept saying, “one more time!” sure, why not?

at Ryan’s 2-year checkup, he weighed 26 pounds (24th percentile) and was 36 inches tall (90th percentile). they estimate he’ll be about 6’1”. pretty cool! Ryan is becoming quite the independent and opinionated little man. i hear a lot of: “i wanna do it!” “stop doing that!” “i don’t like this.” if this is the “terrible twos”, it’s really not that terrible. he’s still such a happy, sweet boy. i realize that i’m incredibly biased, but he’s also really smart and funny. almost everyday, he’ll say something that makes me go, “where the heck did you learn that?” he knows shapes such as the cylinder, and walks around saying things like, “did you fart?” never a dull moment with this guy. i sort of started a half-ass attempt at potty training. he likes to use the toilet because he gets a jelly bean, but he still wears diapers because i’m not ready to fully commit. i know, i’m sure i’m majorly screwing up and confusing him. oh well. he’ll figure it out sometime. he’s smart, right? at two years old, some of Ryan’s favorite things are:

talking on the phone

swinging

facetime / skype

his rain boots

sunglasses

smoothies from Jamba Juice

jelly beans

anything outside!