Pismo Beach

my mom, the boys and i went for a walk in Pismo Beach.

the highlight of Ryan’s day:

we accidentally ended up at the monarch butterfly grove. i couldn’t get any good pictures of the butterflies; all i had was the camera on my iphone. Ryan thought they were pretty cool though.

the highlight of my day:

we saw a lady wearing some ski pants at the beach.

catching up

i haven’t posted anything in awhile. i guess two little boys can keep you pretty busy. so here is what we’ve been up to...

Blake was a skeleton for Halloween, and Ryan was a pirate. the boys are still too young to go trick-or-treating in my book. and i don’t think Ryan even knows what candy is. so we went to visit their grandparents. somebody had to see them in their silly outfits other than Tim and me.

Ryan played in the pool in Palm Springs on a trip with my family.

 

Blake turned 2 months old!

Ryan and Blake grew mustaches. (these are the only somewhat decent pictures i have from Thanksgiving. haha.)

 

we took the boys to the Christmas parade. it was pretty cold, so they got nice and bundled up. Blake obviously didn’t even know he was at a parade, but Ryan loved it (until the big semi trucks honked their horns right in front of us. that freaked him out.)! he was very serious, watching everything go by. he waved and yelled hi almost the whole time.

some Christmastime pictures...

 

Ryan practiced planking.

after seeing how excited Ryan got at the parade, we walked to the Orcutt Christmas parade. i think his favorite part of the whole thing was the blue candy cane he got.

Christmas eve at Gramma Sally’s...

Ryan had to try on his new rain boots at Gramma Janie and Grampa Bob’s on Christmas Day.

Blake is still a super happy baby! and he’s a great sleeper, too. he’s been going 8-12 hours between feedings at night. it’s pretty awesome.

Ryan is still a great big brother. of course! he likes to give Blake kisses and tell him good morning and goodnight. other than that, Ryan doesn’t give Blake much attention. it works out well. for an almost-2 year old, he’s such a good little boy!

well, except for the whole pulling-his-pants-and-diaper-off thing. i’m still not quite sure what to do about that. luckily, it doesn’t happen too often and i still find it kind of funny.













p.s. these pictures are driving me nuts. i know they’re all jacked up, but i can’t get them to go where i want. i guess i need to learn how to use this thing. i’m not usually this computer-stupid. maybe someone can tell me how to fix it. or how to make those little photo collage deals. 

naked nap

Ryan always goes down for nap super easily. i asked him if he was ready for nap today, and he said, “yeah, let’s go.” he walked to his bedroom holding my hand and asked for a pacifier. then another one (always gotta have 2). i handed him his stuffed monkey (his favorite) and turned on the white noise machine. we gave kisses and said “goodnight, i love you” to each other. that’s our routine. then i don’t hear much until he wakes up. usually.

he was only wearing pants before nap because we were just being lazy at home and putting a shirt on him was more trouble than it’s worth. and Shrek, the only person that saw us today (twice), doesn’t know the difference. after he spent 10 minutes doing headstands in his crib, i went in there to give him a pacifier, figuring he dropped it. turns out he wasn’t sleeping because he pooped. so i changed his diaper, blah blah, and put him back to bed wearing just a diaper. because, again, putting pants back on was more trouble than it’s worth. i know that was all pointless information, but i feel like people need to know that i don’t always put Ryan to bed with no clothes on.

after hearing nothing for a few minutes, i checked the baby monitor to make sure it looked like he was asleep. wait, is that his butt?

i kind of started cracking up, hoping there wasn’t pee everywhere. then grabbed my camera, just in case, and went to check on him.

yep, totally his butt. i tried really hard not to laugh. he didn’t need to know this was hilarious behavior. i put his diaper back on WITH PANTS and he fell right back asleep.

that darn Ryan. always keeping me on my toes. good thing i checked on him though. that could’ve been messy.

the Papa Ray hat

Ryan 04/08/10 (1 month 10 days)

Blake 10/27/11 (1 month 6 days)