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!

4 months old

this happy little boy is four months old!

Blake had his well-baby checkup today. he weighs 15 pounds 5 ounces (58th percentile) and is 26.3 inches long (90th percentile). he got one shot, but i don’t think he even knew it happened. the nurse and i were looking at each other waiting for him to cry, but we never got a reaction from him. such a tough guy!

and while we were at the doctor, Ryan spent the morning playing with Gramma Angela.

playing w/ Matteo

my mom, Gramma Sally (or Zoie, as Ryan calls her), the boys and i met Aunt Treacy and Matteo (who live in Pasadena) in Ventura for lunch and some play time. we went to some place called the Clubhouse Fun Zone. Ryan and Matteo had a lot of fun!

playing in the ball pit, or whatever it’s called...

on a fun little “rollercoaster” ride...

playing air hockey...

checking each other out...

Blake had fun, too :)

chef Ryan

i feel like i don’t do much fun stuff with Ryan lately, especially when we’re at home, because Blake needs/gets a lot of attention. so i’m trying to make better use of the times when Blake is sleeping. i asked Ryan if he wanted to bake some cookies for Tim, and he got really excited! i put his little apron on him, he sat up on the kitchen counter (with the help of Aunt Jen), and we got to work! Ryan had never helped me in the kitchen before, so he was very curious and interested. it was pretty cute. :)

sneaking a taste...

waiting, and waiting, and waiting for the cookies to bake...

and the taste test. happy boy with his cookie!

beach day

the first beach day of the year. yay! we went up to Port San Luis to visit my parents while they were up there in their trailer. it wasn’t hot enough to go in the water, but we had fun running around and playing in the sand.

self-portraits

apparently Ryan figured out how to take pictures of himself. i found these on my phone: