My Big Boy at 4 Months and Corn Maze

Ryan turned 4 months on Friday, November 6. I took him to the doctor on Monday. He weighs 18 lbs (90th %) and 25 1/2 inches (75th %)!! He's a BIG boy and is such a joy. He loves to smile, laugh and squeal! And squeal he can!! He is so loud. It is hilarious. He is drooling all over the place and grabbing at things. He can get a hold of my hair or the toys on his play mat and exer-saucer. He also started cereal and caught on quite fast! He has 2 Tbs of cereal 1 or 2 times a day. We also have started sleeping much better! If he wakes up before it's been 9 hours, I pat his bottom until he falls back asleep. This has worked 3 nights in a row. Tuesday night, he slept 10 1/2 hours!! I am so blessed with two healthy, fun and happy kids!

On Sunday, we went to the Corn Maze with Gammy and Pa-paw. Brian, Chrissy and their kiddos went too. We had a GREAT time and were all EXHAUSTED when we left!

Taylor, Kendall and Clayton feeding the sheep

Cooper, Taylor, Kendall, Clayton and Ryan

The mean goat and cute sheep!

Being silly

Such a sweet horse!

Taylor stops to pose for a picture

All smiles, as usual


Such a sweet picture of Cooper

LOVE this one!



Me with my precious kiddos. Again, I am so blessed!

October Fun!

Ryan is big enough for the exer-saucer and he loves it! There are so many things to look at and grab. He gets cross-eyed when he concentrates on certain things. And he loves to grab the little toys and put them in his mouth. So cute!

I laid Ryan on our bed the other day to take Taylor to the bathroom. I came to get him a minute later and this is what I found. I love sleeping babies...so cute!! He looks so tiny on our bed.

Dustin and Taylor carved a pumpkin last weekend. Taylor loved it, although she was not fond of the pulp! The day was beautiful, so Ryan hung out on the porch in his bouncy seat and observed. We toasted the seeds...yummy!! That night, we lit the jack-o-lantern. Taylor thought it was so cool!

Helping Daddy carve

She touched one wet seed and this is the face she made! Hilarious!

Ryan enjoying the nice afternoon

All smiles!

We had trunk-or-treat at church on Sunday evening. Taylor is Cinderella and Ryan is a monkey...a chunky monkey, we like to say! They looked so cute! Taylor loves Halloween this year and all the candy we've already gotten. I love my precious trick-or-treaters.

chunky monkey

My cute little trick-or-treaters!

Hugging her Daddy's leg. She says he is her Prince Charming!!

Oh, so pretty!

Pumpkin Patch

I had to take Taylor to the doctor Monday for her 3-year well check. Oh, my...talk about drama. The girl was freakin' out when they tried to take her weight and height. Agh!! We survived though. She weighs 33.5 lbs and is 37 1/2 inches. She's gone from 50% in height to 75% and from 65% in weight down to about 45%. So, she's taller and thinner. :-) She did have to get her Hep A vaccine and the flu mist in her nose. You would've thought they cut off her leg...my goodness! We went to play at Chrissy's afterwards and life was better, thanks to Gammy and Pa-Paw.

While in Lubbock, we stopped at the pumpkin patch for a few pictures. Taylor looks so hilarious holding Ryan! He's huge! I weighed him on my mom's scale and he's 17 lbs!!!! At 3 1/2 months! We're thinking he'll make a great noseguard someday. :-)

This is the pumpkin Taylor picked

Ryan's expression in this photo cracks me up!

Ryan thinks the pumpkins are funny

Happy Halloween

Ryan after a long day in Lubbock

Taylor after shots and a long day in Lubbock

Taylor is 3

My baby is 3!!! Wow, I cannot believe it. I've been so emotional this week thinking about it...I get teary-eyed every time I tell someone she is 3. It has been a wonderful 3 years. God blessed us immensely with this wonderful little girl and our lives have been forever changed! Here are some fun facts about my very grown-up 3 year old...

1) Her favorite word right now is "Why?" She asks why to everything we tell her! So, the other day, Dustin started asking Taylor "why" questions. Here are some of my favorites...

-Why do we have toes? to paint our toenails

-Why do we sleep? so we won't be grouchy

-Why do we have elbows? so our arms won't fall off

2) She will repeat anything you say. Recently, I have heard her say, "Holy guacamole" and "Where is the dad-gum phone?"

3) She LOVES to flip. She started tumbling this fall and now she flips everywhere. On the bed, off the couch, on the carpet, on the trampoline. And she's getting really good at it!

4) She loves to run! We go to the track or gym and have races. She grins the whole time! She's starting to compete with me on quickness...we may have a track star on our hands. :-)

5) She is very dramatic. For those of you around her much, you know what I mean! She talks with such expression! And freaks out over little things...the sun in her eyes or the wind blowing her hair. She's our little drama queen...where does she get that??

3 Months

Things I love about Ryan at 3 months:

1) He is sleeping through the night.
2) He smiles and giggles all the time! He is a VERY happy baby.
3) He loves to hear the sound of his voice. The more excited he gets, the louder he yells!
4) He is very laid-back! I know this is common for second babies, but he's just so easy!! The only time he really fusses is in the car. He loves his bouncy seat, his swing, his bumbo and his crib.
5) He is a great eater! He's eating 6 oz these days!!
6) He loves tummy time! He can hold his head up so good, too!


Gosh, I can't remember if I blogged about this, but my big boy rolled over at 10 weeks!! He rolled from his tummy to his back. He is so strong...much more than Taylor at this age. She hated being on her tummy. :-)

Here's a few pics of our sweet boy. These first two are before church last Sunday. I love these cute overalls from Lynn and Diane.

These next two were taken before the cross country meet this morning. I had him all bundled up!!! He loved all the attention he got, especially from the girls!

More Cousin Pics, Cowardly Lion and Ryan at 12 weeks

Dustin had to go to Spur Friday night for the football game and had a cross country meet early Saturday morning, so the kids and I packed up Friday morning and headed to Lubbock. We met Chrissy and her kids at the fair to see the animals and get some grub. I was good...I packed Taylor and I a lunch, but sure did enjoy a strawberry lemonade and funnel cake...mmmmm good! It was crazy (5 kids 3 1/2 and under, 2 double strollers, balloons, diapers to change, etc), but it was worth it. Chrissy and I laughed at how crazy we must look!! Silly me left my camera in the car, so I don't have any pictures of the kids petting the animals!

After the fair, the kids and I headed to Slaton to stay the night with Dustin's parents. Man, it's great for Taylor to get to play with grandparents! She sure enjoys it and so does Ryan and I!! Sam and Diane spoil us all! They bought us supper, then we all went and played at the track. Taylor loves to run and race and Ryan just loves being outside anywhere! Saturday morning, I met my dad and sister and nieces at the park to watch a flag football game and let the girls play at the playground. Here are some pics of our fun morning.

Cute babies

Poor Ryan is out-numbered

Lindsay and Ryan

Ellie and I
The girls pretending to be babies

Dad and Ryan watching football


Saturday afternoon, we went to Riley's birthday party. It was Wizard of Oz themed. People were encouraged to dress up like anyone from the movie, except Dorothy. Riley, the birthday girl, was Dorothy. Taylor had a great time!!!

Riley as Dorothy and her sister Mikaela as Glenda the Good Witch

Taylor was the Cowardly Lion

Dustin's cousin, Kristal dressed up like the apple tree. She even had a sack of apples that she threw!

This is how excited Ryan was during the party!

And finally, Ryan turned 12 weeks yesterday! Here are a few of the many cute pictures I got of him yesterday.

Not sure what face this is...it cracks me up!
Holding his head up high!

He was so excited when he found himself in the mirror!

Cousin Fun at the Park

Last weekend, we spent some time at a park in Lubbock to celebrate September birthdays. We had a lot of birthdays this month...Lindsay, Chrissy, Brian and Kendall! We had cake, pie and homemade ice cream...yummy! The kids played on the playground and fed the ducks. It was a beautiful and fun day!




This first picture was actually from Saturday night after my grandparents 55th anniversary party.

Taylor and Cooper feeding the ducks

Britten and Cooper



Kendall feeding the ducks

Sweet Ellie - 9 weeks

Ryan - 11 weeks

He looks JUST like his daddy!!

Taylor at the playground

Taylor, Kendall and Clayton playing in the sand

Clayton and Cooper

Kissing cousins