4th of July

Every year for the 4th we go to Scott's aunt's house. This is a 4 generational picture taken of Ryan, Scott, Grandma Miller and Great-Grandma Schmucker. It's not very often that four generations of the same family line are together so I thought this was a pretty cool picture!

Ryan enjoyed fishing with Grandpa and hiking with Scott, but of course I didn't get a picture of those. Instead, I got a picture of him playing with gravel.

And playing a little corn hole. It's cute how big the bean bag looks in his tiny hands!

He was all tuckered out on the way home and we thought he looked so cute sleeping like this.

Veda was pretty tired too. She went hiking and fishing as well. She didn't even realize she slipped off her bed and was sleeping under the seat. Worn out dog + worn out baby = very happy parents!

The Basketball Obsession Continues

How can you not love this cheesy little smile?!


He got a new basketball game which he loves. I've been hiding it and only taking it out once in awhile so he doesn't get sick of it. Unfortunately, he saw where I was hiding it last night and woke up crying for it this morning. So much for trying to outsmart my one year old.


He gets pretty possessive of his basketball...



Well I didn't get a picture of the first black eye, but I got a picture of the second!! It's the same eye too! It's actually healing pretty well. Let's see how long we can go without another one...

Reasons to shut the toilet seat lid when you have a toddler...

Updates

Now a list of things that have happened over the past 2 months that I didn't manage to take pictures of:

1. A trip to Georgia to see my brother who just came back from Iraq
2. A trip to Michigan
3. We painted the babies' room and completely redecorated Michaela's
4. Ryan's first trip to the zoo
5. Ryan's first time at the park
6. A perfectly wonderful Mother's Day
7. Our Memorial Day picnic at the lake

Here are some random facts about Ryan:
1. He has 9 teeth (2 molars- those were terrible nights)
2. He talks like CRAZY. I don't know what he's saying half the time, but it must be something interesting because he gets really excited about it
3. His favorite thing in the whole world is his Teddy. Maybe one of these days I'll actually get a picture of him with Teddy. I'm surprised I haven't yet because he rarely puts it down. My sister got him a onesie that says "Me and Teddy...we're tight". It is so perfect and cute.
4. He loves Playhouse Disney. I mistakingly put him in his high chair with the laptop in front of him one day (so I could make dinner in peace) and turned Playhouse Disney on. Now, he begs to get in his high chair so he can watch it all the time now. I guess it could be worse...
5. He is still not walking! He'll take a few steps but then just gets down and crawls to whatever he wants. He'll walk for awhile next to to me if I hold his hand. He's got about 9 weeks to figure out how to walk all the time, because I can't carry two around!
6. He adores his daddy. In the morning when I get him out of his crib, I take him into our room to see Scott. When he sees him he says, "Daddy!" and jumps down to give him a big hug. It is really sweet. He doesn't do that for me :( In fact, I'm pretty much chopped liver when Scott is around!! He's a daddy's boy!
7. His favorite game is to play catch with a basketball or football (full-sized...they're both almost as big as he is)
8. He got his first black eye! He fell and hit a rubbermaid box while walking a little bit. No wonder he would rather crawl :)

In just 9 weeks (after a really LONG pregnancy) we'll finally have our yet-to-be-named little girl! Wish us luck!

Let's Play Catch Up

Well, it's official. I am the world's worst blogger. In addition to that, I am also the world's worst picture taker. Here are a few pictures that I did manage to take :)

RYAN'S BIRTHDAY

Ryan enjoying his birthday cake

Ryan is completely obsessed with basketballs. Every Sunday he points to the gym and cries to get in because he wants to throw the basketball. (That's how we keep him occupied on Wednesday nights because Scott and I both have activities at church). So we attempted to be creative and make a basketball cake. It was a disaster...but Scott and I laughed really hard while we were making it. Bad cake...good memories.

Ryan getting cleaned up in the kitchen sink. FYI- yes the white shirt did come out stain free.

Ryan's favorite present was a basketball hoop for the bathtub.

It was Scott's favorite toy too.

FAMILY TRIP TO COLUMBUS TEMPLE


RYAN PUTTING ON "LIPSTICK"

Ryan was coloring with his new beginner markers. He decided to try and eat it when he was all done playing. It looked kind of like lipstick. I can almost picture my new little girl....

Pucker Up

He didn't know what I was laughing at, but he was pretty proud of whatever it was!

It's a girl!

We had our ultrasound today and found out we are having a little girl. Twelve hours later, I am finally excited about it! I even went on my first little girl shopping trip and I must say, it was a successful one. Now I just have to decorate our little girl's room- which I guess won't be so bad after all :)

Picture time

Ryan was such a good boy the whole time we were at the photographer. He was giggling like crazy. All of the pictures turned out so nice, it was hard to pick some to buy!

I love this picture of Ryan and Michaela together. He absolutely adores her!