Just some cute pictures for your
viewing pleasure.

Enjoying some cake at a friends birthday party. It was good cake, obviously!

A dose of cuteness

Look who can sit up all by herself.... okay, mostly

Ryan Patrick Starts School

Ryan Patrick started school in January. He gets to go for a few hours three days a week. He LOVE it! In fact, my child is the one that cries when it is time to go home. (Yes, that was me chasing my child around the classroom because he refused to leave on his own.)

First day of school... we got there just in time for breakfast...

This is me trying to say goodbye and being completed ignored because toys are so much cooler than mommies.

Christmas with Papi

At least we got one smile. Isn't Papi the best!!!

Out on the farm

Of course, you can't go to the farm without doing a little work with the tractor.

More Aberly Christmas...

We are intently staring at something very interesting...




Happy, so happy! (It's cause of Nana's LOVE)


Hello Gorgeous !


Christmas is just so exhausting!

Merry Christmas

Ryan really enjoyed Christmas at Nana and Papa John's. Here he is with all his loot. Looks like Nana and Papa John LOVE him.... :)




And lets not forget about Santa... Ryan must have been a very good little boy this year.

Aberly's Christmas

Aberly had a good Christmas too, we are just horrible parents and didn't get very many pictures of it. (Shame on us.)

Enjoy it while you can....

We are trying to get Ryan to enjoy the snow as much as he can while we are here in Indiana...







I'm not sure Oklahoma will give us that opportunity all that often.

Let it Snow....

Building Frosty.....





Ryan took a break from studying to come home and build a snowman with his son. What a great daddy!

Our Son, the Architect

I came home today to find that my son had, all by himself, done the following with the water bottles in the pantry:



What's a dad to think? Artist? Engineer? Architect?

Assume the position

This is Aberly's preferred way to snooze. As soon as the arms go up, you know she is about to be out......



Don't you just LOVE her!!!! So Cute!!!!

Gingerbread Men

Our Good friend, Erika, had some leftover cookie dough, so Ryan and I decided to quickly make some Gingerbread Men. (We have been reading "The Gingerbread Man" over and over and over..., so Ryan was very excited to actually make some.)





Below is Ryan's very own, all by myself, Gingerbread man.... If you ask him, he will tell you exactly where the eyes and nose are.... or, you could just decide for yourself. (Good luck with that) But, as I mother, I LOVE it!

More clothes issues....

At least he is trying....


.... and yes, that is a shirt.

What a good Big Brother

She actually slept on his lap for about 15 minutes....until I finally picked her up and put her in bed.

What a Cutie!

OH POTTY!!!!

And on the potty front.....

Ryan Patrick went an entire day without any accidents!!!! Hooray!!!! That's right, all the pee pees and poo poos went into the potty. What a BIG BOY!!!

Now Sheba is another story....

Poor thing has developed some issues... and the vet can't see her until Friday. So to keep the puddles off the floor, the only choices where either to stay outside in the snow or this....


Poor thing. :( You can almost feel the shame.

Before they were famous...

Aberly Laughs

Something to make you smile...

First Snow of the Season

Thanksgiving brought food, fun, and snow. Surprise surprise, Ryan Patrick actually likes playing in it this year. (Big change from last year.) Guess there is a first time for everything.





(Unfortunately, Ryan couldn't stand still long enough for a great picture.... but we'll take what we can get.)

I'm a big girl...

Aberly has decided she needs a little more entertainment. Enter the exersaucer...