Toys!

My first day with cheerios

Had a big day today!! We went shopping with SO many of our friends at Southpark this morning! Ryan got to hang around with his best buddies: Jack, Emma, Emmerson and even baby Erin who is coming any second! We wheeled the babies around in the brand new Neiman Marcus! They had so much fun and were so good all the way through lunch!

Tonight we gave Josh cheerios for the first time! He was a big fan!

Have you ever seen a happier baby?

Let me think about this...

Messing around!

GO BROWNS!!!

Don't ever let Matt fool you, he is delighted to have two sons! It's his personal mission to make new Browns fans! Ha!
Here are the boys gearing up for the big season opener today! GO BROWNS!

Best Friends

Ryan and Josh shown with their best buddies! Ryan loves to hang around with Grandpa! Josh lights up at the very sight of Westbrook!! Here are Grandpa and Ryan doing playdough!

I think Grandpa is SO funny!

We love to creep closer and closer to one another when we play together!

Best Friends

Westbrook and I are off on a walk together!

Went to the Doctor today!

We went to see Dr. Jamie today and both boys had an well visit! Should we take bets on how big they are or just dive in?

Ryan weighs 46 pounds and is 46 inches tall. He actually gained 7 pounds and 2 1/2 inches this past year. Can you imagine if he keeps growing at this rate? I am scared! His vision is 20/20 and he was seriously confused by the hearing test. Dr. Jamie said that it is totally natural for Ryan to be shy at this age and that they are always uncooperative at this age. I am hoping four brings lots of fun things for Ryan!

Josh is 16 1/2 pounds and 26 inches long! He is doing great for his "age" but for how old he actually is he is about as big as 20% of babies. He got three big shots and hated that. He has such a big heart that when it's broken it can be LOUD!

Both little guys did really well and took a huge nap after! They were so tired!

Baptism Pictures

We were lucky that Amanda came to take pictures of Josh's baptism! They are adorable, even if I look less than fabulous in them!
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One can do worse things in life than be friends with a great photographer!

Ryan is just LOVING his school! I am delighted because I am loving life with my mornings just for Josh and running around. It's a happy fit!

Ryan's First Day of School!

He's off to his first big day at preschool! He is going five days a week this year and is really excited!

Nana and Aunt Judy come from Ohio

We loved having Nana and Aunt Judy come down from Ohio and visit us! We went to the Matthews Alive Festival and

Ryan road the rides and had ice cream. We hung out until all hours of the morning talking and playing cards. It was a really great visit from them. Here we all are, all weekend having fun.

Josh with his Grandma and Great Grandma.

Josh with his Nana, Grandma and Great Aunt.

Josh loves his Nana!

Ryan in a flying car.

Now that is just plain silly.

Ryan checks out a race car...

Josh with his Great Aunt Judy!

JOSH'S BAPTISM

Good morning Joshua Scott! It is your baptism day! He woke up so chipper, just like he always does. God certainly created a very special little heart for him.

Our family was there to celebrate with us! We had a big brunch with our family and friends!

Grandma dresses Josh for his big day!

The little man all dressed and ready for his special day!

Grandma and Josh.

Josh and his Godmother, Tracy.

Kelly and Danielle (who had been pregnant together) and little buddies Josh and Graham. They will be moving to New Jersey in the coming weeks and we will miss them so much!

Nana and Aunt Judy (Kelly's Godmother) came all the way from Ohio to share our special day!

What are the chances that the other baptism would be another family we knew? Here are Josh and Maddison after they were baptized!

Josh's wonderful Godparents, Tracy and Scott.

Brothers are awesome

Ryan loves to read books with his best friend, Grandpa.

Saying Goodbye to the Girls

Some of our closest friends are leaving town! Here is Kelly and her great group of girlfriends
at a going away dinner for Stacey, Danielle and Stephanie.

Josh and his Godfather, Uncle Scott

Making little Browns fans

Uncle Scott gets Josh ready for the season!

The lawnmower man

Don't just mow the lawn, get yourself ready and really go for it.

Ryan's Birthday Party

Turning four is lots of fun when you have great friends to share it with! We had a big birthday party for Ryan and his friends came to jump and play and make sundaes. Ryan picked out spiderman birthday themed decorations and everyone had a ball!

All the kids made ice cream sundaes! They had a blast putting the toppings on, but a better time eating them.

Some of our best friends!

We had so much fun climbing and playing.

We had a really cool bouncy house to jump around in!

My new hamster, NUGGET!

Grandma and Grandpa got me a hamster for my birthday! Her name is Nugget and I love her so much! She is small and not good at holding still, so here is the best picture of her we could manage!

Having cupcakes with Grandpa