Ryan turns 3!

Where did the time go?! Ryan turned 3 yesterday and we had so much fun! Several of his close friends have had their birthday's the past few months so he had certain expectations of what Birthday's included, specifically his favorite chocolate cake, cupcakes, and presents. He didn't really care what the presents where. He just wanted to open them. We started celebrating last weekend with my family. He loved his homemade chocolate/chocolate cupcakes and homemade pizza!

When he woke up on his birthday he asked,"Is it my birthday now?" When he came downstairs to find decorations, presents and his favorite breakfast he cheered, and did a little happy dance. We were cracking up!

He's all ready for his big day/weekend!
We went to music class then met up with a bunch of his buddies to celebrate at the park. We had lunch and cupcakes, presents, and lots of playing! He had a great day! We're going to do his favorite dinner and chocolate cake tomorrow and then our celebrating will be over, but it was fun! He is an adorable little guy that we love having in our family! I can't imagine my life without him. He melts my heart everyday when he gives me kisses and tells me he loves me. He can be sweet and sensitive, but also tough and rambunctious. He loves to play ball- all day. He loves his sister and loves his family. And we love him!

Wild Animal Park

Since our holiday's weren't quite as fun due to illness, we decided to have a super fun President's weekend! Jason and I escaped for 48 hours to the Rancho Bernardo Inn for some much needed R&R. We had a great time visiting family and decided to spend a day taking the kids to the Wild Animal Park! Ryan hasn't been since he was tiny so it was so much fun!

We ended up getting season passes so I'm sure we'll be back much more this year!

Happy Valentines Day!

I love Valentines Day! I always do a big breakfast and little presents for the kids, have the house decorated, make Jayne a new outfit for school, and I do a fancy dinner for Jason with all his favorites. This year was no exception. It's been a fun day so far. The kids and I are off to make dinner and decorate our table and get Daddy's favorite cookies ready for him. But here's a few pictures from the fun this morning.

Ready for a day of parties!

Ready to be mommies helper!

*check my baby jaynes blog for some valentine projects :-)

One of My Favorites.....

One of my all time favorite talks and quotes....

January Train Ride

January has been pretty uneventful. We're in full "getting ready for baby" mode, so that means a lot of work and less playing :-) In making room for the baby, we will have completely reorganized the entire house and gotten several new pieces of furniture. I'll post pictures of that soon. We have lots of fun activities coming in February too so much more to come.

Ryan and I did get to enjoy a fun afternoon with friends riding a real train. It was a little boys birthday party. We were excited to be invited and spend a wonderful afternoon riding the train, playing games, and having lunch at Ruby's. I'm enjoying my solo time with Ryan as it's quickly coming to an end :-(

We also went to LA to spend a Saturday with our good friends. The kids loved the merry-go-round at Griffith Park and we had a wonderful day!

Christmas

Christmas was fun and memorable, but it didn't quite go according to plan. Ryan got sick 2 days before Christmas with a little runny nose. Christmas Eve night, he came down with a 103 fever and it only got worse from there. We still tried to see all the family we could without getting others sick and we had so much fun with the kids, but we are exhausted from many sleepless nights with a very sick kid. Finally after a week and a half, he's finally almost better. Due to being sick and exhausted I don't have a ton of pictures, but here's a few. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and stayed healthy!

Christmas Eve at my parents and Grandparents. 7mo. pregnant (ugh.)
Jayne with my Mom and Dad
Jason with a very sick little Ryan.
A beautiful Angel for the Nativity play
Christmas Morning. Did Santa come?
Yes! Lots of goodies for everybody! Ryan's medicine kicked in and we had a really fun morning and enjoyed the day together!
Christmas morning.
Jayne modeling some presents later in the day.

Merry Christmas!

We hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New Year's! We feel very blessed to have such amazing friends and family. We're looking forward to another wonderful year with lots of exciting new things!