Who's Who?

They sure do look similar.  I snapped this picture of Luke tonight because it reminded me of the one I took of Ryan 2.5 years ago. 

I love them both to pieces!

Happy Halloween

Since Halloween was on a Sunday this year, I decided to have a fun little party for Ryan and a few friends.  I woke up really excited that day.  I had everything planned in 15 minute increments.  I was ready to go.  But, I learned a good lesson:  3 year olds just want to play. They don't care about party games. That will make Ry's birthday easier to plan! I am thinking park and treat.  Done.

A few of the kiddos in their costumes.  Ryan actually wanted to be in his PJs instead of his costume that day.  They worked though!  

Lunch was mummy hot dogs, sweet potato fries and apple eyeballs.  Delish!

Playing Ghost tag

Painting our pumpkins

Four Months Old

Luke is such a DELIGHT to have in our home.  He smiles and coos all the time.  Here are four, four month facts about our little guy:

1. He is a mover!  He rolls and can even scoot a little bit.  He is just trying to keep up with big brother.

2. He likes to sleep on his stomach. He immediately rolls over when I lay him down.

3. He is starting to giggle and it the cutest sound.

4. He takes naps about every two hours.  It is hard getting used to that again!

The Anatomy of a Tantrum

 It all started last night, when Ryan woke up every hour crying because he was afraid of the storm going on.  Then because of that storm, we decided not to go to Disneyland.  

Plan B was going to a fun indoor play place.  But plan B was derailed because Daddy needed the car. 

A lunch at Chick-fil-a it was.  

We did have fun and had great company, but even I was disappointed in our exciting day turning average. 

The afternoon was empty so after a quick game of Hi-Ho Cherrio, boredom and grumpiness set in.

And then it began:

Ryan wanted to go on a bike ride, but he was in underwear.

MOM: Ryan, you need to put on pants shoes before we go on a bike ride. (if it wasn't cold I might have just let him go in undies).

RY: I want to ride my bike!

MOM: I  know, let's just put on pants. 

RY: I want to ride my bike now.

MOM: It is easy, just put these on and we will go. ( I threw some pants at him).

Ry:  Contunies screaming and refusing to put pants on for the next 20 minutes.  

The whole thing became very funny, so I started taking pictures, which he didn't like one bit.  

But it was funny!

 All the while, this guy was just content to watch his brother in my arms, soaking in all of the tantrum tips for the years to come.  

 By the end of the night, we all recovered and Ryan was sweet for the last couple hours of the day.  It seems he got it all out.  We never did go on that bike ride.

 Yay for tantrums!

Growing Up

 There is a lot of growing up going on in our family!  Little Luke is not a newborn anymore.  He is so alert and will flash a smile at anyone who glances his way.  He is a charmer.

 He is putting his head up and rolling already.  What a big boy! It was hard to get a picture of just him though.  Ryan is still used to being at the center of all pictures. 

Take a look:

 I just can't get too frustrated with Ryan though. All he has to do is look at me with those big blue eyes and flash me that smile and I just melt.

There are big changes for Brett, too.  He has left Bank of America and now works for Pricewaterhouse Coopers.  He is a Change Management Consultant and we are based out of LA. I can't tell you much more that that :). 

We are very proud of him and how hard he works for us.  We have truly been blessed with wonderful opportunities and are very grateful!

6 years

I remember the very first time I met Brett I was at call backs for a community choir.  He was an auditioner.  We were all standing in a circle singing and he and a few others were in the middle listening to us.  I just stared at him the whole time. I loved his huge smile and green eyes.*  He looked like he was glowing... cheesy, but he did ( Later I asked him if he noticed me staring and he said yes and he thought he must have something in his teeth)!  I came home and told all of my roommates that if I made the choir, it was a sign.  Luckily for me, I made the choir and the sign proved itself to be correct.  I love being married to this man.  

* you know those lists that you make when you are 15, dreaming about the person you are going to marry.  One of mine was someone with green eyes.  Funny, huh.  I got everything I wanted and more!

Double Rainbow!!

I don't know how many of you have seen this YouTube video about the Double Rainbow, but it is pretty funny.  Brett's brother showed it to us and I didn't know why the guy was reacting like he did. 

 Until... we saw our own double rainbow!  

(Warning: this video is not funny unless you have seen the YouTube video).