Ryan is Five Months!

I can't believe Ryan is already 5 months old. He is such a sweet, friendly, easy-going little baby. He makes people's day everywhere we go by flashing his little smile, and is ecstatic when his brothers walk into the room. He babbles, shoves his fist in his mouth, rolls all over the floor, and has just begun to reliably grasp his toys. At his 4 month doctor's visit he weighed 14 pounds 3 oz. and was 27 inches long. Due to his length he wears 6-9 or 6-12 months clothes, but he doesn't fill them out. His hair seems to be coming in strawberry blonde and his eyes are brown. He has been eating rice cereal pretty well for about 3 weeks. He needs me to hold him now, so this update must end.

Happy Thanksgiving

Nativity Scenes

Today we were putting the Nativity Sets out for Christmas. We have several including playmobil and Little People that are not breakable and very accessible to the children. Sean is very into them, and all other things Christmas this year. (I think he put about half the ornaments on the tree this year)! This evening he was surrounded by Nativity scenes that he had set up all over the floor, and he exclaimed, "I am so extracted by all these Activity Sets!" I guess "Activity Sets" can be extracting when you are 4 years old.

Relaxing Weekend

Guest Super Heros All The Way From Idaho!

Ella tries the blue wig with her red Superman cape.

SuperElla sans the blue wig.

Sean the ecclectic super hero of corn, knights, and scary eyes. Not sure what his superpower is... any ideas?

Connor is also mixing superhero genres: Jedi, Knight, Superman, King... I think he has covered all the bases.

Ryan's Baptism

Ryan's family and friends gathered for his baptism.

The children gather around the newly baptized little Ryan.

My Uncle Larry (my dad's youngest brother) has been to all three boys' baptisms... all the way from Chicago!

Ryan never cried the whole time... not even when Father poured the water on his head. What a little sweetie!

My cousin John (Ryan's Godfather) holds Sean, Motma, Debbie (John's wife), Ryan and I gather at our house.

Hooray for the GIANTS!

Ryan holds his fist in the air while he wears his SF Giants hat. So fun to watch them win the WORLD SERIES!

Jack-O-Lanterns in the Making

Choosing the design...

Counting the pumpkin seeds.

Happy Halloween!