Big Boy turns the Big 1!

Our sweet Ryler turned 1 December 27. Wow where has the year gone?? I look at our little guy and am blown away at how blessed we are to have two amazing, healthy, LIVELY, little boys. Ryler is a kid all his own. I have never met a baby with his spunk. He is a tease, he is a flirt, he is a sneak, and he is the biggest goof! He makes us smile constantly. He is a Daddy's boy when he is excited, he is a Mommy's boy when he is sad or tired, and he is his brother's constant friend and shadow. My mornings consist of chasing Ryler over and over again as he tries to go find and wake up Brother. He peaks around every corner, jumps at every sound, so excited hoping it's Tray coming to play. lol Tray went with his dad for a whole day and Ryler looked for him almost constantly. It was so precious to see how excited Ry was to see his brother late that night when they finally came home. Every afternoon consists of Tray coming to tell me over and over that RYLER IS AWAKE!! Which of course he's not... Tray just want's to be able to go in and get him. They are so fun to watch together. Of course there fights and tiffs. Especially lately... Ryler has developed a little mean streak! He isn't a bully. He never picks fights. But he is no longer willing to sit back and let Tray take his toys ha ha When Tray tries he is greeted by some fierce yelling accompanied by either a push or a series of slaps. Which leaves me sweet sensitive Tray crying lol Poor guy. Ryler is a very little guy. Fun size, compact, travel size for your convenience.. lol He is under the 5% for his height and his weight. But he has always been small and is proportionate so we aren't too worried. He has 5 teeth. 3 up top. 2 on bottom. He loves to use them. He LOVES food of all kinds...except cheese really. I'm not sure why that is. He would rather drink water over juice any day but would gladly steal Brothers chocolate milk and chug it down then scurry away when Brother notices and starts getting mad ha ha He really is such a sneak. He has this crinkly nose grin when he gets caught. I just love it! He still loves crawling and has no desire to walk. I guess I can't blame him yet, he's only been crawling a couple months lol he deserves his crawl time I suppose. Though he will stand up on his own for as long as he wants. He has great balance...just doesn't care to take steps yet. He signs 'food' 'milk' 'all done' and 'drink' He isn't talking much yet still sticking with 'mama' 'papa' and 'dadda'. He loves hiding from me and playing peek a boo. His go to spot is always behind the shower curtain in their bathroom lol He loves reading books, undoing puzzles, coloring, playing with any toy really. He is my tough guy.. while Tray was always terrified of and still jumps when the vacuum, hair dryer, blender, etc, first turn on, Ryler is fascinated by the sounds. He loves playing chicken with the vacuum. Ry has always been one to initially startle easily, but he loves it. Tray and I will hide and jump out and yell BOO at Ryler. And though he jumps a mile high its with a squeal and a huge grin lol He is in a wrestling stage. He will crawl up to you and roll over on top of you and just lay there grinning. He loves when we say "uh! you got me!" He occasionally throws fits when we take things he's not supposed to have. He yells at us, then lays flat on his tummy on the floor like he has lost all will to go on, he'll look up, yell a little more, then lay back down. Eventually he forgets and gets up and is off to the next thing lol spunk I tell ya. He is an easy smiler. He charms people everywhere we go. I just can't imagine life without our chubs. He lights up our lives. Happy Birthday Roo! We love you SO Much!!

My tiny 5 lbs Baby.

In the Hospital. Such a sweet little bundle.

Little Chicken legs :)

He was just so small... You really do forget.

Little old man :)

Starting to get some Rolls :)

Chubs!

My BIG 1 YEAR OLD!!

Happy guy!

Loving the unwrapping :)

Now for CAKE!!

What The...???

What THE????

Get it off Mom... Please!!

I thought FOR SURE he would devour that cake. No such luck. Totally bizarre for my big eater!

Just some more Random Pics.

Such a good sport... As long as he doesn't know they're there lol Tray likes to decorate him with stickers and bandaids, hats, ties, glasses... but Ryler does NOT like to accessorize like Tray does.

Gettin' Daddy :)

My super heros!!
Ry was tolerating the cape but was not wearing the mask for anything lol

This is probably my All time fav pic of my boys!

It makes my heart so happy :)
I seriously love these boys SOOOO much!!!!

Christmas Catch up Part 1

Early December we headed down to UT to for the annual Collin's family Christmas party. Our holiday just wouldn't be the same with out it! It is always so much fun to see the family and let the kids play :) Tray was SOOOOOOO excited to see Santa this year. He talked about it for WEEKS! lol I love his excitement.

We started with dinner. Followed by the Pinata..

The Beating.

The Scuffle.

The Victory!

The chubs kept trying to sneak in on the action.

This video is so sweet to me. No one else really needs to watch it. I just love Trays Excitement :)

This guy waited not so patiently for his name to be called. Daddy had to sit with him and hold him back. He was quite convinced that EVERY name that was called was his. It was a hard wait. There are A LOT of grand kids there. It's especially hard when Brother's name gets called before yours...

"At first I was like... 'Ok who is this clown?'

"And then I was like ' oh ok. He's got a present. We're cool!'

Sweet present from Santa.

Which Brother of course commandeers...

Yes!!! FINALLY Tray's turn. (After Dad stepped in and handed Tray's present right to Santa. One of the last in the big giant pile lol)

Awesome Truck.

Happy boys!

Happy TIRED parents lol


UNTIL NEXT YEAR!! :)

Christmas Catch up Part 2!

I just love Christmas time. I really do. I love the tree, the decorations, the spirit, the songs, the happiness, the giving... I love it all. This year has been our funnest yet as a family. Tray is old enough now that he gets it. The cute thing couldn't wait for Santa to come! Getting him to sleep Christmas eve was quite a task ha ha Watching he and Ryler open their presents was just so much fun! We headed down to UT again this year to celebrate Christmas eve and morning at my Moms house. I love Christmas eve with my family! Now that all my siblings are all grown up and moving away it's so special for us to be able to get together! LOVE IT!

Opening family gifts on Christmas Eve.

When asked what he wanted for Christmas Tray would say " A present" When asked what kind of present he would reply " A Scooby present!" ha ha And he got what he asked for :) His sweet Grandma made sure he got the whole gang! This kid was sooo excited! Up until that point he has been using his superman and spiderman action figures as stand in's for Fred and Daphne :)

Ry's First Christmas! He really enjoyed the wrapping paper :)

His toys weren't so bad either..

More Trains! What boy doesn't need more??

Tray was very kind to help Ryler open his gifts.. Ry didn't love the help. lol

He wasn't sure how he felt about his new fun penguin pal at first.. He warmed up to him eventually though lol

Well Christmas fun but I was so glad when all the hussle and bussle was done! lol I keep thinking one of these years we're just going to stay home.... But what fun would that be?!? :)