i'm a genius

No, I'm not so conceited as to think that (oh, who am I kidding?). That was Ryan's response to Tony the other day. Ryan is in his, "Why? Why? Why?" stage, and Tony answered one of his questions by stating, "Because I'm a genius." Ryan retorted, "No Dada not genius. MAMA IS!"

Such a smart kid I'm raising.

last night it was alligators

But they were good alligators sleeping in the water, of course.

ryan knows karate - and there are pirates and dinosaurs in our house?!?

Ryan knows karate!

Well, according to the other kids at his baby-sitter's he does. If you've ever seen Ry kick a ball, you know he has a very tight, fast, stiff kick. I guess he was doing that in Mary's back yard the other day, and all of the kids started yelling, "Look! Ryan knows karate!" They were so impressed. ;-)

There's a pirate knocking on the door.

Last Friday I was trying to get Ryan to go to sleep and we had about a 30-minute conversation about whether or not there was a pirate knocking on the door, if he was a good pirate, or if he was a bad pirate who was there to take BeBe (Ry's blanket). I'm not sure where this crazy imagination came from all of a sudden, but it is quite amusing.

Well, if there aren't any pirates, there must be dinosaurs!

Last night was all about dinosaurs. "Mama, there's a dinosaur out in the hall." "No Ryan, there's nothing there." "I think its a bad dinosaur. He wants my BeBe!" "No Ryan, if there was a bad dinosaur out there, Daddy would have stopped him from getting to us. There's no need to worry." "Well, there's a good dinosaur out there then." "Well, if there is a good dinosaur out there, then he's BEING good and sleeping like you should be doing." "Otay Mama."

Love this kid.

just a quickie

How cute are my boys?! Poor Ry - its hard to find a hat that will fit his big head correctly. :-) Need to find an adjustable toddler-sized Colts hat!

oldies, but goodies

so, my mom has been not-so-patiently waiting for a blog update. i'm just not feeling the blog lately, you know? but in order to keep nana happy, here are some of my favorite pics of ryan from when he was around 11 months old. these were during his always-sucking-in-his-bottom-lip phase. :-) "my best friend's little sister" (ha ha - inside joke i hadn't thought about in a long time!) took them for me, and i recently dug them out to use in one of my free artscow photobooks. i converted the pics to B&W, then made the pages using a free template from the shabby princess. in order to fill the 30 pages of the photobook, i alternated these pages with full-size color photos. i can't wait to see it in person! lindsay - not sure if you read my blog, but we need to get together for a shoot this fall! email me!