Ryland turns 5

Ryland turned 5 on the 13th of March. It still seems so crazy to me that I have a 5 year old. Where have the last 5 years gone? How did that happen? My little baby has gotten so big and learned so much in the last 5 years. Ryland is the best kid ever. Every family needs a kid just like Ryland. He is so responsible, he has such a big heart, he is the best helper around, and I just don't know where I would be without him. He is the best. And he was SO excited for his birthday! He had been counting down the days for several weeks. He celebrated at his preschool the day before his birthday. He was lucky enough to go on a field trip to the dentist office that same day. It was fun because I was able to be there and help as well. It was so great to celebrate with him. He came home all decked out from celebrating his rockin' birthday at school. As a small side note. He also finally got to do the letter R at preschool a few days before his birthday. It was almost as good as his birthday to come home from school with his R shirt. He had to wait most of the alphabet for this shirt and was so excited when he got it. This shirt has become a staple in his wardrobe! He couldn't wait to get opening his giant pile of gifts the morning of his birthday. He was totally spoiled! Trying on the new jersey! Camden picked out these squirt guns for Ry. Between these and his new slip n slide, he can't wait for summer!! We skyped Auntie Rie Rie and Wilson while opening their gift. She nailed it with a tennis racket, tennis balls, and tennis clothes. He was so excited about them! So of course it was only fitting that we spend the afternoon playing tennis and enjoying a favorite lunch of Keva juice and great harvest bread! Good choice Ry! :) Love my little tennis player! He was in heaven playing tennis with Lance. After tennis, we went and picked out Rylands other gift. A new bike. We wanted to surprise him but weren't quite sure what size of bike to get so we took him to the store and let him pick it out. He has been on his bike non stop since his birthday. He loves it. He had completely outgrown his old bike and I think he loves having one he can ride again. It didn't take Camden long to figure out how to ride Rylands old bike. These two have been out doing this all the time the last couple weeks. Lance got his cake boss on and put together this little gem of a baseball cake for Ryland. He loved it, thanks Lance. We had a small celebration with family the night of his birthday. Blowing out his candles Lola got some practice in for her baby brother Luca who was born the next day. So happy he is here. Love these 2 Eatin cake! We had a great day celebrating with our little 5 year old. We also had a friend birthday party for him that Saturday. Ryland was so excited to have all his friends over to celebrate. We had a great time playing baseball, doing obstacle courses, playing games, opening gifts, lunch and doing a pinata. It was a great party. He has so many boys his age in our neighborhood, and they are all such good kids. It was fun to have them all over. Ryland was so excited about the pinata. Boys boys and more boys! Playing baseball! It was so fun celebrating Rylands birthday. I still can't believe he is 5. We took him in for his kindergarten check up last week. He is still topping the charts at 56 pounds and 48". He is at least on the charts in the 97% for height and weight. He is a big boy but such a gentle giant. He took his shots like a champ too. Didn't even cry and such a strong boy. He is such a great kid, we sure do love our Ryland. Happy birthday little buddy!

4 Months

Yep, Cohen is already 4 months, how did that happen? The past 4 months have been so great. Cohen is seriously a dream baby. We got so lucky with him. He is so patient and is always smiling. I mean seriously how can you not just want to squeeze this little guy all day long! I love him so much He has been loving the warmer weather and soaking up some vitamin c. He loves going on walks and hanging out in the stroller. We have yet to get a good laugh out of him. He is so close and we get little giggles but haven't gotten an all out laugh yet. We will get there though. He did however figure out how to roll over! So fun! He also has been eating some solid foods. He LOVES food! There wasn't much of a "this is wierd" transition face for him. He just wants us to feed him faster. This is the worst face we got, and that was only for the first bite. He was good to go after that. He loves it and I am hoping it might help a little with the spit-up issue he is still going through. Here's to hoping at least. The boys thought it was great to help out. I just love this little guy. He sleeps great, he eats great, just an all around good kid. Couldn't have asked for anything more. I love this face! And this one And this one too. And how can you not love the sleeping baby. So sweet. By way of 4 month stats. Cohen now weighs 14 pounds 14 ounces and is 23 1/2 inches long. He is my smallest little guy by a good pound or so. Both Ry and Cam were over 16 pounds by 4 months. He is my small little guy. He is in the 30% for weight and the 15% for height. I assume if he didn't spit up what seems to be more than half of what he eats every feeding he would be right there with his brothers. But hey as long as he is happy and really doesn't seemed bothered by all the spit up then I am happy. He is still growing and doing great so we are good. Love my little Co! And this face cracks me up! Ha ha!

Brothers for life

Seriously, I can't get enough of these boys! Ry and Cam are the best of friends and are so good with little Cohen. I am so lucky to be their mom and feel so blessed to have 3 wonderful boys. We have so much fun everyday. I love taking pictures of them hanging out together. Cohen looks a little afraid here, I probably would be too! :) The boys are already teaching Co how cool the i-pad is Not sure what this is about but Ry was loving pushing Cam all over in this little bucket. It is increasingly impossible to get a picture of all boys looking and no silly faces. I sure do loves these boys. I hope they continue to have each others back for the rest of their life!