Favorite time

This is one of my most favorite times of the day. The kids start settling down for night time and drink their milk together.

Cute little milk buddies. :)


This is another random pic I took earlier in the evening. Love the looks they are both giving their mommy. ha!

Ryane's 1st fishing trip

Ryane got a princess fishing pole from her Uncle Shawn for Easter. She has been practicing regularly her casting techniques in the yard so we thought it was time to head to a pond. We traveled down to my parents house/farm this past weekend. Grandpa took us all out to a pond and found the perfect spot! In no time, Ryane had caught 2 fish on her magical princess pole leaving everyone else speechless and perhaps a little jealous.... :) All in all, she reeled in 4 big fish. Such a good first trip for her. It ended up being perfect as we didn't go very long (especially for her 2 yr old attention span) and ended up bringing home 14 fish total.

Ryane's comment of the trip was when her daddy was talking about putting the fish on a stringer (as the bucket was filling up) and Ryane spoke up saying "I don't want to put them on my finger!"

Walking on Sunshine......

There are some things a picture can't show....so, we have another video. Grady officially took his first steps. He's been standing up for awhile now on his own and we have been completely unable to persuade him to take a step at all. In another attempt tonight, Grady took his very first step and then 4 more immediately following. He walked from me to his daddy---awwwwww. Here is a video of what is technically his 2nd time walking as we grabbed the camera. Excuse the videography a bit as I set the camera on the windowsill and let it run. :)

He struck again

Recognize what this is?

Maybe this will give you a better clue!


Yep--it was his diaper cover thrown down on the floor. I come into his room after his nap and see it along with his beloved Zebra on the floor. UGH! This makes the 3rd time he's taken off his diaper. The other two times it was a disposable and a different cloth one that both left him neky boy. Thankfully this time, he still had the diaper part on. SO, this boy will not be wearing just a diaper on his bottom during nap or bedtimes going forward.

Dr. Howe....paging Dr. Howe

I know the quality of this picture isn't great, but Ryane saw how much attention Grady was getting over the glasses, so she wanted a turn.

Nana Requested

So, the kids' Nana, my MIL requested a couple prints awhile back to hang on the way. WELL, this made me realize that I haven't taken many pictures of Ryane for awhile that is all by herself, especially not since she has shorter hair now. She isn't the most cooperative either, so that makes me not want to try so hard. She does good at smiling, but is usually looking off somewhere else. :) Well, tonight, I asked her if she would take a picture for me for Nana and I got these two cuties:

Grady 11 month birthday

My little man is 11 months old already. Lately, he is really been into seeing what fits inside another object. He can set for 10 minutes straight just playing with his stacking cups, then eventually gets mad and frustraited when one doesn't fit right. When I go to get him milk - he'll take the lid of the sippy cup and try to put it on while I'm pouring the milk in as he knows that is where it goes. You can just see the gears moving in his head as he is figuring things out. We are working on the walking part, but Grady is not there quite yet. He can stand for looooonnngg periods of time, but just won't take that first step on his own. I'd love for him to be able to walk at least a little before we go to Sea World in TX in a couple of weeks. He'll be in a stroller and held plenty, I want him to be able to get out and stretch and move some too without having to put him down on the hot concrete. Grady has 5 teeth now and just this morning I see the gums are starting to split open for the 6th one to start coming through.

As always I took some photos of my little man. I've been looking forward to taking these for a couple of months. I love the simplicity of blue jeans, bare feet with a white backdrop.




playing around in photoshop more...I love how smooth and creamy his muscular body looks. :)

Now, are there any blog readers out there there don't have a facebook account? It's for me to know as I only know those who leave comments are the ones reading this. I've been doing facebook for some time now and really like it. I feel like I'm duplicating uploading pictures and sharing things about my family doing facebook and this blog. I'm considering dropping this blog. SO, if you have a strong opinion about it, let me know. Otherwise, I'll probably discontinue this blog after Grady's 1st birthday at the end of June and just update everything once on facebook.