In the Kitchen Sink

 I can't get over how much I love this kid!  I'm still washing him in the sink for multiple reasons. 1. If the baby is bathing in the sink I don't have children striping down and fighting to get in the tub with the baby (and tattling that the other gender flashed their parts) 2. I've remembered that is SUCKS kneeling down on the hard tiles and holding the baby for any amount of time. 3. It's Easy and quick. 4. it conserves water (I just added that one to make my list seem more reasonable but hey it's true).

 As you can tell, I still have helpers, they're just clothed.

Combing the hairs :)

Bonham Car Show

Aren't they handsome!

The one Grandma wanted...

Puddle jumping

This is the park down the street, it has the best puddles ever

Real men hold babies

We just went on our ward camping trip and I got this picture. Four dads holding their babies.

Three years down...

...who knows how many are left:)

Crazy hair

You have to click on them to see the whole picture

What a cutie

6 months: 18 lbs 9 ozs. 26 1/2 inches. Sits up perfect. No interest in crawling yet. Loves food, doesn't like nursing that much. Chio's his favorite person. 2 teeth. Likes to be tickled, plays rough. Almost never cries. Perfect.

Ace Animals

Ryan LOVES this game on grandma Diana's iPad, every time chio tries to do something else he freaks out.

Alex's first top tooth gone...

Moving

Ryan was so excited to start being more mobile. ( thank goodness he's still not crawling). Here he is getting into the shoes, I guess we'll have to find another place for them.

Family Pictures

 I think this will be the picture that ends up on our self portrait wall for our ninth year of marriage.  We still fit pretty well, good thing our kids are small.

 little alex took this picture, I'm holding Ryan too.  

Easter 2012

The many faces of Chio

First soccer game.

 The only think I can think to write for this one is...I really hate roller-skates. sigh.

 This is Chio dressing up as a "mommy".  I really would like to say she got the example from someone other than her own mother, but I'm afraid I would be lying.  Nice to get a glimpse into what others think of you, lol.

Doesn't she look like a little angel? 

First teeth and other accomplishments

Ryan got his first tooth around 5 months and the second a couple days later. When this happened he started sticking his tongue out all the time, I think he likes the feel of his new teeth. (THANKS GOOSIE) Every time I see it I giggle because he looks so cute.

He takes a pacifier, which I may have mentioned once or twice but it bares mentioning again because it has CHANGED MY LIFE.

In this picture he obviously has assistance, but at around 5 and a half months he started sitting up by himself without falling over.

He also sucks his thumb! Chio and alex would only suck fingers so I've ever only heard of this. It's hard to convey the adorableness of this act with pictures but it also makes me dissolve into giggles. Yes, there are lots of giggles with this one. I'm trying to get a movie of it but every time he sees the camera he goes looks like he's in a trance and stops doing what he was doing.

If you look closely you can see the teeth (they are the bottom middle two, he got the one on his right first).