labor day weekend 2010

we haven’t stayed home for a 3-day weekend in YEARS.  so we decided to give it a whirl this labor day weekend and i have to say it was kinda nice.

simply not having to pack & un-pack was fabulous.

we did get quite a bit done on saturday as far as a few projects & errands.  but the rest of the weekend was saved for FUN. 

here’s some of the FUN:

. lots of swimming

 

. sunday afternoon on the front lawn.  it’s BEARABLE [and actually quite nice] outside which we’re loving.

 

 

. since we usually go to the cabin – wes and nate decided to build their own at home.

  

. my favorite part?  taking nate bowling for the first time.  other than nate crossing the line and falling on his head – he loved it.  and i’m a little embarrassed to say that he almost beat me.  the only reason he didn’t was i let him bowl my last one and he got me a spare without the bumpers!

It was a nice, relaxing weekend at home with our little family!

a story to remember

Once again, for the sake of recording . . . .

A few weeks ago on a Saturday morning, Wes got Nate dressed and off they went to Costco while Ryan and I were working on my office.

An hour or so later they came home and Nate ran upstairs in his underwear to tell me that he sat in gum and his shorts were on the counter.

I walked downstairs to help put stuff away and I see Ryan's 6 month shorts on the counter with gum plastered on the rear.

Apparently Nate is skinny enough to fit in 6 month shorts without question from dad. I'm sure they were a little short [i wish i could have witnessed him in costco] but they slid right on. These same shorts are a little snug on Ryan's rather large belly.

It made for a good laugh on a Saturday morning.

i can't help but smile.

When Ryan wakes up he is almost always HAPPY. He rolls around in his crib and "talks" for about ten minutes before I go in and get him.

Lately he greets me like this: the bumper pulled down so he can stare at the door, waiting for me to open it. As soon as he hears the handle turn he's all smiles.

And I am, too.

on the move at almost 6.5 months

He's not quite on-hands-and-knees-crawling . . . but he moves. He can pretty much get anywhere he wants to go with a push on his feet and some seriously strong hands. He still sits for a long period of time without moving - but as soon as he's on his back or belly . . . he's off.

I guess I can thank him for not full-on crawling quite yet to remember to make sure all small toys or objects aren't anywhere near him. But come on, bud. On-the-move at 6 months? What happened to the few months of just sitting up content-as-can-be? Okay, I'll stop comparing you to your brother who did pretty much everything late. I'm slowly learning that you're doing everything early.

Oh and while we're talking about Ryan - he cut two teeth and got over an ear infection recently! AND is maybe, just maybe, getting the hang of sleeping.

I'm loving this not-so-little boy of mine.

playing in the R A I N

Last week I got to have two of my favorite people and their cute kiddos over to swim. I served in our church in young womens with them in my old ward and they are the best.

We started swimming and it was HOT. Then all of a sudden the clouds are R O L L I N G in really fast. Then come the sprinkles. Some thunder. And then lightning. So we all got out and ate cupcakes [thanks jen] inside.

And THEN, it started POURING rain. The kind we desert folk rarely get to see. So even though the kiddos were already changed out of swimsuits and they had no other dry clothes - they ran in the rain and jumped in the mud and had a B L A S T.







Ryan was ADORED by the Rich girls.

Have I mentioned that Nate loves big kids? Especially ones like Mia, Jaidyn & Mallory that totally included the little guys in their playing. He was in heaven.

and nate said . .

I've got to start recording more of my little conversations with Nate. Here's a recent one:

While playing on the floor with Ryan in Ryan's room . . . Nate started looking through the closet and found all kinds of baby stuff that we don't use anymore.


Nate: "mom, lets throw this baby junk away." [he uses the word junk alot].

Mom: "but what if we had another baby someday? [doubtful, but I wanted to see his reaction]. We may need it again. Do you want another baby?

Nate: "sure, mom."

Mom: "would you want it to be a boy or a girl?"

Nate: "i want another ryan. I already have a girl."

Mom - a little confused: "buuttt, Ryan's a boy."

Nate - with a smile: "mom. You my girl."

wednesday afternoons at the multigen pool

For the last half of the summer - my mom was kind enough to let Ryan take his afternoon nap at her house so I could have an afternoon date with Nate at the multigen pool. [it's a fun, shallow pool with water stuff galore].

We were lucky enough to be joined by at least one of our friends from our old ward every week & ran in to lots of other friends along the way!

I never tell Nate who is going to be there since schedules change and things come up last minute. So he never knows who to expect when we get there. Last week we were driving there and I told him that I wasn't sure if any of our friends could come that Wednesday. His response:

Nate: "so mom, it could just be me and you?"

Me: "Yep".

Nate: "that's sad."

Apparently friends are preferred at a very early age. Lucky for him his buddy Jake was there and he had a blast.

Today was our last Wednesday - see ya next summer multigen pool.