Ryan's birthday party

Last weekend we had Ryan's birthday party...and I have to say that it was a success!  We rented a bouncy castle from some people in the squadron which is definitely something that I'll do again next year.  It was fore casted to rain but I prayed a lot that it wouldn't during the party so that they could jump...I definitely don't know how I'd entertain a bunch of kids.  I'm not that funny.  Thankfully besides the short sprinkle showers we got the weather was great!  We were even fortunate enough to have Roo's parents drive down for the occasion...Ryan is spoiled!

He LOVED jumping!  He keeps asking me where is bouncy castle went.  Poor kid.

Thumbs up for keeping the kids busy for hours.  And surviving the past 3 years.

Ryan had a fun time opening gifts.  He would tear the paper so gently and then as soon as he opened it he'd ask for another present.  We still need to work on his gift opening manners.

Jumping with his bff

The grill masters.

Thankfully this time Ryan was able to climb up the stairs and slide down all by himself.  The last party we went to with this bouncy castle he wasn't able to so I stood in there the whole time picking him up.  I heard it was a great party.  I had fun too.

We were lucky that it wasn't too hot out...this slide would really burn in the summer.

I am also very lucky to have talented friends who are kind enough to bake for me!  These were amazing!!

I found a couple of cakes on Pinterest a few weeks ago and this is the one that Roo approved of.  I think that it turned out awesome! 

Blowing out his candle.

Yay for yummy cake!

Isotopes Baseball

On weekends the Isotopes Baseball team has fireworks after the games...and you know how much Roo we all love fireworks.  We tried getting there a little late because Ryan could care less about the game and 9 innings is a long time.  Sadly we thought the game started at 6:30 when it actually started at 7:05...so we made most of it.  Thankfully there are plenty of activities for the kids like bouncy castles and a carousel so we were able to keep Ryan busy for most of the night.  Then we ran into some friends from Roo's class and they entertained Ryan for us...awesome!

So excited!

Ryan practicing covering his ears for the fireworks.  Last time we went he had a melt down when the started going off, but this year he really enjoyed them.

Even though our hotel room overlooked the stadium and we could have watched them from the comfort of our bed without sitting outside for 4 hours...Roo's I'm so happy we got to watch them in person!

Ryan's birthday

It is crazy to think that Ryan is 3!  It seems like just yesterday we brought him home...time has definitely flown by!  We're having a party this weekend so on his actual birthday we just did a small thing as a family.  

 Has nothing to do with his birthday...but here's a belly shot if anyone is interested.  I figure Sundays are a good day to take them since I am actually dressed and some what presentable.  Besides my lovely slippers.

 I got Ryan just a single slice of cake from the store because honestly I'd eat about 99% of the cake if I got a whole one.

 Opening his gifts from Nana and Papa.

 His new book which has a tow truck and a school bus...awesome!  After Roo read it to him once he was able to read it to himself.  He's a genius!

 Reading his card.

 Ryan just wanted to eat the frosting.  He is definitely my son.  I thank my Dad for our love of sugar.

 In his defense, the frosting was delicious!

 Ryan loves YouTube and a while ago he somehow came across a video for angry bird Easter eggs.  Last Easter I picked up him two small ones and just about everyday since he's asked me for some more.  I checked out all of the local stores and discovered that they must be just for Easter.  So I decided to look on Amazon and pay an arm and a leg for two eggs filled with lolli-pops.  I had a vision in my head that he would open it and start crying of excitement (like those videos where kids are surprised with a trip to Disney world.  Sadly he did not...but I still think that he liked it.

After the presents we let him pick out where he wanted to eat.  I tried to sway him to pick Chili's, but Burger King won.

Abq Zoo

I have been trying to make the most of being up in Albuquerque in civilization.  Ryan and I have gone to the zoo a couple of times...and of course no stop there would be complete without a ride on their train.  Thankfully the zoo has a military discount and kids under 3 are free--I only have a few more days to take advantage!

Ryan has obviously grown a lot since the last time we took him to the zoo...I think it's safe to say he enjoyed it a bit more this trip.

 Checking out a peacock

 This is my only animal shot of our trips...sorry.

 Ryan wanted to take a picture...this was the result.

 We've also eaten A LOT of Fro-Yo since we've been up here (and when I say we I mean Roo not included--someones got to work so we can pay for it).  

Mad Skills

The other night we went out for dinner and found a place that had an open mic.  Ryan loved the music and this was his interpretive dance.

Buddy

While I was in Washington my parents helped me potty train Ryan.  I hate to brag but it was definitely easier than I thought it would be...but I think him being almost 3 helped.  One day when my Mom was driving with Ryan he had to pee so she pulled over and had him go on a bush...here he is talking about how it is like their dog does.

Hair cut

When we got back to New Mexico we decided to cut Ryan's hair.  My Mom was strongly against it and I explained to her that Ryan gets so sweaty.  She said to put his hair in a pony tail.  Yeah...that wasn't going to happen.  Roo asked me to look up some hair cutting places for kids and I told him that I didn't want any part of it so that I could claim deniability when I told my Mom.  I thought that Ryan would have a melt down since the last time we took him to get a hair cut it didn't go so well, so we bribed him with a trip to Target to get a new train.  Of course he did great and I probably could have bribed him with a piece of gum.  Definitely would have been much cheaper.

 Such a big boy!

 No tears

 He was super excited to get a sucker afterwards.

I think it looks good!

Seattle

Sorry it's been such a long time since I updated the blog!  I figured that since we were at my parents house, and they are the majority of readers, people wouldn't mind.  We had a fun time visiting them and we look forward to the next time!  The timing worked out really well because Roo was in the area for work and on his days off we were able to hang out.  One day the weather was beautiful and we were able to  check out Seattle...it was so much fun!

 Ryan was excited to get to hang out with Daddy!

We stopped near Pike's Market to get some lunch and people watch at the park.  There are definitely a lot of interesting people to watch there.

 

Such a cute family if I may say so myself.

 We took Ryan on the Duck tour...it was a ton of fun! He was kind-of tired so I don't think he fully appreciated it.

 He definitely woke up some when we went into the water, he really enjoyed that part.

Lovely view of Seattle.  We really lucked out having such beautiful weather!