Nice weekend

We had a nice weekend with my little man and I really needed it. Saturday we went to the local theme park for the last time this season. The weather was perfect and Ryan had a great time as usual...actually even more so since we took our godson whom Ryan adores and gets to play with in the climbing playground area (which we don't let him go up in unless our godson is with us).

 The park has lots of Halloween decorations & creatures and this was

one of the creatures inside a store. Ryan who is not afraid of much didn't

really like standing close to it which shows by his face.

The park will be all set up for Christmas at the end of November. This is the second year they've set it up as a Christmas theme and we'll be going for the first time so we're excited and I know Ryan will be as well.

Today was mostly a day to relax. Dean went to watch football with his brothers so it was just me and my little prince for the afternoon. I took him to Target since I needed to get a couple things and we actually walked out of there without some sort of car. He seems to think every time we go to Target or Walmart, he gets to pick out a car for us to buy. Well, I've had a enough with the cars. He has enough to open his own store (okay, well maybe not that many but it's close) and with Christmas coming up, I feel he doesn't need something every week. He's really into coloring lately so I had him pick out a coloring book. He also found a Thomas the Tank Engine book which I also got just because I wasn't feeling good at that point and wanted to leave without an arguement. So we came home, colored & played trains and took a nap together. No whining or crying happened and he even said, "mommy don't feel good". I said, "yeah honey, I don't" and he said "close your eyes mommy". I just laughed out loud. He's such a sweet boy and really knows when I need cheering up.  

Speaking of talking, I'll try to get to update in regards to his speech & physical therapy in my next blog post.

Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day

Today, October 15th is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day. I am remembering & praying for all my friends who have lost their precious babies.

http://october15th.com/

"Mommy Cranky"

It's truly amazing how much difference a year makes. Last year at this time Ryan was still in speech therapy through Early Intervention and making great strides. He was saying some 2 & 3 word sentences such as "want cracker" and "get a bath". Now, he's saying full sentences, singing & sometimes will chatter on mostly all day (when he's around us). Which leads me to the title of this post. Ryan was in bed and we were getting ready to read his current favorite book, a Thomas the Train sound book. This book has one of Ryan's favorite characters, Cranky the Crane. Out of nowhere he knock on the book and the conversation went like this:

Ryan: "Knock Knock"
Daddy: "Who's there?"
Ryan: "Cranky"
Daddy: "Cranky who?"
Long pause as Ryan is processing....
Ryan: "Mommy Cranky!"

We all bust out laughing for several minutes!! And then Ryan proceeds to do it over and over...silly boy.
I have no idea what prompted that...because for once I was NOT cranky tonight...haha. I love my silly boy so much!!!

Baxter's 1st Birthday!

Baxter is my brother’s adorable & loving Golden Retriever.  He celebrated his 1^st Birthday in style, by having a costume party with Spiderman decorations and a cake. Ryan had blast as he always does when he’s around Baxter. 

My brother’s girlfriend brought her dogs as well (although I could only get a pic of 1)

And then of course came the cake!

Yes, our family treats pets... well, like a member of the family! So of course that includes having a birthday party to celebrate. Happy Birthday Baxter!



Children's Fest

Since it had been raining ALL week, Saturday was definitely a day we had to get Ryan outside. It was a beautiful day to do just that. There were a few options we considered, including a car/truck show but we opted for the outdoor Children's Fest. It was suppose to have lots of activities & costumed characters. We got there about an hour after it started and boy, was it packed! I'm sure every parent had the same idea though..get their kids out of the house! Of course, what did they have right in plan view of the entrance? The moon bouncies. Normally, we would let Ryan spend as long as he wanted (up to a point) in them but we noticed right away, they cost money. We could either pay $3 for one time, one bouncy  or $10 for a wristband which I gather were unlimited...but we knew if we let him do that, we probably would never get him to leave without a fight. So, we bypassed that area without a meltdown. There was plenty to see and do. We met several therapy dogs whom are brought to the public libraries & the kids are allowed to read to them (this builds up the kids self esteem). Ryan (well, Mommy did) read to one of the dogs and then went around to pet them.

this was one of the sweet dogs

Then we saw a couple costumed characters

although not sure who this is...

He LOVED Curious George

And then got to go on a Pirate Ship with Daddy. When they got off he ran up to me and said "I got treasure!" And showed me his gold coins. Dean said he got to (pretend) drive the ship too.

We went to many booths, Ryan got to either make little things like bookmarks or a worm from a stick  or play a game such as a bean bag toss for a prize. We really wanted to take him to the Home Depot tent to make a project but the line was LONG. For all 3 hours we were there! So, we weren't able to do that but Ryan (and us) had a great time. His favorite by far was getting to get inside the firetruck!

he was pushing all the buttons too..hehe

They had a toddler area with lots of toys & ride ons but Ryan was too tall to go in there and he was not happy. We had to divert his attention to the playdoh area and then bribe talk him into getting a big ice cream with sprinkles. So that's how we ended our day.