Straight from the iPhone

I think the iPhone is every mom's best friend and worst enemy...

Easy access for a picture at every single moment of your children's life,

BUT

the quality is terrible... you can't even print them with any quality at all...

Oh well, it is what it is... without further adieu

Our life on the iPhone for the last month or so...

A morning in bed with my boys..

I love when they sit still and watch some cartoons for a little while in the mornings with me

A shot Daddy and Ryder sent Landon and I while they were out having a guys night at the dog track one night
Getting in the Easter spirit...
I love Landon's "what is that on your head look"
He was clueless I slipped some on his head because he was so confused about what was on Ryder's head :)

Ryder went with Grammy and his Aunties' to the movies over spring break to see The Lorax.
He came home and showed me these photo booth pictures he took with Auntie Ally, and told me that he wanted them up on the fridge :) such a cutie pie!

Pretty sure he asked me to take this picture of him one morning.

He's my little goof ball

I have never seen an 11 month old get sucked so into cartoons...

such a little couch potato

I heart him

The inseperable duo

While I was packing for the beach one morning it dawned on me that the boys were being such angels. Ryder had pushed Landon into Landon's room and was full on entertainment for him while I packed. I wish mornings were that smooth every morning!

Texting Daddy some love one day before the beach while he was at work

Getting all the sand off of their little bodies after the beach before a LONG afternoon nap :)

Landon thinks the steering wheel is the coolest thing ever

Love that face!

Mimi, the boys, and I at Disney on Ice: Toy Story 3

Ryder when he first realized what this Disney on Ice stuff was :)

I love being their Mommy :)

Hanging out in the car while Landon sleeps in the car before the beach one day

Big kids push the the little while the Mommy's take a break :)

I LOVEEEE getting to see this sleepy face every morning

<3

Ryder didn't want to walk at the park one day... so we did the best we could do

I got this picture from Grammy when she had the boys the other night...

Genius! We always thought we couldn't sit at high tops :)

I also got this picture from Grammy when she had the boys... Such a cutie pie!

When Ryder goes to time out Bubby does not like it.

He typically stands outside his door and screams for him :(

Sending Grammy his sad face because he wanted to go to her house...

She couldn't resist and let him come over for a little while :)

That's all for now :)

Look Alike

With the move I came across a ton of old pictures. In this picture below I swear I saw my boys with long hair... This is me my junior year of high school with Auntie Hailey and Auntie Ally. The resemblence between Hailey and Landon is crazy close! In so many pictures I see Ryder in Ally as well.

Does this not look like i'm holding my future son as a teenager? I wonder if Landon will always look so similar to Hailey?

Good Times

Wow! We have been busy busy busy around here. It's been a nice busy though. We have been busy packing our days outside at the beach, park, splash pads, and enjoying some nice company. Let's face it, with two active little boys life is MUCH easier when we get out of the house. If we stay home for a whole day the walls start to cave in on us, and we all go slightly crazy! In the little spare time I have had at home i've been busy working on some final touches around our place to make it feel like home. I'm waiting on a few photos I ordered to come in next week, and then maybe i'll do a tour around our little place we call home these days. It's really starting to feel like home :)

These first pictures are from two weekends ago. We have been hitting the beach up with friends every Wednesday, and Ryder really wanted Daddy to make a trip with us. Derrik must REALLY love Ryder because I can never convince him to go to the beach for me :) It was a really nice family day, and I think Derrik really learned to appreciate why I get the boys out of the house so much. He sees how much work they are at home, and I think now realizes that they need a way to let out all that built up energy.

This is a pretty typical face for Landon at the beach.

He just kind of tolerates it, but doesn't quite love it yet.

Getting some water to get started on their Monster Jam stadium they were going to build.

Building some jumps
I'm pretty sure that Ryder was telling Derrik how he was doing it all wrong right here. Ryder knows what he wants, and you can't figure it out he gets SO frustrated!

Daddy doing some free style on the track

This guy decided to take a little snooze so we headed down to the water for a bit while he napped.

Ryder was so thrilled Daddy was tehre to dig him a big hole to get buried in.

Mommy is NEVER that much fun at the beach!!

All buried

And breaking free!!

Going to get all cleaned off in the cold water

Landon woke up so I brought him down towards the water. He tends to usually stay up in the dry area, but we figured we'd give it a try.

And got his "i don't like this face"

He makes this face all the time when I try to feed him something he doesn't want.

In the end he wasn't crazy about sitting there letting the water splash onto him, but loved going into the water with me holding him. Ryder wasn't crazy over the beach at this age either... in time I guess.

Pretend here I am showing you pictures of our trip to the Little Dipper Pool with Derrik last weekend and our trip to the Splash Pad with Miss Amanda and the kids on Monday... because I deleted them thinking they were already on my computer :)

On Tuesday evening Amanda and I brought the kids to Chik-Fil-A for dinner and then headed back to Lakes Park to get some pictures of the kids. Amanda wanted some pictures of the kids in their spring outfits, and I had asked her a few times if we could take them down there for me to get some more practice in on kids other then my own. Granted I'm taking pictures of her kids weekly, but typical it's in the middle of the day when the sun is terrible and our kids are a wreck. Here are a few from our night down there....

Miss Sophia... this girl is a model in the making! She just loves to take pictures :)

My son on the other hand...

He does not know how to make a normal face for the camera at all these days!

Soso and Dyson...

Love these kids to pieces :)

Picking flowers

Is this not the cutest best friends picture?

They are going to have the best wedding slide show ever one day

(I think it actually might be a dream world Amanda and I live in... because they go to school together, and we've come to realize don't even acknowledge each other while they are there... they do love each other though. I think they just like time with other kids sometimes.)

I love the mid-run head turns to check on us :)

We came upon two bunnies, and I told them it was the Easter Bunny...

They were so cute hunting him down

Landon hung out in the stroller the whole time... he's so content most of the time

Dyson is showing off some serious walking skills these days... he started just shy of ten months.

Landon keeps looking at him like "what the heck are you doing?" lol... totally getting shown up!

Really Ryder? Cross-eyes and all....

I think Ryder needs to find a friend who isn't naturally tan... it doesn't do him any good :)

Such a gorgeous night!

As a newly-learning photographer, seeing this sky made me want to beg the kids to do some cute pose on this railing to capture this beautiful sky. Unfortunately they were all soaked from the water fountain, Sophia's hair was down, and they were all covered in dirt and cranky... Oh well... next time :)

We have really been enjoying ourselves staying so busy lately :)

B-Ball Season Comes to an End

Today was the final game of our basketball season. The whole team came such a long way from that first chaotic practice. Of course we did manage to dwindle at least half the team away :) Ryder learned so much this season, and scored three hoops in his last game!! He gets so excited every time he gets a shot in. We will miss our Monday practices and Saturday games with these boys and Coach Matt, but hopefully will be seeing them all soon!

Cole, Cameron, and Ryder after they got their medals

Cole, Cameron, Ryder, and Connor
(I guess we missed the C theme in boys names a few years back!)

A team picture with Coach Matt.... Thanks for a great season!!
One last time... Go Red!

My boys enjoying their snack :)

And Landon's babysitter from the season... AKA Cameron's sisters :)

Thanks for helping keep Landon happy Sophia and Cici!

Awesome season! We can't wait for next year!!

Basketball Team

This photo was so funny to get. Trying to get eleven 3-4 year olds to all sit at the same time and look at the camera is a lot of work! I can not believe that basketball season comes to a close tomorrow!! It flew by, and we will truly miss our practices and games!

Teeth

I couldn't remember if I had gotten a good picture of the two new additions on the blog yet... so if not... here are our two new pearly whites :) I just love his little grin right now!

Landon Brennan is 10 Months old

Ok... he was ten months on February 23rd, but whatever :) What stands out about you to me right now is just how on the go and into everything you are. You spend more time discovering new things now then actually playing with toys. Believe it or not it's decently enjoyable. The only thing we have to pick up when you are on the floor is the dog food, but other then that you're pretty free to roam the house. You do eat dog food more often then i'd like to admit. I mean does it taste good? What keep you going back for me little guy?!

The biggest change with you this month was your two new bottom teeth. We are very close to a top tooth and one next to that on the top (but not a center one). I honestly don't think they could come in any more without actually popping through. You have battling a serious case of diarrhea for the past week and a half that I was blaming on that silly tooth. It seemed to be going on for way too long though so we visited the doctor yesterday. They are doing some testing and hopefully in the mean time it runs it course, and your little belly is feeling better :)

You have almost completley given up your army crawl for real crawling. You seem to be on the exact same track with your physical progression as your brother which means you'll probably be a late walker as well. I've seen you let go of things for only a few seconds, but nothing too impressive yet.

Your hair is still your biggest stand out feature. People seriously go crazy over your hair! I am stopped multiple times any time we are out by people commenting on it. I have to admit that I kind of love it too :) Someone even described you the other day as "so blonde" which was odd to me since you are my dark haired baby. I guess you are a blonde now, but compared to your brother your hair will always be dark to me. Your skin is a darker shade as well. It's not hard to eb darker then Ryder :) we've been to the beach a few times now and haven't had any issues with the sun like Ryder does. I am so thankful your skin isn't as sensitive as his.

We packed up all your baby clothes and sold them this month. You are now in 18 month clothes and even quite a few larger things that we have around. You are in size 4 diapers still, and I have no clue with shoes. They just bug you at this point, and since you aren't walking and it isn't cold there isn't really a need.

Food has been a high and low point for us this month. When you are feeling great you eat amazing! Your favorite food is veggies, and you turn away most fruits except banana. You take almost no baby food. Of course you decided to start turning down baby food just as I had stocked up on a ton of it. I've been tryign to get you to eat a jar or two every few days so we can get rid of it. It's odd to me how you have such a love for veggies and don't care for fruit because your Daddy, brother, and I are all huge fruit eaters. It does make my heart happy to put a whole tray of peas, green beans, and carrots down for you and watch you eat them all up and happily eat some more. You take two bottles a day still after your afternoon nap and right before bed. We have been working on the sippy cup so we can transition to milk when you turn one, but you hate them. Ryder is thrilled because he has so many new sippy cups, but you aren't liking any of the kinds we've tried. I think Ryder wasn't a fan either at first so i'm hoping you get it soon. I'd love to be done with bottles when you turn one like Ryder was! Of course the last week with food has been a struggled because of your belly issues, but i've noticed you appetire increase in the last twenty-four hours. I'm hoping we are getting back to normal.

Since our move your sleep schedule has been great. I knew you needed your own room, and am very thankful we have our good sleeper back. You sleep about 12-13 hours a night, and take about 3-4 hours worth of naps a day. Sometimes you opt to get that whoel nap in the morning and sometimes you break it up into two naps. I like when you break it up since Ryder naps in the afternoon :)

As for your bag of tricks... You love to clap. You think it's the answer to anything when we try to get you to do stuff. You can wave bye-bye. You usually wait for people to walk away though. I taught you how to give kisses a week ago, and we all love it! It is so sweet, and you love to do it all the time. You have started to dance like crazy and also get sucked into cartoons with your brother. You get so excited whenever the music starts up. I think Bubble Guppies is your favorite with Mickey Mouse being a close second. I do wonder if you will talk sooner then Ryder did. Ryder didn't talk until after two, but you just seem to be so into watching us talk and looking as if you want to just repeat us. I guess time will tell... we have a while for that :)

You and your brother still love each other so much. You always want to be with him, and he wants to be with you, but you guys have struggled to find a happy medium of playtime. Ryder tends to be too rough, but is usually doing his best to get your attention. You LOVE to ruin Ryder's races and "monster jam" play. He has learned to play while you are sleeping and to pick it up when you wake up if he doesn't want you getting into it. Given how strong willed Ryder is I truly think the two of you do amazing with each other.

I also think your relationship with you Daddy has skyrocketed this month. I had a hard time when Ryder was born, and Derrik wasn't into every little coo or smile Ryder threw our way. I remember right before Ryder's first birthday as he began to play and be more interactive that I saw this amazing relationship start to develop. The same thing is happening now with Derrik and Landon, and it just makes my heart happy. Just this past weekend Derrik took Ryder down to the dog track for the night. I kept Landon with me, and know that so soon he'll be ditching me too to go places with his Daddy :(

Sorry if this post didn't make sense. No time to re-read it since Landon is waking up, and Ryder has asked me to get up and get stuff for him ten times since I started typing this :) I put the pictures all at the bottom. I'm not sure any of them are quality pictures. He is so fast now that I have to snap one picture and jump up to catch him before he falls off the bed.

Going in for the kiss