3 Months

Ryder is proud to announce her 3 month accomplishments. Hold on to your seats people.

- I found my feet.

- I bat and grab anything in front of me, including hair. See.



- I still have my crazy hair.

- I have super chubby thighs, as one lady put it, I'm juicy.

- I can talk your head off and you'll never guess what I'm saying.

- I've successfully outgrown all of my clothes that say they should fit me.

- I'm as lovable as they come.

- I let my parents sleep most nights.

- My Daddy says I'm starting to look less like an old lady and more like a baby.


- This pictures really captures my personality. It's the "ni modo" in me.



- I'm kind of enjoying chewing on my fingers. If I suck on them I gag. I'll stick with chewing them.



- Lastly, I really love my brother. He is fun to watch bounce around the house.

First Carnival Ride

We're at the Tontitown Grape Festival complete with carnival rides.

Chocolate Donut Anyone?

We went to open gym at Gymnastic Joe's this morning and Ro scored a chocolate donut. He hated every bite;)

Summer 2011 in Photos

I know Summer 2011 isn't over but I'm wishing it away. Bring on the Fall. Here's a little of what we did.

Rowan drummed with his cousin.

Ryder met Vaughn.

Ryder got lots of love from Aunt Ava.

Ryder slept on a picnic blanket while Aunt Ava read.


My BFF since forever, Alison brought her kids out to Moms' and Pops' house to play and swim.


We went to Port A with some friends for some beach time. Rowan hates sand on his feet. Need I say more?



We went to Memphis on a business trip with Esten. We went to the Children's Museum one afternoon. Rowan piloted a FedEx plane.

Shopped for some groceries.

Checked himself out.

Put out a fire.

And jammed on the green screen. I think this was All the Single Ladies.


We've had a great summer (minus our dog dying and our AC going out 4 times) and are now brushing up on our wake/sleep cycles to get Rowan ready for preschool. He starts September 6th.

Ian Dog

July 4, 1999- August 6, 2011

I'm not sure why we always added Dog to end of his name but we did and that's who he was, Ian Dog. He was lucky enough to live 12 years but has now left a hole in our hearts. We miss him very much.

2 months

Ryder Mae was 14lbs 13oz and 23.5 inches long at her two month check up. She is the happiest baby and gives smiles as often as you'd like. She has started "talking" to me today and I caught a little on video. Never mind the hiccups in the video, she has been plagued with them since birth.



Yeah, I know, so exciting! We'll give her a little while until we expect the real entertainment like her brother produces. For now we'll enjoy her baby babble.

First Boat Trip

For those of you who don't already know this, we lucked into the BEST neighbors. They are our age, have a 3 year old, invite us over for dinner often, came with a fantastic group of friends (who have graciously adopted us), threw a surprise baby shower for Ryder and have not one, but two boats. Let's just say we are loving our neighbors.



They took all of out to Beaver Lake in June and it was beautiful.





It was both Rowan and Ryder's first time on a boat and they loved it. Ryder pretty much slept the entire time on the seat of the boat.



Rowan was his usual self and wanted to "drive" the boat.



He also experimented with a life vest for the first time. He jumped off of the boat a few times and learned the hard way that you have to close your mouth and hold your breath when you jump.