journies of the beley boys

2011-12-06T08:30:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone! Its been quite a week! Mommy has been at the Christmas Tea @ Willowdale for 3 nights, leaving us guys at home for dinner 3 nights in a row. I heard someone saying there was going to be a lot of praying for daddy! So far so good though. Daddy wanted to catch me waving bye-bye on video cause he thinks I am sooooo cute, so enjoy below!

2011-11-05T10:38:00.002-04:00

psst...me, Matty again. I am "napping" so I thought I'd get another quick post in. Hope you all are doing well. Monday is my 18 month birthday, can you believe it! Time flies right? Well, I got a change into the blog title (formerly "journies of the ry-man"), so hopefully Ryan won't notice. I hear him in his room complaining about not being allowed to wear his sweatpants that were in the hamper today. He is becoming a real diva! Thought I'd share a recent video too, so hope you all have a great weekend! Looking forward to Oma and PopPop coming for dinner tonight!

shhh...its me, Matty

2011-10-29T15:31:00.002-04:00

Hi Guys,
So I was just surfin the web while momma and dada think I'm nappy and couldn't believe i found this blog about my awesome big brother. while the ry-man is awesome and all, where is MY blog!?? So...here is my plan, I am going to slowly insert myself into this thing (including the name), but keep it on the DL. I can't give up my secrecy and if momma finds out i am doing blog posts while napping, well, lets just say, she might put me to work for her!

Climbin the Mountain...18mos

2011-10-25T07:50:00.000-04:00

Hi Guys,
Daddy caught me on video going up the stairs!

Matty

A Riveting Dinner Conversation with Matty

2011-10-24T08:01:00.000-04:00

17 Mos Old!

Ryan 1st Grade Spelling Test

2011-10-21T07:57:00.000-04:00

Dinner-View

2010-06-29T15:11:00.001-04:00

I'm 5 Now and a Big Brother!

2010-06-29T14:39:00.007-04:00

Hi Guys,
Its been a long long time since I last posted! I am 5 now and its summer time, I am getting ready to go into kindergarten, and soon enough I can stop getting a ghost write to type these posts for me! Oh, and did I mention that I am now a big brother? Perhaps you have heard...

Matthew John (Matty) was born back in May and has been a welcome addition. I love my little brother. Though he doesn't provide much in the way of fun and entertainment I can't wait to see him when I get up and when I get home from camp!

Daddy has taken lots of pictures with his new iPhone (you'd think that was his 3rd child!). He has even starting taking videos and uploading them to youtube! I wonder if he will start a blog for Matty? He started mine when I was just 5 months old, so he has some time (not that I am comparing).

Missed Opportunity

2009-08-04T09:33:00.002-04:00

Its been almost 17 months since we last updated this blog, which stinks. So much has happened in the past year that I'd like to try to catch us all up. Ryan has graciously given me (daddy) permission to author some posts so I might take him up on that.

This way he doesn't have to sneak during school and camp!

Hope you guys are all having a great summer! We sure are, although our camera broke which means little to no video or self taken pictures, but we'll still include them somehow. Whats a blog without media anyway!?

Been Way Too Long

2008-05-30T15:00:00.001-04:00

Hi Guys,
Its been way too long since I last wrote but me and daddy are going to try to stay committed to this blog. We have lots of material, but just little time to edit and post. So, stay tuned, we have been very busy!

Thanks for sticking with us!!

I'm Finally Three!

2008-02-13T07:30:00.002-05:00

Hi Everyone! Today is my birthday, whoooo hoooo! I just wanted to write and say that I have successfully achieved 3 years of life! :)

I haven't been writing much, but things are going really well. School has been great this year and I have taken quite a liking to my best friend Cassidy. She is a great girl (still wears diapers) that likes to play with me. We eat lunch together pretty regularly and I guess things with Katie just didn't work out as well. My big boy bed has been going great and I have even been sleeping all night long without peeing! It was just over a year ago that I began the whole potty experience and my last hurdle is to get through the whole night. Not only that but I have been sleeping well too!

Last week was Lucy's birthday and this past Saturday I had a birthday party and got some cool new present, including a T-Rex (which is scary) and a great TBall set. Oh and a BOAT that floats in the bath tub that gets carried around by a truck! Wow!

Hope you are all doing well, thanks for all the cards and emails! Mommy and I are taking cupcakes in for my birthday to school today! Me and Katie and Cassidy might eat them all and not share with the other kids! he he.

Talk to you all soon!
Ry-Man

ditchin' the crib

2008-01-28T13:41:00.000-05:00

hey guys, its been a while since i posted, but things are going great! wanted to give some updates on my new big boy bed so daddy put this video montage together! hope you enjoy! Below the video is a link to the pictures that mommy and daddy took too (just click the album to follow the link).

Ryan's Big Boy Bed

An Evening at the Wilmington Railroad

2008-01-05T14:28:00.000-05:00

One of mommy's friends invited us to attend their holiday party at the wilmington railroad. santa was going to be there so I was all in! Enjoy!

My Friend Katie's Birthday Party

2008-01-03T14:40:00.001-05:00

Katie is one of my best friends at school. I had the priviledge of going to her birthday party thanksgiving weekend. Here is a short clip that daddy put together for me:

VLOG - 11/28/2007

2007-12-10T10:03:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone,
Hope you are doing well! I hardly ever get to update the blog these days, but I just wanted to let you know that all is well. In fact, my big boy bed is in the mail and should get here this week!! All this, and only 2 weeks till Santa Clause comes!! Its a busy time of year, but I will try to check in later.
-Ryan

Happy Halloween Everybody!

2007-10-31T09:43:00.000-04:00

Well, today is halloween, and this year I am dressing up as Thomas. I can't wait to get my constume on, but daddy said i had to wait until after school. i guess some of the kids at school are too little and might be afraid if everyone there was in a costume! (suck it up kids, this puts a damper on halloween!)

so when i get home tonight i am going to put my thomas the train costume on, and we are going to pass out candy to the kids that come. then oma and pop pop are going to come over to see me and then we are going to go trick or treating. this is where we go to the neighbors and knock on their door and say trick or treat! and i get one or 2 candies put in my bag that i get to eat when i get home.

oh, here is our jack o lantern. me and daddy made it on sunday and we took a video of it last night. (can you believe this, 3 videos in the last 2 days!!)

A Visit From Connor

2007-10-31T09:39:00.000-04:00

Connor came over on saturday and we hung out. i asked mommy and daddy if i could feed him and they said yes! our camera was around (though running out of battery) so mommy shot some footage of it! hope you enjoy!

Sprinkler in October!

2007-10-30T12:09:00.001-04:00

its cooled down since, but we had some unheard of heat in October.
hope you are all doing well!

VLOG - Big Boy Undies

2007-09-19T07:30:00.001-04:00

Your comments and support are appreciated!

First day of school!

2007-09-06T08:56:00.000-04:00

Today is my first day back to school and I am rather excited. Daddy made this picture:

Wow how things have changed. Just looking at my old picture a couple of things come to mind. That crazy nook is gone! AND...one that might not be visible to all of you guys but, underneath there are NO MORE DIAPERS! Thats right, this year, school starts in big boy underwear!

I hope my first day is very exciting and I hope you all have a wonderful day too!

School starts tomorrow!!

2007-09-05T08:53:00.000-04:00

Wow, what a fast summer. Tomorrow school starts and I am spending my last day at home with Daddy today. Its been a great week and a half since camp ended and now its been preparation for school. Yesterday mommy took me to a playgroup at school with all my new (and old) classmates. There are 18 kids in my class and this year i am a big kid. There are a lot of girls this year!

The playgroup was lots of fun, I got to see my buddy Amelia and we shared together. Then me and mommy stopped and got McDonalds for lunch! Mmmmm. I had chicken nuggets. Me and daddy had a bit of a tiff when he wouldn't let me have the nuggets out of the box, which ended up in me hitting him, and me spending time in time-out!

Last night mommy and daddy had parents night at school and I got to play with all the kids in the playground. It was a blast! Then we got to go and see my classroom and I used the potty in there.

Potty training update you ask? Its going GREAT! Today marks one week of big boy underwear. In that time, I have had 5 accidents. But I have had a lot of success! I go my whole nap without wetting! I am still wearing pull ups at night to sleep in but soon, I will be able to wear the big boy underwear. mommy and daddy are really proud of me though.

hope you are all doing well and wish me luck at school!! i am really excited this year to be one of the big kids!

(Sorry for the lack of multimedia, soon, i promise!)

Camp is out for Summer!

2007-08-27T08:39:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone, just thought I'd give a quick update. Friday was my last day of camp and I am off from school until the Thursday after Labor day! My summer vacation part two I guess! I think I will miss my friends at school, especially amelia, but she is going to be in my class next year. next year i will be a big kid in my class and will probably have to help the littler kids put their stuff away.

the talk of being a "big boy" is all through out the house. The potty is the biggest challenge right now. I threw my nook away about a month ago now and its the farthest thing from my brain. On Saturday me mommy and daddy took a trip to target and guess what? I got to pick out some big boy underwear! We picked out a bunch of pairs, and on Wednesday i get to start wearing them. daddy says it takes 4 days to wash them, otherwise i could have been wearing them today when i go to oma and pop-pops. I didn't get a good explanation on why it takes 4 days, sometimes mommy and daddy say things and then laugh with eachother. they think i don't understand i guess!

i hope you are all doing well!

Happy Birthday Mommy!

2007-08-15T15:11:00.000-04:00

Wow, your 30, can you believe it!?

Wait, are you 30 or 40, I keep getting confused. Oh well, hopefully no one will ask me tonight when we celebrate. I hope you liked the gift me and lucy got you!

Anyway, happy birthday! I hope you have an awesome day!!

Long Time No Speak!

2007-07-26T22:03:00.000-04:00

Wow, its been a really long time since we posted huh? Its definitely been a busy summer since June 18th. Lets see if I can remember, but most of what we did is captured in pictures on daddy's website, so go check it out.

In June, we went to the Outer Banks for a family vacation to a really big house that was really far away. There I went swimming for the first time in a VERY long time and I got to go on teh beach, in the sand, and in the ocean. The ocean does not excite me, especially when it is cold! Daddy says to give it time and I will like it. He and mommy picked out sand crabs for me and helped me build cool stuff out of sand. I also got to hang out with Chase, and it was fun chasing him around and wrestling and stuff. I wish I could hang out with him more, but he lives so far away.

After the beach we had Lexa's birthday party! Wow, can you believe you are one Lexa?? I remember last year when you were born! Happy Birthday, had a blast at your party!

Then 4th of July, we all came down with a minor stomach bug that saddled us in to skipping hte rain soaked fireworks show at Hartefeld. We did visit some of Mommy's friends who had a gigantic play room! There were toys everwhere. I could tell by the disapproving look in daddy's eyes that we would not be getting one of these soon!

Then we had a weekend birthday party for mommy and daddy at The Smedley's house in Delaware. I played by the pool and watched in amazement as Jake swam all over the place! Jake, you are a brave one, and a great swimmer! We shot water guns, played with cars, and met three little dogs there! The following weekend we headed to NJ for Benjamin's birthday. That was a long car trip!

I think I am finally caught up! Last night we went back to the cecil county fair and had a blast! I saw SO many animals! I even petted a COW! How many people born in Northern NJ get to say that! ha! We saw some great horses too, and then we got ice cream (chocolate) and mommy got some cotton candy. I tried a bite and spit it out, it tasted good but felt like paper in my mouth! Daddy and mommy just laughed, mommy said, don't push him Rick, if he doesn't like it...

btw..Rick is my daddy's name.

Things are going really well though at summer camp, I really like it there a lot. At home things are going well too. Last night when I was goofing around with my NUK (passifier) it broke. This morning I chose to throw it out. It was rough going to sleep tonight but this is my first full day without it. I miss it a lot, but daddy said that big boys don't need it anymore. He reminded me that since I can do all sorts of things by myself that I don't need it.

Potty training is going GREAT! I haven't pooped in a diaper or underwear in probably 3 weeks! CAn you believe it?? I am still not so great about going Pee pee when I have to, but give it time man! Mommy and daddy switched me to pull ups about 3 weeks ago and told me not to poop or pee in them. I think we will be going to big boy underwear very soon.

Videos coming soon, and thanks if you read THIS far!! cya!

Ryan and Riley @ the PlayGround

2007-06-18T15:58:00.000-04:00

Another video from daddy! He says I had so much fun in the swing that I was just laughing and laughing! I am glad I listened to him and tried it! Hope you enjoy, we have a special guest star this week.

Video is from June 9th, Aunt Jen's birthday by coincidence! happy birthday aunt jen!

quick check in...

2007-06-14T15:36:00.000-04:00

ok, so i am supposed to be napping right now but thought i would just make a quick post. couple things:

congratulations jake, i hear you are going to be a brother!

having a great time today with oma and pop-pop, more on that later.

on tuesday we didn't make it to the italian festival, we got rained out and settled for pat's pizza. mommy did take me over to milburn orchards to see the animals. we saw a HUGE pig and there was a great big sandbox for me to play in. check out the pics!

Last night we made it over to the Italian Festival and we had a great time! We forgot to take a lot of pictures but i had a great time eating a big spaghetti dinner and looking at all of the rides and people. on the way home we listened to my favorite veggie tales cd and all sang along!!

I do have to say, during dinner, we did have a bit of a mishap. i was climbing aroundon the bench even though mommy and daddy kept telling me to sit down or i would get hurt. Who would have thought they were right. i quickly slipped and hit my mouth on the table causing my poor little lip to be sliced open and bleeding! luckily we recovered fast and i got to put ICE on it. i love ice!! mommy tried to get a pic of the boo boo but couldn't capture me sticking out my lip!

Video coming soon, according to daddy! hope you are all well!!

School's Out for Summer!

2007-06-12T11:00:00.000-04:00

Well, Friday was my last day of school! It was a good day, mommy got to come in for a picnic lunch and we all got to go home early. It was fun because mommy brought pizza for lunch AND....RITA's for dessert! She brought enough for all of the kids who stayed for the picnic. isn't she great?!

just thought i'd throw in a text entry since i can't always get all my ideas across in the videos. btw...daddy got a lot of positive feedback from the last one. i think you might be encouraging a monster! hehe.

So, I am off from school this week, then camp starts next week. then vacation to the outer banks the week after. it should be a lot of fun. this week i am home with mommy and daddy most of the time and i think on thursday i will spend the day with oma and pop pop.

Tonight mommy and daddy and I are going to meet mom-mom and pop-pop at the Italian Festival in Wilmington. Last week we went to the Greek Festival and had honey balls! it was neat.

hope you are all doing well!!

Happy Memorial Day 2007

2007-06-03T21:40:00.000-04:00

Congratulations to Aunt Beth and Uncle PJ. My new cousin (brady) was born on Wed May 30th at around 7:30am. Daddy says it was a painful birth, whatever that means, because Aunt Beth couldnt' take any medicine. Hope you are feeling good now Aunt Beth!! Brady, as you can imagine, i don't like to share the spotlight, and neither does Riley, so you have a few things stacked against you....heheheh.

Also, congratulations mommy for passing your PA real estate exam!

Lastly, a "bideo"! Daddy told me to tell you all that he took a lot of editing liberties with this one, but he thinks it turned out pretty good. maybe an emmy is in order? whatever...

enjoy!! (just hit the play button)

Happy Mother's Day (Belated!)

2007-05-21T09:12:00.000-04:00

Daddy took some video of me after Mother's day, but he just got around to posting it. He said he tried his hand at doing some video editing just to see, so this video is a tad experimental! hope you all enjoy!

HAPPY MOTHER's DAY!

Interview

2007-05-10T12:52:00.000-04:00

Enjoy my interview. It didn't go so well, but we got the point across. Counting to 10 is still a work in progress! Counting to 10 in spanish? We will leave that to you Jake! :)

My trip to the dentist

2007-05-10T12:46:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone! I know posts are few and far between. I am probably getting less traffic since daddy's website has been offline too!

Yesterday i had my second trip to the dentist. when i was really young i had this multivitamin that stained my teeth and today the doctors finally got most of the stain off! it was fun at the dentist, and mommy said i was a really good boy! even the dental hygienest lady said i was pretty darn good for a two year old. they did have to do some scraping though, which i am sure you can imagine is not a fun experience! i am glad daddy had been playing dentist with me when i brush my teeth at home because i was all set to go!

happy birthday jake! sorry the bday message was late!

Happy Birthday Jake!

2007-05-10T12:44:00.000-04:00

Trip to the Farm

2007-04-24T18:55:00.000-04:00

Ryan VLOG - Fri Nose Pickin'

2007-04-13T21:47:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone!

2007-04-13T14:02:00.000-04:00

Just thought I'd check in "old style". Things are going well with me. I am on spring break this week and have had some good down time. Today is my last day and I get to spend it with one of the greatest men ever, daddy! :)

Last week I am sad to say Gramby passed away. I don't remember Gramby, but daddy has been telling me all about her. we have also been saying prayers for her and grandad every night, special prayers.

we went on a very long car ride to aunt louise's house last weekend and we spent a few days there. i had a lot of fun hanging out with all my cousins and even getting teased by my uncles and even grandad! it was so great seeing you all!

potty training ... going well, not sure what mommy and daddy are waiting for in terms of the pullups!

speaking ... going really well too! stay tuned for more videos. we got a lot of positive feedback on the videos so we are going to keep going with them. hope you all are well!! good luck jake with your big move this weekend and i hope its warm where you are going! mommy seems very jealous!!

Happy Birthday Riley!

2007-03-29T16:00:00.000-04:00

Today Riley turns 1 so daddy took some video of me wishing her the best!

Fri is Pizza Day!

2007-03-26T20:16:00.000-04:00

New experiment in video

2007-03-21T08:16:00.000-04:00

been a while...

2007-03-20T21:52:00.000-04:00

i know, its been a while since i posted right? maybe like, a month?

well, no way i can fill you in on the past month, so we will just move forward. Daddy has a new idea for my blog, check out my next entry...

cya!

btw...congratulations to selena/dave and jen/bill who BOTH had their babies in the last 2 weeks! can't wait to meet samantha and bella!

I'm TWO today!!

2007-02-13T10:05:00.000-05:00

2!
Wow, all the hype thats been building up, its finally here. Today is my second birthday!! Whoo hoo!

Not only that, but it is snowing!

Just thought I'd drop a note to everyone and let you all know that I am doing well. At school right now and mommy and daddy made cupcakes last night for my birthday. we are going to celebrate in school today, hopefully we won't get snowed out though.

I have received birthday wishes from so many of you, and just wanted to say thanks! I am having a very small bday party on Saturday, so I think I will see some of you there.

As for whats been going on around here?

School is going great and I am learning so much. My speech and vocabulary is growing at leaps and bounds! I am stringing words together with ease and enjoy conversing with mommy and daddy.

Lucy has been having a field day chasing the deer in our yard. On Saturday she ran after them into the woods and daddy had to go lucy hunting for her. He found her and she was in big trouble. She has done the same thing on Sunday and yesterday too, each day getting in trouble. I think she is not as fast a learner as me! :)

Mommy and Daddy have finally taken notice of my new years resolution (that i never told them about). I have been putting all my toys away before moving onto another project or meal time. I am glad they are so proud of me.

Oh, and the potty right? I have been telling you guys all about it!

Daddy snapped this shot of me this morning, but I am using the potty every day now for the most part. Sometimes multiple times. I have even managed to go poop poop in the potty. You should have seen daddy's face the first time I did that one! I have managed to do that one other time as well. I am still in my diapers, but i heard mommy pushing daddy the other night about getting pull ups. For some reason that old man is reluctant. I am still mastering sitting on the potty though, it can be tough. I think once I master the sitting down part though, I can move onto the more traditional standing position like daddy does. Time will tell I guess.

Not too much going on here, hope you are all doing well! Tomorrow is also Valentine's day, so happy Valentines day to all of you! I am taking Thomas the Train valentines for school (assuming we don't get snowed out). I have to give one to everyone in my class. They are making out this week because of me, free cupcakes today, valentines tomorrow! Oh, and tomorrow is hot dog day! whoo hoo!

cya later!!

(my school cupcakes!)

potty progress...teamwork!

2007-01-31T20:13:00.000-05:00

whats gonna work?! teamwork!

my new tag line. the wonder pets save the cow episode is becoming a daily routine at home. i just love that story, and its so fun to watch and sing along. i love when the cow gets free from the tree! daddy changes the song to include my friends tim and tommy from school...its sooo funny!

me and daddy hit the potty before bed again tonight and whammo, got my pants off, diaper off, sat down and I pee pee'd! again! can you believe it!? i know daddy sure as heck couldn't. mommy didn't even make it in time to see (except what i left in the potty, oh, and a little on the floor), but she was psyched! we all high fived and went and got my jammies on. so far so good, the positive experiences are building up slowly.

not too much else going on. school has been going well, the kids are getting antsy with this cold weather and class has gotten a bit rougher as tempers flare, but as pretty much the youngest kid there, i'm holding my own. they just announced that they are starting a 12-18 months room at school too, so now there will be a whole class of kids that are younger than us. cool...hopefully we can help to mentor them like the older kids mentor us.

oh, baby riley, you left your loud loud choo choo here! and summer, your yamigashi game is here (or whatever its called). aunt beth, your toothbrush is here, i talk about it every time i brush my teeth and make sure its your still! :)

good night everone!

potty time....excellent....

2007-01-26T20:03:00.000-05:00

hi everyone! i know i know...its been forever since i posted! things haven't been too busy, just thought I'd let some wonder and excitement build! :) heheh.

Not too much going on, but have been trying to really expand my vocabulary in the past few weeks. according to most, its expanding at a fascinating rate as to where if you talked to me before christmas break and talked to me now, i could probably talk back now, but couldn't then!

things though are going well. tonight before my bath i sat down on my new potty. it was pretty intimidating at first, but daddy sat on the potty next to me and then i sat on mine. it was pretty cool. plus, daddy showed me how to go pee pee sitting on the potty (even neater). i didn't have to go at the time, but i look forward to trying again. positive potty experience #1!

last week i had to go the dentist (negative dental experience #1). i have this staining issue with my teeth and we had to get the dentist to check it out. well, she wasn't that nice and the experience wasn't that fun. she did confirm there is nothing bad going on, which i am sure was a relief to mommy and daddy. i mean, we brush my teeth all the time, so i am not sure how anything that wasn't supposed to, could live in my mouth! so, i think i will go back to the dentist, but not any time too soon.

ok, thats it for now, all is well. i have been enjoying all my new and old toys and i htink my birthday is coming up in a few weeks. daddy and mommy keep showing me how to make a 2 with my fingers. i can't quite do it, but i have been practicing. i have a new favorite book, the little engine that could. i have been watching a little TV too. my favorite show is Wonder Pets. i really only like the one where they save the baby cow. i can sing most of the songs on there too (especially the TEAM WORK part!)

c-ya!!

back to school....(tomorrow)

2007-01-02T14:39:00.000-05:00

back to school tomorrow. can't wait to see my buddy tim! I have expanded my vocabulary so much in the last couple weeks. lets see, our last day of school was dec 21st. So, it will have been 13 days off! i am pretty excited to get back though. i have played with all my toys pretty much, and most have entered into a "rotation" as daddy calls it. some of the batteries are even dying on them!! hope you all had a nice new years too. we didn't do much but a trip to home depot. new years eve at lexa's was pretty fun, lexa got some REALLY great toys to play with. not sure why we whisked out of there in the middle of the night, but i slept well all night, the first time the whole week.

talk to you all soon and hope you are enjoying reality again!

its all over now...and what a week!!

2006-12-29T21:08:00.000-05:00

Daddy says Christmas is over and we are done traveling around from house to house for dinner here and there. i guess that means no more presents! :(

Just kidding, I got so much stuff and am very thankful. Need to get crackin on those thank you notes. Today was the first mention of back to school next week, so i know its pretty much over. this has been one great week though. well....except for the sickness. my cough is still hanging in strong, but the rest of me is pretty much good to go.

we capped off holiday week with a second visit to pop-pop and oma's house. we had a great time at dinner and opening more presents. why a round 2 you ask? Well, not everone was there for Christmas day, so they invited us again so that we could share Christmas with Summer, as well as the Waleski's (Aunt Jenn, Uncle Wasil, Chase, & Olivia). I love hanging out with Chase and Summer!

(thats us watching summer play with her new nintendo)

Dinner was great, meatballs!! whoo hoo, i love meatballs, and a nice fat roll. it was great. plus i played with some of Chase's cool toys too. Oma took a timer picture of all of us together. Glad she was able to be in it, because she couldn't be in the one on Christmas day...

(Christmas Day is below)

So, its been quite a week as I mentioned. Tuesday, the day after Christmas I spent at home with Mommy and Daddy. I think I posted, but I can't remember. I was pretty sick and VERY clingy to mommy and ESPECIALLY daddy (who was working). We took it easy though and I geared up for Wed when mom-mom and aunt louise were coming to pick me up for the day. we had a nice day, didn't get to see the trains in Chadds Ford, but we went to lunch @ Applebees!! Then we played most of the rest of the day at mom-mom's and daddy and mommy came over for dinner. Thu I hung out all day with daddy (same as today) because mommy was working. Its been great playing with all my new toys though. Taking up most of my time are my new train set and the little people car wash/garage, and I can utilize most of the little people that mom-mom got me. our place is a mess! (mommy keeps reminding us!)

hope you are all well though and i am looking forward to new years. we are going to uncle jim and aunt tracy's for a party, but before that, the Eagles play the Falcons. if they win they lock up the division! Remember before, daddy had lost faith in his team! I hope learned a lesson about loyalty! he he.

cya guys!

Merry Christmas Everybody

2006-12-26T16:25:00.000-05:00

Hope you all had a merry Christmas! I sure did, it was very exciting! Unfortunately my minor cold was turned into a rough Christmas morning cough and by the time we made all of our rounds I was pretty darn sick. Today I have been laying low with mommy and daddy while my fever and lungs clear up. It was a pretty rough sleeping night last night though. hopefully it will be better for tomorrow while Aunt Louise and mom mom watch me.

our whirlwind weekend was kicked off on Saturday with a visit from Kelly, Jimmy, and Jake Smedley. They came over to visit and Jake and I played. Daddy has pictures on his site. Me and Jake were getting along pretty good and since we are both starting to understand sharing, it works out well. He was showing me up a little with his advanced speech techniques, but i am not far behind, i think.

Sunday was Christmas eve and that started off with a visit from Grandpa, then pop-pop, mom-mom, and aunt louise came over and we headed to Church for 5pm Mass. No seats unfortunately. We got there just before 4:40 and all the seats were taken. Mommy and Daddy and I sat in the back of the cry room (they stood). Then our neighbors showed up. McKenna is just about my age and she is pretty cute. She gave me a hug and played with my ear a bit, daddy says she was flirting with me. we played quietly in the back with a stool and took turns climbing on and off. After church we went home and had dinner and dessert and cookies. It was great. Aunt Louise helped me put out milk and cookies for Santa. We told lucy not to get them and not to bark at the reindeer either. I headed to bed and couldn't wait to get up!

We woke up monday morning and went straight for the tree. Grandpa was taking forever getting downstairs but once he did i got to open many many gifts. barn yard animals, cars, trucks, lincoln logs, and a huge art easle were the highlights of my morning. that was exhausting so i took a quick nap and we headed for pop-pop and oma's where everyone was there, even my new cousin connor. we opened gifts there and wow, a new train set! two tonka trucks! great stuff! I was not feeling so hot though at this point and was getting tired again, but it was off to mom-mom's house and MORE gifts! Lots of clothes, an elmo boom box, a BARN YARD SET! I was falling asleep opening my presents I was so tired. Off for a nap. When i came down the cowboys were getting beat by the Eagles (wooo hoo!!). we ate dinner and watched the adults open some presents too while i played with some new toys. by the time we got home it was almost 10pm. Straight to bed!

Woke up quite a few times congested and hot or cold. Rough night, but I am catching up today. Merry Christmas to all of you and thanks for all the presents and spending time with me!!

new cousin! last day of school!

2006-12-21T15:02:00.000-05:00

daddy tells me i have a new cousin today, his name is connor. we think we are spelling it right, not 100% sure. he was born to my aunt jen and uncle mark at 1:35pm today. 6lbs., 80z. Daddy said mom-mom said he had a lot of dark hair. hopefully i will get to meet him soon. i wonder if he is who the nuk fairy might give my nuk to...

hmmm...

last day of school for 2006 today! whoo hooo! We had a fun day, today was ethnic day and everyone had to bring food from their different ethnicities. then we had a performance, jingle bells. we got to ring our bells and sing "hey" during the jingle bells song. mommy said it was really a quick performance and she couldn't get it on video, but she did take some snaps. will post later. daddy picked me up and brought me home and we are hanging out here now. I am "napping" actually....

so, it starts, the gearing up to Christmas (and the big game against the cowpies). Looking forward to seeing many of you over the next week or so, and we will be sure to take lots of pictures!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in case I don't check in again.
Love,
Ryan

Tom, Philly, and some Hot Chocolate

2006-12-19T14:31:00.000-05:00

daddy said my blog just got switched to blogger beta. whatever dude...

hi everybody! wanted to write and tell you about my interesting weekend. i haven't posted since "the accident" but thanks for all your thoughts and well wishes everyone! Mommy and I are doing great, but our car is still in the shop. we have a ford Taurus rental.

this weekend though was great. i stayed at Pop Pop and Oma's house on Friday night. Mommy and Daddy had to mingle with real estate people at a party, so Oma offered for me to stay the night. We had a great time playing there, and then in the morning on saturday we went to philadelphia. we had a great time. first we picked up oma's friend and her grand daughter (Lucianna).

Her name was "Lucy", though she didn't look at all like Lucy. I think they might have been tricking me on that one. Not sure. Oma did a good job capturing my confusion though!

We headed up to Philadelphia for the light show at Wanamakers. But we didn't realize that it didn't start until about noon, so we were looking for things to do when Tom and his girl rider came over. She asked us if we wanted a ride.

Yes, Tom was a horse! I love horse! This was quite a treat. This horse pulled the four of us around in a carriage through the city. It was so neat. It was cold so we bundled up , but we had a great time! After that we headed back to the light show, and to top off the day, we headed to lunch at the Ritz Carlton! Lucy and I were by far the youngest (and funnest) people in that joint! We had a great time!!

Anyway, thanks for a great trip Oma! I'll be sure to remember this one forever! And thanks to you and Pop Pop for letting me stay with you this past weekend!

Big Truck...

2006-12-13T14:31:00.000-05:00

Not to alarm anyone, but today me and mommy got in an accident. there was a big truck coming down the road (and it was a windy wet road). the truck was going fast and apparently crossed over the median a tad causing the car in front of us to swerve, slam its brakes on, and spin around. Mommy slammed on the brakes and almost avoided sliding into the car in front of us, but nope. the car behind us hit into us, which gave us the extra push to slide into the first car. it was scary scary scary. most importantly we are both OK. daddy came immediately and checked on us. then a white car with flashing lights came. it was raining too.

it was one big truck though...

Choo Choo and a Horse!

2006-12-12T16:07:00.000-05:00

Hey guys! Hope you are doing well! Had a great weekend this weekend. We went to mommy's work place and they had a party for all the little kids. it was great, they had crafts and food and donuts and cookies. i had some yogurt too! i love "wowurt"!

prior to going all week mommy and daddy were telling me how i was going to get to see some guy named santa. all i know is, he is red and says ho ho ho at this point. imagine what my imagination was picturing for this guy.

anyway, so we are sitting around the table eating some late breakfast and snacks when this big tall fat man comes out, all dressed in red and white. he had a huge white beard and glasses. wow. he was big and exciting. he sat down in his chair which was up on a small stage and people started lining up to see him. EVERYONE was enthralled with this guy. daddy said I was going to go up and talk to him and tell him what I wanted. I ran up to get a look at the action.

Well, after daddy waiting in line while mommy and i did crafts, it was finally my turn to talk to santa. man, it was intimidating and at first, I did NOT want to go up there. But with a little coaxing and daddy by my sad, we headed up to the big man's lap. I was then swarmed with pictures and media prompting me to talk and smile. I heard one voice coming from the man we call dadda. Ryan, tell santa what you want for Christmas. Well, luckily we had practiced. "Choo Choo!" The crowd was impressed! Then I threw in another one, "horse!". We posed for a few more pictures and were done. Then to my surprise, I was handed a gift package so we sat down and opened up a cool toy!

All in all, this was a great experience! I really hope Santa brings me a choo choo and a horse. Although, mommy took me to carousel park the other day to see the real horses and they are really big. However, choo choos do seem a bit more conducive to our home environment. (yeah, I am smart)

Sunday after I woke up from my nap daddy took me out to the woods in our back yard to look for deer but we didn't see any. However, as we were walking back mom mom and pop pop were there! They stayed for pizza dinner and i had a great time visiting with them. i can't wait to go back to see pop pop's choo choo under the tree. maybe this weekend I will get to go...

new email...and whats new?

2006-12-07T09:57:00.000-05:00

hi everyone, whats new?
daddy and i talked last night as we were decorating the tree about me getting a new email address. he said my blog engine was making some changes and in order to take advantage that i needed a gmail account. the man is a walking commercial for google! :)

so, i have a new gmail account. i sent out my new address to some of my family members, but you guys don't have to email me. i never got any email at my last one, so no big deal, its rare that I even checked it, but the exciting thing is, they had my name leftover as a gmail user name! whoo hoo!

Not too much has been going on. School has been good, home has been good, and I have been enjoying looking at everyone's christmas lights and even our own. daddy worked hard this weekend on the outside lights, we cut our tree down on sunday and started decorating it last night. i didn't get to put any ornaments on it yet, because we were just getting the lights onto the tree. this was after a long "discussion" between mommy and daddy about which lights to use (white or colored). Oh brother. Daddy gave up and went with white. When he lit the tree though his face lit up so I think it looked better than he thought!!

hope you are all enjoying your Christmas shopping. i have about half of mine done, but can't wait to see what Christmas day is like. I vaguely remember last year waking up Christmas morning and then darting all around town. Apparently the same will happen this year. Oh, and the Eagles are playing the Cowboys on Christmas day too! Grrrr....cowboys. Daddy said he has a funny nickname for their quarterback Tony Romo but he can't tell me until I am his age. Darn it. He said the same thing about plugging in the Christmas lights....

Off to school! cya!

POST Thanksgiving Activities!

2006-11-30T08:55:00.000-05:00

So, Thanksgiving was great, but the weekend following was great too. It was definitely a heave dose of family, which is great! I got to spend time with some of my cousins like Chase and Olivia who I never get to see, and got to spend time with Aunt Louise too!

btw...mommy and daddy got eachother a new camera for Christmas so you might see a picture explosion in the coming weeks!

Friday after thanksgiving was fairly quiet, we spent most of the day recovering (mommy was shopping) and then we headed over to mom-mom's for an informal pizza dinner with aunt louise and pop pop. aunt beth and uncle pj and riley were there but were on their way out. daddy took some pictures...

Then, on Saturday we wanted to go check out some Christmas trees and since we live out in the hills, we wanted to check out a local tree farm. Mommy found one in the newspaper that said they had LIVE reindeer on site! I didn't know what a reindeer was before that day, but i knew if it was anything like a deer, that it would be great! I am somewhat obsessed with Deer according to daddy and mommy. But hey, can you blame me! One of the reasons I like my Goodnight Gorilla book is because of the Deer and baby deer in there (which mommy and daddy keep calling giraffe).

The live reindeer were gigantic though and I got to be reminded about what a Christmas tree looked like. It was really busy there and people were cutting down the trees and putting them on their cars.

It was really neat there though, and we will probably head back to their or another farm to pick up our Christmas tree this weekend.

Saturday night we were invited to Pop-Pop and Oma's house for dinner. Right before that Aunt Jenn and Uncle Wasil stopped over to see me (well, to see our house). They stayed and played for a while and me and Chase got to play together with my Thomas trains and the sit and spin. Plus, I got to meet my newest cousin Olivia. She is just a really small baby right now and doesn't do too much. It was off to Pop-Pop's though for dinner and some visitation. We had a great time there and got to see Uncle Jim, Aunt Tracy, and Lexa there too. I think Lexa was sick though. I talked to her on the side, she said she was a little nervous for her Christening on Sunday. She heard that her head was going to get dunked in water (she heard this in day care) and I re-assured her that it would be fine. I hope Olivia heard me too because she is getting Christened on this coming Sunday! Here is me and Chase sharing some chips and dip! I love dipping things!!

Sunday was another fun filled day. We headed out early to Cornerstone church for Lexa's Christening. First we attended the Church service. I was pretty tired so I tried to stay a little low key, but I definitely got antsy toward the end. Daddy took me out to the lobby area and checked out the amenities there. After the mass everyone came out to the fountain and Pastor Paul performed the Christening. I was happy cause I got a couple cookies from my new friend Sandy who carried me around for a while! After the Christening we headed back to Uncle Jim and Aunt Tracy's house and had a party. It was fun, I spent a lot of time checking out the items in Uncle Jim's garage. He has 2 lawnmowers just like daddy and he had a weed whacker and tools just like daddy. I guess its a daddy thing to have all those tools.

I spent most of the day outside playing with Cassy and trying to get ICE, another favorite delicacy of mine, out of the cooler. I was hoping to play with Chase some more, but he slept nearly the whole time we were there, so that was a bummer. We had to leave after a couple of hours because I was getting really tired, though. Anyway, congratulations to Lexa on her Baptism!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

2006-11-27T12:00:00.000-05:00

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. Those of you that I saw on Thanksgiving day, I already know about it, so you don't have to fill me in. We had a good time though huh?

The week started out school free! Monday I spent the day with Mom Mom and Pop Pop, and we had a great day together. Got to go to lunch and we stopped by the fire station and I got to see a big red fire engine. It was awesome. Tuesday I got to spend the day with Pop Pop and Oma at their house. We had a great time there too! They have some pretty cool toys there in the basement. Speaking of toys and school, Daddy built me a brand new shelf this week. Check it out:

Sweet huh? Master crafts man in the making!

Wednesday I went to the vacation care program at school. It was OK. Not that fun. Plus, I was kind of sick all week with a pretty bad cough. (I am finally better). Wed night was fun though, because we started getting everything ready for the big Thanksgiving meal. Mom and daddy were moving tables around, and cleaning, and setting the table. I helped as much as I could too. I did some dusting and some vacuuming. Yes, it was my FIRST time vacuuming! I quelled my fear of that thing and just trusted daddy that it wasn't going to hurt me, and yup, he was right. it was actually a lot of fun!

Thanksgiving was great and it was neat to see everyone jam into our house. there was football, and kids playing! Foosball was played too! We had a great and tiring time. I had some Turkey, but not much, and not much of the meal itself, but the rolls were great!

I was a good boy too! I will leave you with some pictures, but hope you all had a great thanksgiving!!

forgot, some pics!

2006-11-16T15:04:00.000-05:00

hug for lucy!

just checking in...

2006-11-16T14:56:00.000-05:00

before i forget...

saturday is aunt beth and uncle pj's anniversary and since you guys were my first wedding ever I wanted to send a special note of congratulations to you guys! I had a great time at the wedding, though I think I slept through most of it. i went back and checked my archive from a year ago. check it out.

not too much else going on. we went to school last night, the three of us. mommy and daddy got to attend a class in the library about bringing montessori back into the home. i don't know yet how this will impact me, but the childcare they provided just wasn't that fun. i had to bust my way into the library and hang out with mommy and daddy. i call him daddow now. i stopped saying yeah, or yes too. Now i say "yaow" for yes. i heard some of the other kids at school doing this, and thought it was cool.

tomorrow i am going to the doctor to get checked out. mommy has been really concerned about my drinking lately as my consumption appears to have gone up dramatically. she thinks i have some medical problems from webMD. hopefully doc will straighten it out tomorrow. i will let you know! have a good weekend everyone, if I don't talk to you. Thanksgiving is only one week from today. i have off from school next week too. whoo hooo!

some cool new toys!

2006-11-14T16:01:00.000-05:00

on sunday we got to head over to mom-mom and pop-pop's for dinner. we left promptly after the buhtball game. the Eagles won! whoo hooo!

when we got there there was this big old box that daddy went to immediately. i saw his eyes light up when he looked into the box and i thought, hmm, this must be good. he proceeded to take out some large toy planes, trucks and tons of little men! These were all his old toys and i guess mom-mom found them at their office. we must have gone through the box for a good half hour checking out all of these things that were in there. topping my favorites were some of the little cars and the sit and spin!! sweet!

on friday we have our harvest feast at school. this is supposed to thanksgiving at school, but i don't hink we are allowed to call it that! all of the parents are making food and mommy is coming to school to be one of the servers. she said she is going to help the teachers to serve food to the kids. i hope she likes the native american outfit she is going to have to wear (shhhh...he he)

lastly, want to wish mommy luck tonight with her real estate test. it is the first one of 2 she has to take to get her new real estate license. good luck mommy, i love you!

exhausted

2006-11-11T21:05:00.000-05:00

phew...what a day.

today mommy and daddy took me to the big city (philadelphia) to the Please Touch museum. It was AWESOME! I didn't think such places existed! I was wondering what was going on because it was saturday and i got up early and we headed into the car for a long drive. we ended up in philadelphia at his great place!

we got there and there were such cool things like a gigantic barn yard with a barn and little simulated animals everywhere. there was a big tractor to sit on, a farm house where you could ring the doorbell, a mailbox where you could get the mail, a birdhouse with a bird and babies in it and all kinds of neat stuff. on top of that, a great ramp leading up to the barn house which i really enjoyed sliding down! other exhibits included a large cereal bowl that you slid into after climbing up a small wall, a big SEPTA bus, abig moat where you could push boats around that had a dam, and a monorail. there was also a train set. oh and a big supermarket where you could stokc the shelves, shop, punch a punch card, work in the bakery and be a cashier! it was great and i had such a nice time. we stayed a couple hours and I was exhausted.

daddy was upset cause the camera batteries died (again!) and mommy was upset cause she had to carry the camera in her bag and it is a big beast! but we all had such a good time. i am really really glad mommy suggested we do this and I am SURE she had to drag daddy along. he was glad he went too, he told me.

we headed back to our car and mommy wanted to go to a place called south street and walk around a bit since it was sooo nice out. we headed over and walked around. we stopped at a place to eat and i had my first philly cheese steak! it wasn't pat's or gino's, but it was good! I had a bite of daddies but my main meal was chicken tenders dipped in my favorite vegetable, KETCHUP! (or kah kah).

to top off a great day, we came home from philadelphia and daddy let me ride on the lawnmower with him while he cut some of the grass! bed is looking great right now...

would love to hear from you guys out there...been a while since anyone commented.

Party Time!

2006-11-04T21:46:00.000-05:00

Went to an awesome party on Friday night! My cousins Kristen, Carly, and Anna were having a joint birthday party at Carousel Park in Delaware. It was at night and in the cold! They had hayrides and a bonfire. Daddy and I had an awesome time. Mommy couldn't go because of her pending trip to New Jersey for the Pink Tie Ball. Also, daddy bought me some new gloves and a hat with a race car on it especially for the night so I would be nice and snug and warm.

The night started with us getting dressed. Daddy put my PJ's on, then some pants, a t-shirt, then a sweater, then my jacket, then heavy coat! He taught me a trick to put my gloves on before my jacket, that way cold air won't get into my arms. my gloves are awesome. my first pair. hard to get my little fingers in the right holes though. I think with practice I will be ok though. The picture is me after I was all bundled up and ready!

When we got there, it was very dark and very scary. there were a lot of people confused about parking and trying to find their parties. luckily we parked and found aunt jen and uncle mark pretty quick. we headed to the camp site where the bonfire was burning and the hayride was loading up. I saw the biggest tractor ever there and it was AWESOME!

We didn't stay too long, daddy and I roasted a hot dog, and we ate that. then we roasted a marshmallow which I didn't try. Thing looked weird, so I passed. He and Aunt Jen said I would be sorry! We headed home and I got a late start to bed. Oh well. It was worth it!!

Check out daddy's web site for more pictures of the party.

Happy All Souls Day!

2006-11-02T14:40:00.000-05:00

Since I missed All Saints day, I thought I'd say Happy All Souls Day!

To honor All Souls day, daddy says we should remember all of those people who were in our lives but are no longer. this is way above my understanding level, so the discussion ends here. Sorry daddy!

Halloween was great, I was a football player! You can see pictures of me at daddy's web site. I had a great time on Halloween. I was a little hesitant to change into my costume, it looked a little like a cowboy's uniform. but i gave in and we had a great time. daddy took me trick or treating while mommy and lucy stayed home and handed out candy. then mommy took me over to see aunt tracy, uncle jim, and lexa to get some candy. had a great night. got a lot of candy, but it seems to have disappeared. I noticed last night that my candy bowl is no where to be seen. not sure what thats all about. oh, the trick or treaters were really cool too. power rangers, witches, and even an Elmo showed up!

yesterday daddy had to go to NJ for his work. he was gone all day and i didn't think i would get to see him at all, but he showed up about 15 minutes before my bed time and was able to put me to bed. that was great! i also really enjoyed hanging out outside with mommy and we went to the library too and she read me some books. i showed her how nicely i can sit with my hands folded while she reads. i think she was impressed because i over heard her telling daddy about it. wish i could post some of my artwork from school too because man, mommy and daddy are really impressed with my work! can i find my talent at the young age of 20 months?!?

and we're back... HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

2006-10-31T08:46:00.000-05:00

i meant to post yesterday but we are all back. had an awesome weekend with Oma and PopPop at their house, Mommy and Daddy had a great weekend in upstate New York, and Lucy had a great time with Cassidy at Uncle Jim and Aunt Tracy's house.

we did a number of things each day at Oma and PopPop's house. They go out a lot, not like Mommy and Daddy. We went shopping a lot and out to lunch and it was great. even got to go to sunday school when we went to church on sunday. they don't have that at my church!

anyway, it was a great time and i was happy to see mommy and daddy come home. i was napping when they came to pick me up and for whatever reason they decided to wake me up. i was pretty tired after this fun weekend so I wasn't that happy about that. i gave them a smile but then realized how tired i still was, then I let them have it and cried most of the way home. unfortunately i didn't get a great chance to say bye to Oma and PopPop because i was crying but i am sure i will see them again. anyway...by the time we got back it was already late. daddy said daylight savings was over and that i thought it was later than it was. i was hungry man! I golfed down some dinner and calmed down and then I let them see how excited i was to be home.

so back to life and reality. we dropped mommy's car off at the shop yesterday and have to pick it up today before we trick or treat. we are not allowed to dress up at school, but as soon as i get home i am putting my football player uniform on and we are heading out to get candy. then coming home to hand it out! its gonna be awesome!! last night someone "Ghosted" us, which means they put a ghost on our door and ran, leaving a note and some candy behind. daddy disappeared soon after to return the favor to two other unspecting neighbors. his stories were really funny about sneaking around in the dark and not being sure about dogs, and deer wondering around. he remembered this happening in Maplewood. Mommy and Daddy both seemed pleased to have been ghosted!

Ok, hope you all have a great halloween! i hope to get some pictures posted of me in my costume.

have a good weekend mommy and daddy!

2006-10-26T16:21:00.000-04:00

well, i know i am gonna miss them. today after school they are taking me to PopPop and Oma's house. I am going to stay with them until Sunday. Mommy and Daddy are heading to upstate New York for a wedding on Saturday. Its a 6 hour trip. I think they are excited to get a way together but i also think they are going to miss my cute little smile! I am going to try to learn some new words this week and impress them when they get home.

i hope they remember to take a picture of me with them so they don't miss me too much!

Oh, and have a good weekend to you too lucy! Lucy is going to Uncle Jim and Aunt Tracy's house. She is going to go and hang out with Cassidy (their dog) all weekend. Lucy has been really missing Cassidy since she stayed at our house this past weekend, so it will be a nice reunion for them.

Hope you guys all have a good weekend too! I hope daddy remember to bring over all my stuff. I already know that there are some really cool toys at their house though, so there should be plenty of things to do. Ok, thats it for now. Love you Mommy and Love you Daddy!! I'll miss you lots and lots.

Oh...special note to Mom-Mom. Thanks for making us dinner last night and have a good trip to Florida with PopPop Bill and Aunt Louise! Love all you guys too!!!

grrrahhhh.

big mouse, a party, and more dogs!

2006-10-23T11:16:00.000-04:00

hi everyone! what a weekend. how was all of yours?

well, on friday night when I got home from school we had a visitor! this visitor was in the form of a big yellow dog named Cassie. she is uncle jim and aunt tracy's dog and she stayed with us this weekend while they took lexa to meet my NEWEST cousin Olivia! btw...i don't think i ever announced the birth of olivia lorraine waleski, daughter to uncle wasil and aunt jenn and sister to my cousin the chase-man. anyway...it was quite a scene with lucy and cassie ("dog" and "dog") running around, bumping into me, scrumming around with eachother. it was pretty entertaining.

saturday we woke up and went straight to mom-moms house. daddy and mommy had to go to my school to learn about teaching methods or something. mom mom and i went to dover for summer's birthday party at chuck E cheese. it was amazing there! big animals, games, rides, you name it. got to have pizza for lunch and got to have some birthday cake! it was great. happy birthday to my cousin summer who is a number of years old that i don't quite know yet. i do know TWO, but thats about it. daddy always laughs at my pronunciation of the word two ("TEEYOU").

sunday was topped off with a visit from Granpa and a quite cold fall day. I missed the whole Eagles game, and daddy says I am lucky. he didn't seem to want to discuss it! hope you guys all had a great weekend. this coming weekend i am staying with oma and pop pop for the weekend while mommy and daddy go to a wedding far far north. they said that they will miss me. i will miss them too, but i think it will be fun to hang out with pop pop and oma. oma always has fun things planned for me to do!

add "bone" and "pieces" to my vocabulary.
add "peepee" and "baby" to my vocabulary. oh, and "cow". and "shoes" (or "SHEEYOUS").

Jake's Surgery Update

2006-10-18T08:35:00.000-04:00

Happy to report:

Hi all,
Just wanted to send a quick note that Jake’s surgery went very well and he is recovering just fine. The procedure took about 2 hours and only about 1% of Jake’s total lung tissue had to be removed. He’s a little sore but really doing great all things considered.
Feel free to pass forward this along to anyone I may have missed. We’ll post more updates on our website as we get a little more settled. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.

Jimmy (and Kelly & Jake)

Great news and happy recovery Jake!

Been quite a while

2006-10-16T13:40:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone "hi" (I can say that now).

I know its been a while. I keep giving daddy updates, but he has been really busy with work. all weekend he worked , so he said maybe if he got some time monday.

had a great weekened and a great week. last week's highlight was wed night at school for the ICE cream Social at school! it was great. there was some big meeting in the library and then afterward we went into the gym and ate some ice cream! it was great. before that, on sunday, so many of you guys came over to watch the cowboys get stomped by the eagles, and that was awesome! i think about 10 of us must have had mcnabb jersey's on!! :)

this past weekend my teacher from school, miss susan came over to babysit me while daddy adn mommy took mommom up to wishes and dreams for the cystic fibrosis gala. they had a good time and so did I. she showed me some cool stuff to do with stickers and all that.

not too much else going on right now. we are doing food tasting in school and this week is one of my all time favorite foods, bananas! each day we taste the food, and each week we change foods. last week was apples, red apples, green apples, and oh, on thursday we MADE apple sauce! I got to help put the apples in the mix.
school has been really fun though. i met this great girl named Katie and she really helps me out a lot with stuff at school. she is really nice.

one last note...best wishes to my buddy Jake who is having lung surgery today. hope you do so well jake, and can't wait to hear from you again soon. might be a while beofre you can post on my blog, but i am sure daddy and mommy will keep us in the loop. we said an extra special prayer at dinner last night for you. I encourage all you other readers to do the same.

"ee", pumpkins, and dogs everywhere!

2006-10-03T14:03:00.000-04:00

"ee" and deer, beer, pee pee. i have the sound down. its a milestone for me because i haven't done much saying of words with those types of sounds. but this past week i added them to my vocabulary. I love saying deer becuase I can finally describe the "nors" in the back yard. they are deer!! pee pee is cool too. i have been seeing daddy pee pee lately and then he waves buh bye to the pee pee as it flows down the toilet bowl. neat. just awesome stuff.

mommy says i have become quite the help around the house too. helping her with the laundry and the dishwasher and even setting the table. its been great fun. daddy has been using my services too. this week we cut the lawn together! it was awesome riding on the mower and going around the turns. then i helped him set up the sprinkler for the past couple nights too. you wonder why i am so tired at night!! anyone say child labor laws?! he he.

we had a good weekend, saturday was my school's fall festival where i proceeded to not enjoy the moonbounce, and win lots of great prizes including a nice wooden train whistle. the bigger kids went down this HUGE blowup slide that was as tall as our house. that wasa pretty good time there. i won adn ate a lolly pop and then we stopped by mom-mom's for dinner. sunday we went pumpkin picking (attaching a few pictures) after the picnic we were supposed to go to got rained out. The final pictures are from monday when we picked up Cassidy and brought her over to our house to play with Lucy. They had a great time running around!!

Hope you all are doing well! School is going great. Tuesday night is mommy's class night so me and daddy are going to hang out. he always finds something really fun for us to do.

oh...go Eagles!! Beat the Packers last night (as we all suspected). this week the moo's are coming to town with TeeeOh. Daddy thinks its the same cowboys from brokeback mountain, whatever that means. all i know is, we better win!!

thanks oma and poppop

2006-09-26T15:06:00.000-04:00

thanks guys for picking me up from school yesterday!! Sorry I was a bit fussy getting into the car, i just wondered where mommy and daddy were. I had fun picking out pumpkins and corn though after school! :)

i was going to get to meet a new babysitter this week, but that fell through. wed night mommy and daddy have to go and pick out our family portraits. but too bad the babysitter couldn't come. instead, something even better. mom-mom is going to come to school with mommy on wed and pick me up from school. I am going to go to her house and hang out with mom-mom and pop-pop while daddy and mommy are gone. that will be fun. mom-mom is really nice and gives me almost whatever I want and when I want it! I love her! And Pop-Pop always plays outside with me (usually golf) and that is great too!

Yesterday I painted mommy and daddy a picture on the easle at school and they LOVED it! I wonder if they knew what it is. Now that I think about it, I don't think they mentioned what it was, but they certainly were impressed with my skills. Maybe I will go to art school during summer vacation! he he.

my sweet rockin chair

2006-09-25T15:33:00.000-04:00

Thanks Aunt Louise for this awesome rocking chair you brought for me!! I am really enjoying it so far and have spent countless minutes just sitting and rocking. Plus, now i have my very own seat in my house! What a great idea (and I wasn't even expecting a gift!)

Had a great weekend, Aunt Louise and her friend Betsy visited from Pittsburgh. They came over to our house for dinner on friday night and then we went to mom-mom's for lunch on Sunday. I had a great time there hanging out with aunt jen and those crazy girl cousins of mine!!

Then we went to Uncle Jim and Aunt Tracy's house to watch the Eagles game. I got to see Lexa and play with her feet and stuff. Daddy and mommy kept holding her and I have to say, I wasn't that big of a fan of that idea. She is a cute baby though, but I don't see the big deal about her. She doesn't do all of the funny stuff that I do. Atleast I didn't see anything funny! Oh well, I am sure we will grow up to be great friends!!

Mommy started work today at her new job, and PopPop and Oma are goign to pick me up from school. I think mommy has to stay late. Daddy picked me up for school on friday and got to see me in my class for a while. That was great.

Hope you all had a great weekend. Looking forward to getting home and rocking!!

picture day!

2006-09-19T14:52:00.000-04:00

today is picture day at school. i am semi dressed up and i showed mommy this morning how i can practice my smile. she was darn impressed! :)

school is going great now. I am glad i gave it a chance and believed mommy and daddy when they said it was going to be fun. i have a great friend there in Yaseen (sp?) and when I come in to class in teh morning, the whole class runs over and greets me! I am like a celebrity!!

Just though't i'd give you all an update on the situation. this weekend was pretty good, we went to Oktoberfest on Saturday night and had a great time. Check daddy's website for pictures soon! Mom-Mom took me on the magical train ride, and i got to experience some german dancing and food for the first time. it was great!

sunday was fun too, roger and corrine and chris came over to visit and watch football with mommy and daddy. it was a disappointing loss, and it seems to have really effected daddy. (he took his eagles flag down after the game and he never does that, we also took off our jerseys because it was "hot")

not much else going on though folks, hope you all are doing well and I am glad you still continue to check in! I will try to respond to your posts and do a better job, but they keep us busy here at HMS! Talk to you all soon!

starting to believe...

2006-09-15T08:43:00.000-04:00

thanks all for your encouraging posts about school, i am starting to buy in...

mommy just dropped me off and today was about the first maybe second day that i was ok with her leaving. i have a good feel for what is going on here now and things are actually pretty cool here. first, wanted to attach a quick picture of me on my first day of school:

This is me explaining to Lucy that i had to go to school that day and that she would be OK here alone with daddy.

So, things are going good at school. They have cool animals there. And everything in our room is the right size for us kids. All the tables and chairs are accessible, we have cubbies, a play area, a music area, and a great potty where we wash our hands. So, after about a week and a half, i am starting to settle in.

I think this weekend should be fun. we are going to Oktoberfest near mom-mom's house on saturday and on sunday is the big game (Eagles vs. Giants). Some of mommy and daddy's friends are coming over to watch the game too. HOpe you all have a great weekend. Here ar e few more pics:

shh...monday update

2006-09-12T10:22:00.000-04:00

ok, i was able to sneak away for a minute at school. i found this computer in the backroom and thought i'd give you all an update on school.

yesterday we had a rough start. after an AWESOME weekend with daddy (mommy was traveling) i had to go back to t his place. i kind of forgot about that whole thing (even though mommy and daddy constantly try to pound positive influence about school and teachers into my head). it was rough seeing mommy leave and drop me off, but once the day got rolling i had a pretty good day. i ate a good lunch and even had good nap on a cot! Miss Valerie said i slep for almost an hour and a half there. I could have slept longer, but heck, its a cot man. i need a crib if you know what i'm sayin...

so, all in all, it was a good day. this morning is going well too, mommy had to stay with me a while longer because she had a volunteer meeting to go to a the school...up, gotta go, cya!

getting better...a little

2006-09-09T23:39:00.000-04:00

3 days of school done...how many to go??

day 2 was a bit better, i managed to stay the whole day though I was pretty upset when mommy left after dropping me off. after we ate lunch at our lunch table, we have to have nap time. they pulled out these crazy cots and asked us to lay down on them. it was interesting. thankfully miss lotta showed me what to do because i was struggling all day. i was able to rely on my nook for soothing mouth comfort!

day 3 was not that great, but i thought i was getting the day off. we started out with an appointment with a photographer. mommy and daddy ketp talking about this family portrait thing and the night before we had to make sure our outfits weren't too clashing. anyway, the photographer lady seemed pretty nice and she took lots of pictures. we walked to a lot of different places and played in the park. lucy was going crazy!! daddy said sometimes she posts photos on her blog after she takes them, so stay tuned! Anyway, we spent about an hour doing that first thing in the morning and then i had to go to school a little late. my class was already in gym so it was a different routine. i eventually stabilized, but I am still feeling that place out.

thanks for all the good wishes everyone. its been a rough week and i hope i can get through next week OK. i know with all of your support i sure can!!

momma? dada?

2006-09-07T07:41:00.000-04:00

school started out with a bit of a hitch. apparently i am supposed to go alone, and not with mommy and daddy. this may take some getting used to. yesterday morning i spent most of the day looking for mommy and daddy outside fo the classroom door, but they were not there. i had to have the teacher call them so they could come pick me up early. we will give it another go tomorrow, but now i sort of understand.

i did enjoy the bunny, hampster and fish they had in class though. it is a big bunny and some of the other kids touched it (they're crazy!). hopefully the animals will be there again today. ok, gotta go get ready to leave! must remain calm....

Last day of summer

2006-09-05T21:35:00.000-04:00

well, off to school tomorrow. today was my last day home with mommy. its been so nice being home with her and spending so much time with her. having daddy and lucy here with us all day has been great too. I am nervous for school, but i think its goign to be fun. daddy says i am going to learn so much and he says he can tell that I want to learn because i ask a lot of questions, like, where are the nors? (nors are deer). are they out there? nors? over there? nors?

so wish me luck everyone! mommy and daddy and I are all going to go together in the morning. btw...i know some of you think i am crazy for going to school so young, but hey, i don't call the shots around here. don't worry though, i can handle myself pretty good as most of you know (because you have probably watched me for amore than an hour alone). anyway, i have a feeling that this new school is going to be the perfect place for me to get really really smart. soon i will be writing daddy's blog!! heh heh.

ok, so, so long summer, we had a blast with you. moving to a new big house, spending time with teh family, outings to get ice cream, swimming, wow! what a great life i have. just want to tell mommy and daddy that i love you very much (and you too lucy!!) next time i write i will be more educated!

the ry-man

school and some rain...

2006-09-02T21:42:00.000-04:00

ahhh the rain...how i love spending hours on end inside!! :)

thu night at school was not that fun. mommy and daddy and I went to school for parent orientation. I soon found out that this did not include me...how do i know? As soon as we got there we went right to the gym for some great play. it was nice, they had a ton of balls to play with, music, a big parachute thing...

in fact, i got so caught up that i lost site of mommy and daddy. apparently they left to go to my classroom for orientation. i had the teachers take me there immediately (through methods undisclosed, but use your imagination). eventually i got to spend the rest of the evening with them in my classroom with a couple of other misfit kids who didn't want to hang out in the gym and miss all of the action. by the end fo our time there, all was well.

today was raining all day, so we went to pop-pop and oma's for some swimming at the pool at their house. daddy said some people were using the pool though and that we couldn't go in. mommy tried to pursuade him but he wouldnt' budge so we went to visit pop-pop and oma at their house for a while. after we left we went back but those old ladies were still in there so we went home. after my nap we headed back to church, which until we moved, was not all that fun. Now, we go into a special room where kids can make noise and walk around and get into things. Its awesome, i played with 4 other kids tonight at church and had a blast!

Hi Everyone!

2006-08-31T15:44:00.000-04:00

Been a while since I last updated, Daddy has been quite busy lately. He said he would take some time to update for me today though.

Well...this is my last week at home and its been a pretty eventful weekfor the most part. This morning was meet the teacher day at school, so mommy and I went to the school and hung out in my classroom for a couple hours. My class has 16 other kids in it, and I am the 2nd youngest. 11 of the 17 kids are boys too. (stats all provided by mommy)

anyway, i really like the classroom, everything in there is MY size and i can play with all of it. i was so disappointed when we had to leave and go home, but mommy said i will have plenty of time to play there. tonight all of us are going back for parent orientation night. mommy said i will get to play while her and daddy get to learn about my school. playing sounds good to me man.

last night pop pop and oma came over for dinner. we had a nice time, and i showed them some fo my dining tricks. they are going to watch me a for a while in October i think. No one told me this, but i picked it up from some of the conversations going on last night.

i have really been practicing with my words and doing well. daddy is always surprised when I walk out of his office and say bye bye. i still find that when I can't remember a word for something, i can usually just scream really loud to get my point across. i know this drives "them" crazy, but oh well.

tuesday i spent the whole day with mom mom and pop pop bill. we went to applebees for lunch (still never get to go anywhere with momma and daddy), then to teh carousel horse farm. It was great fun. Mom MOm gives me whatever I want and I love spending time with her. She seems to be able to read my mind, like for example, i might be thinking, "gee...how about a cookie" and before i say it, mom mom is there giving me a cookie and some yogurt ("wowurt")! WOW!

monday mommy and i went to millburn orchards nad it was really cool. we saw some goats and some baby cows and mommy even fed a cow. i thought she might get down there and try to milk one, but it never happened. it was neat there and you can pick fruit and hang out with animals.

sooo...that was my week. this weekend mommy is preparing me for a lot of inside time. she said we are supposed to get lots and lots of rain. lets hope not though. daddy says the weather people are alarmist and rarely get the forecast right. we'll see who's opinion prevails! talk to you all later!

one cool college

2006-08-22T14:24:00.000-04:00

about 2 weeks till school starts and we have been busy busy busy. this weekend mommy and daddy took me to their old college, the university of Delaware. It seemed pretty cool. they had lots of bricks, and steps. buildings with big columns, fountains and trees. there is a street with stores and restaurants too. sounds like a pretty good place, could have used some more playgrounds though. how do people go to school without a big twisty slide or swings?!?

yesterday I went and got my hair cut again. It was SCARY! The woman was cutting my hairs and then all of a sudden she put this large loud buzzing thing toward my head. though mommy said it was OK, i was not having any of that! we also got to go to a gigantic toy store and i played with lots of toys. mommy bought me this great red car that i can ride on, oh and a dancing elmo. the car is awesome, the dancing elmo is cool too. i put it on my new desk that daddy brought home from mom-mom's house. we also brought home all of daddy's smurfs from when he was a little boy like me and played with them. all of these things are great but not sure any will replace my Thomas the Train train set and tracks!!

oh and i forgot to tell you all...last friday my new teacher came over to our house for a visit. she was really nice. her name is Valerie, and she brought the teacher's assistant (whose name we can't remember at this point). they were both really nice, and i showed them my toys, and my house. i hope they can teach me lots of great things. maybe like how to use the potty. i have seen daddy do it and it looks really fun. not sure i understand the whole process yet, but soon they tell me, "soon". school should be fun though, even though I will definitely miss seing mommy and daddy and lucy all day long...

Happy Birthday Momma!

2006-08-15T17:13:00.000-04:00

Thanks for being there each day for me mommy. No matter what my agenda is, you are there, and I couldn't imagine life without you!

I love you and Happy Birthday!!

Last Weekend - Beley Bash!

2006-08-14T12:42:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone, just wanted to take some time to update you on our recent trip to Pittsburgh. We went out in the beginning of August for the tad less than annual "Beley Bash". We stayed with Jake and his parents.

Thanks Jake for letting us stay. Oh and thanks to Mommy and Jake's parents for giving me the opportunity to bath with another boy! That was an interesting experience. For the most part, I think we pretty much bath the same, but they have a cool hose they use to rinse off, instead of our ghetto red cup!

Also, i got to use Jake's high chair and pack and play, even better I got to play with his rather awesome toys. I hope mommy and daddy were taking note. I just can't play with the same old toys all the time. Maybe its time for a refresher guys?!?

On to the Beley Bash where I had a great time. I spent most of my day grabbing ice from the numerous coolers and eating it. It only became an issue a couple of times when I mistakenly picked up a rock or two thinking they were also ice cubes. Luckily mommy stopped me in time. Here is a four generation picture for all of your viewing pleasure! Me on the left, daddy, pop-pop, then Grandad. Pop-Pop was able to make it out of prision to spend the day with his family, which was great. (he he, just kidding!)

After a not so long trip back from Pittsburgh, it was TIME. Sunday night Hall of Fame Game, Oakland Raiders versus the Philadelphia Eagles. Here is a picture of me gearing up for the game (I had to check on bunny in the backyard to see if he was eating the vegetables mommy left out there for him). The game was great, only saw the first series, but the Eagles are looking good!!

To All My Fans

2006-08-09T16:23:00.000-04:00

Whats up! Two posts in two days!

Just thought I'd give a state of how things are going these days. Still home all day with mommy and daddy. Daddy disappears into his computer room adn shuts the door shortly after he gets me up and dresses. Then I usually don't see him. every once in a while he comes out to play with me for aminute or two, or me and mommy will step into his office for a quick visit. other than that, daddy time is usually in the night time. me and mommy have been having so much fun though. almost every day we go somewhere. lets see, for example, monday was kind of exciting because I went to pop-pop and omah's house while mommy went on a job interview, ok, not the best example. tuesday...mommy and i went to food store AND to a playgroup at the park. that was awesome. theere were some awesome climing toys for kids my size at the park. i was so zonked out after playing that i went straight to my nap. then, after i woke up, me and mommy rode over to jcpenny to exchange our bar stools. that night daddy and lucy and i played football in the backyard. daddy was showing me out to hike the ball while he ran an out route and lucy covered him. then he took me for a walk all the way to the back of our yard and showed me how tall weeds grow.
today was story time at the library. i think its the second to last one for the summer, but it was great. each week we go, and thten we get out about 5-6 new books for me to read. on the way home we stopped off to pay for my school. yes, school....
i start at the hockessin montessori school the last week of august. time for me to get some education. i will be going to school for just about the full day and learning lots of great things. i will probably meet some other smart kids, but i doubt any of them have a friggin blog man! hopefully i don't run circles around them.

thats it for now. all is going well. its been a busy time since we moved, but i can tell things are starting to calm down. the house is great, the yard is great. we can race ("wace") up and down the driveway for hours. hopefully you all can come and see the house someday. i am pretty sure lucy likes it a lot too. as for daddy, he seems pretty content, and so does mommy, though i think she thinks we live in the middle of nowhere. more as i learn that stuff.

hope you are all well!

Wedding! Behind....

2006-08-08T22:24:00.000-04:00

Sorry folks, I am really behind in my posting. hard to keep up with all of these events. Just got back from the Beley Bash, but wanted to post about the wedding first!

Wow...great wedding. I think my second one, aunt beth and uncle pj's last fall was my first. this one was outside which made it really hot out. but it was OK because I got to see some cool boats, oh, and get this, there was a live horsee there!

Friday night started out with the rehearsal dinner. As soon as daddy was done with work for the day we got ready and headed on over to mom-mom's. Poor Lucy ("dog") had to stay home, but no doubt she had a good time. Daddy got all the drinks and put them into a cooler. AFter a while, everyone arrived and it was a nice party. I played outside with all the girls and michael. daddy came out and we played soccer in the backyard. Still not so sure about kicking things. I just don't see why we need to kick if I can pick it up and stick it in my mouth with my hands....

Sat we got up and I had an early nap before we left for the wedding. When I got there I noticed a funny white blanket on the ground. Someone had left this there maybe from the night before. It looked pretty clean so I gave it a test walk. All was good. But boy it was hot so I settled down with a cup of water for a while.

As we all gathered around we all had a lot of catching up to do from the previous night (not really). I think Uncle Mark was running late or something, so daddy took the opportunity to teach me about being on time. then i overheard him telling someone that since we moved to PA that this was the first event we were on time to.

So then out of the corner of my eye I saw some one I had never seen before. The glitter dress girls! They were really cool and they had this great glitter on their dresses. Every time I got close I couldn't help but reach for the glitter and end up pulling on their dresses. I spent a lot of the day chasing these girls around trying to get their glitter.

But before we knew it the wedding ceremony had started and finished. All of my cousins read a poem on stage (WOW!) and then they had to pour sand into a glass jar. Then at the end Aunt Jen and Uncle Mark had a kiss, kind of like mommy and daddy do. the lady behind them told them it was OK so they did. this now makes them married and we can start the party!

So we darted across the dock of the Chesapeake Inn and went inside the air conditioning. We hall had a great time, and I did some dancing and girl chasing. Daddy let me order his drinks at the bar and he also a few straws. By the end of let me play with the day, I was exhausted! Much of my time at the party was spent being hounded by girls and by the end of the party, I had had just about enough. I mean, I love my cousins and all, but give a man some space! :)

Goin to the zoo zoo zoo

2006-07-31T11:37:00.000-04:00

Family night at the Brandywine zoo was fun! it was a hot and muggy night, but i got to see some cool animals, so I didn't mind breaking a sweat. mommy and daddy weren't impressed with the zoo, but we all had a good time anyway. I also got a chance to test out my new sneaks...

When we got there, we were late because daddy got lost, so the first thing we did was eat some hot dogs. we were starving!

Shortly after arriving we toured through some of the animals. Truthfully there weren't that many, maybe 10 or 12, but they were all amazing. Especially to eyes that have never seen the likes of a tiger, llamas, or otters! Afterwords we headed out of the zoo and down to the foutain and got some great looks at the Brandywine river. Hope you enjoy the post, look for more about the weekend and the great time we had at Aunt Jen and Uncle Mark's wedding!

Thu - Gearing up for the weekend

2006-07-27T16:56:00.000-04:00

Ok...so we are about to head over to the zoo for family night. no, not my family, but daddy did joke that we will meet some of mommy's family there. he got a real kick out of it, while mommy just sort of smirked.

I think we are going to see some animals though and eat dinner there. It should be fun, hopefully we can get some pictures taken. too bad i have to be the keeper of all things memorious around here. slacker parents!

big event this week is the big wedding. aunt jen and soon to be uncle mark are getting marreid on saturday in maryland. i am gonna get to go. can you believe both of my aunts have gotten married since i was born! thats two weddings i get to witness. daddy says the more weddings you go to , the less weddings you will want to go to.

huh? sometimes he says things that i just don't get.

today we went for a play group at teh park (mommy and I). we were the only ones who showed up. whats up with that you shady kids!? i was ready to lay the smack down on you! haha, just kidding. tomorrow though daddy is off of work adn we are goign to hang out. he said he might let me sit on his new lawn mower (wahnmore).

thats all for now, should be a fun weekened with lots of visitors! can't wait to see aunt jo and unlce rick and meet all of uncle mark's family. of course, dinner at mom-mom's house is going to be great tomorrow night.

have a great weekend everyone!

Tues - Cecil County and Eagles!!

2006-07-25T16:57:00.000-04:00

Fly Eagles Fly...

Daddy has been teaching me the Eagles fight song over the past couple days. my favorite part is at the end when he spells out E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles! Of course all of this is prompted by the Eagles starting training camp this past weekend. we are psyched for the season to start and for some football to be on TV. Daddy says the first game of the year features the Eagles and the Raiders in the Hall of Fame game. Thats in just a few short weeks.

Had a nice and busy week again. This weekend we did a lot. Friday started out with a trip to pop-pop and oma's for a swim and a visit with my visiting cousins. daddy and mommy took me swimming at pop-pop's pool at his complex. we had a great time tooling around in the pool, though it was very slippery walking around there. i kept falling down. i was a bit nervous in the water at first, but i got more comfortable. after that we headed back to pop-pop's for dinner. Aunt Diana and my cousins Amanda and Celeste came by for a visit. We had a great time visiting with everyone. Riley and my new cousin Lexa was there too!

Saturday I stayed with mom mom and pop pop bill while mommy and daddy went out to dinner for their anniversary. they said they had a great time. apparently when they don't take me to restaurants its more relaxing. that may be true, but i bet its much more expensive too. and geez, what they heck are they doing there anyway? probably talking about me!!!

Sunday we went to the Cecil Couny Fair. Wow. I had a blast. The best was getting to sit on all of the different tractors they had there. I think i tested out the seats on each one. then we went through the animal displays and i saw some pigs, goats, sheeps, and whoa momma cows! They were so big that I was scared fo them. Daddy said that they weight 10 times as much as he did. some of them were moo'ing too. AFter that we had some dinner and watched a few minutes of the rodeo while daddy shared some of his ice cream with me. But it really was a blast! Too bad lucy couldn't come.

just wanted to say that i am glad you all read my blog. daddy says he gets a lot of compliments on my rantings and always tells me that more people than i think are checking in to read. so, if your checking in, feel free to check in and let me know your out there!! its an honor to have you all.

coming up: aunt jen's wedding next weekend, beley bash in pittsburgh after that. comin to see you jake! then maybe a visit from aunt selena, and then maybe some time to relax!

as i say to mommy and daddy:
belauka shaka jaka babk babka bed

Mon - Yes, No, and I just don't know!

2006-07-17T10:22:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone,
The title of my post is really some ofthe things I am mastering over the last week or so. I have learned that I can acknowledge questions and say Yes by nodding my head up and down. I can say no or disagree by turning my head side to side. I can claim ignorance by simply raising my brow and putting my hands (palm up) up. All great methods of non-verbal communciation. This eases the communication gap around the house and is helping.

Other ways to say NO....I can actually say "nuh-no". Or I can groan with a half shrug and run. Those work too, and those I am starting to use for those questions mommy and daddy ask that don't really give me an option. Tricky adults....like....Ryan, do you want to take a nap?
{turn head indicating no method}. I get picked up and carried to crib.
{say "nuh-no" method}. Picked up and carried to crib.
{fuss, shrug, and run method}. Play chase, then picked up and carreid to crib.

Duh, which one would YOU choose! ;)

We had a nice weekend. It was very very busy though. Life in PA has been all but relaxing. Thu and Fri we went swimming with Mommy and her new Mommy's group, along with a brand new playgroup. Oh man, the house we were at on Thu had so many toys that I didn't even WANT to go outside to play. Fri I skipped the pool again, still a bit wary of it. Daddy carted me off to our new doctor friday to have her take a look at some bumps on my skin. She was pretttttty nice (hehe). Then daddy carted me home and unlce jim and aunt tracy came over for some grillin. Cassie came and we had a bit of a run in, but its all good.

Sat we were off to Haley's birthday party (10 years!!!). We played in the park there, but ti was pretty wet and muddy that day. Sat night mommy and daddy took me after dinner to the Ice Cream Festival over in Wilmington. We had an awesome time! Ate some ice cream, checked out the vendors and I even got to pet a few dogs there. They had this HUUUGE balloon ("boon") that filled up with fire and floated into the air. They had a live rock band there too. Getting back in the car mommy and I had a bit of an incident, and hopefully she is still not too mad at me. I threw my firetruck and hit her in her lip. It was bleeding and now she has a cut on her lip. Sorry mommy, i love you!!!

Sunday we headed to Pop-Pop's for his birthday party! We had fun there too. Got to see everyone again. No Riley this weekend, daddy says they are trying to get their house ready for sale. Riley, if you need any coping advice, let me know. stressful time! But I did get to see Lexa quite a bit, and of course all those crazy girls (Haley, Kristen, Carly, Anna)!

Hope you guys all had a nice weekend! I will try to take it easy on some of your children. i am still pushing my limits though. just remember, i got my share back in full force when i went head to head with cassie, and I didn't get anyone as hard as I got mommy the other night (once again, sorry momma!)

Ry-Man

I'm back baby!

2006-07-12T21:47:00.000-04:00

WOW! Its been a heck of a few weeks! I dont' think I could possibly catch you all up on what was a great move and what has been a hectic couple weeks. A real whirlwind of activity.

Couple things....I really like our new house, and my new room is great. It looks a lot like my old room. Our house is a lot bigger and I can run and play inside but even outside there is tons of room to run and play too. Daddy was right when he said my lawn mowing skills better get better!

I think I have seen some of you almost every day since we moved! CAn you believe how much we have seen eachother?? Soon I won't need to post a blog cause you guys are all so close. its really been great seeing you, especially mom-mom who takes such good care of me!!

I do miss school, but its not so bad. Mommy has been home with me every day and daddy too! Daddy works really close by and frequently pops in for visits at lunch and other random times. Me and mommy have been all over the place checking out local stores and getting familiar with the roads. i think she is lucky she has me to talk to!!

The neighbors have a girl that is about my age. she came over shortly after we moved in. haven't seen her since, but she seemed pretty tough and intimidating. hopefully we can be friends.

Today mommy and I went to the local library for story hour and that was a lot of fun. Tomorrow we are going to a pull party that abunch of local mommy's planned. Then on friday another get together at another mommy's pool.

So, we are keeping busy! Its been so nice seeing all of you this week. Thanks for watching me while mommy an daddy got our house setup!

OHHH. And, duh. I have a BRAND NEW COUSIN!!! She was born a couple days after we moved in. Congratulations to Uncle Jim and Aunt Tracy on the birth of my cousin, Alexandra (Lexa) Lorraine Earley!! I met her. She is pretty cute, not all that interesting right now.

ok, off I go. had to transcript this one for daddy earlier this evenign so he could type it up and post for me. hopefully he took no editorial rights to my thoughts!!

cya guys!!!

Mon - Last post from NJ?

2006-06-26T16:11:00.000-04:00

hopefully it won't be too much of a teary goodbye, but tomorrow is the big day. we move on. we had such a nice family weekend bonding in teh house because of the rain. sun me and mommy went to lunch together and then to the park so daddy could get some packing done.

there are boxes everywhere, but in the midst of packing we played a lot with the couch cushions and made some nice forts out of them. then i ran and jumped into them knocking them over. i love it when mommy and daddy play with me! lucy even got in on the game and crawled into some of the cushion forts! what a blast!

today was my second to last day of school. i guess i am really gonna miss everyone there. they take such good care of me and teach me things everyday. most importantly they are cracked up by my antics... i am actually a pretty funny guy, now that i think about it. tomorrow is my last day though. i think mommy is going to pick me up and we are going straight to mom-mom's house for a few days before the house is ready. daddy is going to stay back until wed and get everything cleaned up and straightened for the new people. I hope they are nice. I think they have a dog just like lucy too. daddy and mommy think lucy will be stressed out by the move so i have to make sure she gets through ok. i have to pull her hair and sit on her just as much as usual, maybe more!

so, off we go, to the great state of PA! I have really enjoyed your comments and enjoyed writing this blog. i might ahve given you all the wrong impression about stopping the blog, its not because know one reads it, but just because i am getting older. soon enough i can express all of my thoughts without this blog. we will see though. the old man is still thinkin bout it.

have a great week everyone, wish us soooo much luck with our move!!

love,
the ry-man

Thu - Times a wastin...get packin!

2006-06-22T16:07:00.000-04:00

Less than a week till the big move so we have been very busy at home. Not much time for an update. Thought I'd share a couple of pictures.

I mowed the lawn for daddy on father's day:

Then me and mommy called Granpa to wish him happy father's day:

This week I can tell has been pretty stressful for mommy and daddy. It started out with the oil tank removal. That was quite a feat. I didn't see it but mommy was home to take some pictures:

The good news was that the leak was not TOO bad. Still bad enough to cause problems though. Hopefully that all can get worked out soon though!
so wish us all luck this weekend with packing, couple more inspections to go, but we are on target according to daddy.

School has been great this week. Tuesday was favorites day so i brought in my favorite fire truck. when i got to school, we had to show everyone our favorites than share it with the other kids. then on wed was pajama day combined with water day! so, i got to wear my pj's to school and then in the middle of the day we got our suits on and headed out to the water table and sprinklers. it was great!!

hope you all had a great week, and please write in! haven't heard from anyone in a while. i know most of you are pretty busy though. can you believe you have been reading my blog for a year now? time flies dudes! daddy says its almost time to hang it up for some reason.

hope you like the mixed in pics too. i stole the idea from one of my neighborhood buddie's blogs (the jackson journal). His mommy writes his and puts great pictures in there. Daddy says she is a better picture taker than him though. Oh, and daddy told me to add my feed to your RSS aggregator (whatever the heck that means). daddy might start his own blog to explain stuff like that though soon. anyway, add this:
http://ry-man.blogspot.com/atom.xml

if you want a cool aggregator where you can add feeds, check out netvibes.com!

later!

Tues - Things are going well i think

2006-06-13T11:00:00.000-04:00

can i just tell you all how much I love the outside! i mean, there is so much going on out there, there is so much to look at, and the terrain is very exciting. makes going in and getting ready for bath and bed a real bummer.

i have started noticing a routine though, and yesterday wasn't so bad. it seems that after dinner is over daddy or mommy usually take me outside to play. daddy says it is to work. he mows the lawn while I help him out with my mower. i can usually get the spots that he misses (or so he says). my mower though is not as loud as his and a lot of times it doesn't even start up till you push it a while. anyway, we usually play for a while, run into some neighbor at some point, play for a while and then daddy says, ready to go inside? Lets got put your mower away. I guess that is sort of my cue to get ready to go inside and go to bed. I didn't fight it last night because it was bath night. I learned this really really really funny trick. I think most adults know, but for you kids out there, next time you are in the tub, try it. Wait till your sitting in the water, then wave your arms like crazy splashing water everywhere! Watch your mommy and daddy run for cover while you crack up laughing!!!

The other trick I am learning is to take the cup that your daddy uses to rinse you off, fill it with water, adn practice your drinking from a cup. i am getting good at it, and fast too. The trick is, wait till daddy/mommy is soaping up your washcloth, or turning on the water, then get a quick drink in!!

So I am noticing more and more boxes in our house. Pictures coming down, things disappearing. this is all part of moving. we have to take all of our stuff from this house and move it to another house. i will carry the broom if they want, so they won't have to pack it. hopefully lucy won't take too hard to the move, though i keep hearing daddy saying that we are goign to have a big yard and a big house so we don't need to worry.
we told school about the move too. it will be very sad to leave there, especially with not knowing what is in store for me (new school?). i am sure i will be fine though, i think i am too young for it to affect me too bad!

cya guys later!

Tues - Whoa...over a week since i posted!

2006-06-06T12:53:00.000-04:00

hey dudes and dudettes! been a while since I last wrote. I remember that I was just about to go swimming after I last wrote. that was our memorial day weekend.
since then though, things have been pretty busy. it was a short school week, only two weeks. monday was the holiday and then thu daddy said i could skip school and we got in the car, loaded up lucy and went to pop-pop's. mommy and daddy dropped me off because they said they had to go inspect our new house. They were gone for a couple of hours so me and pop-pop hung out most of the afternoon. We were out for a walk when mommy and daddy came back and i showed them my pretty much perfected wave. i could tell by the look on their faces how impressed they were!! We then headed over to mom-mom's house for dinner, and then mommy had to leave to go back to NJ for work the next day. lucy and pop-pop bill and daddy and I played ball outside while mom-mom sat outside and watched us. id have to say the downer of the day was the fact that I had to go inside and go to bed. i really really really don't like having to go inside!

Fri was a busy morning and i ended up taking a really long morning nap and then daddy adn mom-mom and I met pop-pop at a restaurant for lunch. wow, a restaurant, too bad cheapo mommy and daddy never take me out to eat! we had a great time and i entertained them with my ability to drink through a straw (yeah...i know...simpletons). then we headed over to mom-mom's work so daddy could work on their computers for a while. then it was back to mom-mom's for dinner and mommy's arrival. we played outside again for a while, and i again, did not like one bit coming back in side...grrr.

Sat and sunday are a blur at this point, i remember being at a baby shower, and mommy telling me to grab some diapers and get out of here while no one is looking. (he he, just kidding, oh and congratulations aunt tracy!) Spent some time playing the piano with daddy and I guess just hanging out getting ready to cause trouble and causing some!

Hopeyou all had a good weekend. It was great seeing you all!!

Happy Memorial Day!

2006-05-29T15:56:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone, did you have a nice holiday weekend? Mine is going well so far. I am about to get up from my nap, but thought i'd sneak an entry in. mommy is downstairs talking on the phone and I think daddy is in the basement packing.

packing you ask?

packing.

we are moving at the end of june! I haven't see the pics, but apparently the house is bigger, the yard is bigger, and we are going to be much closer to family. no more treks up and down the jersey turnpike!

so, pennsylvania is our destination state. it probably means alot of changes. I think daddy is going to somehow keep his job while mommy is going to look for another. hopefully one where she is not out at night all the time. lucy is going to be without her favorite dog walker, but she is going to spend more time with daddy instead. new rooms for all of us too, lots of packing and unpacking in the coming weeks. hopefully my schedule will stay pretty constant though!

we are going down this coming weekend and daddy adn mommy are going to the home inspection.

so, thats the news here.

had a nice weekend, spent a lot of time with mommy and daddy. today we went into town to watch the duck race and saw some of our neighbors there. yesterday selena and dave came over for a cookout on the new deck with the new grill. it was a blast! today i heard that aunt jen might be stopping by and chances are granpa is going to come over and see me. wow! what a weekend!

hope you all had a good one too! cya

Tues - bam bam

2006-05-23T14:54:00.000-04:00

RAAAHHH!

Got your attention eh? my newest trick. scream as loud as i can to get people to react. Works ever time.

Here is the scenario:
Your in a room, everyone is watching your every move. Cracking up at your antics, marveling at your cuteness. Then all of a sudden something happens to shift the focus of the room, say a conversation, or a visitor comes. All of a sudden, you are standing there with no audience.
RRRRAAAAHHHH!!!
Whammo, your audience is back! Works everytime folks.

I don't see a lot of older people doing this. Though daddy does a lot of yelling around the house at me and lucy. the man needs to come down a bit! sorry daddy if you are reading this, but hey, lucy is only 2, i am only 1, someday we will be the perfect angels you want us to be, just not yet! ;)

had a great weekend at the cystic fibrosis walk and the dinner before. got to see most of my aunts and uncles this weekend and cousins too. getting ready for the baby barrage that is coming this summer and fall. my newest cousin riley is still pretty queit and not much into playing, but that will change soon. after the walk mommy and daddy left to look at more houses again. they came home somewhat happy.

things are happening fast around here though, it seems like everyday is a new thing to talk about with all the houses.

miss C is going on vacation tomorrow and won't be in school. its a shame cause she is so nice to me, and always gives me food! fooooood!

ok peeps, talk to you later!

wed - is it hot in here?

2006-05-17T12:22:00.000-04:00

ok...so i am sitting here in daycare waiting for mommy to come pick me up. i have a 102 fever so it looks like i can go home early today and hang out with a much missed mommy who has had to work for the last couple nights in a row...

coincidence? you decide.

a mommy a day keeps the doctor away! sorry daddy, your great and all, but you ain't mommy! hee hee

so, what is cuasing this fever you ask? probably those two huge needles the nurse stuck in my legs yesterday! daddy says they were booster shots and it wouldn't be that bad, but i didn't see any needles going into his legs! doc said maybe i get a fever from these shots. i think i got one!

as for the rest of the 15 month checkup, my weight seems to be leveling off, I weighed in at 27 lbs 5.5 oz. Getting closer to average, and my height was pretty average at 31 inches. they measured my head, and i think it was in the 42 cm range, but can't quote that one.

all in all the appt wasn't too bad. me and daddy played ball while we waited for doc to come in, then he let me play with his blue tooth head set and let me wear it. he said i looked cool.

thats it for now, though I am hearing about a moving date of june 28th. not sure yet what this means, but more to come on that.

buh-bye.

Mon - Back to School

2006-05-15T12:17:00.000-04:00

Well, did everyone have a good weekend?

I did. It was nice and relaxing. It started off Fri night with a nice quiet evening on Friday, while daddy was working on the grill and mowing the lawn, i spent most of the evening with mommy. then we had a visitor, she looked familiar, but as it turns out, she is the one responsible for selling our house. apparently our first potential buyer has decided not to buy the house. daddy and mommy seem ok with that. then i noticed that no one was paying attention to me, so I spoke up!

sat was an early morning for me and daddy. i just couldn't wait to get up! We played for awhile and then we all went for a walk while some guy came to check out our house. He seemed nice enough, but he was late, and I could sense mommy's impatience. She probably saw that I was getting sleepy and this man was stealing my nap time! But alas, he came, we went out for a walk, and got home. I went for a nap and found out that the man wants to buy our house. Hooray! Then we went to home depot to get some propane for daddy's new grill. That thing is nice lookin.

Sun was the big day. I again decided not to sleep in. Mommy told me that daddy was getting up with me again because it was mother's day and she was goign to sleep in. She also noted that daddy was going to be out late that night, and he would want to get up early to see me! So...we got all of mommy's mother's day cards and presents ready for her so when she came down we could surprise her. I am glad that she was happy to get the gift and cards. Then we gave daddy his birthday cards! It was a nice relaxing day though and we topped it off with ice cream birthday cake, a great steak dinner, and a quick trip to Rita's. I got a taste of all of that and hit the sack!

Now I am relaxed and ready for school this week. Its picture day today, so I think i am going to get my picture taken! gotta look good...

cya!

TGIF - whatever that means

2006-05-12T13:51:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone! Its friday, and the weekend is just about here. Had a rough week, came down with a heavy cough. probably caused by my parent's need to transport me from place to place. lucky its mother's day and daddy's birthday on sunday, so i will forgive them. that should be gift enough...

hopefully it will be fairly relaxing this weekend. this week i noticed a lot of tension in the house. i think mommy wants to buy a house really bad but daddy wants to see if we sell our current house. geesh, what a balancing act. pending offers leads to lots of tension....

not too much else going on. daddy has been trying to teach me more and more words, and he was pretty impressed when I said bye bye the other day. i can also say "door" pretty good, and he has me working on "window". that one is much harder. the other hard one is "light". daddy says i can't say "L" words yet. I guess he is expecting that I will be developing that skill soon.

so, happy mothers' day to all of you mommies out there! most of my readership is motherly figures, so i know you are all looking forward to a great Sunday! hopefully your children won't disappoint. i know my mommy is getting something special, i have been saving up with daddy and lucy. i hope she likes her gift. mommy and dadddy said i had to buy them dinner too, they want to order from Church's chicken that night since it is a special day for both of them. I might be able to swing that with a few extra photo shoots. Lucy has a bit of savings too, so maybe I will hit her up for some. i have been sneaking her food every day since i have been eating, so she defintely owes me!!

ok everyone, have a great weekend!!

Mon - Rest Please

2006-05-08T11:00:00.000-04:00

Wow, some rest...please...i am just a small child. Carting me around here and there is very tiring for me (and you, I am sure). Here is a synopsis of my crazy weekend.

Fri yields an early pickup from daddy, and not only that, but Lucy is there with him. He pulls out a cup containing my yogurt drink and says, we are going to see Mom-Mom. But doesn't Mom-Mom live far far away? {yes, she does}

So we hit the road and head down to DE. It was a fun ride, I slept about half the time, but since it was a nice day, daddy turned up the music and opened the windows and sun roof! We had a great time. When we arrived we got to see Aunt Beth and Uncle PJ, and my new cousin Riley. She is pretty quiet and didn't seem very interested in her favorite cousin, but I will give her the benefit of the doubt. She seems to be doing well and is rather content most of the time.

Sat I decided to get up a little early (5:30) to see who else is up at that time. Turns out that when daddy (against his own will) and I went downstairs (after my refusal to lay back down), nobody was there but us and Lucy. Geesh people, wake up, start your day, the sun is shining! By 8:30 we were on the road to Pop Pop and Debbie's. Mommy and Daddy left, and we played for a while then visited Kristen at her soccer game. She was pretty good, she had a couple saves in goal. Got to spend some time with Haley and Anna, also Aunt Jen too.

Then I was whisked back to Mom-Mom's and mommy and daddy gave me lunch. Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop Bill were no where to be found, i think they went to Florida for sun and relaxation. Hoepfully my 5:30 wakeup didn't drive them out of the house. Anyway, had some lunch then me and mommy and daddy headed over to Jake's bday party. I had a great time there, and Jake, sorry for the smack on the head. According to my development phases, I do things now to get a reaction because I am learning about cause and effect. Had some cake adn ice cream then it was back to Mom-Mom's for a nap. Before I knew it we were off to dinner at the Outback with Pop-Pop and Debbie. Uncle Jim and Aunt Tracy got to join us too. Had a great time sipping on my straw from the water glass!

Back to Mom-Mom's and into bed!

Tired yet?

Then, Sunday morning was back to Pop-Pop and Debbie's. They took me to Church, fed me some lunch after and we played outside for awhile. I got to ride around on a little tike bike which was pretty neat. Walking really opens up a lot of doors!!
Finally mommy and daddy got home. they were house hunting and were not sucessful in finding one. sounds like they are changing strategy though and have a new outlook.

So, daddy took me, we picked up lucy and headed back home to NJ. Mommy stayed because she is meeting with some people from her work today to talk with them. She will be home tonight. Daddy adn I stopped at McDonalds for dinner since the traffic was so bad. We finaly got home and it was bath time and then bed time. Wow, finally the long weekend was over.

Today I am still very tired, but recovering. Probably take a few days though. Daddy says that on Sunday is mother's day so get ready. Mommy says that Sunday is daddy's birthday so get ready. I guess maybe I have to get them presents or something. Hopefully some more guidance on these events is coming soon!

Hope you guys all had a great weekend and talk to you soon. It was great seeing almost all of my loyal fanbase!!

Wed - Just A Taste

2006-05-03T09:41:00.000-04:00

well, this is a tad embarrassing, but...

yesterday miss pat had to call daddy because i took a small taste of "A" at school. he is my buddy and all, but sometimes we fight too. yesterday he took my crayon, so i had to go get it back. i admit it though, it was a moment of weakness, i lost my self control and took a little bite at him. this is apparently really a bad thing to do, and hey, now I know. daddy made me say i was sorry to "A" and hopefully today he won't get me back! ah the crazy world of school every day. you just don't know what you are going to get there each day...

mommy has a new nickname for me though, "animal". don't know about you, but i kind of like it!

Mon - How was your weekend?

2006-05-01T16:12:00.000-04:00

rocks...small oddly shaped objects that are hard and feel good in your mouth. i am learning about rocks, throwing them, hitting things with them, tasting them. the outside just has to much to offer.

i wish daddy would let me spend more time in the garage. the other day i carried the broom all the way to the front of the house. it was great. adults take stuff like that for granted i think. no one seemed nearly impressed with my feat, but man, consider the fact that 2 months ago, i could not even walk. in a few weeks i will be ready to sweep!

daddy and mommy are starting to realize that i do understand things. confirmed by this conversation:

Daddy: Ryan, where is your other sock?
Me: ehh (points to sock)
Mommy: See, he understands what you say to him.
Daddy: Yeah.
Mommy: Ryan, where is Lucy?
Me: eh? (points to Lucy)
Mommy/Daddy: Yeah! Very good!
Daddy: Ryan, where is Mommy?
Me: eh. (points to Lucy)

What I can't convey is that I was only joking on that last part. Don't worry mommy, i know which one you are! i guess i have daddy's kean sense of humor huh? he he.

before i go, happy birthday to the Jake! He turns the big 1 tomorrow. Soon we will romp around together, and can't wait to hang out.

Fri - End of April is Here

2006-04-28T08:34:00.000-04:00

Hey Everyone! Its been a while since I posted (as usual) but we have been a very busy bunch. We are moving (I think). I finally have figured it all out, what mommy and daddy have been doing when they leave me off with mom-mom or pop-pop. they have been looking at houses. they actually took me to one that they really liked and let me sample it. i loved it, they loved, unfortunately johnny house-seller took it off the market before it could become ours. soon though mommy and daddy will find a great house for us that will be bigger and have a yard for me and lucy to play in. we will also live closer to many of my loyal readers!

we still have to sell this house and i think mommy is getting a bit frustrated. not quite as much interest as she originally anticipated, but its really only been a week or so since the house was avaialbe for showings. so, we shall see. this is a whole new adventures.

i guess it also means i am going to be leaving my school. i will let that sit awhile before i see how i feel about it. i am now the 2nd oldest in my room and once my buddy A leaves, i will be the oldest by far. perhaps this will be a good time for a change.

we had a nice visit in DE this past weekend though. i got to visit with mom-mom and pop-pop bill and pop pop and debbie. lots of visiting!! no houses found and daddy was sick, but we still had a great time. can't say as much for the long ride home on sunday afternoon. we hit some major momma traffic and that darn car seat just gets so restricting. throwing my nook is only fun for so long, plus mommy eventually catches on and stops reaching all around the car for it. she is a smart lady. daddy is no nonsense in the car. he was probably just crabby from being sick, oh, and having to drive that trip so many times!

Daddy took lucy this week to go and visit aunt beth and my new cousin riley. he hasn't shown me the pictures yet but he said she was a beautiful baby and that she was very little still. compared to me he said she was like lifting a feather. dude, i can't help it if i am carrying some weight, i will say that it is some lean and solid baby fat. watch out ladies!

hope you all are doing well!

Thu - back after a day off

2006-04-20T13:12:00.000-04:00

well, me and daddy had a nice day off on wednesday. he picked me up early from day care on wednesday. miss pat said i had to go home since i was having some crazy poop explosions, in combination with a bad bad diaper rash and also that i got all of my clothes dirty! it was a rough morning yesterday. today has not been much better in that arena.

so since we went home early, me and daddy and lucy got to hang out all day together. we took a great wagon ride to the park and daddy and i threw the tennis ball for lucy. i got to wear my baseball cap to keep the sun out of my eyes too. daddy showed me how to wear it backwards to, he said he does that sometimes. we played outside a lot and we also played chase around the house. i can play chase now because i can move pretty darn fast on my feet.

with the fun came the unfun. the burning rash on my bum. i hope it goes away soon. the diarreah isn't fun either. also, i am noting, the faster I move the harder i fall. yesterday i fell on my face, but not before dropping my cup on teh spot where my face landed. the falling is getting old though. I'd say i must fall about 50 times a day. at school there tends to be more padding so its not too bad, but at home, its hard core wooden floors.

i think today is a big day for mommy and daddy. they keep talking about finding out. not to mention the endless cleaning...someday i will be privy to such information. maybe they just don't want me to blab about it here on my blog. not even sure that they read this stuff...

oh, and i got your package mom-mom (if your reading) so thankyou very much for the Easter card and outfit!

talk to you all soon!!! (happy birthday uncle wasil!)
oh...and crayola factory is out this weekend. not sure why. will get to the bottom of it, somehow. if only i could communicate through spoken word!

rYman

Tues - Been A While - Happy Easter

2006-04-18T10:22:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone,
Happy Easter and hope you all had a nice holiday. Mine was pretty nice. Though after comparing with some of the other kids at school, i think there was room for improvement. I heard stories of egg finding and candy. Well, my Easter dind't quite encompass all that, but we still had a nice time. Granpa came over and we went to church. we started going to the a new church, one that is closer because it only takes a few minutes to get there. I like the old one better, I think Mommy and Daddy do to. I was really good in church though. I even took a nap!! Something very peaceful about that place, always puts me into a deep sleep!

After church we came home and Granpa, Daddy, and Lucy and I all played outside while Mommy cooked our Easter dinner. Before we knew it the big ham and all the side dishes were out and we were eating. I wasn't that hungry so I didn't eat that much, but it was fun throwing ham to Lucy. She is so hungry ALL the time. Its amazing...

Then I sat with Daddy while we all chatted around the table. He gave me a sip of his drink and wow! Mommy was not happy about that, though I don't think she realizes, it hardly even made it to my mouth. Granpa said it will help me sleep better!

Not too much else going on around here. Daddy says he is going to go visit Riley my new cousin soon. we have also been straightening up arouund the house. I have noticed a lot of the furniture is moved or missing and things are really neat and clean. Not quite sure what it all means, but as usual, a new adventure and something else to learn about!

Hope you are all doing well! Did you file your taxes? If not, they are late! Thanks everyone for the cards and also thanks to Aunt Louise for the great outfit and book (and goldfish!). Thanks Pop Pop and Debbie for funding my actual Easter outfit! Picture will come soon, just have to nudge the old man to post them on our website. Mom-mom, daddy said you sent me something but think it is lost in the mail. Thanks so much for even thinking to send anything, that was very nice of you!

journies of the beley boys

shhh...its me, Matty

Climbin the Mountain...18mos

A Riveting Dinner Conversation with Matty

Ryan 1st Grade Spelling Test

Dinner-View

I'm 5 Now and a Big Brother!

Missed Opportunity

Been Way Too Long

I'm Finally Three!

ditchin' the crib

An Evening at the Wilmington Railroad

My Friend Katie's Birthday Party

VLOG - 11/28/2007

Happy Halloween Everybody!

A Visit From Connor

Sprinkler in October!

VLOG - Big Boy Undies

First day of school!

School starts tomorrow!!

Camp is out for Summer!

Happy Birthday Mommy!

Long Time No Speak!

Ryan and Riley @ the PlayGround

quick check in...

School's Out for Summer!

Happy Memorial Day 2007

Happy Mother's Day (Belated!)

Interview

My trip to the dentist

Happy Birthday Jake!

Trip to the Farm

Ryan VLOG - Fri Nose Pickin'

Hi Everyone!

Happy Birthday Riley!

Fri is Pizza Day!

New experiment in video

been a while...

I'm TWO today!!

potty progress...teamwork!

more potty stories and oh, some party stories too!

potty time....excellent....

back to school....(tomorrow)

its all over now...and what a week!!

Merry Christmas Everybody

new cousin! last day of school!

Tom, Philly, and some Hot Chocolate

Big Truck...

Choo Choo and a Horse!

new email...and whats new?

POST Thanksgiving Activities!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

forgot, some pics!

just checking in...

some cool new toys!

exhausted

Party Time!

Happy All Souls Day!

and we're back... HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

have a good weekend mommy and daddy!

big mouse, a party, and more dogs!

Jake's Surgery Update

Been quite a while

"ee", pumpkins, and dogs everywhere!

thanks oma and poppop

my sweet rockin chair

picture day!

starting to believe...

shh...monday update

getting better...a little

momma? dada?

Last day of summer

school and some rain...

Hi Everyone!

one cool college

Happy Birthday Momma!

Last Weekend - Beley Bash!

To All My Fans

Wedding! Behind....

Goin to the zoo zoo zoo