I'm Finally Three!

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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!

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

VLOG - Big Boy Undies

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First day of school!

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!!

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!

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!

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!

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

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...

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!

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

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!)

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

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! :)