Phil's birthday & over the weekend

Ok.....I don't know where she got this. I had to get a picture of it. She is such a funny bunny. She just casually put her hand on her head and posed for me.

Now, about this hair. Yes, she has that much hair. You just wouldn't know it until it gets wet.

Phillip and I were getting ready for Phillip's birthday dinner and gathering and getting Miss Ryan's stuff together when I saw her with the kleenex box. I thought it was funny.



























Saturday night we all went to the Fox and Hound for Phillip's birthday. We had a good time with our family and friends.

We love HAM in this house

What a ham~ This girl can almost put her feet over her head, but what toddler can't. We do this thing (and thanks to Heather and Bronwyn b/c they used to do it) where we say "peeee youuuu" and she will put her feet up to her own nose. She will do this over and over again. It's so funny.

The other night we decided to take out the new car seats to see how to put them in. All three of us ended up playing through the box and crawling all over the house and laughing all night long. What can we say? We love to laugh.

Then.....the other pictures are of Ryan this morning eating yogurt. She loves to bite the spoon and not let go. Well this time, Phillip let go. So of course she wanted him to do it every time. Such a silly girl.

Twins, Twins and more Twins

"Hi Lisa."

I just wanted to share a picture with you. This is my friend Lisa's family. She has twins, her brother has twins and her cousins have twins.

It goes....not a twin, set of twins (Paige and Ethan her twins), boy of a set of twins, not a twin, girl of that set of twins (Jake and Abby 4th and 6th in the picture, her brothers twins), twins, not a twin and twins.

Isn't that amazing. 11 grandkids (I think these are great grandkids to the couple in the picture) and 8 are twins....all under age 3 I believe.

WOW!!!!!!! Talk about holidays!!!

Someone is walking....

After Aunt Hay Hay babysits...

Aunt Hay Hay is a great babysitter. If you want your baby to play hard and pass out.....she's your gal. Phil and I went to see Avatar....great movie.... and came home to this.

Meeting the twins

Phillip and I went to meet the twins. Brendan is the one in the blue blanket with blue hat and Connor is in the green blanket with brown hat. They were precious. I got to see if I could tell them apart and I got it right. YAY for Aunt Ree. I got Brendan's foot and head. They were in the middle of nursing so I couldn't do the exact same pictures for each one.

But I did get to hold them at the same time.

Twins

Brendan Scott and Connor Wilson Struwe were born at 2:23pm (Brendan) and 2:24pm (Connor) on January 14th. Brendan was 6 lb 2.5 oz and 18 inches long and Connor was 6 lb 7.9 oz and 20 inches long. We know who will be the one who beats up on Brendan and Dylan :)!

I will get to see them tomorrow. I am so excited. Erin is a champ. She is doing well.

PS....look at those feet....Connor's that is.

One year appointment

Ryan had her one year appt on Monday, the 11th. Her head is 18 inches long and in the 5-75%. That means that less that 50% of kids her age have smaller heads. So she is right on schedule. She is 29 inches tall, which is the 25-50% meaning she is on the short end. 75% of kids her age are taller than she is. And she weighs 22.1 lbs, 50-75%. She is on schedule with her weight too.

She can say (attempt to say) the 5 words (any words) that she is suppose to be able to say. Her ears had fluid, but looked better and her throat looked good. She has been feeling better since the beginning of the month. However, we still have an ENT appt on Monday the 18th. Scott said one of his nurse friends used her so at least we have a reference. I am hoping she gets them only b/c she will have relief in the year to come. I believe this Dr does pain management, meaning she does something to help the babies not be in pain after they wake up from getting tubes in the ears.

She also has interest in allergies. I believe that she has them b/c Phil and I have them. I am allegeric or on the very tip of allergic to dust. Everytime I dust, I get whizzy.

Anyway, we will talk to the Dr and hopefully get some answers.

Other than that, Ryan did great at her appt. Even with getting 4 shots. Ouch....but less painful than the Rosefin shots that were given for her ears over Christmas.

Have a great day!

Happy Anniversary

Who would have thought 4 years ago Phillip and I would have a house, great marriage and a monkey like the one in the picture below??? Happy 4 year anniversary Phillip!!!

Yesterday I decided that I would take Ryan to swing for a bit to change up her evening routine. She loved it. We didn't get to stay long b/c the wind was picking up. But I got a cute shot....crossed ankles and all :)!!

Another milestone!! She is moving to the Toddler A class. She isn't walking yet, but being there with all of her friends that got to move up will help her walk. Right now she is the oldest and there isn't a real challenge to walk when there are all crawling or sitting babies. The teachers do work with her a lot on walking, as well as Phillip and I do at home. She is getting there, slowly yet surely. I am not forcing her to walk, just helping her a little at a time. She likes to "march." If you hold her hands while she is standing and say "march, march, march" she will do just that.

More pictures from birthday party

Afew more pictures that my Aunt Linda took. There might be a few more coming..... I like these pictures. THe "Hi" one and the "I'm a happy girl" one.
Thanks Aunt Linda