Rylan meet Santa!

We had our ward Christmas party on Saturday, and it was there Rylan got to first examine then meet jolly old Saint Nick. Last year we didn't take him to meet Santa Clause cause he was a month old and we were paranoid 1st time parents (I'll admit it) and did not want him to get sick. As you can see Rylan did have to stare at him at first for a while. (side note, it didn't help that the room was pretty dark and there was a disco ball and white light to give off a snow effect) He warmed up to him after a minute but wasn't into smiling i think there was too much for him to stare at in the room like a disco ball. Overall he enjoyed himself!

Rylan meet Santa! Hmmmm!

We had to add this picture cause Rylan got this towel for his birthday and you can see how much he enjoys being wrapped in it.

Happy Birthday Rylan!

Well today we had a 1st Birthday party for our not so little guy. It was a fun day with family and friends who we appreciate so much. Rylan loves being the center of attention and just eats up every minute of it (Even though he pretty much went all day without napping and managed to be rather pleasant the entire time). His actual birthday was on the 24th but we decided to have his little party today. It's hard to believe/ imagine that our little baby is 1 year old. I remember the day he was born like it was yesterday, it was the most unbelievable thing i have ever experienced. Our lives changed from the moment we set our eyes on our happy baby, he has been the greatest gift to our lives. I could go on and on about my little buddy but i'll save that for another time. He enjoyed opening his gifts and and eating his cake as you will see as you scroll down.

Here is the birthday boy!

1 year ago smashed and swollen but still so darn cute!

Our first family picture, Tawny was in labor for who knows how long and did so good. Man i was skinny then!

Again today tearin away at all the presents!

Riding the donkey, he loves to pretend like he rides things, he bounces on every stuffed animal he can find and just giggles the entire time.

The cake, hilariousness throughout he refused to touch it and just went in at it face first. That's my boy!

Notice the cake Tawny made it was huge it took to cake mixes to make this friggin monstrosity and who knows how much sugar, but look how into it he is. (We did get a before picture I just did not post it)

He is doing a lot of things now as he's one year older. He talks a lot mostly non words but he does say a lot of real words. He walks, woohoo he made it before his 1st birthday! whether thats a good thing or not we will soon find out i am sure. He loves his family, i am talkin cousins, aunts, uncles, grandma's, grandpa's and just about everyone in between and it's very apparent if you've ever met Rylan! He adores and loves his mom and dad (at least we hope so). He is our pride and joy and we cannot believe how blessed and lucky we are to have this amazing boy in our lives!

Happy Anniversary!

Today we celebrate our 2nd anniversary. So I thought i would take a little stroll back to 2 years ago. Here are some of the photos from our engagement session and the big day itself.

Black Eye's and Halloween!

So we aren't quite sure how it happened, but Rylan sure seems to forget that he can't get around just yet like bigger kids. He has a black eye as you can see in the picture below, all we know is somehow he must have hit his face on the toy box, at least that is what his mom is telling me. We took him to a pumpkin patch Thursday night and he loved it. He was all about the pumpkins, he liked pounding on them touching them and looking very closely at them so much so in fact he poked himself in the eye with one of the stems (he's definitely our child).

For Halloween this little guy was a tiger and played the part amazingly. We were pretty sure he would hate the hood but surprisingly enough he left it on until we took it off. The only other thing he'll let us keep on his head are his Mickey ear's. But he loved it he even let Tawny paint his nose and whiskers which were completely rubbed off by the end of the night.
See how much he likes it!
Tawny and I on the other hand always go for shock factor on Halloween (well at least we try). Now before i say what we are just remember Tawny is half Mexican so it really is okay. I was an apple tree and Tawny was a field worker that picked my apples. I know it doesn't compare to our stint a few years ago as Beyonce and Jay Z but none the less it was a hit and we had fun doing it.
Here is another pick of our little guy enjoying the pumpkin patch.
On Halloween day we went to another pumpkin patch out in Irvine. It was on a farm so they had a corn maze and you can cut your own pumpkin from the vine. It was fun and Rylan and his cousin Owen got to enjoy some fun together ( thanks for the invite Rick and Sherri). In the pic below we took a wagon ride through the fields to get to the pumpkins.
Here are Rylan and Owen making their way through the corn maze. Well it was more of a good effort at a corn maze, in reality it was just 4 circles with openings at opposite ends of each other.

Kooza!

Tuesday was Tawny's birthday, and every year when i ask her what she wants for her birthday she typically says the same thing more or less; clothes, gift cards jewelry etc. So this year as i expected that same answer she caught me off guard. This year she decided she really really wanted to see a Cirque De Soleil show. She has always wanted to see one but with the shows mainly being in Vegas, it would probably be something that we would have to plan for way in advance. I didn't want to give her a present that she would be able to use like 3 months from now so i decided to humor myself and look at the shows anyways. To my surprise there was a link for a traveling newer show called Kooza! And to my surprise it was starting in just a couple of weeks here in LA at the Santa Monica Pier. So I figured it was fate or something along those lines and bought tickets for the night after her birthday (Obviously her birthday would be spent at Disneyland to claim her Disney Dollars so i figured we'd go the next night). So on her birthday she opened her present and was really excited and even more so when she saw that the show was the next day. The great thing was that Tawny had never been to the pier before either so it was an added bonus to take her to the Santa Monica Pier also. The night was great and we really enjoyed the show. I would recommend seeing it, there didn't look like there were any bad seats and there was a lot of audience participation. I guess the show will be in Irvine in January. Rylan decided to hang with Nana and Papa and let his mom and dad have a date night.

Kooza

At the pier with the Ferris Wheel behind us!

Tawny wearing a 70 dollar mask

Me with a 300 dollar mask (Tawny was scared to touch it and thought i would break it)

20 Dollar mask

Tawny was very freaked out by this one I wondered wy then i saw the picture