We're Back!

Well after a very long break I have decided to start updating this from time to time again. We have been busy all summer long. We went on some mini vacations and ultimately have been trying to get these 2 to look like this:

We have come to accept that both of our children are wild and we definitely love them for it. There is nothing better than seeing the 2 of them like how they are in the photo above. It isn't an easy thing to do but when we can wear them out like this, it's huge to us. They are both progressing great. Rylan is such a (most of the time) good big brother. He definitely loves his sister. I think he just doesn't get that she's not his size. It's weird though because with other babies he is very gentle. Oh well it will give her thick skin. Chloe is 10 months old and I feel like she is doing so many things. She knows Tawny is mama and it is the cutest thing to hear her say it. She knows a few other words well at least it seems like it. She has learned to scream in the worst way, to the point where we have to leave places or stick our fingers in her mouth as soon as she starts just to quiet her. Again our kids are just a little rambunctious.

Rylan however will be working on controlling his energy since this kid just started pre school. He is continuing in the family tradition of going to the same school that my sibling and I went to. He goes 2 days a week for 3 1/2 hours. Yesterday was his first day and he loved it. Apparently they read the Three Little Pigs because he kept telling me about the bog bad wolf and then he would blow on me. Of course he likes the villain. Anyways he also was able to get there early enough to play a little bit with his cousin Drake before they separated the class.

Easter Catch Up!

Okay so the pictures are backwards from how i actually wanted to put them but to delete them and then reload them seemed like a whole lot more time than I have. This last month has been mellow the biggest event that has happened was Easter. Rylan loves Easter and everything that comes with it. Right now when we talk to him about Jesus (whom he refers to as "Jesus Christ, Amen"), I think he somewhat gets what we are talking about but overall Easter was bunny rabbits and eggs. He had a couple of times over the weekend doing Easter egg hunts where he refused to let pottying get in his way so he just pee'd his pants. Twice! Other than that though he never seems to have any accidents he'll go all night without wetting his pull up. But yes Easter was very fun for him.

This picture makes me laugh every time for 2 reasons, 1 I took a picture of him like this when he was around 6 months and now he doesn't even fit in the thing, and 2 he thru a fit when Chloe was in there and he wasn't then refused to get out. Lets just say I should have taken a pic of him when i pulled him out to humiliate him when he gets older.

This look is classic, this is Rylan getting his way look and Chloe just in a daze waiting to be picked up.
When she was in here by herself she seemed to enjoy it a lot more.

Same 'ol!

To be completely honest I have lost the drive to keep up with blogging. I am trying and we'll see if it picks up again, in the meantime here ar some recent happenings. We have been keeping ourselves busy with Disneyland and anything else we can muster in. No pictures but over the weekend we went to El Dorado Park to feed the ducks and were bombarded by the geese gang. Ugly things they are but for some reason Rylan thinks it's a game. Poor kid has no clue that geese are evil an will try and attack.

Speaking of Rylan this kid has or is trying to become quite independent. As you'll notice from the picture below he can put his own shoes on, just backwards. He was so excited that he could do this I almost wanted to leave them. He is also is in full potty training mode. He does really well. We have a potty jar which definitely helps, I mean who doesn't want an M & M or 2 first thing in the morning just for peeing. He is getting really good at telling us.

This little gal is just getting bigger and cuter by the day. She is a full on girl for sure, I'm talking dramatic emotional all that stuff. She is teaching us parenting in a whole new way. I mean with Rylan we could hand him to anyone and he was content. Not this one, she refuses a bottle, refuses a paci, and has specific napping criteria. But above all we love this little gal she can do all those things then flash a smile and we immediately forget everything else. She's a sweetheart who just gets cuter and cuter.
I had to include this pic of Rylan. I think it may be the only Sunday picture we've taken of him where he still looks decent.
And one more of our smiling little beauty, can't get enough of her.

Chloe's Blessing

So I do realize Christmas and a lot of time has otherwise passed since the last post. But I thought I would start to try and stay on track again. This last Sunday Jan.2nd we had Chloe's baby blessing. Yes, she is 2 months but this was the best time to get all my family out here. We had the blessing over in the Los Al ward and that happened to be our last Sunday there. We did move months ago but asked permission to stay just until the baby's blessing so we will now start going to our ward here in Downey. The day however was great. I always love getting my family and the Araiza side together because I think it's really fun for Ry and Chloe as she gets older to have good strong bonds with cousins and Aunts and Uncles from both sides. We attempted to get a whole family pic of the Holloway side right before church. With a little photoshopping done by Tawny the pic turned out great. It was going to be at the bottom but somehow it's not and I tried for 10 minutes to move it and it didn't go anywhere so you are stuck with that being the first picture.

Here is our newest Green Bean (Irish Mexican) in her blessing outfit. We tried to get her in the same one Tawny had worn but unfortunately since we waited to have the blessing it didn't fit so we went and bought her one. And we couldn't find a single white shoe anywhere so we decided Chloe would be rebellious and add some pink into the mix.

The funny thing is in every picture we took it doesn't look like the dress fits her really well, like it's too short but it actually was a perfect fit.
We love our little Chloe so much! I can't believe she's on her way to 3 months now.

Sibling Love!

I am not sure why now, but before Chloe was born we started to worry about how Rylan would cope with having another child permanently in the home. As you can see he handles it really well, he loves his little sister. I get a huge smile every time he lights up whenever he says her name. It's the best feeling in the world! I know when they get older they are sure to have disagreements but this is how I will always see these two. The only difficult thing now is Rylan has had a cold for the last week and has wanted to hold her so badly. He constantly says "I hode Cwoe!"

He is so excited to have her in his arms here. It's actually really hilarious. He loves her little hands and feet.