Birthdays, Birthdays Birthdays!!!

Olivia's First Birthday Cake

Big Irv taking it all in

Ryan, Olivia and Great-Grandpa

Ryan, Tim, Olivia, Julie and Great-Grandpa

Adorable Cousins


Olivia and Trevor at the Zoo

At the Zoo
Olivia and Julie at the Zoo

Ryan licking his chops

Having fun on the Carosel at the Zoo

Aunt Tara with her niece and nephew
Sitting up on the chaning table


Coloring with Ellen

The Barbie House


Hanging with MorMor Jo

The Waterslide at Madisyn's Party
Aiden and Ray in the Bouncy Castle

Ryan and Tim in the Castle
The Princess on her Birthday!

We've had a busy August this year. August 9th was cousin Madisyn's 4th Birthday party. What a crazy day. Hot, Hot and more Hot. Tons of kids and tons of fun. I gave Madisyn the 2-tier Barbie house that Jen and I played with as kids. It was so fun to watch her play with it, as well as Aiden climb into the house and get stuck.
Grandma Carla, or Car-Car as Ryan calls her, stayed with us last week. It was great to see them bond and have a lot of fun. They haven't spent that much time together since Ryan came home from CGCH last year.
Ryan had a great eye appointment on Thursday, showing off some cognitive improvement by picking out objects from flash cards. His vision is right on target!
On Thursday, Aunt Julie, Uncle Trevor and cousin Olivia arrived in town. We were able to spend some time with them on friday at the zoo and saturday in Steeleville, Il for the Summer Birthday Bash. We celebrated many birthdays that day. Olivia will be 1 in a couple of weeks, Chelsea will be 21 this week and I won't mention the ages of the rest of the birthday bunch! We took the kids swimming and had so much fun. Ryan was in the water a little over an hour. He is definitely a fish (just like his Uncle Dan)!
On Sunday, we took it easy, the little man took a couple of much needed long naps. We did have a little scare. Until now, we never had to strap Ryan down when we changed his diaper. He would lay on his table and coo and try to grab his toes and play. Well, while Tim was changing his diaper, he pulled himself up to grab his toes and rolled right off the table! Fortunately he was ok, he fell about 2.5 feet to the carpeted floor. He cried a few minutes; I think it just scared him. The good news about his roll, is that Ryan IS rolling! His trunk is getting stronger. He tries to pull himself up on his changing table as well as roll over to his side while he sleeps. We are so excited. The bad news is, we now have to strap him down when we change his diaper! Here are some photos from the last few weeks. I know I havent posted, so here are some to hold you over (Uncle Dan!!!)
Video will come later