5 Years Later...

Justin and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary this past weekend with a trip to the movies and a nice dinner out. It was so nice to go to the movies even though the movie was really, really bad (do not under any circumstances see The Love Guru). Uncle Josh and Aunt Rachel watched Ryan for us and were fantastic babysitters, even helping him make us this adorable anniversary present. Thanks guys!

Slimed

The grossest thing that has ever happened to me happened yesterday. Stop reading now if you have a weak stomach...

I was playing with Ryan, twirling him around, flying him over my head, having a grand old time. It had been 2 hours since he ate so you would think his food was settled. Guess not. I was flying him over my head with my mouth WIDE OPEN when, well, you know what he did. I sat there dumbfounded and when Justin came in the room he said it looked like I was hit in the face with a pie. It was that much. A shower and multiple teeth brushings later and I was fine, but ewwww! The funny part was that Ryan looked horrified cause he saw this clown where his mom had been. Yuck.

Happy Father's Day!

We spent a wonderful weekend in New Hampshire with friends and took Ryan on his first hike. Here Ryan shows his appreciation for having the best dad ever with a big hug. Happy Father's Day!

We have finally posted 6 months pictures. Click here to view. Enjoy!

6 months old!

Happy half-birthday to you
Happy half-birthday to you
Happy half-birthday dear Ryaaaaaaannnnnn
Happy half-birthday to you!

I can't believe it's already been 6 months. They are not kidding when they say time flies. My sister said today that we only have 35 more of these to go before he goes to college. Nooooooo!

Note - yes I know this post is 1 day late. I DO know my own son's birthday thank you very much. I was just busy yesterday, that's all.

Road Trip!

Ryan had his first road trip this weekend to my brother Arjun's high school graduation in Lakeville, Connecticut. A two hour drive each way is apparently perfect for a 6 month old as he slept pretty much the entire time both ways. He gets a solid A (even Daddy the hard grader agrees) for the car rides. He didn't fair as well at the graduation festivities which included a dinner and awards ceremony that lasted about 4 hours during fussy time, but that was to be expected. (Changing Ryan's diaper in the girl's locker room was apparently HILARIOUS to the giggly high school girls that walked in. I can only imagine their reaction had they seen me breastfeeding minutes earlier. I walked around a bit looking for a changing table only to realize that there wouldn't be one in a high school gym cause that would send the wrong message.)

The trip was short, but we did get to spend some time with my parents and brothers and Ryan got to stay in his first hotel - the Holiday Inn (way to travel in style buddy!). Here's Ryan sitting on the ginormous hotel bed.

An interesting factoid of the trip is that we were served dinner at the awards ceremony by a sophomore with the last name of Ford. As in Henry Ford, Model T Ford, family owns the Detroit Lions Ford. Apparently if you watch the Lions Thanksgiving football game, and they show the owner's box, you will see our little teenaged server sitting there enjoying the game.