Ok…so Ryan is a COMPLETELY different child than Drew. I never had trouble getting Drew’s pictures done. But Ryan is another story. It was practically impossible to get him to sit down and smile but we did manage to get some cute shots.

Here are Ryan’s 18 month pictures…even though we got these done at 19 months.

And now for the outtakes….

So for 3 nights in a row Drew has worn his underwear to bed and was dry when he woke up! YAY! No more pullups to buy! 1 kid down, 1 to go! I can’t wait until we dont have to buy anymore diapers or pullups! That will be great on the budget!

Drew slept in his big boy underwear last night and woke up dry! YAY for him. But sad for me- he is growing up way too fast.

Ryan is saying a couple of new words that are too cute.

ahh-me- he says this when he wants something. He points and says “ahh-me”

aww-man- pretty self explanatory

pizza- yes he is MY child and he loves pizza

We took the ferry today and Drew just loved it!

Ryan wasnt impressed

Then we went to see Mike the Tiger and he was out running around and swimming.

The day started off with Drew going to his Fall “Festibal” at school today. He had a good time and came home with a bag of treats! Then Blake, Elicia, Taylor, Dianne, and Isabel came over and went trick-or-treating with us. The 3 smaller kids stayed in the wagon the whole time except Taylor and Ryan did get out at a few houses to get some candy. But Ryan was perfectly content sitting in the wagon eating his sucker!
Here are pictures from our night of trick-or-treating.

Drew, Ryan, Taylor, and Isabel

Drew got a popcorn ball in his bucket and I took it out of the package for him and he asked “how do I do it mama?” and then put it on the ground and kicked it. I told him that it was something to eat and not play with!

Here is the picture of Ryan’s head the day after.

Ryan fell down and scraped his head as we were leaving the doctor’s office today. (Peter and I got our flu shots)

So, we have all been sick this past weekend. Ryan has pink eye and a sinus infection, Drew had a pretty bad sinus infection, I had a cold, and Peter is still dealing with his cold. The boys and I are feeling better but I kept Drew home from school today just in case. Ryan’s last tooth finally popped through so hopefully his grumpiness is over with. Then we just have the 2 year molars to deal with.

Today was some train convention that Peter always goes to and afterwards they get to tour model train layouts at other people’s houses. Drew is finally old enough to go with Peter and he had so much fun! He even got to climb on a real diesel engine!

This is Drew looking at one of the outdoor train layouts.

He has his 18 month appt on 10/17/08- he weighed 27.2 lbs and was 35 inches tall. So he is in the 50-75% for weight and above 97% for height. He is about to surpass Drew in weight pretty soon. At 3.5 years old Drew weighs 29 lbs.

I snapped this picture of the kids after we finished eating at the Salt Lick. They are seriously cute!

After the soccer game we walked over to the pumpkin patch that the YMCA had set up.

We went down and fed the ducks at YMCA before Drew’s soccer game on Saturday.

Peter and I took Ryan to Snipits to get his first haircut today! He did better than I thought he would but still had some freak out moments. At least he wasnt like the kid after us who was hysterical before he even got to the chair.

He started crying as soon as we sat him in the chair

A lollipop fixes EVERYTHING!

Say good bye to the crazy mullet!

This was the reaction to the first snip…

As Drew would say “Ryan is a mohawk”

Ahh bubbles to distract him…but only for a minute.

The clippers of HORROR

Ok….all done!

What haircut…I have a LOLLIPOP!

My big boy…

He forgives her- he gave her a high five and get her the dollar bills for her tip!

Here are pictures from Saturday, Oct 11

Drew’s team soccer picture

Drew posing by the lake

The boys loved walking on the “bridge”

Ryan had fun chasing the ducks but would get mad because they wouldn’t let him touch them.

Drew and this little girl were fighting for position to stand on the blue line during kick offs. She would push him off the line, he would push her…it was quite funny to watch. We told him to stop fighting with her and he said “she stole my spot!”

Drew was mad at us because we told him he needed to pay attention and go get the ball.

Drew taking a break in his new diego chair.

The snacks at the end of the game is the whole reason why he likes to play soccer.

I can’t believe Anissa did this to her dogs!

Drew pulled the string that made the pinata break open!

Drew got to go to CEC tonight since he went 14 days without using the bathroom in his pull-up overnight. Now, that wasnt consecutive days so its taken him like a month and a half to get to go to CEC. Next is to get him going consecutively. Anyhooo…the boys had fun tonight.

Ryan loves to walk up the skeeball lane and steal people’s balls.

Drinking diet coke

Drew LOVED this horse….

Ryan didnt love this horse

First of all, I just had to say that Ryan sat on the potty yesterday and went tee-tee! He only did it because Taylor did but for the first time ever sitting on the potty I was quite proud!

New words Ryan is saying:

ya-ya - outside

laylor- Taylor
I took these pictures today while he was sitting in his time out chair. This was after he got over being mad at me.

I just love this picture- he looks like such a big boy now.

His silly face

This was taken on Thursday right after Drew woke up from him nap- that is why he looks like he is too good to take a picture.

Drew’s soccer game:

We dont know why he likes to run with his tongue sticking out

He actually got the ball, dribbled it, and tried to make a goal but he ran past it.

Ryan being silly

Ryan and Drew playing the other night. They were chasing each other around the wall in the kitchen, into the toy room, and back around again.

Again, Ryan being silly

Drew helped Peter paint and me painted “tall giraffes”.

Drew ready for soccer practice. He wanted to wear his Germany soccer shirt that is 5 sizes too big, his new soccer shorts that are too big, and of course his socks and shin guards.

Drew and Ryan chasing each other around the coffee table

Drew with his new golf club

Im keeping Taylor this week and until further notice while Blake and Elicia are looking for a new sitter. Ryan calls her “laylor” and loves giving her hugs although Taylor is not quite sure what to do with him yet.

Ryans new thing is climbing up on the coffee table and saying “ta-da” so this is all 3 of them doing that.

Drew is doing limbo under his golf club and I have no idea what Ryan is doing