Ridge turns 2

How do I even begin expressing how much I love my Ridge. He has always been Mr. Mellow. He seems to be happy 99% of the time. He has always been so go with the flow and nothing really gets to him (unless you take one of his Thomas trains....then he just might lay into you.) He loves to follow/do everything Tytan is doing. He has an EXTREME obsession with all things Thomas. He sleeps with Thomas in his hand every night, he eats all meals with Thomas, and he wishes I would let him bathe with Thomas. Ridge has such a good heart. He is always quick/first to say sorry even if it wasn't his fault. He has always been an amazing sleeper. He goes to bed happy and wakes up happy every morning. He has a huge love for animals just like his mama. Nothing seems to really scare him. He walks up to my parents 500 plus pound bull and will take the hay right out of its mouth (then proceeds to eat it himself). Ridge is talking so well. When asked what his name is he will tell you Ridgey. I could go on and on about him and tell story after story....but I will spare you all who are reading. *Sidenote..Our house is soooo close to being done I can almost taste it. It has been so fun to go see the progress every week. Some days I wish it was like extreme home makeover and the house was completely built and furnished in 1 week. We are also counting down the weeks to our baby girl. We are all so excited and anxious to see who she is going to look like. Blond or brown hair? Cleft chin or not? It is still so bizarre to me when I get to walk to the left side of the children's clothes at target and not just the right. Pinks and purples and not just blues and greens? Wow its all so new.

I have always loved his deer brown eyes and big juicy lips. Our family tradition is to go to Rain Forest Cafe for each Child's birthday. This picture totally shows each boy's personality. Tytan climbing and being a monkey. Ridge holding Thomas and sitting as calm as can be. Of course we have to get the dessert at Rainforest Cafe. The highlight for the Peter...Polishing off a dessert made for 6 almost all alone. Ridge's cake.... Surprised to see its Thomas? I can't take any of the credit for the cake. A girl from Peter's work made it for us.

3 weeks ago Mr. Mellow (of course the mellow child not my active one) fell while he was playing outside and broke his wrist. He never complained about having to wear a brace. I look at this picture and totally imagine him years down the road doing the exact same thing. I love the drool pooling on the balloon under his chin. Can you imagine how that must feel?

The month of November

It seems we have been extra busy these last couple of months. I know it is now December 1st so I figured I better post a little about November before December gets away from me too. Here are just a few quick pictures of what we have been up to for the last month. Picture 1. Playing a lot with DADDY! Picture above- our house! We drive by every Sunday and walk through it and take at least one picture so this is the picture of it from about a month ago. Yes another picture of the house. This one is from a couple weeks ago. Hopefully we will be moving in the end of January!! Keep your fingers crossed for us. A lot of playing in the fall leaves. A lot more playing with daddy! Ridge enjoying the good weather at the park. A trip to the Phoenix Children's Museum. Ridge taking a rest on the hippo. At the Children's museum they have a ton of pool noodles hanging from the ceiling for the kids to run a much through....So they did! *******For those of you that don't know yet we are expecting baby #3. At the beginning of November we found out its a ........GIRL!! She will be making her debut the first few days in April. We are all so excited. Ultra sound pics. to come.********

San Diego/Sea World (2 months late)

In September we took a much needed family vacation to Sea World. We debated between Sea World and Disney Land for awhile and finally decided on Sea World since Tytan is a Shark fanatic. All he wanted for his B-day were shark sheets and shark toys. The boys were awesome in the car and with only a few potty breaks we made it there in record time. Here are a few of our fav. parts of our San Diego week. Ridge enjoying the best seat in the house...right on top of Tytan's sand castle. Our hotel was right on the water so we could literally walk out of our hotel room onto the sand.

Ridge burying himself under the sand castle.

One of the few pics. I got of Tytan looking at the camera. He is in his stage where he NEVER wants to look at the camera. If I catch him in the right moment I can get a glimpse of his face on camera.

Daddy and Ridge walking the beach.

Ridge is completely fearless. He saw a mom and 5 baby ducks in the water and he would follow them any where. He would walk out into the ocean up to his neck and not have a care in the world.

The boys making a sand castle. One of the many...

The boys driving to Cali. showing off the sun glasses. Tyt insists on putting on his own glasses so they are always a little crooked.

Hard to see but a shark right above his head. Had to post this since it was one of the few showing his face.

Ridge checking out the seals/sea lions.

By far the highlight of the trip for Tyt was the Shark Encounter. I think I lost count how many times we went through and saw the sharks. He can tell you the name of pretty much every shark.

The dolphins were my favorite. They were so friendly they were always right up next to the glass.

Mr. Walrus...Ridge sat next to him for soo long just laughing and laughing. He would eat a fish then spit it out over and over. A little disgusting but he was highly entertained.

The beluga whale

More Dolphins..

The manta rays. Ridge and Tytan sat on that ledge petting these slimy guys forever.

Of course we had to get a picture with Shamu.

More Shamu.. The boys really did so well through the entire vacation. Sometimes staying at a new place and being out of routine can get a little crazy but it was so needed and so fun.

*Our house is coming up pretty fast now so I will be posting a few pics. of the progress soon.

MIDWESTERN GRADUATION

Yes we are all still alive and well. I know it has been waaay to long since my last post. We have been a little busy. We moved from Glendale to Gilbert the beginning of July and I couldn't be happier. We moved in with my parents while we are having a house built. It has been a lot of fun being around so much family all the time. Our new house will be in my sister Melissa's ward. We are sooo excited to be in Gilbert, have a new house, and live so close to so many of my brothers and sisters. It is a little sad that we now live about 45 min. to an hour away from Peter's side of the family. The most exciting thing that happened since I posted last is that Peter is finally and forever done with school. He graduated from Midwestern University with his Doctorate of Pharmacy. I couldn't be more proud of him. Since graduation he passed both of his exams and is now a Pharmacy manager. These pictures are completely out of order but you get the idea. Showing off his diploma with his dad.Peter and I right after graduation. for being June 12th is wasn't too hot. Thank goodness.The second best part of graduating....Throwing away all the papers he no longer has to hold onto. The group right after graduation. Thank you all for coming out to support Pete!! Peter and his bff Phil from school. Receiving his diploma right after graduation. Can he look any happier?Walking out of the auditorium after graduation. Walking into the auditorium. Sorry I know sooo out of order.

Pirates

Tytan and Ridge both have both been blessed with a lazy eye. Tytan's left eye turns out a little when he is looking far away and Ridge's left eye turns in a little when he is looking up close. Very few people have ever noticed it but it is just bad enough where the eye doctor makes us patch the good eye once a day. Tytan has to have the patch on for 2 hours a day and Ridge just for half hour. Tytan absolutely despises the patch so every day I have to come up with a new creative pirate game. We have to pretend we are pirates and of course you can't be a pirate without a pirate patch. I don't know how much longer my little pirate shenanigan is going to last but I cross my fingers every day that today won't be the last. The eye doctor keeps saying that at some point Tytan will need surgery to correct his left eye but for now they just want to make sure his vision is strong in his bad eye. Ridge on the other hand won't ever need surgery. I almost never notice his lazy eye and I actually thought it was gone until the trip to the eye doctor said other wise. Every time I see both boys patched up & ready to play pirates I just have to laugh. Man I love these crazy pirates. *Don't mind the white goo all over Tytan's P.J.s. I had just gotten him dressed when he decided to put lotion on himself/Jammies. *These pics were taken a couple months ago....No I do not still but Ridge in fuzzy footsie Jammies in 100 degree weather.