9 months!

You are officially

on the

go go go!

Crawling super speed,

pulling up and "cruising" furniture,

or people.

Walking while holding onto fingers

(or even just one!)

You can go all the way up our steps

and when you make it to the top

you look as proud

as if you just climbed Mt. Everest.

You eat all your food....

and the rest of your brothers...

You laugh and smile

all the time.

Today you cracked up every time

any one said "Kitty Cat".

You say "mama and bubba"

(and what sounded like possibly "up")

You still have no teeth.

You are easily entertained

and could sit and play with toys

forever.

But you also play well

with others

and love being with groups of kids.

You love to play ball,

and you are actually very good at it!

You have been throwing fits

going to sleep,

but once asleep, you stay all night.

You are finally getting use to the tree

and laugh at its sight.

We are super excited

to celebrate your first

Christmas!

Bubba and Daddy started calling you

Sean-deer.

We love you!

love, the rockinryans



The weekend

Attempt at a cousin photo...

not so easy!

Attempt at a family photo....

getting very difficult!

1. Baby worried about tree

2. Bad flash back

Bubba cheese-ball (normal!)

Baby done...

3.Bubba done

Baby done

Orb.

4. We lost Bubba.

Award-winning cookie baking!

Aunt Eishas B-day!

Bubba picked out her presents

all by himself!

I think the pineapple was a hit!

And more baking and decorating!

Today brought us a possible

White Christmas!

I think Bubba is at the stage where

he makes me laugh daily.

Driving home from the

baby-sitters today

we were gunning it moving ever-so-gingerly

over the mounds of snow

and I was asking Bubba what he ate for lunch.

He said "Snow!"

(the sitter brought some inside for the kids to play in!)

I said- "You ate snow? What did it taste like?"

His reply---???

Take a guess in the poll!

love, the rockinryans

The Sad, The Good, and The Funny

An Elf appeared

at our house this week!

He is watching over the boys

to make sure they are good,

and returning to Santa

with a full report

on Christmas Eve.

I got really excited

about doing this

with Big Guy

this year,

but found out he is still too young to

"get it".

So, maybe next year.

I was a little sad that we were not

going to do the "Elf on the Shelf"

but it was a good reminder to me

to not push too much

of what

I

want

onto them.

Big Guys'

best buddy

turned 3!

We had a great time at the party,

where his mommy

went all out...

cake-pop queen!

It all tasted as yummy

as it looked!

Happy Burfday E-Fun!

(When he was opening the card from us,

Big-Guy kept saying

"I pick that out E-fun"!

He still loves parties and gift giving!

Tonight at dinner we were discussing

Kings, Queens, Princes, etc.

Big Guy told me that "Mommy, you the princess,

Daddy king."

I said "OK, you are the prince, what is Sean?"

"He dinosaur!"

I guess he can guard the moat!

Then he informed me HE

would feed baby dinner.

OK, sounds good to me!

These two are pure entertainment!

love, the rockinryans

Preperations

Are well under way

in our home.

With all the hype on the

tree, backhoe and Santa~

I really feel that the importance of

reminding and teaching

our family

what Christmas truly means

has to be a priority.

I found the most adorable Nativity Scene

that Big Guy absolutely loves.

He has been playing with

it daily,

rearranging,

making sure Baby Jesus is ok

and the "Aminals eat their hay".

I was so proud today while out shopping

he spotted

"Baby Jesus!"

The lady at the register looked shocked

and

only replied very quietly

"Yes, it is."

Yes, my 2 year old knows

and loves Jesus.

Baby has a great role model

and has been doing lots of

"monkey-see, monkey-do".

I try to keep him contained

when I need to accomplish something

like, say....

cook supper

or go to the bathroom....

but

he now screams

when I put him in his jumper

or walker....

so, not going to work much longer!

I am glad I have

this 2 year old

that is always reminding me

of Jesus.

Early this morning I quickly

lost my patience with him.

After he calmed

he put his hands together and bowed

his fat cheeks into them

saying

"Jesus loves me,

thank you for my coat

and my Mommy

Amen".

Oh man...

I immediately thought of

last year

when I saw this pic.

Can you believe how much

he has changed?

I can't!

Baby is loving

his first Christmas.

But was at first scared

of the tree.

He would look at it,

and look back at us

with an expression like

"Ummm, why is there a big tree IN the house?"

Remember "monkey-see"...?

It works both ways!

After a day or so,

Baby finally got up the nerve

to touch the tree

but still isn't fond of it.

(I am OK with that!)

Our favorite activity

is our Advent Tree.

We have to watch him though,

he is always wanting to skip to that

big "25" star!

We wrote our letters to Santa

and got them in the mail!

We are having lots of fun in the kitchen too!

50% done with our baking!

We are also done shopping!

I took Big Guy out today to get a present for Baby.

He told me Sean "wants a backhoe".

So we had a long talk about giving to others

and how we get them something they

want, not what we like.

After about 20 minutes in the truck section

I finally coerced him into the

toy section for his brother.

He ended up getting a great gift

I know Baby will love!

This month is flying by

and there is always tons to accomplish

but we are trying to do it slowly,

have fun,

and remember the true reason

for all that we are doing.

When out shopping today

I took Big Guy to a Thrift Store.

As we walked through the front door

his eyes got big,

he scanned the room

and said

"OH WOW!!!"

He loved that place!

He saw the good, the beauty

in what others have thrown out.

It has been my goal

this Holiday Season

to not get overwhelmed

with all that "Has" to be done.

And to open my eyes

and see and feel it all

through my children.

Hope you are doing the same!

love, the rockinryans

Happy Face!

*Just noticed his expression in the previous post
is the exact same as the picture
under "Popular Posts".
Hehe!

Bubba-isms

One afternoon he was eating a piece of cheese

for a snack.

He asked me to hold it,

I told him I couldn't hold it and to find a place for it......

He finally named his fish~

"Bobby and Shaky"....

I have no idea how he came up with those!

We were driving home

with Sean fussing in the backseat.

Trent turned to him and said

"Don't worry Seanie Boy,

Jesus is sitting right here."

As he pointed to the seat in between them.

I was getting him ready for a bath,

as he walked to the bathroom (naked)

he started laughing and turned to me

"Look at my weaner Mommy!

It's wagging!"

We put our tree up,

ran out of energy so didn't get the ornaments on.

The next day he went in the living room and said

"Wow, tree still here!

We need to dress it up!"

One night at dinner he grabbed his stomach

and started crying "My Tummy HURT!"

Usually that means he needs to go to the bathroom,

but he denied needing to go.

He became more frantic,

stood up from the table and was bent over

holding his belly.

I was actually getting scared for him

because he was so upset.

Just as I was going to pick him up

he bent over further letting out a HUGE toot.

He stood up with a big grin

"I better now!!"

and off he went.

(Glad we didn't make it to the ER!)

He is completly obsessed

with receiving a Backhoe

for Christmas.

If we ever start to raise our voice at him,

or he knows he has done wrong,

he will throw his head back and cry

"But I want a backhoe!"

(He has brought this upon himself,

I would never use bribery......  ;)

Great

Grandmas

are

Great!!

We love them!

love, the rockinryans