The quest

This morning I as I ate my breakfast, I looked and found Ronan in the position below.  I watched him, not sure if he was trying to go further under the chair or if he had just scooted himself under it without realizing where he was going.  Turns out there was a toy in there that he wanted.

Trying to figure out how to fit his noggin in there:

Almost got it!

It's too hard Mama!!  I'm getting really frustrated!!

Giving up to defeat . . .

Finally Mama helped him out and gave him the toy he was after.  Now he's trying to figure out if it's edible . . .

It is!!!

9 months old!!

Today Ronan turned 9 months old!  The time is flying by.  We started off the day with a visit to Dr. Kanagal for the 9 month old visit.  The doc said he looks great and is strong as a horse!  Here are his stats:

Height:  29 1/2"  75-90%

Weight:  18 lbs. 14 1/2 oz.  10-25%

After the appointment, my mom, the boys and I headed to the Desert Botanical Garden for their annual pumpkin patch.  It was so great!  My mom has a membership, so we all got in for free plus each of the boys got to pick their own pumpkin - for free!!!!!!!!  I thought I would be able to get a few cute pics of the Roo at the pumpkin patch for his 9 month photo.  Well, you mom's out there know how it goes.  Theoretically, it should be the perfect time to get the cutest picture with no problem at all.  Yea right.  I guess Ronan was not in the mood for photos.  Every time I set him down, he cried.  I tried a few different tactics: on the ground with the pumpkin, sitting on Aidan's lap, sitting in the bucket of the tractor, sitting on a pumpkin . . .no luck.  Oh well.  I still think they are cute.

Fire truck fun at the H.D.

On Saturday, the Salt River Fire Department had their huge ladder truck and one ambulance set up for kids to see at the Home Depot.  The boys had a blast looking at them and sitting in them, pretending to drive.  Aidan's first question was "can we climb up the ladder?"  Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of how tall the ladder was, I'm sure you can imagine.  Anyway, it was fun to watch the boys run around in their firefighter hats, in awe of the trucks.

My little gang

A note from Ronan . . .

Ronan was very upset yesterday thinking about breast cancer and wanted me to remind everyone out there to help save his future wife's itty bitties.  I will be walking the 5k at the Race for the Cure on October 11.  If you would like to donate for a great cause, please go to:

http://komenphoenix.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=305284&supid=267575517 

Thank you so much for your support!!!!!!!

New Blog

Please check out my new blog:

Growing Green

The link is posted with my other links.

Enjoy!

Race for the Cure

On October 11, 2009, I am going to participate in the Race for the Cure 5K for breast cancer. I am super excited about it and would love for it to become a tradition. There have been so many women in my life that have fought or are fighting this war with breast cancer. It's the least I can do in support of them. I would LOVE any support from you all out there. Please go to the link below and check it out.

http://blba.us/i.asp?id=305284-267575517-1

Thanks SO much in advance!!!!!

Ronan can sit!!

I think we are getting close to Ronan sitting on his own. Today he did some good sittin'. First with me and then with Daddy while I taped. This video and the next are off of my camera phone, so not the greatest quality. But at least I know how to get those videos online! During the video, there were two other little ones that didn't want to be left out . . .

Ronan can stand!!

Well, not really. Just sort of. He has always been very sturdy on his legs so Cody set him up against the couch and he held himself up for a second. Not too shabby for 6 months, eh?

First Day of Preschool!!!

Jacob started preschool this week!! And he loves it!! He goes Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the morning. I'm so excited for him and we really like the school thus far. Plus, all I hear are good things about it. The first two days went great. Today he had a little trouble with me leaving, but was fine within a few minutes. Jacob loves to come home and show us the sticker or stamp he got, tell us about playing at the water table or riding the BIG bike. I asked if he had made any friends and he told me he plays with Charlie and Ty. Today I got to meet them. Jacob told me after school today that he played with a little girl named Victoria. I'll have to figure out who she is on Monday. Both of his teachers have commented on how sweet and nice he is. That makes me SO proud of him!

Below are pictures of his first day. I only took pictures at home because I wasn't sure how overwhelming it might be at school. Next week I will try and get some pics of him in action at school. I asked him where he wanted me to take his picture and he sat down on the ground and said right here. He wouldn't stand up. Little bugger. I know he was excited and uneasy, so I didn't push it. In the last picture, here's what he was telling me:

Mommy, "Jacob, can you please look at me and smile?"

Jacob, "I don't want to talk to you right now."

Ugh.

Ronan and Rosco

Today while over at Grammie and Papa's house, we noticed that Ronan was watching Rosco under the table. So I said let's sit with him on the ground and see what they do. It was so cute and funny! Rosco (my sister's dog) was SO great with him.

First licks

"Eeww, dog breath!"

"Haha, this is fun Grammie!"

(Aidan is kissing Ronan's head, so sweet!)

"You'll never beat this bad boy at a staring contest."

Karate Chop!!

Rosco sneaks in a little kiss . . .

"Ooohh, no likey licky . . ."

"Oooh, no likey drooly . . ."

"Oh, OK, you do live here."

"Please oh please may I go?"

"But not before one more little kiss!"

6 month stats

Ronan's 6 month appointment went great. For him that is. I really should have rescheduled the appointment because that morning I woke up and felt like I had been hit by a bus. Turns out I had mastitis. SO, of course on this day, when I feel miserable, the doctor is running an hour behind. Also, Ronan was a bit tired because it was during his nap time. Just as he was falling asleep, Dr. Kanagal came in. He did great and was all smiles despite being tired. Which is just how he is - all smiles and so easy going. He did have to get 3 shots, but did fine. A few tears and then it was over. On to the stats:

Height: 27 1/4" 75%

Weight: 16 lbs. 9 1/2 oz. 25%

two bottom teeth

rolls over and over and over

loves to listen to me sing The Wheels on the Bus, Patty Cake and Intsy Wintsy Spider

typically take a good morning nap, good afternoon nap and an early evening snooze

usually sleeps pretty well at night only nursing once but I do think he is getting more teeth because he has been fussing much more during the night

so so smiley and happy!

loves watching his big brothers play

and best of all . . . .

Is a MAMA's Boy!!!!

Our Sweet 6 month old!

Hard to believe that Ronan is 6 months old now! I don't have any stats to update yet, his 6 month appointment isn't until next week. But I do have some cute pictures!! Enjoy!

Should I be feeding him more?

Uhhh, you got a little something . . .right there . . .

Sweet, sweet snuggler

There's that beautiful smile I see all the time!!

I love playing with my brother!

Oh Mom . . .

1 . . .

2 . . .

3 . . .

2 out of 3 happy ain't bad!

Ronan's Baptism

On Sunday, we celebrated Ronan's baptism. It was great to have our family there to celebrate with us. Afterwards we had everyone back to our house for lunch and hanging out. Ronan did so great - smiles the whole time! I think he really liked being the center of attention.

Sweet brothers

Sweet lovin'

I think Ronan was doing the Safety Dance. And Jacob was not into taking pictures.

Nor was he excited about being up front with us during the baptism

During the baptism Jacob hid his face and Aidan wandered around. ;-)

Ronan was so cute with Kurt, out pastor. He was so happy with him!

Smalley Time!!

OK, so it's been a while since the last post. We've been busy and I hope to get caught up. One super fun thing we just got back from doing was visiting our cousins in Oklahoma. My Aunt Jane was sweet enough to offer to fly out to AZ, drive back to her house in OK with me and then drive back to AZ and fly back home. There was NO WAY I could have made the drive alone. (Cody was in Tennessee for the covenant churches big senior high convention) So we made the two day drive out to OK and spent an awesome week with the Smalley clan. We miss them SO much and the kids have such a great time together. Even though they were experiencing the hottest week there this summer, we still had a blast. The boys loved the freedom to run around and play. Did I mention they live on 5 acres, back off of any roads? Awesome. There are so many great pics to share, so many in fact that I had to upload them to Flickr. I believe you should be able to click on the link below to access them. Please let me know if you have any troubles. Anyway, we were so sad to go. But we do hope to maybe make this an annual summer thing. That is of course, unless the Smalley's move back here. Which I would LOVE. But I must say that they are living the dream they've dreamt of for a while. A beautiful country home with lot's of land for the kids to run around on, great town, good friends . . .
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