Pumpkins!

Friday we took Ryan to Burt's Farm! Since Ryan was so little this time last year, we weren't able to enjoy all the fun of the season. So this was Ryan's first time to the pumpkin patch. We all had a great time. He 'walked' all through the pumpkins which was really cute and we took a hayride. He loved the hayride - we were at the front so he was able to stand up and watch the tractor that was pulling us. He thought that John Deere was pretty spiffy. We had a picnic lunch by the little creek (Ryan had his first cheeto!) and then we picked out a few little pumpkins to take home with us - a blue one and white one! It was super fun. There are more pictures in our photo albums - click on the link to the right.

Focusing on Fall

I really do love fall. I know that may surprise some people, since I don't usually act like it. This time of year, I tend to start my downward spiral into the wintertime blues. While fall is actually a nice time of the year, I rarely enjoy it because I am dwelling on the coming cold. I associate fall with winter and winter with cold, nasty, dead grass and trees and no color, way too much darkness, being sick, stuck indoors, and all sorts of other negative things. But, not this year. This year I am not going to worry about winter and I am instead going to focus on fall and it's positives and take it one day at a time.

I love fall!
I love college football!
I love marching bands!
I love the beautiful colors of the changing leaves!
I love carving pumpkins!
I love the cool mornings and nights and open windows!
I love being a mother and sharing all sorts of new experiences with my son!
I love that we are taking Ryan to a pumpkin patch tomorrow and we're going on a hayride!
I love people watching at the Cumming Fair!
I love thinking about Halloween and trying to come up with the best costume ever for Ryan!
I love spending time with my family!
I love hot chocolate!
I love real wood burning fireplaces!
I love s'mores!
I love my slippers and my XL Mickey Mouse sweatshirt (even though I do have some pride and I'll never leave the house in it!).

One year checkup

Ryan went for his one year checkup on Friday. He's still skinny, but doing great!

19lbs, 6 oz (7th percentile!)
30 inches tall (57%)
head circumference 19 inches (92%, lots of brains!)

He got four shots :( but did pretty good with them. I'm going to start weaning him and he can drink whole milk now. He can eat just about anything except nuts and shellfish.
He'll go for the next checkup at 15 months.

Down Home Country Fun

I love being a Mom! Last night we took Ryan to the Cumming Country Fair. I really love taking him to new places and watching him experience new things. I loved Ryan as a baby of course, but being one is wonderful. He's showing his personality and interacting and living life and it's so much fun. He had a great time people watching and eating a few bites of funnel cake. And he enjoyed the high dive show; it was so neat to watch his eyes as he tracked the divers climbing up and then jumping down. And of course he points and waves.

I also love being part of a community. We went to the fair with the Isbells and that was great fun. And then we ran into probably eight more families we knew. I just love that small town feel and doing life together (mlc catch phrase!). It was a great night!

Amy's Picks

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Happy 1st Birthday Ryan!!

One year ago today... :) Wow, I sound like my parents do on my birthday! It's so hard to believe it's already been a year! We've loved every bit of it and we had a wonderful weekend celebrating.

Friday night we headed to Canton to get ready for the party. We had dinner with Nana and Pop-Pop and Uncle Tyler and Jennifer before heading off to do some errands. Saturday morning Coleson played a wonderful and winning tennis match. It was great to watch, esp since he and Tom pulled it out in the 3rd set.

Saturday afternoon - Party!! We had such a great time and we are so thankful to those of you who joined us. It was super special to have Ryan's aunts and uncles in town! We also had several close friends who braved the gas crisis and long drive to join us and we certainly appreciated it! Ryan loved his party and really loved his cupcake. Be sure to check out the online photo album for all the fun. After Ryan's party we got to continue celebrating with Auntie Sarah and Jennifer who also have birthdays.

Saturday night we watched a very frustrating Georgia game. Yes, Alabama played well the whole game, but my goodness we played terrible, esp the first half! If we had played an 1/8 as well as we did against Arizona State, we could have had ourselves a little game. But oh well, we still love our Dawgs!

Sunday we enjoyed brunch with Grandpa, Grandma, Aunt Lolly, and Brian. Then we drove around like fools with Nana and Auntie Sarah trying to find the RiverFest fair only to realize it ended at five and we had to pay for admission - not really worth it since it was already 3:00. Oh well!!

Anyways, we've had such a wonderful weekend and it's only just now Ryan's actual birthday! More fun to come I'm sure. :)

our big boy!

Ryan's a big boy now! He has his new forward facing car seat! He's only been in it three short rides, but so far I think he likes it. I know I do! I love that I can see him and that he can get the ac better. He loves holding the arm rests and chillin' and looking out the window. And when I come around to take him out he waves at me. I think it will be much nicer and easier for all our travels to have him facing us.

Only five more days until the big one!

the park

Yesterday Ryan and I went to the park and met up with some of our buddies. I managed to get Ryan's wagon down the stairs and into the explorer while holding Ryan and the diaper bag. And it was so worth it; he looked super cute riding in the wagon! Noah even sat with him for a little while. Notice how chill Ryan is - he sat back with his foot up the whole ride, not a care in the world! He had a great time at the park and was so happy and calm.

Love ya partner

So today I have to play a tennis match without my partner. That's right, Mom's not available the rest of the season thanks to a broken wrist. While practicing yesterday she went for an overhead and landed on her left wrist and head. After x-rays and a cat scan, she's home with lots of meds and a cast. While it's going to be a rough six weeks for her, I'm thankful it wasn't worse. It's scary seeing your mom go down like that and not bounce back up. I love you mom, and I hope you have a quick and painless recovery. And I'm looking forward to your hard cast; I've got my sharpie ready!

Merge

Tailgate merge! Cool design, eh? :)