First trip to the Dentist

Ry finally made his first trip to the dentist. I admit we should have done this probably a year ago, but I just hate the dentist so much I was having a little trouble making him go. But, I know it's very important and he needed to go so we finally went. It was a great appointment. One of the reason I waited was because our insurance only covered us for one dentist in town, and he wasn't very kid friendly in my opinion. I was waiting to change insurance plans so I would have better choices. That turned out to be very smart, because the office we went to is GREAT with little kids. Our hygienist was amazing, she took her time, showing him each tool before she used it. He was so much braver than I thought he would be. He did everything she asked and was a total champ! All in all we got a great report, his teeth look really good.

Who looks more nervous in this pic, me or him?

What a champ!!

Winnie and SM's visit

Right after we got home from our trip to Seattle we were so excited to have Winnie and SM visit us. We took them to DC to see the "Rockets" at the Air and Space Museum. The day ended up being a little more of an adventure than we'd planned on. After wandering through the Museum we were walking down the sidewalk looking for a hot dog vendor when Ryan tripped and fell, splitting his knee open. It was a pretty nasty cut that sent us through the underground maze of the museum to the nurses station. Where it was suggested that he could use a stitch or two.

Unfortunately that took a back seat when we got back to the parking lot where we discovered my car had been stolen! Well, at least I thought it was. Turns out I'm just one of those people who can't remember where they parked. I don't think I've ever felt so stupid! The supervisor of the lot, a very smug gentleman, tried to convince me that "no car has ever been stolen from the lot", while driving me around the lot looking for my "stolen car"! And just as I had finally convinced him that my car was in fact stolen, we drove to the back corner of the lot near where I thought my car should be, I saw my car parked neatly just where I left it! In my defense this spot looked exactly like the spot I thought it should have been, and Winnie was in full agreement the whole time! Yep, that was embarrassing! After that 45 minute adventure and the 2 hour drive home Ryan's knee looked like it would survive with just some neosporin and Band-Aids. We decided that stitches would cause way more trauma than they would help. It's been a week since the accident and his knee looks good so I know we made the right decision.

Here are some pictures before all the excitement:

Winnie and SM on the metro

Ryan and the Rocket

Ry was very excited about this plane since it had his name on it!

SM and the Spaceman!

A couple of boys who didn't want to pose!

On Saturday we had some fun painting pottery and feeding the ducks and fish at the park. Don't tell Juju, but then we had Cheese Steak Sandwiches for lunch. Then we had to take them to the airport and say goodbye!

(I love SM's face in this one!)

We're so glad they could come and visit and hope they had fun!

Summer Vacation 2009

Ry and I had a great summer vacation! We had lots of fun visiting the family. So much fun in fact that I spent zero time taking any good pictures! Here are a few pictures....

Don't ever let me complain about flying anywhere with Ryan. He does so great! He just makes himself right at home!

It was really HOT when we got there so the boys spent a lot of time with the sprinkler under the trampoline.

The G family took us to the River for some Crawdad fishing. We had so much fun. Someone took a good picture of Ry "petting a crawdad, I think it was Linny (Can you send it to me please)

Then it back to JuJu's and Nana's!

We took the kids fishing. Ry caught 2 fish!

The three musketeers!

Sweet Linc! What a good baby!!

Cousins!

Maryland Crabs!

For dinner tonight we had Steamed Crabs! It's probably not something we'll do again anytime soon, but it was good. Little too messy for Daddy taste, and Ryan was not impressed with the idea of eating them. He does love corn on the cob though.

Happy 4th!

This is actually what we did on the 3rd. We spent most of the 4th hanging out at home. Poor daddy had to work this whole weekend. On the night of the 4th we chased fireflies, and watched some fireworks with the neighbors. Ryan finally warmed up to the fireworks. After each one was lit he would cheer and cheer!
We only have a few weeks until our trip to Seattle/Oregon and we can't wait!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We didn't actually get to see daddy tonight because he had to work, but Ryan sure enjoyed the cake!
We love you.

Home improvement

About a month ago we jumped in with both feet on some home improvement. We painted the whole downstairs, the kitchen is now green and yellow, the family room is beige and the living room/computer room is red. Then we put up crown molding in the living room/computer room, and we did it by our selves. The last thing we wanted to do was put up backsplash tile in the kitchen. This was something I wasn't willing to attempt myself. (Honestly, I thought we were nuts to do the crown molding, but actually that wasn't that bad!) We found someone to do the tile and it was put up yesterday. I could not be more thrilled. It turned out beautiful! Check it out:

this is the beige Family Room

This one is from the day we painted the red in living/computer room, you can see the furniture all in the center of the room, plus this is what it looked like before the crown molding.

Oh, and the green in the kitchen.

View of the red living/computer room with the crown molding in.

And finally some shots of the kitchen with the new tile.

I love it!

Granted the big kudos to the guy who installed it, but I think we did a pretty good job at picking it out!