Sidewalk Chalk Valentine

Hopefully everyone had a great Valentines Day! Here's one of the things we did!

Ryker Words

This is more for me than anything. I've got to write down some of the things Ryker is saying before they change and I forget them! He is getting to be quite a chatterbox! Bear with me on the spelling!!

* "Hi!"= Hi

* "jshsus"= Jesus (yes, he recognizes pictures of Jesus. It is so sweet!)

* "Da!", "Dada", or "Da dee!"= Dad variations

* "Mu ma" or "Mu mee!"= Mom variations

* "muum ma"= Grandma

* "bum bu"= Grandpa

* "cacka"= cracker

* "cheeches"= peaches

* "ba bu" (while waving)= Bye bye

* "baf" = bath

* "gu"= go (he wants to go outside)

* "gnk"= drink

* "jsh"= juice

* "bay bee!"= baby (while making the baby sign with his arms)

* "ock"= shoes and/or socks

* "na na na" (while shaking his head back and forth) = no no no (he knows he's not supposed to do something, but he's doing it anyway)

* "bubu" = bubbles

* "ah-du"= all done (usually done eating and wants out of the high chair)

* "ha"= hot

* "doggy!"= dog (right now, all animals are called doggies, except toy farm animals, they are all just "moo")

All farm animals say "moo", but we remind him of the other sounds and he can say "baa", "oink" (snorting his nose), and "neigh!"

Doggies say "af! af!"

Kitties say "mow"

duckies say "kack! kack!"

Update... Finally!

Ryker loves to go to the park! There are so many nice parks here with really fun playgrounds. Yesterday we went to the park for 3 hours! On the way home Ryker fell asleep (at around 5:00 PM), and stayed asleep until 12:30 AM! Luckily after about an hour he slept again until morning. The park can really wear a guy out!!

Happy Birthday Benny!

This was not one of Ben's most exciting birthdays. He had a fun-filled day of studying at the library, followed by cake and a couple presents! Oh, well, we did our best. We did go to the PBR in Tampa the next week though, and called it a birthday celebration!

We live about 20 miles from Busch Gardens, so we finally sprang for some tickets! (after paying for one day we get to go back for free now all year... what a deal!!) They have some really great roller coasters, kid rides, and lots of animals and shows and stuff! The horse is one of the Budweiser clydesdales from the commercials. His name is "BUD" and he is HUGE!!

Ryker's 1st Haircut! I guess it was about time!! I wasn't ready to part with too many of his curls, so we just had Aubrey trim it. I think it looks quite a bit better though, right? What a handsome little boy!

Ryker loved the snow, but was not a big fan of wearing a coat! (Thanks Grandma Shelli for the coat!) He's oblivious to the cold, especially if there is a "doggy" outside!

Most of the Christmas pics this year were of Ryker. I guess he's the cutest one! He sure got spoiled! He gave me a pretty special little kiss for Christmas!! (middle pic)

Ryker is so very helpful... and smart too! See! He is pointing out some important things that Ben may have missed!