meeting the cousins

this month, my cousins, lisa (who lives in louisville, KY) and jennifer (who lives in san francisco, CA) and their families were in scottsdale, AZ for their annual family trip.

these sweet ladies are my uncle richard’s (my mom’s brother) twin daughters. it was SO nice to see them after almost five years! and, i don’t think i had the pleasure to meet any of their kids in person (only in xmas cards!), so it was extra special!

ryan enjoyed meeting everyone...he was a very good boy and even did some of his “tricks.”

lisa, jennifer and ryan jaxon

cousin christopher (jen’s son), matthew (jen’s husband),
brad (lisa’s husband) and rj

lisa “relaxing” ryan by playing with his hair...

eliza (jen’s daughter), brad, christopher and julia (lisa’s older daughter)...
i feel bad that i didn't get a photo of lisa’s younger daughter, sophia...
i think she was asleep by then... :(

april 2010

not only did we celebrate ryan’s FIRST birthday with our families...we had a celebration at the park with our friend rylen who turned three on april 7th with our moms club group.

the other “birthday boy,” rylen (in the hoodie).

ryan enjoying his puffs, rather than a cupcake...

we also had ryan’s first “boo boo” which was inflicted by the sliding closet doors, ouch!

after the initial “OUCH, that hurt!” ryan completely forgot
about his injury, but was very fascinated with the bandage
which eventually ended up in his mouth.

and we recognized “earth day” as well.

i call this one “baby in a basket!”

another busy month for the little man...