early father’s day celebration

since we were going to be in CA for father’s day, we celebrated early with dennis’ step dad, mom and brother. it was a simple and fun day.

grandpa dave and rj

grandpa dave and his gift!

enjoying a beautiful day in sunny AZ

11 weeks old

rj is enjoying time on his own more and more. here he is on a mat that has things dangling from it that he is noticing now...here’s a video to demonstrate!


so talented!

random videos

as expected, ryan is his daddy’s favorite subject...therefore we have quite a collection of videos of the little guy. here are a few for your viewing pleasure!


10 weeks old


cool looking dude


two month doctor’s visit (pre-shots!)

two month immunizations

first, i want to thank all of our friends who responded to
my email regarding questions about immunizations. after mulling over all the advice and reading various opinions, we went ahead with rj's 2 month vaccinations, as scheduled. he got all but the rotavirus, which he’ll get at 4 and 6 months.

all in all, he did great...such a brave little guy. the first shot didn’t seem to phase him at all, but the next two...oh boy. in the next several hours that followed he was pretty uncomfortable...just kept crying even when dennis and
i would hold and soothe him. we’re sure his little legs were pretty sore.

however, this morning, he seems like his old self again which makes his mommy and daddy very happy. we have
a couple of months until the next round...thank goodness!

rj and his daddy the morning of his immunizations

all smiles just before leaving for the doctor’s office.

here’s a video clip from the doctor’s office. rj did pretty well, considering, but as you’ll hear, mommy was pretty upset.

Random Pics

ryan is now 9 weeks old and we’re still totally snap-happy over here. so here are a few random photos of the little guy...enjoy!

this adorable owl onsie was made especially for rj
by our friend corine...so cute!

this is how rj makes a little fist...
and then he tries to suck his thumb...
while it’s hiding!

i love daddy

look at those cute, little legs!

hmmmm...

i love the little swirl on the back of his head.

a visit from harvey and yuki

dennis’ uncle harvey and his wife, yuki came to AZ for memorial day weekend. they took us to brunch on sunday and came over to see our home after that. it was their first time meeting little rj...it was a really nice day. thanks for the visit and for brunch...hope to see you again soon!

uncle harvey, dennis, yuki and rj

grandpa dave and rj napping together...

little sun devil...

ryan is 7 weeks old! time is flying by...and i love to watch him grow and change. he's becoming more and more interactive. he’s very alert and tracks your every move. he smiles a lot and is trying really hard to “speak.”

one of dennis’ store manager’s got ryan this cute little onsie...and since it’s daddy’s alma mater, i thought it would be a good photo op.

ryan does look A LOT like his daddy in these photos!