Nana Comes to Visit

The weather wasn't so great, but we all enjoyed spending time Nana with over (American) Thanksgiving. Lots of quality time spent with Ryan (and Carol, who also wasn't feeling so great). Here are some pictures and a video.

Rainy Day Running

Thought you'd all enjoy this video of Ryan running around our house.


And a few shots:

Ryan Turns Two

About a month overdue - sorry about that! Here are a few pictures and a video update from September. Ryan's loving his new house, which has come a long way. I posted a few new videos here as well.

Getting Settled

Still many little things not quite complete and boxes to unpack, but we're getting there. It's great to be in our own home...now we just need to get Ryan his own bed! Here's a recent video. We hope everyone's doing well. Internet now connected so we hope to be in touch soon.

Happy Birthday and Anniversary!

Uncle Alex is celebrating his birthday this weekend (although not by visiting his nephew!) and Aunt Sarah and Uncle Jeremy are celebrating their first wedding anniversary. All the best from all of us!
Here's a video of the big event last summer.

Great Time in Canada

It was a short trip, but it was great to see friends and family in Kingston and Toronto. Ryan keeps saying "Uncle Mike" (although it sounds like uh-mike), "Nana's House" and "Sydney" (Jay Tay's daughter). Here are a few pics and a video.

Some Summer Videos

Here's a compilation of short videos taken from my iPhone. Hope everyone's keeping cool...

Quick Update

I hope everyone is doing well. At some point soon I will update the blog with more pictures and news. Things have been pretty crazy since we moved. Next step is to actually get into our new house, which will hopefully be by the end of the month. Renovations are underway...

As for Ryan, he's a huge fan of cars and trucks. Last night there was a car show in downtown Mountain View. Clearly it was a hit!

Hanging with the Kreisa Family and Other Good Times

Last weekend I was attending my 20 high school reunion and things got a little hectic on the home front. Carol wasn't feeling well and Ryan, who now has his molars coming in, wasn't sleeping. Our good friends the Kreisa's came to the rescue. Thanks John and Melissa!

Here are a few pictures from the weekend. Clearly Ryan had a great time!

And here are couple of recent videos:

The Big Slide


Ringing the Cable Car Bell at Union St. Fair

Uncle Mike

It's been a crazy month. Apologies for the lack of updates! We have been fortunate enough to have Aunt Sarah and Uncle Jeremy visit us on their way home from Asia and last weekend Uncle Mike was in town to spend some time with Ryan. Here are a few pictures and a video. Now when we say Uncle...he says Mike!

New Bike

We went and picked up a tricycle from a neighbor for Ryan this morning. It was a big hit!Speaking of fun boys, check out this ad featuring my brother Mike and his friend Jason in the Kingston newspaper today. Lordy, Lordy...Look Who's 40! Happy Birthday fellas!

Happy Easter

I hope you're having a great Easter weekend. Carol has made a bunny cake from scratch and some friends are coming over for an Easter egg hunt. Now if it would just stop raining...
It's nap time around here so I thought I'd post some pictures from our train ride yesterday with the Kreisa family. We were celebrating the 6th birthday of Nicholas (my God son). He loved it!

Some Nana Highlights

It's been a great visit with Nana Jane. Yesterday morning we hit the beach and ended the day with our friends the Kreisa's, who were celebrating their 11th anniverary. Today we were in San Francisco. Great weather and lots of quality time for Nana with Ryan. Here are a few highlights:

Nana Has Arrived

Carol's getting caught up on all kinds of errands and Nana's spending lots of quality time with Ryan. Tomorrow they're off to Happy Hollow in San Jose.

Future Basketball Star?

It's definitely time to move the net up and work on his jump shot!

Some February Shots

Haven't been as active on the blog lately - blame it on the Olympics I guess. Here are a few recent shots of Ryan and a video of him reading a story. He's now 17 months and very entertaining. We're all looking forward to Nana's visit in March.

First Haircut

I'm a bit behind on my updates. Sorry about that. Well, the day had to come. Carol adminstered Ryan's first haircut yesterday. What do you think?

Ga Ga for Ga Ga

Not sure how this happened, but Ryan now points at the radio and says, "Pa Pa Pa Pa Pa Pa" until we play Lady Ga Ga's Poker Face. Carol's now also taught him some hand gestures to go with the dance. Here's a quick video:

Happy Birthday Carol

Watching playoff football while updating Ryan's blog. Last night we got together with our friends Tiffany and Bennos to celebrate Carol's 29th birthday. Ryan once again demonstrated that he's not a bit shy...all you need to do is read to him. He's also become quite the sweeper. He may have a future in curling!

Christmas Pictures

Still catching up from the holidays (and the move) so figured I'd post a few pictures from our trip to Monteray. More on Kodak Gallery. Ryan had his 15 month checkup this week. The doctor confirmed what we already know - he's a very big, healthy, and happy boy:

• 98th percentile for head size
• 95th percentile for height
• 85th percentile for weight

Speaking of pictures, I was just checking out Sarah and Jeremy's travel blog. It's great to be able to keep up with them on their big trip.

Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a great New Years Eve. Here's another Christmas video. This is Ryan opening a gift sent from Uncle Alex. The penguin card was a huge hit initially, but now he's really enjoying putting the animals into the train. Speaking of videos, see below for the top 10 videos we posted in the past year.

1. Eating Sophie the Giraffe (popular because of the product name I'm sure)
2. Ryan Laughing
3. Learning to Drum (good times with Uncle Mike)
4. Baby Karoke and Laughing
5. Catching and Swinging
6. Kingston 2009
7. Feeding Himself
8. Second Solid Feeding
9. Sarah and Jeremy Wedding Day
10. Crawling at 8 Months (hard to believe it was once this difficult!)

All the best in 2010. Happy New Year!