Random Christmas Events..

Temple Christmas Lights...The largest Christmas tree in AZ...

Making Christmas cookies with Grandma and cousins...

Walking at 13 1/2 Months!!

So Ryan started doing the whole "furniture cruising" around 7 months old and was pushing around his walker by 8 or 9 months. Naturally, I thought walking would shortly follow....WRONG! He was not having it. He was a master army crawler and I think he knew he could get around faster that way. We did not push it though, we just figured he would walk when he was ready!! And that's just what he did. He took his first solo steps the day before his birthday and it took him another month and a half before he really took off. Here is a video of that day..

One Year Pictures

I wanted to do something special for Ryan's 12 month pictures rather than the typical studio ones I had been doing. My friend Lindsey is an AMAZING photographer so I asked her if she would do them! I could not have been more happy with the way they turned out!! Thanks Lindz, you are the BEST! You can check her out on her website:
http://www.dreamlenzphotography.com/index.html

Thanksgiving '09

Thanksgiving was lovely this year but we had to make our rounds, as usual! I really wonder what it would be like to have a nice, relaxing holiday?? Nahhh, we like to keep busy! We started by watching the parade and having breakfast and coffee with my Grandma Theresa and Uncle Warren. Then we went to my Grandma and Grandpa Dickson's and had "lunch" there. We ended the day with dinner with John's family and had another "Thanksgiving" the following Sunday with my mom's family. Wheeew, that was a lot of Turkey!!! Ryan had a blast everywhere we went, he is such a little social butterfly! Here are some pictures from Ryan's second Thanksgiving...

We have a lot of family and friends to be thankful for and are so glad we were able to celebrate with all of them. Love you all!