Just What Every Mother Wants to See

This is just what every mother wants to see her baby playing with when she walks into the room:



And yes...it's a toy!

AEROGARDEN!

Aaron bought me this Aerogarden for Christmas. I took this picture a few weeks ago, so now the herbs are quite a bit bigger. We have chives, basil, oregano, thyme, mint, and dill. The thyme and mint grow like crazy! It's pretty cool to have fresh herbs, but I'm still not sure how much to use when I'm cooking because I always just used the dried stuff--I have a bit of a learning curve there. Anyway, it's fun to have this mini garden in our kitchen ,and it's always a nice conversation starter when people ask if we're growing pot or something. :)

Our Little Elf

Whenever my sister Lisa comes over she always tells me that Ryan reminds her of a little mischievous elf. Maybe we'll dress him up like that for Halloween next year.


Ryan loves to eat frozen blueberries, thus the blue stains on his face in this picture. These are other foods he enjoys: bananas, kidney beans, soy or rice milk, raisins, pancakes, edamame, fruit smoothies, eggs, etc.


Up until recently, Ryan has mostly ignored Eric. He's starting to like to help out with him whether it be by smiling at or talking to him, bringing him a toy, bringing me a clean diaper for him, or by feeding him, as shown in this picture (gotta love his tongue hanging out--just like his big brother).


We took this picture of Ryan just the other night when he was actually using the mouse correctly to play a computer game. He was so proud of himself! Other activities he likes lately are: helping Mom vacuum (he holds the suction tube and sucks up the "ickies" by the baseboards while I vacuum the main parts of the carpet), helping us with other chores, playing outside, shooting baskets in his little hoop, wrestling with Jordan and Maya, playing cars or trains, watching his favorite shows ("Tom and Jerry", "Dora the Explorer", "Wall-E", etc.), and TALKING!!! He is very verbal and asks lots of questions.