Aaron dancing

Aaron seems to be unable to not dance when he hears music. It doesn't matter if it is Pop, Country, Xmas, Children music, etc. As long as it is uptempo, his body is moving. Finally got a chance to video him - not his best effort, but it is still fun!

Ryan Paul is FOUR today!

Today is Ryan's fourth birthday! He has been very excited today to celebrate his birthday. He started the day by going to preschool and taking a special treat of chocolate chip cookies....he even ate some! (Ryan doesn't typically like sweets or candy and usually will not eat snack at school). Then we went to McDonalds for lunch and ate inside! Then we went to the doctor to see how big he is getting! He weighs 47 1/2 lbs and is 42 1/2 inches tall! Needless to say the doctor is not worried about his growth! After an afternoon of flying a kite (yes...flying a kite in Ohio in December...not normal!), and putting up Christmas decorations, we went out to eat wherever he wanted. Of all the places suggested, he wanted to go to XRAY (Xcaret-a mexican restaurant) to eat chips! Grandma and Grandpa Clement joined us for the celebration and Ryan got to talk on the phone to Aunt Jill and Grandma Sadler who were excited to tell him Happy Birthday!

For his birthday party, we celebrated at Ryan's Grandma/Grandpa Sadlers last Sunday. We had Thanksgiving dinner and then swiched it over to a birthday party! He received a ton of awesome gifts and had a beautiful cake made by his Uncle Marv. The only problem with the evening is that Ry wouldn't eat any cake! I seriously do not know how I gave birth to him :) Anyway, thank you everyone for the presents, cards, and birthday wishes! We appreciate them all and are so blessed to have Ryan in our lives! He has grown into such a loving little boy that makes us very proud! We love you Ryan and are so glad you be your mommy and daddy!

Here are a few pictures from the birthday party!

Ryan with is Baloo Cake! Great job Uncle Marv!

Waiting to blow out the candles while we sing Happy Birthday! (the small cake to the right is his daddy's cake)

Blowing out his candles all by himself! Way to go Ryan!

A John Deere sweatshirt! Uncle Brian will be so proud! Thanks Grandma Sadler!

An Indians Ball and bat...hopefully he'll learn to hit better then the current Indians!

Happy Thanksgiving Dinner!

This Thanksgiving, Ryan really started getting into the spirit of the day! We had a total of 4 Thanksgiving dinners and for every one he would said, "Happy Thanksgiving Dinner" I tried to explain to him that it was Happy Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving Dinner, but I guess he decided to do his own version! Not a surprise if you know Ryan! He was also pretty upset that he was not allowed to go to preschool on Thanksgiving since it was Thursday and he thought he should still be able to go. After some coaxing and play time with Emma, then he came around and enjoyed the day!

Anyway, we had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving with Brian, Gina, Emma, and Kaitlyn (and mom and dad)! We absolutely LOVED spending time with them and hope they did as well. My favorite comment from the week was when Gina said, "Isn't funny that kids know when they belong together even when they do not see each other much" That is sooooo true Gina and I love that our kids "belong together"!

Here are some pictures from the week that we celebrated Thanksgiving (since we had 4 dinners...it took a week to celebrate!). We also had Aunt Gina's birthday, Daddy's birthday, and we celebrated Aaron's belated and Ryan's early birthdays on Tues at Chucky Cheese. Whew was it a whirlwind of fun! Thank you very much Uncle Brian, Aunt Gina, Emma and Kaitlyn for helping the boys celebrate their birthdays! We had a blast!

All the kids in their John Deere apparel....brainwashing them already!


Kaitlyn and Aaron hanging out at Chucky Cheese

Grandma and Kaitlyn...she is so cuddley!

Ryan looking like a mouse :)

Emma at Grandma and Grandpas!

Oh yeah...one more story....Emma is very imaginitive and has nicknames for everyone! Hers is Alicia (from Go Diego Go), her daddy is now a Wonder Pet (demoted from Diego), her mommy is Mama Jaguir, and her sister is baby Jaguir. Ryan is now Diego, Uncle Paul is Clifford the Big Red Dog, and Aunt Kim is Ruby....Ryan has started following her lead and now calls his mommy Ruby and insists that she call him Diego...luckily it's only once in awhile and not all the time... Especially since mommy has a hard time remembering his real name sometimes!