Ryan's Party

Last Saturday we had a birthday party for Ryan. He kind of just had this puzzled look on his face the whole time. He was very pleasant and really enjoyed his cake :-)

Ryan

Tomorrow my sweet Ryan turns one. It's hard to believe. I just keep thinking about all of the anxiety and anticipation I was feeling a year ago at this time. He's grown into such a fantastic child. Of course, I'm a bit biased, but honestly, you'd be hard-pressed to find a sweeter child. Ryan has recently started walking... he waves, claps and is just a joy to be around.

Ashamed...

It's been a month since I've posted. I have no "real" excuse, but my pseudo-excuse is that it's been taking a long time to upload pictures here, and as you all probably know, I don't have a lot of excess time.

So, here are pictures from the last month:
This wasn't our Christmas card. I was going to use it, but couldn't get the resolution good enough to print.
The weekend before Christmas, the kids and I went to visit my parents in Fredonia. My sister & her family were also there. Here are 6 of the 7 cousins... not sure where Ryan is.

Christmas was a big hit this year. We were so excited to give the kids their presents. Ryan really appreciated his new keyboard.
And here are Bekah & Joey trying out their new sleds. Unfortunately, we haven't had the chance to try them out in the snow yet, so they're still just living room rides for now.


Here is our annual Al Priano Family Christmas Picture. Let's inventory this picture: Jonny, Danny, Laura, Mandie, Ryan, Tim, Uncle Jeff, Al, Bekah, Cheryl, Joey... WAIT... UNCLE JEFF? how did that happen?? Never a dull moment when Uncle Jeff is around ;-)

The weekend before New Years we all went back to Fredonia (on the road again...). Here's a picture of Tim & the kids enjoying some great Western New York weather.

Tim and I were able to go to the Ice Bowl game on New Years. What a blast. It was definitely one of the coolest (literally & figuratively) things we've gotten to do.