Friday, August 22, 2008

Ryan is one today!


Seems like only yesterday you were this little bundle of blue. So sweet and so very tiny, my tiniest baby of all. With all that black hair that would eventually fall out and make you bald and fuzzy.
Then you grew, as did all the other care group babies. Your new little friends: Rebecca, Gretta, and Owen. It'll be fun to watch you grow bigger with your buddies!
You are blessed to have such loving and adoring sisters. Emily and Abby love to play with you and report your every movement and sound. "Look mommy, he pulled himself up!" "Mom, he just said 'dat'!"
Look at your light brown hair, in need of a hair cut and hair product! You have grown into such a handsome and happy boy! You are crawling all over, pulling up on furniture, and soon you'll be tottling all over. We love having you, little boy, in our family!

We were happy to celebrate your 1st birthday last week at the beach in CA with your cousins, Christian and Conner. Aunt Carrie, Uncle Craig, Papa, and Grandma were there too. We had a fun time camping at the beach.
Happy Birthday, dear Ryan, Happy 1st birthday to you!!
With Love from your mom and dad

3 comments:

Life at the Mandl's said...

Love that picture of Ryan on the chair. He is one cute little dude! Can't wait to see what # 4 looks like ;-). Your girls look like the best big sisters a little boy would ever want. Elisabet said "ahhhh that baby is so cute, I want to squeeze him."

Nettester71 said...

Great pictures and did I miss an announcement?

Stephanie said...

NO ANNOUNCEMENT! Just the friendly peer-pressure from the Mandl baby machine!