My Ryan!! "Tougher than the Hulk"

So we had a very fun 3 day weekend! We started it with our weekly Friday Movie Night otherwise known as "Mommy Cinemas!" We had 2 guests Garrett and Jesse which really made it a treat. So what movie night would be complete without pizza, popcorn and treats? We had them all but instead of our usual "snack bar" we had a "sundae bar" ice cream flavors included Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate and Mint n chip. Top it with Hot fudge, Caramel, Butterscotch, Whip Cream, Sprinkles, M n M's and Cherries. Oh how I wish I had pictures!! Too messy and sticky to get my camera though.
Saturday we made it to the Monster Jam! The kids had a blast watching the Monster Trucks do jumps, crash, loose tires and run over cars. We had a blast watching them enjoy it all!!!
Sunday started with Church and ended with a beautiful sunny BBQ and football!
Then we had Monday! We were so spoiled we had Daddy for all 3 days!! So we spent a beautiful day hanging out together. Everything was going great. One of Karlie's Buddys called and said she "Had to come over" her pig had just had babies and Karlie "needed" to come see the baby piglets!! So whats a Mother to do...I took her over to Megan's so they could take care of the little piglets. (I was later begged for a piglet by my little Karlie which I had to keep saying no to) I get home and we have plans for a yummy dinner Daddy was going to BBQ and then the phone rings it was Daddy's work calling him in. There went all our plans so we sadly said goodbye. Me and the boys decided on leftovers for dinner but we needed to go pick up Karlie. Derek asks if he can go pick a movie to watch with Karlie and Ryan when we get back. I said sure but he wants it to be a surprise so Ryan eagerly waits at the bottom of the stairs. I run in to go potty before we leave I'm washing my hands when I hear the stair rail rattle from a big thud followed by Ryan's crying. For Ryan to cry it's gotta hurt! I run out there and Ryan is holding the right top side of his head. I ask what happened and he cries that he was gonna go see Derek and he hit his head on the corner of the stair rail. I put him on my lap and put my hand to his ouchie and tell him it's OK. Then I notice that my whole hand is covered in blood and he has blood dripping down his hair and behind his ear! He had actually started to calm down. He asks what is all over my hand! I tell him it's blood from his ouchie and we better get some paper towels and ice. (Sorry I'm getting a little graphic I was gonna post some pictures but I decided not to) About then Derek comes down he sees whats going on and totally freaks out! Ryan was very calm. He had stopped crying and although he was trembling he was very calm, he even wanted to hold the ice and towel on the ouchie himself. Derek was crying so hard. He was so worried about Ryan. At one point he even said, "I just love my brother....I would die for him!!" I told him not to worry everything was gonna be fine at this point even Ryan is trying to console him! Anyway a long dramatic story shortened a little. We had to race and pick up Karlie and head to Urgent Care where Ryan ended up needing a staple in his head! First the Doctor said 4 or 5 stitches but then he measured it and said it was big enough for staples and he would need 2 or 3. But after the first one was put in the middle the doctor said it went together great that was it. But I must tell you my little Ryan was so tough and brave! He was so good and still for the doctor and he didn't scream while the syringe was being put in the cut to numb it he just squeezed my hands and said it hurts. Then when the doctor was done he asked him why he did that to him? Then after the staple the doctor showed him the staple gun and Ryan wanted to see the staple in his head. He got a Hulk sticker and he said, "I'm tougher than Hulk huh Mommy?" Karlie and Derek waited out in the waiting room so I said let's go get the kids and Ryan so sweet said we had to wait for the nurse to clean up all the blood he didn't want them to see it!! So although I have pictures of the wound before and after the staple...I decided to share some pictures from last week when Doug had the day off and Karlie and Derek had school. So here are some pictures from our day at the park!!!! This is my tough little Ryan!!!!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE taking pictures of my family! But I am really excited about trying to start up my own business taking pictures of babies, families, couples and special moments! I am getting there slowly but surely!!! I just love capturing the special real emotion and love that happens between people who really love each other!!! Like Ryan and Doug I didn't need to pose them I get to just sit back and capture it as they did it! I love you my little Ryan! You are tougher than Hulk!!!

Stinkin Steelers!!

The new year has started off a little disappointing!! Us very faithful Charger fans thought we might be going somewhere...but NOOO OOOH we were shut out by Stinkburger and his Stinky Steelers!! There we were all geared up Derek/Cromartie, Karlie/Rivers, and Ryan/Gates. The boys completed their outfits with Helmets and Charger pants. We had good food and drinks a beautiful sunny SD day and lots of great company we thought this was the year. But unlike all you ban wagon fans (you know who you are:) we will continue to say what we always say, "There's always next year!" So I guess we WILL go to the Monster Trucks this Saturday after all! I was hoping...counting on it being canceled due to the fact that it's at Qualcomm Stadium and there was suppose to be another playoff game there!! But there will be no more Charger games this year because we lost!!! BOO WHO!!! OK I'm done! The monster Trucks will be fun and there's always next year! Right?
OK hopefully I will do another blog post in the next few days and get caught up to date!