Friday, December 30, 2016

First Things First

 Ronan turned 1 this month!

This is his Ro-bot cake. 


Tiny man loved him some cake.
















  




 He is still a mix of walking and crawling.  Crawling is just too efficient to give up on just yet.

He does not have any words.

He will answer questions with a head nod or shake.

Wrestling is a favorite game.  As is throwing (not just balls), pushing furniture, climbing on furniture, and dismantling whatever Molly happens to be playing with.

So there it is.  Through no fault of my own, despite tons of gender neutral toys...I ended up with the girly-ist of girls and what would appear to be supreme ruler of all things boy.

He also has a delightful little temper.

He is so great at just playing happily and independently.  As long as I'm sitting (on the floor) doing absolutely nothing but watching him play.  The minute I try to get something done he clutches my legs with the greatest of screams.  I'm also not allowed to sit (on the floor in the same room) and try to (1) talk to or do anything with Molly (2) use my phone or (3) read a book.

It's so cute.

Oh yes, and one more thing.  I'm not allowed to go to the bathroom.

To be fair though, I think he just feels like he's missing out on a rousing game of Wresting-Around-With-Exposed-Pee-and-Poop.  That's the typical game we play when we deal with his bathroom needs.  It's not really a diaper change unless you have to hold the kid down with your leg!

Here's to year 1 Ro Dude!

Friday, December 2, 2016

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Monday, November 28, 2016

Texas - Ronan Style

Read Molly's blog.

Here we are on our riverboat ride.


Brunch with Funcle Jimmy.



Ronan's initial idea of panning: drinking the dirty water.



We saw an awesome light show on the cathedral.  I'm posting this on Ronan's blog because he slept through the whole show.

Before the show.

During

and during

and during!
Ro at the Japanese Tea Garden


With the fish.


Saturday, November 26, 2016

Hot Mess

Not pretty.  But he gets the job done.



Thursday, November 24, 2016

Hat Baby

and he's not happy about it.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Halloween

Ronan was Max.  The King of the Wild Things.