Crazy week.

Snapshots of our week here in the Ryan household.

Tuesday: A very random shout-out to our awesome first born fur-son, Jackson. We still love you, Pup. It just doesn't seem like it.

Wednesday: Tut, Davis, Luke & Luke -- "the guys" as Tuck calls them, minus Tyler & Michael.

Bible Study with "the guys" was apparently quite loud and wild and Tucker was awake for most of it. When Kyle went in to his room at 10:30, this is how he found him... on his chair instead of his bed. He was trying to keep up with the party.

Thursday: Peek-A-Boo Mama! I heard "I'm hiding" in a very muffled voice coming from the back of the house. Hmmmm. These pictures are not indicitive of the week of doctors appointments, being up for hours and night, the fevers, etc connected to Tucker's continuing battle with chronic ear infections. Most of the time he is just a happy kid - lovin' life. The past couple nights have been extremely unusual -- one of the problems we have had is that he is not symptomatic while these infections are raging. We finally, after many, many doctors visits and countless antibiotics over the past year are getting tubes at the end of March. Praise Jesus! Life will be so much better. When the doctor told Tucker about the upcoming surgery, he jumped in to the air, clapping his hands & said "Yeah! I can't wait to get tubes!" She said, "Now that is a new one."

Rocking out with his guitar! Yes, he dances like Kyle. Scary.

Friday: On top of the ear infection that won't go away, Tucker decided to pick this week to refuse to wear a diaper anymore. We are now in full-time potty training mode. Above he is sitting on the pot pretending to be Mr. Potato Head. Below is a picture of how he spent everyday since Wednesday- naked!

After the number of co-pays we have paid to Dr. Soha, Stanley & Maddern, Tucker is going to need to become a doctor to pay us back!

Monster Jam

Our non-southern friends will not understand that many, many people (especially all our high school friends) are at Monster Jam right now. Above the Mason-Dixon line, this event would be considered "hoosier," but down here in Jacksonville this is the place to be tonight! The Ryans have chosen Memphis v. Tennessee basketball, but Tucker was kickin' his camo hat and dirty face and white dirty t-shirt in honor of all our hoosier friends. In a few short years, with no other choice unless he wants to hang out with the comicbook store kids, Tuck will be there with all his friends - tailgating in the back of his enormous truck, wearing cowboy boots, camo hat and Levis - and lovin' every minute of it.

Our little hoosier.

Quotes from Friday

I wish I could remember all of them even from just today. I think most of what he says is hilarious.

Tucker to Kyle: "You have big eyebrowns." (that's an understatement)

On the way to the doctor this morning:
Me: "Tuck, we are going to a new Doctor today."
Tuck: "Dr. Mawee (Mary)?" (our normal ped)
Me: "No, Dr. Mattern. He is going to check your ears."
Tuck: "Oh. He's gonna get rid of my eawww infections??"
(can't possibly write how he says the word "infection")
Me: "Yes."
Tuck: "No, mama! I'm not sick anymore. I'm all better."
Me: "Well, Tuck. You had a fever the other night. I think your ear is still infected."
Tuck: "I had a beaver??" (fever:))
Me: "Yes."
Tuck: "Oh... [pause]... Well, after Dr. Mattern we gonna go to Chicken-a-way (Chick-Fil-A)."
Me: "Really?"
Tuck: "Yes. You are gonna take me there."

Hmmmm. I hadn't realized I wanted Chick-Fil-A for lunch, but I don't really determine those sort of things anymore.


Forgot one from just a few minutes later in the car:
(as we passed our Publix - grocery store)

Tuck: "Mama, I need some new cookies at Pubwix."
Me: "You do, huh?" (there is a reason it took 3 months to break him from saying "huh?" to everything! Oops!)
Tuck: "Yes, it will make me feel better."

He wasn't born yesterday.

11:15 pm

I just peeked in his room and this is what I found. He often sleeps like this. I'm not sure how he pulls it off.

An Update for Katie Rau

Teddy & Tucker celebrating Valentine's Day together! Two wild-haired boys eating chips & queso while watching the portable DVD player. Quality parenting in action.
Congrats Luke! Kyle & Will drove down to Lakeland Friday night to watch him wrestle and he ended up winning state. (Will & Luke are two of the Bolles guys in Kyle's small group) David & Katie bought a new boat! We love when our friends buy boats :) Saturday was a gorgeous 80 degree day and we got to be on the "maiden voyage" -- took it downtown to the landing and enjoyed the most fabulous, fun day. This day was one of the 359 days of this year I have LOVED living in Jacksonville, Florida! And need I mention how excited Tucker was?

Tom or Eli?

We are not New England or NY fans, but I always like to cheer for whoever has the cuter quarterback. In this case it is hard. Tom is definitely slightly better looking. But I'm partial to the Manning boys ALWAYS, so I'll be cheering for the Giants and cute little Eli. The Dunns sent this jersey from Boston in hopes of converting little Tuck... and he does seem to be channeling Tom Brady's male model ways in these photos.

Touchdown!

Sculpting

Special Delivery

Poor Jackson... Tucker is obsessed with him and he never gets a moments rest except when he is asleep.

Back in Action

Finally! A new camera! We'll just start from here with another

fantastic trip to Hilton Head with the Rhodes crew.

Mimi gave Tucker this Fun Roller for his birthday. The perfect thing for the beach on a windy day! Tucker DID NOT think so. His reaction was caught below.

"No! No! I don't yike this!"

He was traumatized for quite awhile. It is Thursday and he has finally stopped bringing it up and tell me how he doesn't want to take the roller on the beach again.

In case you forgot what he looks like, YES, he is still really cute. Yes, his hair is still nice and straight in the front and curly in the back! He and Livvy had a blast playing together - the giggled and chased each other around the house.

Tuck is doing his part to entertain Miller during Daddy & Kiddo breakfast Sunday morning.

merry christmas.

Inching down the stairs after being told numerous times to wait.
Uncle Casey & Tuck playing in the new giraffe tent!
Tuck & Cia - the cousins...
With Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa.

Sorry we are SO behind posting. We will attempt to back-log later, but for now...

Hope you had a blessed day. Last night, in the middle of the Children's service at church, Tucker asked [loudly] "When are we going to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus... and blow out the candles?" He gets it.

I love my Uncle Bri.

100th Anniversary Turkey Day Game

Those who know my love for Kirkwood know I couldn't resist... the good guys won 49-7.

Cia the Tiger

You may not have realized there was a much cuter tiger in the family for Halloween. Our precious niece, Cia, was a-dor-a-ble! We only wish they could have trick-or-treated together!

Baptism Today

His second petifore... Tucker, Mary Scott & Teddy

We were not members of our church when Tucker was a baby, so he finally got to be baptized today. He was VERY excited about "powing wataw on my head" and, as usual, he was all about being the star of the show!
"The Guys" as Tucker calls them. Davis, Michael & Luke - some of Kyle's small group guys who came to Tuck's baptism.
Ben, Jess & Olivia.

All the sweet kids

Too much candy

Tucker the Tiger, Will (Superman) and Teddy (the football player)
Tuck was a sweaty Tony the Tiger - so he unzipped and put his feet up for the rest of the wagon ride! Once he and Teddy had their first suckers, they were set for the night. It doesn't take much.
Very hyper 2 year olds at 9:30 pm.

Grrr...

The Punkin Patch

Flashback

October 16, 2006.
He looks exactly the same -
just smaller... and with less
'fro on his head.

We don't have any recent pictures, so
I thought I'd post something for our loyal fans. Ha! I don't even know who reads this.






We're on Day 16 (literally) of a double ear infection, so we have been laying REALLY low around here. Hopefully Antibiotic #3 is going to be the magic formula!

The sweetest thing

There has been nothing sweeter in my life than my son reaching out his hands to us at the table suggesting we "Pway, mama. Pway, Daddio."

Okay, Tuck. We will.

And again, at night, when he requires both of us in the room to "pway to Jesus." I couldn't possibly write how he pronounces Jesus, but it is cute.

Truly humbling.

Pirate's Cove

We played a highly competitive game of mini golf at Pirate's Cove on our last day there... Tucker was traumatized for the most part. We kept sending him in to hysterics everytime someone got a hole-in-one. There still is a chance, though, that he'll be the next Tiger.