the boy and his umbrella

His Mary Poppins "satchel" - it is not a purse!

Funny Tuckerism for 4/2/2009

Libby talked to some friends who let their 4 yr old name their new puppy. Let's be honest, that is a total roll-of-the-dice. You don't know what they will conjur up; you have already given them the idea which is the same as a promise to a 4 yr old; and you are stuck with what they come up with....or lots of tears will ensue. So, this 4 yr old comes up with "Tanner"...cute and sensible for a Beagle puppy.

So Libby asked Tucker what he thought a good name for a puppy would be. After explaining that we already have a "Jackson", he came up with this winner:

"Lisa".....yeah, Lisa.

Where did that come from? He knows no one named Lisa; no Lisa on the Handy Manny or Curious George; and has never spoke that name in his entire life. Cannot wait to see what tomorrow will hold for us!

4 months

cutest 4 month ever. oh. you have a 4 month old? sorry, ours might be cuter :)

Five days of freedom

Oh, Phoenician. How we miss you.

Kyle won an all-expense-paid trip to The Phoenician Resort/Spa in Scottsdale last year from Caterpillar.....though it was called the "Gold/Silver Travel Award" (no Caterpillar name association) when we were there for obvious reasons (think AIG).

It was the most gorgeous resort and we were treated to the most incredible food, spa treatments & golf all week. But I think my favorite part was the moment you set your eyes on a chair at the pool, your towel was laid down for you and they brought a pitcher of ice water and cups to your side table within seconds. I could get used to that kind of service.

Cactus Garden.

One of Kyle's three tatoos from the Harley Davidson party....Grim Reaper, Cobra and a Shamrock.....HE THOUGHT HE WAS AWESOME!

Me getting my tatoo.

The three RingPower guys - Mark, Kyle & Robert. With their very manly Manhattans.

The Florida (RingPower) crew on the last night.

View outside our room.

We did miss the boys... but it sure was nice to be away. Words cannot express our appreciation to our mothers for holding down the fort!!

Studly Daddio

Kyle after the Gate River Run (15K) here in Jacksonville. He rocked it.

Savannah

Nan (my mom) came in town Saturday and we headed for a quick trip to Savannah to meet up with all our Henman cousins! Tricia and Rob live there now and we had a fun lunch at a cool place in downtown Savannah and then... the kids played with Tricia's incredible Lego village. Which included a CAR WASH. We had a really hard time when it was time to leave!

Above: Tucker playing with Hannah (3) and Lucy (4)

Below: Cousin Nancy & I.

To Scottsdale we go...

We had a fun dinner at Ragtime in Atlantic Beach last night to celebrate Nan's birthday a little early...

because...

We are off to Scottsdale tomorrow and Mimi and Nan are ON DUTY!

Best of luck to them!

Twinsies

The Courtrights in Chicago sent these ADORABLE pajamas for the boys! Mac grew tired of the photo shoot...

Making our way through March

Sweet John McCormac Ryan... greeting Daddio after work.

Mac in the firetruck outfit.

Tucker in the firetruck outfit.

Tucker at work cooking "Lincoln Log Stew"... yummy!
And there is no doubt why our house is constantly a disaster. He likes to dump and then play.

Tucker's newest hobby. He got some incredible clubs that are just his size and he is all about practicing. I often say my full time job is keeping Mac alive and Tucker playing golf is just yet another hazard!

The baby boys

Flashback to Tucker at 3 months -- Oct 2005

Mac does NOT like my camera. When I pull it out, he stops smiling. It's a bummer -- Tucker was a ham for the camera. it might be that he didn't have a big ole lens coming at him. I don't know.

Can you guess which naked baby is which??? Probably because Tucker's arm is in the picture of Mac :) and Mac is a bit chunkier than Tuck (although hard to tell) but dang do these two look alike!



More of my sweet Mac. I've been really picture happy the last few days. I just think he is at SUCH a cute stage. That's saying a lot for me -- I normally don't get obsessed with babies until they are about 9 months old~

Mac Baby!

Finally taking some pictures of the Mac Baby!

3 months

* Still a TER clone

* Starting to really laugh

* Still not sleeping through the night

* So, so sweet and happy!

* Already working really hard to roll over

Tuckerisms 2

"Mama, there are so many leaves on Daddio's windshield.... That is NOT adorable."


5:15 am just after he woke up Mac for the first time by screaming from a bad dream:

"Mama, I'm on the lookout for monsters." I explain that monsters are pretend, only in books, etc. He replies "Ben from my class says that monsters come out in rooms when they are dark."

Thank you Ben.