'Tis the Season!!!

It's definitely the Holiday Season out here in Haiku! We've been enjoying the rainy, cool weather a lot!

I'm not sure if the captions are going to line up with the right pictures... so thanks for your patience in advance! haha


Ry has started out the month with her advent calendar... counting down the days until Christmas! She loves eating her "pocolate" everyday!




We love our Sam Sato's noodles! Ry eats every last bit we put in her bowl and she loves barbeque sticks! She loves her handsome daddy too!



Dominic and LeeAnn got married on the 8th. Ryenne was the flower girl and Peter was a groomsman. We clean up pretty nice I think!



I just love this picture of Ry leaping for the camera!



We went for a baby Christmas party at the Weisberger's house and the kids had so much fun! Except when we tried to get a group pic of the kids, Ry freaked!





And these last pictures are from today! Ryenne has a toddler bed! So far she's slept 3 hours in it last night before climbing into bed with us, and she also had a nap in there today. I am always talking about it like I'm soooo excited and happy for her. So far she's not fought to much with getting in. I think she thinks it's pretty cool!

Rockin' the Dress!!!

Ry loves her new Christmas dress!!! Thanks Gams!

She had her 18 month appointment on Thursday and she's 30.5" tall and weighs 20 pounds (still).

Ballerina

I got a cheap backdrop holder and put up the white backdrop. Ryenne had so much fun in the ballerina tutu! The purple looks awesome on her!

Put your dukes up Santa!!!

We went to the mall last night to get our Christmas shopping started. Boy was it packed! We should have expected that for a Friday night though.

We ate at Ruby's cause Ry loves the big airplanes in there. Don't know if I've ever mentioned how much she loves airplanes... but anyway, we learned she also loves ranch dressing! She dipped her fries, tomatoes, cucumbers, and her mac-n-cheese in it and ate sooooo good!!

Afterward we visited Santa. Ryenne was really excited until we actually got up to him!! She refused to put her hands down! It was so funny. After we got up she waved bye to Santa and said "good bye".

She's learning her ABC's and can sing "A, B, C, D ..." and then it turns into mumbles. haha

A few more from Reno

A few of the remaining shots from the little camera on our recent trip out to Reno.

Mom and Pop took us out to a horse farm where wild horses are caught and then fed and taken care of. Ry LOVES horses and she loved it. I love the one of her trying to lure a horse to the carrot, but the best one is of all the horse butts! hahahaha

Random Pics

Here's some recent pics off the small camera. Just a bunch of Ry being her super cute self!!!

Oooohhh... on a side note... we put the cable onto Christmas music today and it was playing "Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!" and she kept pointing to her nose. Took me a second to realize she thought it was "Let it nose!". Too cute!

Turkey Day Success!

We actually celebrated Thanksgiving on the actual Thanksgiving this year! For the first time in a long time, Peter got the holiday off. I spent the day cooking a lot! I made everything for the main meal myself. The only cheat I had was powdered potatoes. Haha ... but I was so proud of myself for cooking. And it came out yummy too!

We had us, Koa, Shayna, Nico, and John over. We all ate. Nico got really tired so him and John went home. Then we decorated our beautiful Christmas tree! You'll notice that the picture is only of the top half. I didn't buy enough lights for the bottom. HAHAHAHA

When she says, "Mama"

It's amazing how smart little kids are. Ryenne is so intuitive... so smart... so understanding. Everyday she's doing new things.

For a while now she's pointed to herself and says "Ry Ry", but today she saw herself in the mirror, stared for a little while, and said "Ryenne". I was so proud of her! She also knows how to give kisses and hugs, but she usually will just give a hug and avoid the kiss altogether.

Today was different though. She had a cold today and I was snuggling with her and taking care of her all day. Today she handed out the kisses and in the sweetest voice said, "Mama" throughout the day. To hear her say that in such a caring, understanding fashion just made my day. No, my year. No... probably my life!

As Thanksgiving approaches, I realize everyday what I'm most thankful for. And she's definitely at the top of the list!

Yes I'm slacking!

I'm slacking with my posts! I have more pictures from our trip to post but haven't downloaded them off my camera. When I came home I had photo shoots for a few days in a row and have fallen into the routine of daily cleaning and all that junk. I've got some great pictures to post, so if Ry is a good girl tomorrow and quits trying to climb my leg then I can post them! =)

Ryenne turned 17 months old on the 5th and she's going through a major daredevil stage. She has been climbing EVERYTHING and not listening to me. Today I scolded her for jumping on the couch (she fell the other day and hit her head HARD) and she laughed in my face. Ok.... so I think the testing stage is happening NOW!! I can handle it... I know I can!

She is starting to do some new cute things. She picks up the phone and says, "Herro" which is freaking adorable!! She points to herself and says "Ry Ry" and loves looking at pictures and pointing herself out. She's started talking about pee pee which is great cause I hope she's an early potty trainer. Today she told me she pee peed in her diaper - progress! Truly... these are things only the parent of a toddler can appreciate. Sorry to the rest of you who are reading this!

I've been really proud of myself picking up my walking routine. I've been doing 2 - 3 miles daily! Yay!!!

For Peter

Hey babe!! Ryenne and I miss you tons! I liked how this picture came out, so just wanted to show you so you don't forget what your wifey looks like.

Love you bunches! XOXOXO

Ry and Misabella

I swear I got pictures with Molley and Kupono too, but Ryenne and Misa really love each other and these pictures came out so darn cute.

Pumpkin Patch!!!

We went to Ry's first ever trip to a pumpkin patch!! She got to ride on a pony... she was SO CUTE. She loved riding it. She also got some balloons and got to sit on hay and walk around the pumpkins. Lots of fun!

Off to Reno!

From Livermore, we stopped by Aunt Anita's in Folsom, but for some dumb reason I forgot my camera in the car so I don't have pictures from there.

But we went to Mom and Dad's house in Reno... well Lemmon Valley actually. Here's some pictures from Grammie and Grampy's house and also from shopping with Auntie Lini!

Visiting tia Aura

From Grandmama's we drove out to Livermore to visit tia Aura and family. We had a great lunch with Aura, Jesika, Tracie, and the grandkids Cadence ande Layla!

Grandmama's House

A couple pictures from Grandmama's house in San Jose. Gosh... miss you already so much Grandmama! It was awesome hanging out with Grandmama and Solo the doggy. Ry enjoyed playing on the stairs and also watching Sadie the cat. She loved the pumpkins out front!

On the Mainland!

We flew into Oakland on 10/22 and stayed the night at Uncle Johnny and Auntie Patti's house in Lafayette. We had a nice, but short, visit with them!

Dancing Flower Fairy

Argh - blogger was down when I tried to put these up yesterday.

Well here they are! My beautiful Flower Fairy. Ryenne was giddy as I put the dress on her. She was ALL SMILES and prancing around the backyard. I sure have a girly girl on my hands!

Just after a photo shoot...

Ryenne and Peter got to come along to the beach while I photographing a really nice couple. Ry loved to run around in the sand. She had sand EVERYWHERE.

More fun with photoshop!

My gorgeous girl with a pop-art kinda feel.