christmas x2

My mom and dad came out for a few days so we were able to have a second christmas with them. maryryan is obsessed with her new baby. she brings it everywhere!

christmas 2010

count down

MaryRyan is patiently awaiting the days until santa arrives. there are only a few presents under the christmas tree but she asks every morning if it's time yet. and from the boxes and boxes of gifts for her that continue to arrive i can only imagine her reaction on christmas morning. i can't wait!

we spent the weekend getting ready and christmas partying. we are so lucky to have such great friends out here!

hair

MaryRyan got her second haircut on Saturday. All of a sudden it's growing like a weed. 'We' (meaning me) are growing her bangs out. I've been getting some slack b/c for a few weeks she's been blinded b/c it's been in her eyes but I think we are over the hump. And she now enjoys (gives in to) wearing bows. The price of beauty!

nana, papa and santa!!

nana and papa came out for a visit last weekend. it was so fun to have them out around the holidays. they helped us put up and decorate or christmas tree and they also went with us when we took maryryan to see santa!! this was her first visit to santa. she was a little unsure about the whole deal at first so we didn't think we would make it to his lap. but after seeing that santa was giving all the boys and girls STICKERS!!! she decided she wanted to get in line. she was soooo cute waiting in line. i really thought she was going to go for it. but as soon as santa reached for her she flipped..hence the picture. she did give santa a high five after he put her down and gave her stickers so i think it was worth it for her.

thanks again for coming to visit. maryryan loves her nana and papa!!

mama and Pop visit

my mom and dad came out for a visit this weekend. maryryan abosutley loved all of the attention they gave her. we had lots of fun. and we get to see them again at christmas. yippee!!

she's a natural!

i'm glad someone in the family enjoys changing diapers. this would be great if she could master this skill in time for the arrival of her little sister or brother.

Here is the blurb from her school's blog today describing the pictures:

Mary Ryan worked really hard to figure out how the diaper worked. She aligned the diaper on the baby doll and then looked for the tabs on the side of the diaper.

Nothing like home-ec class in pre-school!

when the cat's away

MaryRyan and Brian spent the day together today. Brian sent me this picutre. Let's see..everything that wouldn't be going on if I was there:

1. Up on the counter eating..
2. THREE bowls of popcorn and playing with..
3. Wipes?? while wearing..
4. I don't even know where those socks came from

I will admit that she looks like she is having fun. He can do no wrong in her eyes!

halloween 2010.

after some serious bribing and coaxing we finally got MaryRyan to get into her piggy costume. after she got it on she loved it..well kind of.

making play dough

MaryRyan and her friends made play dough today at school. MR is really into helping us cook these days. Or I should say helping Brian cook. She loves to sit on the counter and watch, stir and do whatever she can to get her hands in it. Hopefully she'll take after Brian in that regard. I tried to cook dinner the other night and we almost had the fire department at our house. Oops. I can make a mean peanut butter and jelly though!

new 'do

some shots of her fancy new haircut.

first haircut

finally she gets her first haircut! thank GOD for dora and cookies. she was not into haircut deal at all. but as soon as she saw that she could watch dora while getting her hair done she relaxed and could care less that her hair was getting snipped. they had these cute little stools for them to sit in but she wanted nothing to do with them. maybe she'll be more into it the next time. i wish they had these kids salons when i was a kid!

cows and goats

we went to a petting zoo on saturday. the cows were maryryan's favorite by far. the smile and excitement on her face when she got to see them up close was priceless.

deep thoughts

what's going on in that little head of hers? i'm going to take a guess.

"hmmmm i wonder what dora and boots are doing right now"

october what?

can't believe it's october already! sorry i haven't posted in awhile. MR has been battling a nasty stomach bug for the last week so she has been 'home sick' from school. she's been having a blast! looks real sick right? she keeps telling us that her tummy hurts which is flat out heartbreaking coming from a 2 year old!

notice that most of these pics she is holding onto her monkey blanket. she doesn't seem to let that go these days.

she is chit chatting away now. she is also started to call me cath. nice. i was giving her a bath and walked out for a sec and she screamed 'CATH'. and out of instinct i answered. i thought that stage came later..like at 16 or 17 years.

nana and papa visit

we had a great time with nana and papa. thanks for coming to visit!

2 year stats

MaryRyan had her 2 year old check up at the doctors on Friday. She is 27 lbs (50th percentile) and 3 ft tall (90th percentile). Huge growth spurt since her 18th month check up.

fresh tomatoes

excerpt from today's school blog:

While playing on the playground, Vanessa brought fresh tomatoes out for the children to explore. Some of the friends were eager to taste them, while some friends just looked and touched them. It was really interesting to watch the friends' facial expressions as they tried tasting the tomatoes. It was a really cool, unexpected learning experience!

I'm going to guess by this picture that MaryRyan did not like the taste of fresh tomatoes.

foamy soap

MaryRyan is happy to be back at school. When I dropped her off on Monday she ran right in and over to her friend Grace, bear hugged her and turned to me and said 'bye mommy'.

Here are some pics of her playing with 'foamy soap'. All the other friends covered themselves from head to toe. I guess she doesn't like to get messy?

summer vacation 2010

today at school

This is a picture from one of her school blog posts this week. The caption her teacher put under it was:

Mary Ryan had her firefighter hat on, dress up shoes, and then grabbed a bag and said, "Bag, Bye Bye,"


It made laugh.

visit from Tim

Tim and Lisa Kirk stopped by this morning for a visit. The Kirk's are moving back to Boston at the end of the summer. We're going to miss them!

Fear? What fear?

We took MaryRyan to the pool and she had a blast. The pool has a slide just for tots MR's size and once MR got the hang of it she could stop going down it. Her first few times down, she flew down and immersed herself right in the water. I thought we would have a traumatized toddler on our hands but she thought it was hilarious and wanted to do it again. Growing up a pool rat myself, I am thrilled she is fearless of the water!

happy friday!

MR and I head to DC next week. I have to be there for work and MR gets to spend a couple of nights by herself with Aunt Aimee and Uncle Mark. Then we'll head to Bethesda to spend the rest of the week with Mama and Pop. Can't wait!!

fountain fun!

here is a picture of MR playing in the fountains at school today.

Here is the quote they put with the picture:

Mary Ryan walked face-first through one of the fountains. She laughed as she circled around to do it again.

That's my girl!!

it's hot out!

and MaryRyan is loving it!!

Mother's Day Weekend

park with mama

gorgeous gorgeous weather here in Maryland. MaryRyan loves the local park around here!

red sox game!