Great weather, great fun

Today may have been a gloomy mess, but yesterday was absolutely gorgeous. We went to Uncle Mike and Aunt Kristy's house for a birthday party for Ryan's cousins Anna and Catherine. Grandma and Grandpa were here from New Jersey and Mike and Kristy have a great backyard.
Grandpa helped Ryan stretch his legs after the car ride to Arlington...
Then Grandma got him bouncing on the big blue ball.
He surrended the ball to Anna, the birthday girl. She just turned 1 but I think Ryan outweighs her by a couple pounds. She stands up to him well though.
We managed to avoid the silly string fight. The other birthday girl, Catherine didn't though.Once the six year olds moved on, Ryan got to play in the mini Moon Bounce. He was a little unsure of it at first, but after Mommy helped him move around he was happy.
I kept thinking that Grandpa was going to try to take Ryan home with him. The two of them had a great time together. Getting kisses is always fun, but adding a scruffy beard to the mix is even more amusing.Ryan always says good night to the "baby in the mirror" after his bath. Yesterday he got to say hello to one during the party.

Well, this turned out to be a long post, but there was a lot going on. We all had a great time and it definitely made Lisa and I think about Ryan's first birthday coming up this summer. Time definitely flies.