The Barber Shop

I know there was a great deal of discussion surrounding the trimming of Ryan's curls. And, as you may recall, it was until after his second birthday that scissors touched his locks. Well, we took the next step a couple weeks ago and went to the barber shop with him. I had absolutely no idea what to expect. We went with grandpa and Ryan sat in my lap while grandpa's hair was cut. I thought that at a minimum, he would insist in staying in my lap for his trim. But, as you can see, he sat by himself and had the time of his life. It only took 2 lollipops :)

Ready for baby brother

We are in the final stages of preparation for the new arrival. One of Lisa's friends gave us a bassinet so that we can have an extra place for him to sleep. Of course, Ryan had to test drive it to make sure it is suitable for his kid brother.



I definitely think he fit into a bassinet a bit better when he was two months old, as opposed to two years old:)

A Few Free Moments

It has been a while since I had the chance to just shoot Ryan for no good reason. Saturday afternoon the lighting in the kitchen was right and I wanted to distract him from the fact that he had just busted his lip open :)

It took a little convincing, but I was finally able to get a bit of a chuckle out of him...



I've been taking tons of pictures of him for as long as he's been around. He's just now starting to talk about "Daddy camera", and with a little prodding, will actually look at the lens, instead of being more interested in seeing his picture on the back.


As for this one - laughing, singing - i am not sure. whatever it was certainly amused him at the time.

More Tricks Than Treats

I would love to tell you that Ryan looked fantastic in his fireman costume, that he loved trick or treating and that halloween is now his favorite holiday. I could tell you all of that, but none of it would be true. Our strong willed child instead opted for a firetruck shirt, romping in the leaves and visiting 1.5 houses.

We went over to Uncle Mike's house for the evening. To date, Uncle Mike is most famous to Ryan for breaking the doors off a matchbox ambulance 25 years ago when we were kids. Him and his girls had fantastic costumes. Catherine dressed as Hermione, Anna as Cinderella and my brother as some professor from Harry Potter whose name escapes me.




You would think that all of this dressing up would inspire Ryan to join in, but his Parmentier stubborness and the massive collection of Thomas trains kept him occupied for a while.





After a little bit of convincing and one of Grandma's cookies, Ryan did agree to put on his boots and head outside. He stomped in the leaves and went "flying" with grandma and grandpa...





There were two attempts at trick-or-treating. In the first aborted attempt, Ryan made it half way to the door. On the second try, Grandma got him all the way to the house to get his candy!! Another day in the life of Ryan.