Week in Review

Our sweet, blue-eyed munchkin!

Ryan wants you to meet Lion

Rachel stopped by to meet Ryan. Ryan LOVED playing with Rachel!

Natalie can make anyone smile. I love to watch Nat play with him. He's a fan of hers for sure.

Little boy in a BIG tub! Check out the bathseat....some self-discovery happened here. ;)

My baby's daddy! He came into the kitchen and said, "Jess, look. Take my picture." You got it! Love you Rod!!!

Big Man on Campus is Six Months!

Every morning I think, "How great is this. I get to wake up every morning to my husband bringing me my son." So, every morning, I have the biggest smile on my face. So much joy in my heart!

Bounce With Me

Bounce if you love your momma.


Apparently, my pitch goes up a few notches when I get excited.

Muchin' on Sweet Taters

Nama got to feed Ryan his sweet potatoes.



Ryan's "stuffed" face.

Rise and Shine Ryan!

Look what he'll encounter when he wakes up. Don't worry. I plan to ease him into it. He'll get his morning coffee first. Grandma Millie treated Ryan to a nice, new, shiney & blue lifejacket. Clearly, Ryan wasn't a fan of the orange-faded-to-pink colored jacket.

P.S.
Ryan's sitting up now. (on his good days)

My Charming Husband

These dear, sweet ladies....


made him take a picture with....

these ladies

Rod made the older (lack of a better word) women take a picture with him so he could show me who made him take a picture with the Bud Light Girls. His body language is cracking me up!

Four Ladies and a Baby!

This weekend was a fun, HILARIOUS weekend with a few of my girlfriends and Ryan! If you know my friends, they are seriously some of the FUNNIEST people I've ever met. I say this all the time, but I could honestly sit in a jail cell with them and just laugh the whole time.

It was nice having a male around to do the heavy lifting, pack the car, and start the grill. Ryan was such a big help on the trip.

My dear friend Elizabeth let Rod and I borrow her lakehouse for the weekend. Except, Rod didn't get to enjoy the lakehouse the first night. Four ladies and a baby occupied the home Thursday night and then Jack, Rod and Jack Walker drove up on Friday to play. The first night involved white corn chili, white russians, and white girls playing Catch Phrase until 3:30am. THEN, the boys came! And, the night turned into steaks, beers and Catch Phrase!

Ryan was such a sport on the trip. The girls were so wonderful with him which allowed me time to really relax as well. Here are some pics of the weekend.

Brooke feeding Ryan carrots at a restaurant on LBJ Lake.

The weather was incredible.
Then, the boys came... and watched the grill.

Must be a male thing.
Is Jack Walker not the cutest?!?! Ryan loves to watch JW.

100th Post - Happy Halloween!

HAPPY 100TH POST!!! Mom sure has a lot to say about her Tootletot!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

This is hard, but try to guess which one is Ryan.

Ryan begged me to wear his pumpkin outfit for school. He also promised me no "lifejacket meltdown". We're (Ryan) going through a phase of "see what Mom will give in to"... Not my favorite game.
So, when we walked into Ryan's classroom, we saw Raggedy Anne getting her diaper changed, Darth Vader getting a bottle, and Ghost Ryder playing in the exercauser(Ryder is his name, and he was a ghost for Halloween).
Please don't bother Darth. He's busy with Scarecrow

Ten on Tuesday...(How Original)

I can't believe I've gone a solid week without blogging. I'm ashamed, and broken of my lack of commitment to www.blogger.com. I would like to state that this is my 99th post! So, next post...WATCH OUT!
On we go....
1. Harden-Tootle Family Weekend. The weekend was a fun one! We hung out with Brooke and her precious family. From breakfast on Saturday morning, to the pumpkin patch after church, we lived, breathed, and ate? the Harden family.
Jack's working on Ryan's "upper-cut".
Take 1:
Take 2:
Take 3:
And, CUT! I'd like to thank Jack Walker and Ryan for their time, dedication, and committment to their roles.


2. FIRST BOAT RIDE. Huge success!!!

Ryan, meet Lifejacket. Lifejacket, meet Ryan.
Pure excitement.
I got to play the hero!


3. Ryan got lots of sugar from his grandma and grandpa...who took them on the boatride. ;)

4. Ryan's working on his long face. He's been doing this a lot lately. Not sure what its about, but it's quite humerous!

5. Monday was "Wear Orange and Black Day". Tomorrow, Ryan get's to wear his pumpkin outfit. We haven't told him yet b/c we could run into a "lifejacket" episode.

6. The weather has been incredible here! In the last week, I've been outside more than I have in the last year. I LOVE IT!!!

7. I have three friends all due on January 11th.

8. I've got to get back to work.

9. Ryan begged for a mohawk for the pumpkin patch pictures. So, he got one.

10. Look for the 100th Anniversary of tootletot.blogspot.com Proud blogger moment.

Ten on Tuesday

1. Momma got a promotion at work! I'll be the Manager of Quality Services starting the end of November!
2. Ryan's been working on his smile. (This mirror is for Rod's nightly, golf swing ritual).
3. I'm a giant next to the Tooters. Watch out Ryan, I might eat you.
4. Nicknames for Ryan:
RyRy
Ryan D. (emphasis on the D)
Toots
Tooters
Stinks
5. Tribute to my favorite Ohio State fans! The Cousins!
6. I think Ryan's going to be a picky eater. Who doesn't like pizza?! hmm...I'll have to decide if I'm going to take the fall for that or not.
7. Career Day.
8. The boys were definitely "over it". Pumpkins are so yesterday.
9. I saw Martha and Joe at the grocery store yesterday. I would almost bet my life that they were playing their own game of Supermarket Sweep. I've never seen two people move through a grocery store like they did. It was fascinating!
10. Out little pumpkin!

Pumpkins, Skeletons and a Whale!

Kim & Allison, do you remember this...

Is this for real?!?

I left Rod at Sea World. Let me clarify...Rod wanted to wear his costume to Sea World. This is his costume for Halloween 2007.

Our sweet, little pumpkin!