HeyRyan.com
Month 13
August 2003
Hey, it's my official
birthday party.  Check
out the cool pics below...
The highlight of my birthday party was the
bouncy house that mom and dad had put in the
driveway.  That's Josh, Cade & Jeremy.
Half the party was inside and the other half in the
garage (very upscale).  All of us kids had a good
time playing games and bouncing around.
Here's Cassie Oakes playing with wet oatmeal on
Zoe's play kitchen (mom's idea).  Cassie and her
big brother Nickie Vinny are pretty crazy.
I'm a big eater now with my 2 centimeter-high
bottom teeth busting out.  I love green beans,
little hot dogs, chicken, carrots and goldfish.
Here I am trying to grab one of my birthday
balloons with Grandma Cookie watching.  She,
Big Al & Jeremy came to town for my big day.
Here we are having a little post-birthday breakfast
at our neighborhood greasy spoon, Ted's Place.  
The chorizo breakfast burritos rock (or so I hear).
With the sun staying out so late, we get to make a
lot of visits to our neighborhood park.  I'm getting
to be pretty good at making my way around.
Here I am busting onto the seesaw.  Dad makes
me giggle like crazy when he puts me on his lap
and bounces up and down really hard.
My favorite entertainer is definitely Zoe.  She just
cracks me up with her various plays, singing and
the of course her random cheer leading routines.
That's me in the tub trying to figure out what in
the world my sister is doing leading cheers while
I'm trying to have a calgon moment.  Puh-lease.
This month I discovered the mystical world of
water balloons.  Zoe and dad filled them up and
then I just held on to them in amazement.
Once Zoe showed me how to break one, I tried
about ten times before I was able to get one to
burst.  "Hey, that's cold water inside there".
This went on for about an hour, as Zoe and dad
tossed water balloons at each other.  I had a good
time chasing after the balloons that didn't pop.
No matter what is going on, I'll drop everything
to try to grab dad's camera.  You can tell from
this shot that I'm getting ready to make my move.
Well, we're all out
of balloons, so I
guess that's it for
this month. Come
back again soon.
-Ryan