New blog...

Alrighty, at last my new blog is up and running over at wordpress. 

www.brownintogreen.wordpress.com

First post is my birth story (written by Ryan :)

moving blog sites...

6 years and 905 blog posts later...I have officially used up all of the free photo space that blogger allows a person to have.  Boo!  I will be moving my blog over to another blog site and will update you of the new address when I have it.  Being the non-techy person that I am, and also having a newborn + toddler in the house...this may take a couple of weeks.  Sit tight...I'll still keep taking photos and totally inundate you when I return. :)

"This a show!"

Ryan has a regular gig playing at Armitage Wine Bar every other Sunday with his friend Paul...they go by R&P Music Factory.  :)  Tonight however Ryan and Cameron (Ryanhood) were playing the gig together, and I just knew Ezra would have so much fun watching them (he has seen them on youtube as well as on the Ryanhood dvd and has all of Cameron's foot-stomping, guitar throwing moves down).  So despite the fact that the show started an hour past bedtime, I decided that it was well-worth the 35 minute journey across town to take Ezra to the show.

As soon as we walked in, he climbed right up on the couch to get front row seating and leaned over the back of it and watched intently the entire time, with the occasional question/statement to me of, "This a show, mama?!"

Our friends Will and Anja were there as well.  Ezra loves them, so that made the night even more of a special treat...

After I put both boys to bed, I walked into the living room and saw this...

....and thought, "Today was a very fun day!"  ...and now instead of cleaning it all up, I'm blogging...  :)

(p.s. this was my first trip out of the house by myself with both boys...success!)

We miss you grandma!

My mom had to fly back to Michigan today.  After we got home from the airport, Ezra and I sat down for lunch and as we were about to pray Ezra said, "I'm gonna wait for grandma".  And then this evening at dinner, he dramatically asked, "Where IS grandma?"  Needless to say, she is missed here already!

Ezra playing the uke for Niko to enjoy!

Modeling session

While Ezra and my mom were at the zoo the other morning, I did a little photo shoot with Niko. 

After all, I don't want him to suffer from having no baby photos because he wasn't the first born, as I had/have to suffer.  (Really, no hard feelings mom and dad :)

Dada snuggle time...

And, Ezra in his favorite role as the diaper-changing-entertainer...

(Ezra is holding a mirror up for Niko look at himself in :)

I should have known...

After Ezra's nap today I discovered this on the floor...

(pages of a dr. seuss book torn out)"

Me: Ezra,  what happened?

Ezra: It's cd's

Me: What?

Ezra: They go in my cd player.

Me: (totally confused face)

Ezra: (Points to his cd player):

(the opening of the window = cd player)

Me: Let's go make cd's...

Kix box turned into cd's within minutes

Oh, I do love his imaginative and creative little mind...I just wish I could predict these things ahead of time...

Brothers...

Ezra is quite a big fan of this "brother" business.  He always wants to know where Niko is,  if Niko wants to hear a song on his uke, if Niko wants to play bean bag catch, look at Niko's poopy diapers, etc.  He also always wants to "wake Niko up with gentle kiss?"...its such a sweet question, that I often find it hard to say dissuade him. Fortunately Niko is still at the stage of life where he can sleep through pretty much anything...or at least fall back to sleep rather quickly, so the gentle kiss (often followed by a bear hug) doesn't cause much of a stir. 

I have to say...I'm quite a big fan of watching this brother business unfold! 

Today...

Here is a photo of Niko from today.  I feel like he is changing every single day!  He's looking blonder and blonder...and his facial features seem all his own.  At first I thought he looked so much like Ezra...but I think he is just his own little self now.