Ryan at 1 month old

The date of this video is Feb. 6th. Since I've been on maternity leave, I never know what day it is - let alone the date!!

Ryan at 3 weeks old

"What up?" (I just thought this picture was funny)

One of their favorite things to do.

Ryan is defending himself in his sleep from his brother!

Still loving his little brother

This picture is a little blurry, but cute.

Ryan at 1 week old

Ryan's Pout

I just thought Ryan's little pout was kinda cute.

Ryan Smiling

I didn't think babies could smile this early, but Ryan seems to do it all the time. Either that - or he's got a lot of gas...

Twins

Our friends bought Ryan this spaceship sleeper because Ben and their son have the exact same one. Ben's is just a tad bigger.

I think Ryan is a little fearful of his life with Ben so close. Looks like Ryan's thinking, "Don't roll over and crush me, Big Brother!"

No, Ben is not trying to strangle Ryan - but I think Ryan might think so.

Ryan's Visitors... so far

Molle's Mom and Dad

Auntie Jill

Uncle Charlie

Cousin Elizabeth (with her fake glasses)

Cousin Lily

Jim's Mom & Dad

Big Brother Ben

As you can see, Ben is determined to make his brother laugh or smile. It hasn't worked yet, but I'm sure he won't stop until it does. And when it does, I know Ben will only want to do it more!!

Meet Ryan

Baby Polzin's Nursery

Here are some pics of the baby's nursery. It's very bright, but hopefully calming. Each picture on the wall is a letter from the alphabet - obviously we couldn't fit all 26 letters. Grandma Mostek found the comforter for the bed which matches the room great! So yes, we can still have visitors - and you won't have to sleep with the baby if you stay with us. We'll put the baby in our room!

Ben's Room

For those of you who haven't seen Ben's car/truck-themed room, here are some pictures of it. I was taking pics of the nursery, so I decided to document this phase of Ben's room too.

Quilt and pillow case made by Grandma Polzin. Those are real pictures of Ben's cars on the quilt and a picture of Ben on the pillow case. Ben now only wants to sleep on that pillow - not the one with a regular pillow case on it!

Ben singing "Ho! Ho! Ho!" (a day care song)

More Christmas Presents

Ben's helicopter from G'ma and G'pa Mostek. They also got him the Policeman uniform below. Ben was writing out tickets and locking people up left and right!

Ben's Christmas Checklist

Here's what it takes to ensure that Santa stops at your house and brings you presents - according to Ben.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We missed you all!

Our Christmas

Christmas Eve - Ben got a puppet show from us. He really enjoyed putting on shows for us. Although, a lot of the characters ended up being killed by the other one!!

All dressed up in our Christmas Best. This was right after church on Christmas Eve.

Ben eating some of Santa's cookies.

Ben's cookies, milk and note for Santa.

Christmas morning - right after Ben got up (as if you couldn't tell that).

Ben's presents from Santa - a Lego fire station, transporter truck and computer (so Ben can work just like his dad).