Christmas 2009

Ryan is a great traveler. We had a 1 hr flight to SFO, then a 2 hr flight to Seattle, and Ryan didn't cry once. I think he's ready for a trans-Atlantic flight ;-)



Ryan got to meet a lot of relatives for the first time. My dad's side of the family....




My mom's side of the family....

My cousins playing iDragPaper on their new iTouch. The goal is to unroll toilet paper as fast as you can....



Christmas morning always starts with mimosas....




Brooke loves the high contrast photos....


On Christmas Day, Ryan got his first taste of solid foods. We gave him some rice cereal mixed with breast milk. He ate the first spoonful, but then blew bubbles or spit-out all the following bites....




It was a nice day, so we walked to a playground to work up an appetite for Christmas dinner...




Christmas dinner....





The Redmond-Woodinville valley by Brooke's home....


Driving to Seattle via the I-90 floating bridge. That's downtown Seattle peeking over the hill on the right side of the screen....

Happy 6 Month Birthday!

He loves his feet now....

Brooke in the same chair, many many years ago....

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Updated Jan. 03, 2010
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It's becoming more difficult to take pictures of Ryan. If left alone, the first thing he'll do is reach for his feet, then proceed to fall over....

Ryan @ 24 weeks old

Ryan and friends....

Are those teeth showing through the gums? They may explain all the crying at night....

Crawling (almost)

Christmas photos at R&A's house

R & Ryan...

Future soccer player?

We captured this at Crepeville over the Thanksgiving weekend....

Our Weekend

My aunt, Brooke, and R trying to get Ryan to wave goodbye....


On Saturday, we attended the quinceañera of my coworker's daughter. The entire ceremony was conducted in Spanish, so we didn't understand any of it. It was fun anyways.






Brooke's professor's Christmas party....


The white elephant gift exchange....


According to house rules, you could challenge anyone for their gift. The challengee gets to select the game. The gift is "safe" after one challenge.

Someone being challenged to a game of Operation for the coveted Magic 8 Ball....


Ryan by the Christmas tree outside our local Starbucks....