Goober :)

I swear I couldn't get this kiddo to stop smiling if I tried! He was eating some cheerios while trying out his new booster seat and I kept cracking up watching his little legs kick around - such a cutie :)

Crawling!

Nathan is just about there! A couple more days and he will have this crawling thing down to a science!!

Littlest Man

I can't believe my littlest one is almost 9 months old!!

Always with such a sweet smile :)

Those long, blonde lashes...

Those gorgeous baby blues :)

Always with something to laugh about! Love that kid!

Fun Times :)

Silly little monkeys :) Mommy loves cute matching jammies!

Always getting into trouble, always with a grin on his face :)

Almost rainy season...

Sushi for dinner!

Nathan got to try out the japanese shopping cart with the kiddie seat!

Yokohama Zoo

Before Daddy left for the boat we all went to the Yokohama Zoo!

Ry and Daddy

Checking out the elephants!

Watching the "mommy lions"

Nathan reading the map and letting us know where we should go next :)

Ryan saw the japanese school children wearing backpacks so of course he had to wear one too!

Buddy!

The mommies were shopping for flowers, the baby brother and sister were chillin' in the strollers, and the buddies were running around like crazy monkeys - sounds about right to me!

Ry and Andrew are good buddies :)

So...

It looks like I'll be doing giant, random picture posts for a while - at least until I get back into the routine of updating every time I empty the camera! :)

Nathan and I were chillin' in the shade while Ry and Daddy played on the playground!

Don't let this picture fool you - no crawling yet... it's so difficult for him to get traction on that slick floor!

..but we're getting there!

Whenever I'm taking pictures of Nathan, Ry always insists on having his picture taken too :)

Oh yes, I've got a trouble maker in the making!

I left to go put some laundry away and make a phone call and came back to this mess! It was all Nathan! I think by this point he was under the toy table :)

Ry's good buddy Maddie turned 3 a few days ago!

Sushi night!

It's crazy to think that the first time we came here to eat, Ry was as big as Nathan!

Ry loves to help me water the flowers :)

All snazzied up for Mother's Day!

Love these boogers!

Well I know that people say that everything is bigger in Texas... well those people have never seen the bugs in Japan! This was a centipede I found in the entryway on my way up to bed - yuck! I ran away pretty quick, but Guy said that it was so big he could actually HEAR it moving around! ICK!!!

Silly boy!

Love that smile!

Poor Cooper got fixed a few days ago... he wasn't too happy about the cone!

Rollie Pollie Bug!

I always feed Nathan his night time bottle on the couch, and Max decided he wanted snuggles too!

It's amazing to think that all 5 of us fit into this ONE shot.... :)

Sweet boys!

Well, I was driving home from teaching a class out in town and I got really excited to see this wall cloud!!! It was absolutely gorgeous :)

I thought for sure we were going to get some awesome stormy weather...

But all we got was about 10 drops of rain - I was so disappointed!!!

A Few More :)

Well, Nathan has been working on some more teeth and apparently likes to chew on... socks?? Goober :)

He thinks he's pretty funny...

Ry man having fun at a local park :)

All bathed, dressed, and ready for bed!

Sweet boys :)

Just messing around with the camera!

He's always so inquisitive :)

Soaking up the sunshine! It's finally turned into a beautiful Spring here in Japan - I hope it sticks around for a while!!

Checking out a new playground here on base!

Ry loves to play catch, and he's got quite the arm too!

Nathan was excited to get to slide too!

Checking out the new playground :)

So cute!

Always investigating something :)

Love 'em!