Ryan Wesley Allen

Ryan Wesley Allen was born on Friday, January 30, 2009 at 9:15am. He weighed 8lbs 3oz and was 22 inches long. He had TONS of black hair that stuck out all over...it was so cute! The labor and delivery went well...fast and furious as last time. I was scheduled to be induced that morning, but when we went in at 6 am I was having a few contractions on my own. They decided not to give me the pitocin and I ended up having him a few contractions later! They sent us home from the hospital early too for good behavior.

Hook'Em Musketeers

On Friday, my dear friend and I took the boys down to UT to enjoy the gorgeous 80 degree weather we are having at the end of January. We hit the Texas Natural Science Center first...checked out the evolution of HIV, mating rituals of flies, Texas wildlife and of course dinosaur bones. The three musketeers had a great time running around and pushing buttons.
After the museum, we ventured around campus to the south mall for lunch. Found a nice shady spot and sat down to eat. For those who are not Texas alum, the squirrels are VERY friendly and are used to nice college people feeding them (as you can see from the rather rotund rodent in the picture below). The boys are used to Round Rock/suburban squirrels who run at the thought of a child...so they were quite surprised and petrified that this squirrel dared to get so close. Kerilyn and I got a good chuckle out of watching these guys freak out about the squirrel. After they finished eating they got brave and I don't think Mr. Squirrel will forget the experience...poor thing.















After the squirrel incident, we ventured around campus with William...checking out the turtle pond and heading over to the LDS Institute to say hi to Rebecca. Then, we braved the UT shuttle system to get us back to our car. I don't know who had more fun, the boys or all the college students watching these 4 boys have the ride of their life on a bus. The joys of suburbia!!

UFC 4

John and Jack did a little UFC/wrestle mania at a friend's place this weekend...boys!!

When I turn 21...

I am going to be Jedi Knight and a triangle player.
This is what John informed us this evening during dinner...

Nesting at it's finest!

We had a busy New Year's Eve. We decided to finally get out all the beautiful china and things we got for our wedding (6 years ago) and to reorganize the dining room. It started with a purchase at Ikea...love that place. Then, since I'm no longer able to see my toes, my sweet husband moved all the furniture around...including the piano! There was one point where I was 'helping' with the piano move. Mark and I needed switch places, so we moved...but the space I needed to squeeze through was rather tight between the piano keys and the table loaded with junk. For the first time in my life, I knocked over some picture frames (as seen above...the one face down on the front corner of the table...the candle stick almost got it too) on the table with my belly and played a tune on the piano with my rear end at the same time. It was a sad, but funny feeling!


But we think the end results were fantastic!! Now I have a whole new wall to decorate and I think we'll actually be able to use the table more easily now. Next project...the closet!!!