Three more months...

It's hard to believe that in just three short months, this little boy will be four years old.  And then not too long after that, he'll be off to preschool.  Of course it passed by quickly, but one of the best decisions Rich and I ever made was to have me stay home with Ryan so that it wouldn't pass by too quickly.  I suppose technically, we "sacrificed" my career and $$$ to do that, but it never felt like a sacrifice to be able to stay home with Ryan, it felt like a gift.  So with the end to our full days together now in sight, I've been making every effort to enjoy the days we share together.  Not hard to do with this easy going, happy little fella...see all the pics below and you'll know what I mean.

Farmer Ryan tending to his crops (we actually have 8 pineapples blooming at the moment). Watch out, Dole.

Sometimes when I water the plants I accidentally water my head too.

There is nothing, and I do mean NOTHING that Ryan loves more than to play with his two cousins.  Even if they do bicker a lot (on this day, we were all together for five hours straight, which is roughly the equivalent of about 329 arguments), they do an equal amount of laughing together too.  Unfortunately, most of the laughter is from talking about poop, farts or toilet bowls...but they'll grow out of that once they're 50, right?

Our sweet little butterfly at school.

Valentines morning with his Valentines Day haul.

The Valentines Day lunch at Sam Choy's Kai Lanai with (most) of the family.  The best part of that restaurant according to Ryan?  Not the sweeping 180 degree ocean views, not the delicious, mouth watering food, not even the beautiful eye-candy he is dining with...  It is the 'fancy' bathroom sink.  :-)  We get to visit them at least once or twice every time we go there. (I swear we're not snorting coke lines on the top of the toilet tank, just compulsively turning the water on and off in the sink!)