Father's Day

Sunday was father's day and we took the time to celebrate what a wondeful daddy Kevin is to Will. I can't tell you how thankful I am that my son has such a wonderful man to call daddy. Kevin is incredibly hands on and that little boy loves him so much. I often call Will Kevin's shadow - whatever daddy does, Will wants to do, too. I love how he now copies him - just adorable.
We also got to have dinner with Kevin's dad (known as Jeff or G.J. to Will). Kevin appreciates his dad dearly and Will Ryan certainly thinks G.J. is pretty special. Thanks G.J. for all you do for us and for all the time you spend with Will. So many fun memories made and so many more to come!

Back to normal

So things are getting back to normal around here. Vacation is over and I am on my part-time schedule. Life is good! Will started his new school this week. I had made myself a nervous wreck worrying about how he was going to handle the transition. I had convinced myself it would be traumatic for him. Ha! Nothing could be further from the truth. He loves it. They were shocked at how well he fit right in and did all the things they asked. They were surprised at how well he talks. He really does talk a lot. A whole lot.

So I picked him up from school yesterday and he was playing very intently with some toys at the table. He never looked up to see me. Finally his teacher said Will look who is at the door. He jumps up when he sees me and starts yelling “Yay!!!” and clapping his hands and jumping up and down. It was so sweet. So cute. So we get our stuff ready and I tell him to tell his teachers bye…and at the top of his lungs he yells “BYE TEACHERS!!” Oh my goodness. They started cracking up laughing. He is literal. And he is loud! Funny kid. I feel like he is really comfortable there – and that makes this momma happy. So far we are really pleased with the move.

Being on my part-time schedule with Tricia on a teacher schedule means we can have play dates with Dylan (or Doden as Will calls him)! Today we hit up the spray park. It is a nice, cool, cheap way to spend a hot summer morning.

Will needed Tricia to help him put water in this little plastic thing he found. She is a trooper. She is very pregnant and hoping Miles makes his debut any day now! We are all on stand-by! We can’t wait to meet him!! Tricia brought watermelon for a snack, and little did she know that it is Will’s new favorite fruit! He could not get enough. He almost ate her entire tub of watermelon that she brought. Guess we’ll be buying lots of watermelon this summer! Love spending time with these sweet boys! Can’t wait until we have three sweet boys running around! Oh the fun they are all going to have!!

I can’t think of too much else that is new. Just trying to find ways to enjoy our summer while staying out of the insane heat! Too hot already. Ugh.

A part of Mavs History

Kevin and I were extremely fortunate to be able to say we were a part of Dallas Mavericks history! A huge perk of Kevin’s job is that they have a suite at the AAC. Occasionally, we get tickets to events and sometimes we even get to use the whole suite to take friends. Well, we got 4 tickets to Game 5 of the NBA Finals in the suite! That’s right – we were there. Not bragging, well aware that we are extremely lucky to have that opportunity. Kevin invited his good friend Matt and his wife Courtney. I think all 4 of us agreed that it was hands down the most exciting sporting event we had ever attended.They gave everyone that attended a blue Mavs shirt to wear. Above you can see the sea of blue – it was really cool. The game was so close the entire time that every single basket was a huge deal. The intensity of the crowd was awesome! There was a lot of standing during this game. Of course it made all the more amazing that they won! After the game, the Mavs drumline came down right below our suite and played for quite awhile. Tons of people gathered around and it was quite a celebration! (It also brought me back to my high school band (nerd) days!). Such a fun memory! Way to go Mavs!!

Beach Vacation

I’m finally blogging! We went on a wonderful Mexico vacation recently and I haven’t been able to get myself onto the computer to blog about it for some reason. Part of the reason was that the pictures I took were all on my phone and it took me a bit to figure out how to retrieve them. Yes, that’s right – phone pictures. Ha. My how things have changed. Long story short – due to a battery issue with my regular camera, the phone was all I had. Amazingly, I thought it took pretty decent pictures. I uploaded all of them, as there really weren’t that many.

Here is my favorite thing to do on vacation. And I did it…A LOT. We both actually love to read but rarely find the time to do it. So we both read quite a bit on the trip. So relaxing to lay on the beach (in the shade) with a book in hand and a nice man offering to bring us drinks! The resort was amazing. I highly recommend it. It was a pretty good size and really seemed to allow everyone to spread out. Lots of beach space and more pools than I could count – seriously. Here is the cute little wedding area. One day we were parked on our chairs and actually watched a ceremony! Hope they didn’t mind! :) We also did a lot of this. Eating!! There were 8 (yes eight) restaurants on the resort. We didn’t even get to all of them. Here are our fun desserts the first night. The ocean was pretty, but it wasn’t that much fun to get in. There was a crazy amount of seaweed. I’m not sure if it is always like that or if it was due to the storms out at sea. More eating. I didn’t really take too many pictures, because we really didn’t do much – and that’s exactly what I wanted. I did try to take a couple around the resort. Underneath that hut is a swim up bar and behind it is the grill where we had lunch and dinner several times. They had regular grill food at lunch and steaks at dinner. It was nice to be semi-outside while we ate right by the pool and beach. Behind me (below) is the building in which we stayed. Random resort pics The one above and below is the view from our room. Not too shabby. We were in the VIP side of the resort because well, that’s how we roll. So – it was quieter and less crowded.

Was it hard to leave Will? Absolutely. But, honestly it was a little easier than I thought it would be. It wasn’t until the day that we were heading home that I was getting all kinds of anxious. I knew he was in excellent hands. In fact, I am quite certain he didn’t miss us a bit. A HUGE thanks to Jeff, Daneille, Liz, Allyson & Bobby for taking such good care of our little guy while we vacationed. I know you guys spoiled him rotten and he loved every minute of it. Kevin and I got a much needed break from the stresses of life and were able to come back a little more relaxed and clear headed. It could be a long time before we get to take another one, so we’ll hold onto this one for awhile!