FOUR!

HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY RYAN!!!

Today was finally the day. Ryan turned 4! He has been asking me DAILY: Am I 4 yet? Looking at this picture, I can't believe that my little guy is 4. He is losing his 'baby' look and growing taller by the day. We'll find out exactly how big and how tall at his appointment on Tuesday.

Typical crazy pose

I let Ryan call all the shots today...from breakfast all the way through to bedtime. We started the day with chocolate chip pancakes @ J. Christopher's.

Fielding a call from one of his adoring fans (Daddy)

After breakfast, we went to Chuck E. Cheese. Three hours and 200 tokens later, we had 3 balloons, 3 bags of cotton candy, 1 ice cream, and 500 tickets worth of plastic toys we will probably never see after today...but Allie & Ryan had a blast! We enjoyed lunch @ Panera and then stopped at the grocery store to buy cake mix. Allie & Ryan helped bake and decorate Ryan's cake.

Batman protects the buttercream frosting Finished product (Um, yeah, that's supposed to be Darth Vader)

We squeezed in a quick swim in between rain showers. For dinner, Ryan selected Mac n' Cheese and mandarin oranges and we had birthday cake for dessert. All in all, a very fun day! Birthday Boy and Bunny are ready for bed!

We are having his birthday party next week so stay tuned for pictures and updates then!