I was prompted to do a comparison of the two babies at this age. Here is Alexander (above), and Ryanne (below) , both at almost 4 months old. They appear -to me- to have similar features.

And here is the little poser modeling her new Winnie the Pooh sunglasses:

Roly Poly

My son hates, hates, HATES tummy time, even though he has (finally) become quite adept at holding his head up high and looking around (he was a lazy little man for a long time). Despite his hatred of tummy time, I was quite surprised Saturday when he kicked with his legs and pushed with his arms and flipped over onto his back. I was surprised not only because he is lazy, but because I am shocked that his toothpick legs had the strength to propel him over. I have put him on his tummy several times since then and he has flipped back over onto his back often, so I guess it wasn't a fluke.

Fatigued from all the rolling over.

Gym Class

Ryanne has been attending this gym class for months, but I have never brought my camera. She spends a majority of her time jumping, followed by swinging on the bars, sliding, and balancing. We should all do this workout every day.

I don't really know these people, that's why I blacked out their faces.

Excellent sunny day

And, some new pictures of my Xander man

His skeptical look: "Are you for real, lady? Please tell me there was a mix up at the hospital and I got sent home with the wrong family..."

Prom already!

I thought it would be several years before I saw Ryanne off to her first dance, however, tonight is the Father-Daughter dance and Mark and Ry decided to attend. They are having professional pictures taken there, but here are a few I took on the way out. She got to wear her Easter outfit again - thanks Numa M!

With handsome Mark-Dad (yeah, that's what she calls him - either "Dad" or "Mark-Dad" or occasionally, just "Mark")

This looks like a mug shot. She refused to pose for pictures so I had to chase her into the corner. Then, I said "Show me a smile." "No." "Fine, show me a frown." This is what I got, followed by the giant cheesy grin below.

Her purse -a gift from Lisa- served as diaper bag for the evening.

During dinner Ryanne announced "Swimsuit on, please." So, for unknown reasons, after we ate, she put on her swimsuit and life jacket. Then she screamed when I laughed at her and took her picture. The best part though, was when I left to get the mail, and she insisted on accompanying me, still dressed in her swimsuit and life jacket. The mailboxes are a block away and of course all of our neighbors were out in their front yards staring at the freak show parading by. We even met another mom and her young daughter out for a walk. That child, unlike my special daughter, was dressed in weather appropriate attire of a sweatshirt and matching sweatpants.

Teehee. Not supposed to be in here.

Stanley has a sticker on his head. Ryanne entertained herself today by stickering me, herself, Stanley, Alexander, the cupboards, the coffee table, etc...

Flirt

Watch out MJ

Yes, thank you, Geraldine, I will have another chocolate covered strawberry.

Hanging out with friends Rand and Geraldine

Happy Easter!

Collecting some Easter loot...
She was very goal oriented and with cousin Jacob's help collected a lot of eggs.

Pretty pink toes.

Decorating eggs with Papa.

No. Seriously. Get these off me now.

Perfecting her OMG I am so bored look

Been Caught Smilin'

I enjoy smiling,

It's just as simple as that

Well it's just a simple fact

I buy her tons of books, and she wants to read the REI catalog...