Friday, July 30, 2010

Ryan is 9 months old

Wow…these last 9 months have certainly went by faster than the 9 months I was pg with Ryan.  He is growing up so fast.  In the last month he has started really babbling, crawling fast w/ his belly off the ground, pulling up to stand and walking along the furniture.  He and Erin have really started to play together, which is so adorable.  We are so blessed to have 2 wonderful children.

His 9 month stats are quite something, as is definitely growing much faster than Erin did at this age.  He is 25 lbs, 30.75 inches tall with a 18.75 inch head circumference. 

Here are some pictures from his 9 month “birthday".

 

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Homegrown Carrots …

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Both the kids have really enjoyed this yummy homegrown carrots!  I’m quite surprised how well they’ve grown, since I’ve basically ignored my garden the last several weeks. 

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Barker Bash

Here is a list of what everyone plans on bringing….if you change your mind, please let me know ASAP and I’ll update this list.

Snacks

Aunt Linda

Neil/Jen

Uncle Johnny

Appetizers

Uncle Danny/Aunt Diane-Fruit

Carol/Don-Fruit

Molly-Chicken wing dip

Bailey

Bobby/Sarah

Barb/Chris

 

Sides

Aunt Robin/Uncle Mke-Potato Salad

Sheila/Tom-Potato Salad

Mom/Ray-cucumbers/tomatos salad

Marilyn/Larry-Lettuce Salad

Uncle Fran/Aunt Sue-Salt Potatoes

Christine/Mike-Pasta Salad

Mom/Pat-corn on the cob

Bev/Rob-Baked Beans

Jay/Lauren-Baked Beans

Desserts

Keith/Diane-Cake or Cupcakes

Karissa/Adam-cupcakes

Doug/Kelly

Maghan/George

Rich/Kids

Just as a reminder, you may want to bring a change of clothes or extra shoes.  We have a lot of fun activities for you to enjoy.  Also, if you plan on drinking or don’t want to drive home late, we are happy to have you spend the night.  Bring a tent/sleeping bag so you are comfortable.  For those with young children, I will have a super play yard set up near the cabana bar with an exersaucer, activity table, toys and a high chair.  I also have just about any baby/toddler gadget imaginable, so you can borrow whatever you’d like. 

We’ve added some fun surprises for this year’s bash, so we are looking forward to a fun day with great friends and family!

Friday, July 9, 2010

Erin Draws Dada

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I know I’m her mom, but I certainly think this is a pretty impressive drawing for a child her age.  Maybe a future Lady Picasso?!

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Summer Fun

Sorry it it has been some time since we’ve updated.  My Kodak camera stopped working.  We were hoping to fix it, but it seems like it may be kind of expensive to do so.  Instead, we just got a new Panasonic Lumix FH20 camera and so far it is AWESOME.  Looking forward to capturing lots of memories with this camera. 

Well July is a busy month for the Barker family.  So far we had a 4th of July party in Lancaster at Grandma and Grandpa Pat’s house and another family get-together at Uncle Mike and Aunt Robin’s house.  Here are some of our favorite pictures…

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The Winnicki and Barker kiddos meet-up at the Lancaster carnival.  

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Grandpa Pat having fun driving Ryan around in his own motorized race car.

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Erin enjoying the 4th of July parade in Lancaster.

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Ryan goes swimming for the first time in Aunt Robin and Uncle Mike’s warm in-ground pool. 

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Second cousins Elena and Erin spend some “girl time” together in the grass. 

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Ryan relaxing in his ladybug floatie.  

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No July party is complete w/o fireworks.  Here the group watches in awe as they see some daytime sparks in the sky. 

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Future Miss Americas!

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Great-grandma Odrobina enjoys some time with her great-granddaughters. 

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Great-grandma with 4 of her 10 great-grandchildren.

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Elena, Erin and Carlos enjoy some time walking in the grass…  

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and running.

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Grandpa Ray hold Ryan and realizes it isn’t as scary as he thought! 

Monday, May 31, 2010

Loving the Sunshine

Sorry I’ve been so lax with updating this past month.  We have just been spending a ton of time outside and I’ve ran out of time to get on here to post.  Here is a collection of some of our favorite Spring pictures.  Thank you to all who have helped take them (namely Christine and Aunt Sheila)

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Singing in the rain with her cute rain coat from Aunt Bev and her umbrella from Grandpa and Grandma Pat.

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Ryan loves to play on his exersaucer while Erin is running around the yard or playing on her play ground. 

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Erin still likes the exersaucer too, even though she is definitely too big for these toys!

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Had to include this picture since Erin took it.  She is getting pretty good with the camera. 

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Ryan was certainly fascinated with picking the long grass out of the yard. 

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Erin LOVES to swim in the pond with her learn-to-swim life jacket.  She is doing so well.  It probably won’t be more than a year of two before she can swim unassisted.   Thank you to dada and Uncle Mike for spending so much time swimming with her in the pond on Memorial Day. 

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Ryan and Mommy on Mother’s Day.

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Erin had a blast with Uncle Mike at the Botanical Gardens.  I wonder who is winning this game of checkers:)

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We had a very tough time getting a picture of the two of them.  Erin hates to smile for the camera these days and Ryan, well he just wants to put EVERYTHING in his mouth (his first tooth started popping through just a few weeks after this picture was taken, so definitely teething in this picture)!

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Everyone loves Christine’s wonderful culinary skills, especially Erin.  She says from time to time that she wants some cake from Aunt ‘tine or that she needs to call Aunt ‘tine for a recipe!  So cute!