{Our days}

Ryker loves to see Daddy in the morning. When ever Brady walks in the room he perks up and says "daddy!!!" with LOTS of enthusiasm. This is new for him and his daddy LOVES it! Anytime someone walks in the front door Ryker thinks its daddy. It is really nice to see Ryker loving on Brady more these days.

 This is our daredevil's new favorite place to sit. It scares me because he has fallen off a few times already 

BUT....

When you try to get him off of it this is what happens. He loves to sit on the arm and watch football with daddy. Its their "man" time - that is what Brady calls it.

 Loving on grilled pizza. 

Once you try it you will never go back to oven pizza. That's a promise!

 Ryker loves to look out the window and say "that's a car" while pointing at all of the cars. Our neighbors have a dog and when if we ever hear him bark Ryker perks up and says "that's a dog". He is so smart.

 Ryker getting his first real hair cut. 

Lollipop - Check.

Show - Check.

{Yes my 15 month old knows what shows are and cries for them- judge me if you want.}

He did very well. He was just a big curious as to what I was doing. I didn't cut too much off just trimmed up the back. It was a lot longer than every where else and too long for it to really curl. I forgot to take a after picture but it looks SO much better now. I love that he got my curls - even though I miss them on me.

{Trunk or Treat}

Saturday was our ward fall festival/ trunk or treat. We will take any and all excuses to dress up and celebrate Halloween here at the Wood house. 

 Our cute little puppy dog. 

He loved holding onto his treat bucket when he went trunk or treating with daddy.  Sadly Brady couldn't dress up because he was helping with the Special Olympics all day and made it there just in time to take Tiny around to all the cars. Don't you worry you will get to see him dressed up when we go out trick or treating on Halloween. He is going to look AMAZING!!

 Much to our surprise Ryker was not scared by this creature. He actually loved him and kept wanting it to go off {shake and scream}. Crazy little guy.

Fun night. 

I love that smile of his. It warms my heart. 

{Fall is in the air}

We love the fall in Atlanta and all of the activities that come with it. 

We got to see Wicked. 

AMAZING!

 We got to celebrate our 3 year anniversary. I love this guy with all my heart! I am so grateful he chose to spend the rest of eternity with ME and ONLY ME!!! Love you Sweets. 

We got to spend the day at the spa together getting facials, massages, and pedicures. And thanks to great friends {Lindsey} we were able to spend the day just the two of us. 

 We finally got to check out the burgers at The Vortex. 

 Super yummy. But super bad for your body. Brady's was called the cardiac arrest. 

Ryker is already learning how to "walk" in his daddy's shoes.

 Apple Festival! 

This is our favorite part of the fall in Georgia. We love going to the Hillcrest Orchards. 

 Tractor riding/driving with daddy. 

 Ryker spotted these bikes and was screaming to ride on one even though he was a bit too small for them. We let him have a go at it. 

 Pig race watching. 

 Swinging on a horse. 

 Going on the BIG slide with daddy. 

Ryker and I really loved having Brady around all weekend {thank you fall break}. 

 Another part I love about having Brady around means I actually get to be in some of the pictures. 

 Apple picking. Of course Ryker called them balls not apples. 

 Corn maze.

 We love each other. A LOT!

 Relaxing eating a BIG apple that he picked himself. 

 Milking cows. 

 Hanging out with the largest pumpkin we have ever seen. Ryker was unsure about walking on the hay. 

By the time Sunday rolled around we were all dead. But it was so worth it. We had so much fun spending Wednesday - Sunday together as a family. I was even lucky enough to convince Brady to go on a few runs with me and push the stroller. That is a treat in its self. Every year Ryker is more fun up here and I can't wait for next year. We love being in the Georgia mountains with the leaves changing and enjoy the southern life. 

{Yellow River Ranch}

We have been loving this nice fall {80 degree} weather. We have been getting lots of running, pumpkin recipe cooking, caramel apple making, butternut squash eating, and  park playing in.We also got to go to the Yellow River Game Ranch. 

 Ryker and Ella are best buddies and they loved feeding all of the animals. I think these goats and the bunnies were their favorites. They were so brave and just shoving carrots, celery, graham crackers, and peanuts in their mouths. 

 It would be a lie to say I didn't have just as much fun as the kids did. I have never done something like this before. We even got to feed black bears - not by hand but they were only 5 feet from us. So cool. 

 Do you think he loved the bunnies?

You know it!

 I had to watch him closely to make sure he was "soft" when petting them and not hit them. 

Have you ever pet a deer? We have! This little girl was so funny and trying to get crackers out of my bag and followed us around for a bit. We will for sure be going here again and hopefully next time we will have some friends from out of town to join us! {hint hint - come visit us we will take you on grand adventures!}

Love this guy!

{Chicago Town}

Kelsey has been wanting me and Ryker to come and visit her for some time now. We were finally able to find a great deal on plane tickets to make it happen. 

Ryker was pretty good on the plane ride there. He absolutely loved looking out the window. 

He just looks so big and grown up in this picture. 

Ryker your head is so big that we sometimes have a hard time getting your shirts off. But at least it makes for a good laugh. 

We can not go to Kelsey's and not go to the Jelly Belly factory. We learned that Ryker LOVES Jelly Belly's just like the rest of the family. The best part is getting to try every flavor you want at the bar. 

Ryker you learned to enjoy girl toys and lots of princesses. You just may have left a few girlfriends at Auntie Kelsey's. 

Little Sopher Loafer. She is just too cute. 

We got to go down to the Science and Industry Museum. I just love this place there is so much to do and never enough time do see/do it all. Ryker and Ali really liked the baby pigs. 

Sophi and Ryker have a love/hate relationship. They always want the same thing. 

Playing with the Mama.

Working on the train. Yes you do have Rabner blood - you love trains already. 

Sister love.

I love Kelly-Belly. We always have so much time together. We missed you Mugs. 

Ryker you fell in love with this chair. You sat in it all week. It was just the right size. I guess we need to get you one of your own.

Just wrestling around with the coolest auntie ever!

Driving the tractor.

Riding the trolley.

 Ryker you are good sport to let me and auntie Kelly-belly turn you into a gangster.

 Having fun with Ali and Auntie Kelly-Belly.

Ali being Ali "miss sassy".
This trip was a lot of fun. I got to help Kelly-Belly give her family room/kitchen a face lift. Check out her blog to see CLICK HERE how great it turned out.
It was great to go running, watch Kardashians {loved watching cable in general}, eat yummy food, play with the girls, go on adventures, be crafty, and laugh our butts off.