Wow, Ryan is 4 years old today. Those four years have gone so fast. Just before he went to bed tonight I told him all about the day he was born and he just ate that up. He loved hearing how he decided to come 5 weeks early and that I didn't know what to name him until I actually got to see him at the hospital. That was a crazy day.... Today Ryan got up at 7:30 and raced for the kitchen, he has already got down the birthday routine that the presents will be waiting for him on the kitchen table. I did manage to get him to wait so I could take a picture of him with the presents and the balloons. He was excited as he ripped through his presents and he actually was quite nice when Landon opened two of them. He got some new shorts, two super hero villans, a little Wolverine toy and a super hero cartoon video. He loved everything. Then after opening we showered, got dressed and headed off to Dunkin Donuts for some munchkins on the way to the Buffalo Zoo with Fred's mom (ReeRee). The weather turned out to be nice, the day started chilly and rainy. Ryan's favorite animal at the zoo today was the Rhinos. The baby Rhino has gotten so much bigger since last year. He is adorable! He just stood there with his Mama eating some hay and later when we checked back with them they were napping together. Landon loved the Hyenas, he called for them all day. "Hena, Hena, Hena!" They have a new rainforest exhibit there and it is awesome. It really rains in there, amazing. We then had some lunch, checked out the bears for the second time and quickly saw the river otters and we left for home. We then returned the bike we bought Ryan to one store (it just wasn't what we wanted) and got another bike at another store. A new Spiderman bike-whooooo-hoo! Ryan rides with his head down, he has to learn to keep his head up, quite funny. Then we picked up his Kung Fu Panda cake and went home. We had dinner (Ryan had McDonald's and we had chicken wraps from home-yum). Then all the Grandparents came over and Trish and the kids for cake and left over brownie sundaes! We sang Ryan Happy Birthday and Landon managed to grab the cake and get a whole handful of icing! Funny kid! Everyone stayed for awhile and played outside. Then we went in and got cleaned up and watched the movie Spiderman 2. The kids are asleep and I am heading there too!!!!!!! What a great weekend! Ryan said his favorite was seeing the Rhino's (well maybe the Polar Bear too Mom!) at the zoo. Happy 4th Birthday Ryan. We love you so much! We hope you had the best birthday yet.
