Happy Birthday Ryan

Happy Birthday Ryan Bradley! I can't believe that today Ryan turned 9 years old. Where have the last 9 years gone? It truly feels like yesterday that I was holding this tiny little boy who was black & blue from his wild entry into this world. Ryan was born at 9:59 pm on May 7, 2000, at Abilene Regional Medical Center. He weighed 8 pound 11.7 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. He had so much dark brown hair and two black eyes and a huge bruise on his forehead. Thankfully all of these went away within the first month, except for the spot on his forehead that still shows up when he gets really mad. Here is a picture of my dad and Ryan. This is the day that Ryan stole his heart. From this day forward, Ryan became the center of the universe (until Miriam arrived and they had to share, of course!)





Here is Ryan today--lean, tall, dark hair, super smart, and stubborn as his mama. I am very proud of him and can't believe what a big kid he has become. Ryan woke up at 6:30 so that he could open his presents from his daddy and me. He received two lego Star Wars sets, and a 8 new t-shirts for this summer. Five of them were "DJ" shirts so he was beyond excited. For those of you who aren't familiar with "DJ" shirts, they are really trendy t-shirts with rock star graphics. He picked out the red one to wear to school today since red is his favorite color. He had a great day at school and we took him to Mr. Gatti's for his birthday dinner. It was great that Brad was off and we all went as a family.