Day 361

Last night at school we had an Open House from 6-8.  I do love Open House and seeing the kids outside of their element and meeting the parents.  But it was hard to leave my house and not get to give Ryan a bath!  Bath, milk, and snuggles before Ryan are my favorite time of day.  Not because he's going to be going to bed soon, but because I love doing it.  Before I left I told Tim not to put Ryan to bed or give him milk because I wanted to do it!  Right when I got home, I gave him his milk.  He waits for me at the ottoman because that's where I always pick him up to hold him on the rocker.  I think he likes snuggling as much as I do :)

Anyways...

Ryan got this toy for Christmas from Auntie Loni & it has been in one of his toy bins for a few months.  We totally forgot about it until Ryan pulled it out again a few nights ago!  He loves it & he pushing it all around.

Today #2 & Ryan got a package from Auntie Loni!  Thank you :)  Lots of new clothes for #2 and a cute little monster shirt for Bubby.  I laid them all out and Ryan had to come walk on the clothes to sit on them and play with the Desitin she sent.  The little duck jammies came from a little girl in my class.

Tim left this 2 liter on the ground and Ryan picked it up and was carrying it around.  It made me laugh.

Day 360

Taking a break out of playing to watch some tv.  It only lasted about 10 seconds but I still thought it was pretty cute.

Looking Back

I always thought I would want Ryan to stay a little baby forever.  I'd always get sad when he got older, a week old, a month, 2 months, 6 months, 1 year, etc. etc.  But everyday he just gets cuter, he's funnier, he's fun to play with, he laughs all the time.  I'm loving all these new things he can do and understand.  I love to watch him walk around the house.  I like seeing which direction he will go in and which toys he plays with.  He loves all his trucks and cars the most.  He pushes them around the house for hours.  He gets so excited when I let him crawl up the stairs, he comes running into the bathroom when it's time for a bath and he hears the water running,  He (usually) sits perfectly still when we change his diaper or put clothes on him.  When you say "thank you," he will walk over to you and give you what's in his hands.  He'll watch tv when he's in his high chair eating, but not when he's playing.  I'm loving his personality and watching him grow everyday.  Sometimes I look back at pictures and miss the little baby he used to be.

I miss swaddling him.

I miss how poofy his hair would get after we washed it.

I miss the bassinet on my side of the bed & the little mittens.

Naps on the couch.

Sometimes I miss how cute he was with his pacifier- although I am glad we got rid of it at 7.5 months.

The boppy!  It still sits next to my bed even though I don't use it.

Sitting so nicely in the bumbo.

Laying around.

Sucking his thumb.  We only saw him do it maybe 3 or 4 times- but it was pretty cute.

& the little baby fist pumpin!

Love being Ryan's mommy.

Day 359

Digging through his toy box deciding what to play with.

The brown thing is this monkey that got for Christmas.  I put it away because it always scared him.  The monkey makes noises and rolls over when you walk past it.  I took it out today, Ryan checked it out for a long time.  He forgot about it, and when he walked in front of the monkey it went off!  He got this horrible look on his face.  So I turned it off and put it away again.

Never looking at the camera.  Brat.

Loves cell phones, just like daddy.

Day 358

Ryan fell asleep on our walk tonight a little after 7.  It made me sad.  I only got 3 hours with my baby tonight instead of 4.  =(

Day 357

I love watching Ryan play.  I've been trying to show him how to stick his shapes into the shape sorter.  I usually have to cover all the holes unless it's the right one, and he'll try so hard to shove his little shape into the hole.  He hasn't gotten it yet.  He hasn't figured out that you may need to move the shape around a little in order for it to fit.  He has one at Grandma R's house and he was able to get the circle shape into the hole.

I lined up Ryan's cars tonight and he would grab one and push it all around.  Grab another and do the same.  He loves his cars.  If he's playing cars and I take a car and ram it into his car- he giggles like it's the funniest thing.

Daddy's also been chasing him lately.  Well he always has, but now that he can walk it's so funny.  Tim will walk up the stairs and Ryan will walk over to the stairs and look up at Tim until he runs back down.  Ryan will try so hard to run away as fast as he can.  Daddy always wins though. 

Day 356

Happy 10th Birthday Elyse!  Since she isn't here to celebrate with- we celebrated by ourselves.  I made a cake, we put candles on it, and I sang Happy Birthday!  Tim thought I was silly for singing, but he let me make a wish! Ha.

& After Ryan & I had a 3 hour nap- we dug in to some cake.  Yuuum.

Tonight, as we were laying in bed, Tim felt the new baby kick for the first time ;)  His smile was priceless.