Day 79

Ryan sucking on a piece of fruit.

Day 78

Ryan's first time at the park.

Day 77

Ryan playing w/ his toys in the morning.  He woke up early, so I was trying to entertain him while I was getting ready for work.

Ryan hanging w/ Auntie Kim- He was getting ready for nap time.

I'm noticing lots of my pictures are of him in the crib!  I need a better variety.

Day 76

My happy baby boy.

Tonight is day 18 sleeping in his crib.  I think he likes it.  & after the first two weeks, it isn't so bad putting him in their anymore.  It just took some getting used to.  Today was my 2nd day of getting Ryan to nap in his crib.  Today was just as easy as yesterday was.  I wish I would have started it sooner :)

Day 75

Ryan could not stop playing with his toes today when we were going for our walk!

Life with Ryan is getting so much easier now that he is bigger.  Well- it's always been pretty easy.   He has always been a good baby with only a handful of bad days.  He has ALWAYS slept at night.  No random 1am playtimes.

Bed time has become more predictable.  I started Ryan off w/ a bedtime routine at 1 month old.  Bath every night, lotion, jammies, snuggle time, nurse, and sleep.  His bath was at 7:30 and he would fall asleep around 9-9:30.   About a month ago, I moved his bathtime to 6:30-6:45 because he has been getting tired earlier.  Now it's bathtime, lotion, jammies, snuggle, nurse- & I lay him in his crib at 7:45.  I put a pacifier in his mouth, his blanket, Bluey, on him, turn on his mobile and he's sleeping by 8.  No problems at all.  We named his blanket Bluey because his big sister has a green afghan named "Greeny" and a pink one named "Pinky."  Since Ryan's afghan is blue, we figured "Bluey" fit perfectly.

I talked to my best friend about a nap schedule this weekend.  & I decided that Ryan needs to be on a nap schedule.  Sometimes when he is with other people- he does not nap!  So today was day one.  I got home early (Wednesday is early out day!)  I noticed Ryan was a little sleepy at 3:30 so I nursed him & layed him in his crib.  He whined for a second so I went in and played w/ his hair & left.  About 5 minutes later I still hadn't heard anything and he was already sleeping.  Which was nice, because Mommy got a nap too!  I woke up at 5:30 and I checked on Ryan.  I hadn't heard anything on his monitor.  He was wide awake playing with his blanket.  He sure does love his blanket.

Now that I have bedtime down.  It's time to start working on a nap schedule.

Every single day, I truly am enjoying being a mother more and more and more.  & everyday, I think how it can't possibly get any better- & it always does.

Shutterfly

I have used Shutterfly for many, many years, since high school days.   They always have amazing deals when you sign up.  They are always emailing me their special promos, and codes for buy one get one free deals, and free pictures.  I have used and made many different products that they have.

Last Christmas, my mother in law made us a wall calendar of all of our wedding pictures.  It is absolutely gorgeous and the picture quality is amazing.

I have also made 2 different photo books.  I made one for my best friend as a Christmas present 2 years ago- all pictures of her newborn baby boy at the time.  The second one I made is a book of our summer with our daughter, Elyse.  Elyse loves to look at her book when she is here in Tucson.

I have made cards on shutterfly as well.  My husband, Tim, used to live in a different city as me.  I made him a card containing pictures of us & they were able to mail it directly to him.

I made Ryan's birth announcements at Shutterfly also.  & the timing was perfect, because I had just recieved an email from Shutterfly, with a code for 20 free birth announcements!



I highly recommend this website to everyone!  Their website is really easy to navigate through and uploading pictures is so easy.  Plus- lots of great ideas for Christmas presents!!  They also have holiday cards in!  There are over 200 different cards to choose from.  I am really looking forward to showing off Ryan this year on Christmas cards!  Currently, Shutterfly is having an amazing deal.  Blog about how awesome they are- and you can get 50 holiday cards for FREE!.  GO HERE!

Day 74

Happy 5 months to the most beautiful little thing in my life.