Video: Duck

Ryan was playing, I left the room to get the camera and when I came back he was watching TV. I thought he looked pretty cute.

(I obviously finally got around to getting videos off my video camera)

Video: Paci recovery

Ryan has finally discovered how to put the Paci in his own mouth which makes my life a little easier :) This is also a good video to show how good he has gotten at sitting.

Pictures, 24 weeks old!

Ryan is finally getting used to the camera and will ham it up every now and then.

Karate Kid

Chomp! Sitting up allows him to find more things to put in his mouth

Happy Halloween!

Have a fun, safe Halloween. Ryan is a glow in the dark skeleton, he seems to enjoy the outfit.


Notice Ryan is sitting on on his own in this picture! He is pretty good at it, until he gets too excited and then he flops. he started doing it a few days ago but today he is a lot more stable. I will post pictures soon.

Cold Weather!

The cold weather has set in!
You know how you don’t know you don’t have something until you need it? Well I didn't realized Ryan didn’t have a hat to keep his head warm until we were about to go on a walk. He got to wear mine for this walk, being our first cold walk, I swear I will go shopping and get him his very own. I just wasn’t prepared for the cold weather!

Private Schools

I have set up my appointment to tour the private school I want Ryan to attend. Yes, I am talking preschool/ kindergarten already. This is apparently how it is done. Get on the list early, spaces fill up, especially in this area where there are tons of kids being born (they were breaking records at the hospital around when Ryan was born).
My appointment is in December, it was a time that Don, my mom and I could all go. It should be an interesting experience for Don, he knows nothing about private schools and has no idea what is in store for him. The difference between public schools in Charlton Massachusetts and this particular private school could not be more different.
I can’t imagine having to drop Ryan off at school, luckily I have time… but this process makes me realize it is going to happen sooner then I can possibly imagine.

I will post after the tour and tell you more about the school and our experience there.

I voted!

Don and I hit the polls today. You should do the same (hint, hint) this is a really important election for many reasons including the fact that probably more then one Supreme Court justice will need replacing during the new presidents term... that could change a lot (gay marriage, abortion etc.)It only took us a few minutes to do, especially because we went early! If you are in North Carolina we are actually being considered a swing state this year!

Getting Ready for Halloween

Ryan is getting ready for Halloween! We got a pumpkin and Ryan was helping clean it out. He had a good time, and got a little snack out of it to!

Living and Learning

To add on to that last post... I found out today that if I leave Ryan in his crib even if he is a little bit awake, he falls asleep within like 15 seconds... you live and you learn.
Don made it home safely, and when he took Ryan to hang out with him I missed the little guy. I guess 48 hours straight wasn't enough, even if I am tired. Well I am off to bed early.

Out of Town

Don went out of town yesterday. Ryan decided that he missed dad and therefore wanted to be with me 24/7. I gave him his bath, fed him and got him in his jammies, at 6:30 I tried to put him to sleep. At 9:00 he FINALLY would go to his crib, it wasn’t him giving up; it was his body giving out.
He lay in my arms that whole time, staring at me. He wouldn’t take his eyes off of me and every time his eyes shut he would shake it off and start staring again. His teether were bothering him and Don is the one that always puts him to sleep so he didn't know what to make of me in there. Finally I got him in the crib and he was up again at 3:30am to eat, when he was done he wouldn’t sleep AGAIN. At 4:30 I got him back into his crib and he was up by 5:50. Boo to non-sleeping baby. Now of course he is napping and I am awake.
DON COME HOME!

Teething

Ryan is teething. I was in denial for awhile, but now I am sure. We went to our Monday baby group at the library and I brought this red teether that Sarah Cate gave to Ryan. He was chewing on it so much that he drooled all the way down his shirt. I mean he was gnawing. This is not the first time, he has gotten to the point where if something can fit in his mouth it ends up there so he can chew. He has also started to wake up at night again, he was up to 10 hours of sleeping (Don has night duty so this aspect really sucks for him- this morning he was somewhat Zombie like after the red sox game and Ryan waking up 4 times- he looked like he did those first few weeks).


While researching teethers tonight I found out that the frozen teether I have been giving Ryan has been recalled (oops). Here are what we have so far (that are not recalled):

If anyone has any good ideas we could try to help Ryan out let me know!

State Fair!

We went to the 2008 North Carolina State Fair today! Ryan enjoyed seeing all the people and we enjoyed eating all the food.
My favorite moment from the day was when Don took a bite of his fried dough while standing over Sarah Cate, it snowed powdered sugar ALL OVER her... she had it all over her clothes, hair, face etc... Priceless

Sarah Cate and the snuggled up baby, it was a chilly day!

Sarah Cate, Ryan and I hanging out. We were at the fair for about 3.5 hours, by the time we left Ryan was a TIRED baby.

Blue Ribbon pumpkins, they were HUGE. Sarah Cate decided that if we cleaned out one of them we could use them as Ryans crib.


Don and Ryan with their hoodies!
Ryan peeking over S.C.'s shoulder
This picture is for Rachel... it might make her consider coming to visit before the state fair ends next weekend.

Fall is the Season of Change

Life is changing again. It seems that this is the trend for a lot of people right now with the bad economy. Well, I got my bar application in (barely) so that is done (hopefully).

But more importantly Don got a new job!!! He is really, really excited. There is a pay raise which we need desperately (babies are expensive). The company seems really great and a perfect fit for him. He starts in November. I am of course a little scared of change, even though I have been through more then my share of change, you just never know what to expect. I don’t know how much traveling he will have to do, they say there will be traveling when he starts working with new clients, but because of how expensive traveling has gotten, a lot of clients are opting for conference calls instead of face to face meetings. They seem pretty flexible with work schedules and time off, but when you start a new job you have to impress, I know this, and I just hope it isn’t too much. I really like having Don around and I want to see him as much as I can. I will probably be blogging about it when it happens, for now we wait until the new chapter begins.

This weekend we have LOTS planned. One of my favorite people on the planet is coming to visit. Sarah Cate will be here from tonight until Sunday. Tomorrow we are hopefully going to the State Fair (fried candy bars, pickles, cheesecake, Twinkies, dough, and anything else they can fit into the vat of oil), Saturday we are going to try and go to a pumpkin patch to get Ryan’s first pumpkin, then Sunday Ryan and I are going to hang out with Grandma while Don and Uncle David are going to a Carolina Panthers game.

Fall is keeping us busy, I can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings!

Gifts & Blog Birthday

Yesterday Uncle David took Ryan shopping. He got him books and movies (and me lunch). Yay for being spoiled, the holidays are approaching I can only imagine that the trend will be continue.
My blog is one year old today, a lot has changed in one year, you can barely see my baby bump October 2007 and now one year later Ryan is already 5 months old!