Ryan likes to kiss the mirror. He obviously has a healthy ego. 
"Mommy this is where my teeth are going to come in" Hopefully sooner then later.
This is the teething drool.
Don made Ryan laugh so hard today that he snorted. Too funny.
I knew Ryan would grow up in a very different world then I grew up in. I cannot believe that last night Barack Obama won the presidential election. I am excited about the future. I wish Obama luck because he is stepping into a position that will be anything but easy. We are in two wars, an economic crisis and there is an international community that doesn't like us much right now.
I hope that Obama can use his amazing skill of inspiring people to help us emerge from this dark place we have been in. Ryan will grow up with Obama as his president, he won't know of a world with Bush as our commander in chief.
Here is to the next 4 years, and to a country that I hope will be a better place then it is today. I want Ryan to grow up in a great country and I hope that this will be the begining of that change!
I never really thought that much about daylight savings time before. With a baby on a schedule it really throws things off. This morning he was up EARLY and wanted to go to bed at 5:30pm. NOT COOL. Hopefully we will get him back on track.
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)
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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! 
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.
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!
