Sunday, April 26 2009

On Sunday, my Dad, my Mom, KC, mr Rylan and I went to Milano for the day to visit my Oma and Uncle Matt. It was a 3.5 hr drive both ways, but it was completely worth it! Rylan did SO WELL in the car, of course with the help of his Nana singing songs until he fell asleep, but we didn't have to pull over for him once! Jared couldn't come because he had to work, but while we were gone, he surprised me by cleaning the apartment! I love that man!

Milano is a special place for me and my family, because it was my greatgrandmother's home, and it is filled with childhood memories of my Oma, my Dad, and of me and my sister! We used to put on plays and shows on the front porch, and hide Oma's fancy painted egg collection around the house, and to this day we can't find a few of them! It was great to bring Rylan to one of my favorite places to go as a kid.

Here is Oma with her favorite baby boy! She says that when she gets to Heaven, she wants to have the job of rockin' babies! She is pretty dang good at it! Rylan slept for a couple hours in the car, and yet she STILL managed to put him to sleep on that comfy shoulder!

We all got a kick out of this scene! Rylan and KC both chewin on their chew toys, about the same size, and both fans of the bellies!

Rylan didn't seem to mind Uncle Matthew until he realized that he wasn't his Grandpa! He was happy as a clam and then he turned his head to look at who was holding him, and POOF! Freakout!

Money's Worth

Today we spent the day over at Nana and Grandpa's house to keep Grandpa company while Nana and Aunt Panda were in Abilene! We played with KC who scratched Rylan's face on accident :-(. But Ryman got over it pretty quick and to return the favor, pulled her hair!

When we got home, I tried a few times to get dinner right.... and then Rylan figured out the JUMPING feature of his Baby Einstein excersaucer! He would bounce bounce bounce.

We made a video, and I quote....

Momma: "This is what I call getting your money's worth!"

Rylan: *Bounce bounce bounce*

Momma: "Of the toy, I mean, not the baby... well I guess the baby too!"

Haha

Native Texan (new issue)

Today was filled with your average baby essentials... spit up, giggles, baths, and jumping. My mom always said that she didn't truly understand the term "bouncing baby boy" until she met Mr Ry-man. He loves to jump. His new favorite toy is a monkey that I gave to Jared for Christmas last year. He sings "wiggle it, just a little bit, I wanna see you wiggle it, just a little bit, HIT THE GROOVE!" That monkey and the Ry-man really understand each other, and they bounced all day on the couch.

Also, he has a new found sense of humor! It just CRACKS me UP! His little gummy mouth with one bottom tooth WIDE open with a "GUH guh GUH!" just hits the spot.

P.S. Thanks for the Onesie, Renee! It's too cute!

Bath Time is Fun Time! I love the smell of a clean baby.

Just watchin' some AFV!

Wanna see you wiggle it, just a little bit, HIT THE GROOVE!

Month 4 Pedi Appt

Today was Rylan's 4month check up at Doctor Cook's office!

He is 16lbs 11oz, 26.5in, and Dr. Cook says that he is ahead on his motor skills! He can walk, talk, drive, chew, and spit.... Just Kidding.

However he CAN roll over front to back AND back to front, he can hold him self steady when standing holding on to our fingers, he can hold his head upright when sitting and on his tummy, he can follow a small object with his eyes (like Dr. Cook's keys), and he can almost crawl because he will get up on his hands and knees and LAUNCH!

He is such a smartie, and we are so proud of him! Also, Dr Cook said that he gets all the nutrition that he NEEDS from milk alone, and I don't really need to start solids until he is 6months. Good news! I hear that solids are... messy. So we will stick to just nursing for a little bit longer. He is growing well without solids so far, so I'll proceed with the messiness when I feel that it's necessary.

Here are some pictures that we took at the Doctors office today!

We were in the Monkey room today! How appropriate!

This is what he said when we told him that he was getting shots today!