July 21, 2009

We just got back from Abilene last night, and we all had such a good time! Rylan and his Grandma and PawPaw had a lot of fun together, while Jared and I had a great time in San Antonio!

Quick Update... While I'm writing this, Rylan is crawling in circles in the living room around the coffee table chasing his big blue ball. Haha. He's been doing this for about 20min, and hasn't gotten tired yet!

So Grandma and PawPaw had fun with Rylan, and I highly doubt he even knew that we were gone! He slept well for them, played hard, and ate twice as much as I told them to expect! I was so happy for them to have some good Rylan time. They played alot of 'hang' and had some great dinner conversations. He loved their HUGE exercise ball that Rylan learned how to push against the couch so that it rolled back. Its amazing how much it seems to me that he learned while we were away, because as soon as we came in the door, he started talking up a storm, and saying "MaMa!" We really enjoyed having time away from the little man, but Jared and I were both extremely happy to see him when we got back. Yesterday, we got to spend a little more time than expected with Jared's parents, and everyone thought it would be a great idea to take me out Shotwell Stadium and teach me how to drive stick! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! Poor Jared would grit his teeth everytime I made it die, and Mitchell set himself up to video tape the whole experience, and add his colorful commentary.... classic.

July 4, 2009

Today was the Fourth of July! We celebrated at Katy and Tim's house! We had burgers, swam in the pool, and then played a new card game. Rylan was a very good camper.
HOWEVER, let me tell you...

LAST NIGHT, that little monster went to bed a 8pm (good!) while we went to bed around 12am. Rylan woke up at 1am for 30mins, again at 3am for about 30mins, and again at 4am until he finally went back to sleep at 530am.... awesome. It was a HORRIBLE night, and it was much worse than when he was itty bitty, and I was used to waking up every 2.5hrs and just feeding him for 15min before putting him back to bed, no problem. But I'll tell you what, last night was a BIG time test. We passed.... we all lived through it, and still love each other. But boy was it hard.

Anyway, Jared got off early today so we went and spent the evening with Katy, Tim, Joshua and Logan. Rylan LOVED playing in their pool, and laughed and laughed when his daddy would throw him in the air, and then land in his arms with a big SPLASH! We got a kick watching him watch people jump all the way into the pool, disappear, and then pop back up. He is getting to the stage where he knows that something still exists even though it is out of his sight, so it was funny to see him puzzled.
Logan is really good at holding Rylan, for the record :-P haha. And Joshua liked talking to him and showing him how to splash.

But before all this fun happened, Rylan has a few new tricks.....
He likes to crawl around the living room saying Ah Oh which sounds like UH OH! It's pretty cute. He watches these DVDs for baby first sounds, and they go over Ah and Oh, and every time he watches, he practices! What a smart boy!
He is crawling like crazy, going into the bathroom and pulling things out of the trash... ew.
And he likes to take things apart! Like our stack of DVDs on a shelf in the living room, and the books on his book case. He also thinks that his toys are more fun when they are neatly lined up in the living room after I pick everything up, so that he can go and tear it apart!
But I think the most rewarding thing about being a mom at this stage is when Rylan gets tired of crawling around and playing, and crawls up to my feet, and then tries to climb up my legs while saying "Uh Uh" :-) It's sweet that sometimes he just wants me to hold him and play with him to make his games more fun. He is so good at sitting in my lap to read a story. He is such a precious boy, and I am so very in love with him!
Now if he'll only stay asleep in bed!!