*Picture from iPhone…quality not so great!
I recently got the grand idea (sarcasm here!) to contain all of Ryan’s living room toys into a basket that I had in the garage. It works great and clean up time is much faster now. But I’m thinking the basket and extra toys are just unnecessary because all the boy wants is his play remote! He’ll have the entire basket of toys before him and you can see his mind racing thinking “Where’s my remote?!” . He’s already a man!
Paige had her 4th tball game last night and she hit a homerun the first time she was at bat! Unfortunately, there wasn’t anyone else on base when she hit that one. BUT, the next time she came up the bases were loaded and we had less than 1 minute left to play in the game. Paige smacked the ball all the way to the outfield and hit a GRAND SLAM! She was so very excited about it even though we lost the game. Her Daddy has taught her to hit well!
Ryan is 8 months old today! I’m just amazed at how fast these past 8 months have flown by…time really needs to slow down. I’ve already started thinking of 1st birthday party ideas and it’s killing me to know that we are only 4 months away from celebrating Ryan’s first year of life here with us. Ryan is the best baby-easy going, go with the flow, not easily upset, and just a true blessing. When we found out about 13 months ago that Ryan was indeed a boy, I was scared to death about having a boy. I had no idea how to care for a boy and I was scared that he wouldn’t need his mama! Quite the opposite is true. Ryan is a mama’s boy through and through and honestly there are times when I could pull my hair out because of it, but I love it more than anything. Here’s what Ryan’s done this month:
-At his 8 month check up last Friday, he weighed 19 pounds, 10 ounces. He’s 29 inches long and his head circumference is 45 cm. He’s a perfectly healthy boy!
-He’s still wearing size 3 diapers. I was about to move him up to size 4, but then instead of the regular Pampers diapers that he normally wears, I tried the Pampers Cruisers and those size 3’s are much more roomy for him.
-He’s outgrown his 6 month pajamas, but can still wear size 6-9 month clothes…except for pants/shorts-those need to be 3-6 month because the boy has no rear end!
-Ryan is still loving his food! He eats 4 8 ounce bottles each day and has cereal/food at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
-He’s really trying to say sounds and words. Mmmmm is his favorite sound. I like to think it means that he’s really trying hard to say Mama!
-He knows exactly who you are talking about when you say “Sissy”, “Nanny”, “Papa”, and “Dada”. He also very much recognizes when you say “Hannah Banana”…his favorite cousin by far.
-Ryan has turned into a ballpark rat with Daddy’s game and now Paige has started tball games.
Ryan, we continue to love you more and more every single day. We had no idea what we were missing before you were in our lives! We adore you!!! Love, Mommy and Daddy
Our oldest niece, Hannah, is attending her Senior Prom tomorrow night. I’m so excited to be doing her makeup as well as 3 of her friends…and I’m getting to cook for part of their progressive dinner afterwards! In honor of her Senior Prom, I thought I’d dig up my Senior prom picture from 2000-seriously doesn’t seem like that was 11 years ago.
I absolutely love my dress…still. I knew that I wanted something classy that I could look back on and not say “Why in the world did I choose that awful gown?” I wonder if I could still squeeze into that dress? Something tells me that 2 people (Paige and Ryan) might have made that impossible! My date was Andrew and he went on to marry one of my best friends, Dinah, who was also a bridesmaid in our wedding. We just went as friends and we had a blast together. Here’s to Prom 2011!
