9 month dr's visit

Rylan had his first eye appointment today. Nothing is wrong, the eye dr is part of a free program that checks infant's eyes out. Rylan's are great!!! Yay! He is a little farsighted but I guess that is normal for infants and will decrease over the next couple of years. I just hope that he gets his daddy's eyesight and not mine!!!

Then he had his 9 month checkup. He is still a BIG kid!
Height: 29.5" (90%)
Hear: 18.5cm (75%)
Weight: 26lbs 2oz (Off the charts...100+%)
He is right on track for all his developmental stuff! Yeah! The dr said that he is big enough to be changed to forward-facing in his carseat but said to hold off until he's about 1 to let his neck muscles get stronger. And he can try anything I want to give him except honey. Yeah! I hope to have him eating big people food exclusively very soon. That baby food is yucko smelling and expensive. And I can't wait to get him off formula. That stuff is ridiculously priced!!!

Slide Show!

Happy 4th of July!

I'm sorry that it's taken me so long to post an update. Time goes way too fast!!!

* This picture is his new funny face he makes! He gets excited and squishes it all up and wrinkles his nose. It's hilarious! We have no idea where he picked it up from.

* Rylan will be 9 months old on Saturday!!! It's crazy that he is going to be 9 months already. It still seems like he was born yesterday. He is getting big. He has his checkup on Monday and I'm guessing he'll be a little over 24 pounds and right around 30 ". He is a big boy.

* Rylan is almost crawling. He gets on all fours and now he will pick his hands up and move them but doesn't quite get the legs yet. He tries all the time. He is very good at pushing himself backwards and scooting around. He rolls but not all over the place.

* Rylan is very ready for big people food. He has tried bananas, grapes, carrots, french fries, mashed potatoes and a strawberry shake. He didn't really care for any of them the first time around. We will just have to try again. He does love gerber puffs and gobbles those up like there is no tomorrow.

* Rylan loves the water. He gets in his bath and splashes all over the place. It's pretty cute. We got his froggie pool out the other day and he didn't like it b/c the water was so cold but once it warmed up he liked it. We didn't sit him in it yet. We'll have to wait for a nice warm day with warmer water.

* I quit my job! I now stay home with Rylan and I love it. Of course there are days that I wish I could have a few hours to myself but then I get a smile or a kiss from the little guy and it makes it all worth it. Not sure if I will go back to work anytime soon or just stay home until all our kids are in school. We are just playing it by ear!

I finally uploaded new pics to his photo album! He is soooooooooo cute and still has his big blue eyes!

Have a safe and happy 4th!

Rylan is 4 months old!

Rylan turned 4 months on Tuesday. He had his shots on Wednesday. He did really well. He cried but fell asleep on the way home and slept pretty well. He is now 18 pounds (90+%), 25.5 inches long (50%) and his head is 17 inches (75%). He is doing really well.
He can now start eating food. He got some bananas and seemed to like them. Tonite he got applesauce and really liked that. He made it nice and messy. :)
He is finally getting better. Hopefully whatever he had doesn't come back again.
He hasn't even tried to start rolling over yet but the dr said that is just fine. When Rylan is put on his stomach his legs start moving so as soon as he can figure out that they will move him he will be off and will probably not slow down until he's 90. Haha!

I finally got a chance to put new pictures on his photo album site. I can't believe how big he is getting. And how adorable he is!!! His eyes are still the most gorgeous blue! I hope they stay that way.

Misc

I can't believe it's almost Christmas. Time has sure flown by. Since I last posted a lot has happened.
A: Maren's 2nd birthday was on 12-8. It was a very hard day the day before and the day of. I just miss her like crazy. My mom and I went to the cemetary. We shoveled about a foot of snow off of her grave and brought her pink roses, lots of balloons, and a christmass beanie baby bear.
B: We moved!!! We are finally in a bigger place with real closets and lots of room to move around in. We even have a basement for storage. Yeah! Just have to work on getting things unpacked and organizing it all. Hopefully it won't take too long!!
C: Sir Rylan got pneumonia and RSV. Poor little thing was so sick and thankfully is on the mend now. In the last 2 weeks he has been to the dr 4 times and the ER once. But he has been a trooper through it all and kept a smile on his face. He was even asked for his number when we went to the ER. The nurse has a 4 month old daughter named Ave Marie and asked for Rylan's number so they could go on a date in about 30 years. :) It was very funny.
D: We got a brand new tv. It's super nice. It's a 50" plasma. I can't wait to play tetris and Wii games on it. Oh yeah, can't wait to watch some football on it, should be an awesome picture!!!!

Other than that, nothing too exciting. I have gotten sick from Rylan but am hoping to be on the mend very soon so I can get our new place back in order. I do have new pictures of Rylan, even got him smiling, but I now have to find the camera cord so I can get them from the camera to the computer.

Have a great Christmas and a happy New Year!!!!!!

New pictures

I have finally gotten around to adding new photos to Rylan's photo album. They are towards the bottom.
He started going to daycare on Monday. He seems to be doing just fine. The ladies there are great and love him. They make me feel really comfortable leaving him there. It's hard to say goodbye but I go feed him lunch so that really helps. There are 2 other babies that are the same age, within a day or two so that is awesome.
He has made friends with the deer head we have on the wall. He loves to look at it but the other day he smiled at it and was talking to it. It's really cute. And when we sit on the couch to eat, he has to look up and see the deer and then he keeps his eye on it the whole time he is eating. Haha! Silly kid.
He is 2 months old today. He is getting so big. Probably well over 13 pounds. He has shots on Friday so we'll know for sure then.

Rylan's 1st Smile!!!!

On Saturday I was burping Rylan and he looked up at me and gave me a huge smile! It was soooooooo cute. He smiles in his sleep but to have him do it awake was awesome! He has smiled a few times since then but none quite as big or deliberate. Can't wait until he starts doing it all the time.
(And as of Friday, Nov. 16th he was 11 lbs 9 oz. He is getting so big. And he is out of all the preemie clothing and is almost completely out of 0-3 month clothing. Crazy how fast they grow!!)