Four Months Old!

Ryan is four months old today, I can barely believe it! Here's a couple of video clips from today. I'm not sure if you can even see them, but it's worth a shot.

Lots going on...I officially quit last Wednesday. Everything went really smoothly. My "seperation" date is scheduled for this Thursday. Quitting was really bittersweet for me. It was my first time back in the office in a long time and it felt like going back home. There's so much that I'm going to miss about the firm, mainly the people. It just amazes me the type of people that this profession attracts. Seriously, I think that I've met some of the best people that I will ever meet in my life at EY and in PPA. There's a lot of stuff that I'm not going to miss too, but it's one of those take the good things with the bad things I suppose. I don't for one minute regret my time spent at EY. Anyways, it's done and I've started a new chapter of my life entitled Stay at Home Mom. I admit it's a bit of a switch, but I'm trying to ease into things. I have been at home for the last four months, but it's weird not having the option to go back to work anymore.

Let's move on to Ryan Lion. He's changed so much. Every single day is a new experience for him; no two days are the same. Last Friday, for the first time, he rolled from his stomach to his back! He did it multiple times in a row. Luckily, I caught it on video, check out his picasaweb page. Ever since then, he hasn't been able to do it. Oh well, maybe we just got lucky on Friday. At least I have evidence that he did it! He likes to interlace his fingers now, it's really cute. It makes him look smart and very thoughtful.

Ryan really likes to press the buttons with the animal noises in his activity center and he likes pressing the piano keys in his jumper. I think he really likes the sound effects and the lights. I need to look for more toys that has both. He also really likes his Laugh 'n Learn Puppy because it sings. I don't think he's as into his stuffed/plush toys. He grabs them and squeezes them, but that's about it.

Ryan is still really good at restaurants, thankfully! If he wasn't, that'd be really tough. For awhile there, he was screaming bloody murder whenever we put him in his car seat and went for a ride. It's getting better now, but I really do think my hearing has suffered a bit. At around 3 months, he started screaming whenever we finished his bath and were drying him off. This came totally out of nowhere. At first, he didn't like baths and would just cry through the whole thing. Then, he didn't seem to mind them at all. Now, he's okay in the water, but has been bawling when we dry him off. It's getting a little better, but it's still ear splitting at times. Tears literally jump out of his eyes like a cartoon, it's quite impressive really.

Ryan still really likes standing as oppose to being cradled. He's gotten really good at head control, but when you least expect it, he bobbles his head and you just hope that he doesn't hit anything!

He has totally turned into a drool machine. Today alone, I changed him four times just because of the drool. It's so gross. Even when he wears a bib, he wets through it to his onesie and gets that all wet too!

I'm going to publish now, I hope that the video works! If not, I'll try to post some other pics instead.