So much has been going on with Ryan Lion that I just haven't had any time to blog about it! Ever since the time change, he wakes up at 6:30 and goes to bed around 7:30 and only takes two naps during the day for about an hour each and the rest of the time, we like to call him our little path of destruction. Ryan is all over the place these days. About a month ago, he started crawling on all fours and climbing like crazy. He learned how to climb the stairs on the third try and every chance he gets, he bolts over to the stairs to start climbing. He can pull up on almost anything now, including his swing, the piano bench and my legs. As of a couple of weeks ago, he's really gotten good at getting himself into the sitting position from whatever position he's in.
Ryan's favorite toy is still his Laugh 'n Learn home that he got from Tia Maria and Tio Loco for his baptism. He's figured out how to spin the sun/moon wheel so that it sings either way he turns it. He uses the stool at the base to stand on and turn the dials of the clock and pick out shapes from the shape sorter. Ryan also loves knocking down his stacking cups. He's gotten so good at it that he doesn't even have to look at them anymore! Sometimes he's so eager to knock them down that he won't even wait until you've finished building the tower. Ryan loves playing with his lift-the-flap books. He pulls on the flaps so hard that a lot of them are practically torn off of the book! He loves the books that makes noises too. His favorite is the Baby Einstein book that plays the classical music.
It is now impossible to place Ryan in either his jumper or his exersaucer. He's learned how to pull up on both and he'll play with the toys from the outside. If he's in a fairly good mood, you can put him in his play pen. If he's not in a good mood, you'll certainly hear from him that he wants out! At the kid's gym, he's learned how to hang from a bar, so he's been doing that on the bar on the side of the play pen. It won't be long before he climbs over the top!
We've finally put up baby gates to block off the living room as a safe place for him to play. He plays a game we like to call "baby jail" where he sits or stands right next to the gate and pulls on it while crying. Let me tell you, it's a really sad sight.
Ever since he turned 9 months. we've started giving him table food. He loves being able to feed himself, but I do have to admit that it gets pretty messy quick! He loves bananas, just like his daddy. He's also a fan of cheerios and as of lately, blueberries. He's really not a waffle fan, but he'll still eat some if it's in front of him. We still try to give him jars of baby food from time to time, but he still tries to feed himself by grabbing the spoon and sticking it into his mouth, that is, if he's aimed correctly!
Ryan's 9 month doctor's appointment went well. Ryan weighed in at 18 pounds and 12 ounces (30th percentile) and was 28.5 inches tall (75th percentile). He's back to being a string bean. Luckily for us, there was no shots this time around. Yay! But, he did have a blood draw; all of his test results came back normal.
We had a fabulous Thanksgiving where Ryan got to meet a ton of his Great Unlces and Aunts, and his first cousins once removed. Yes, we looked up all of these terms online. :) We are HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE parents and did not get any pictures of him on his first Thanksgiving. Hopefully Auntie Al (who is really his first cousin once removed) will post the pics that she took of him. I'm so bummed that I don't have a scrapbook page for Thanksgiving! He was dressed in one of the first outfits that Steven and I ever bought him. It's an argyle sweater vest with plaid pants. It's the dorkiest/cutest outfit ever. We'll have to do a photo shoot with him wearing it, it's so cute! We also did the traditional hot pot for dinner. Ryan even had turkey and some mashed sweet potatoes. Yummy!
I've been feeling really crafty lately. Whenever the weather starts to get cooler, I always want to knit. This season of knitting all started with the pumpkin hat that I made for Ryan for Halloween. Since then, I've made him a Snowman hat (isn't it the cutest thing ever?) and a red and white stripped hat. The striped hat was my first time making a pompom. They're so much fun to make, I'm definitely going to make more soon. I also knitted Gryffindor colored leg warmers for K Ry's birthday and a newborn hat. As far as paper goes, I've been trying to scrapbook more, but I'm really not getting much done since I haven't gone to a Scrapmania in forever. I made personalized stationary for Mel and Al for their birthdays. Right now I'm working on making baby shower invitations, bachelor/bachelorette party invitations and Christmas cards. Making invites/cards is a lot of fun, but it kind of makes me sad to give it all away! There are so many more things that I want to knit/make, but Ryan keeps me really occupied during the day!
Okay, that's all that I can think of for now. I will really try to update more and definitely take more pictures of my growing boy!
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