Ryan Lion at 11 Months

Here's just a few pics of some daily Ryan Lion activities.  

The first picture was taken after Ryan learned how to open the kitchen cabinets (yeah, we *still* need to babyproof).  He got into his snack cabinet and pulled out a container of what I like to call baby cheetos.  They have the same texture of cheetos, but presumably they're better for you.  It's part of Gerber's finger food toddler line.  Anyways, he managed to open up the tin with his teeth and dug right in.  Of course, he got really excited and ended up dumping most of the baby cheetos on the ground where Carrie very graciously decided to help him clean it up.  It was a proud mom moment seeing her baby and dog both eating off of the floor together!  

The second picture is of Ryan helping out with his laundry.  We're still doing his laundry separately from our own because I like washing his clothes in baby scented laundry detergent.  :)  When it's time to do his laundry, he helps by pushing the laundry basket from his room to the laundry room.  Once the laundry is done, he pushes the basket to where we're going to fold his clothes and then pushes it back to his room to be put away.  Ever since grandpa got him a walker, he's really been into pushing things.  He likes to push all of his toys around his play room and he tries to push the furniture, etc.  It's been really cute until he started pushing his superyard xt baby gate out of shape!  

The third picture is of Ryan playing with his favorite toy of all time, the learning home from Fisher Price.  He plays with it every single day and he's finally learned how to put the balls down the chimney to make it sing!  He's clutching the lion that he got from Auntie Xin Xin's wedding.  He loves that lion.  He's got a ton of elephants, but this is his first lion and he absolutely loves it.  Whenever he sees it, he dives for it and stuffs it into his mouth.  Yes, those are baby leg warmers on Ryan and yes, I do know that he's a boy.  They're called baby legs and they make changing him a lot easier since you don't have to take off his pants.  I tried to get masculine colors, but for some reason, these look rather Richard Simmons-ish.  :)  It'll just be one of those things he probably won't forgive me for, oh well.  

The last picture is of Ryan Lion and Carrie.  The dogs' favorite place in the house is underneath Ryan's high chair when he's eating.  It's really quite amazing what they'll eat these days from broccoli to blueberries!  What's great about having dogs is that we NEVER have to clean up the floor after a meal, but it's a different story when we go out to eat.  :)  What's also nice is that you can always tell when Ryan is done eating because he'll just start throwing his food over the tray to feed the dogs.  I just don't know how people have babies without dogs!  He has recently started feeding the dogs and then laughing afterwards.  Silly baby!