Ryan's words

I am continually amazed as Ryan says more and more words. Many of them I don't understand at all, and some are just so cute when I finally figure out what they mean. For example monkey is munga and elephant is anga. Airplane is some weird thing that is totally recognizable when you hear it and mostly unspellable - airpledane or something like that. Animal is animlay. His aunt Cathy is Gaga, which I think stems from the fact that she wears glasses (ga). He just started calling my mom something (which is good because she was starting to wonder if she was ever going to get a name, though I must admit it is also bad because now he can voice his displeasure about her not being here when she leaves). He calls her Tipty or Dibdy or something like that. The other day she was teaching him how to tiptoe and shortly after that, he started calling her Tipty, so I think that is why.

Just another funny note - Ryan is VERY into Little Einsteins right now (he used to be addicted to Jack's Big Music Show on Noggin, but now it is just rocket he wants to watch). So, I have been wanting to get him one of those ride-on toys for the driveway. At Target I saw a Little Einsteins one and it seemed perfect so I got it. It came with toys of the 4 main characters in the show. One of them is June. I think he has a little crush on June. He carries around this little plastic toy (like a Little People toy) wherever he goes and if he can't find her he gets quite upset. Pretty funny how attached he has gotten to her in just two days. I am sure it is just a phase, but it is the first time there has been one particular toy that he was so enthralled with.

Sleeping Baby

I can't believe how much Ryan has grown. I remember when we could lay him across the crib this way and he had plenty of room stretched out. Now he curls up and still his foot is hanging out. How do they grow so fast?!?!?!

I try to follow the rule of never waking a sleepy baby, but my mom made me get him up because it was time to go over to my grandparents house for dinner. It took him a few minutes to wake up, but then he was less cranky than I expected he would be.
Ryan with his beloved puppy (bubu - like but without the t)

Hot fun at Linvilla

We went to Linvilla Orchards yesterday. Ryan loves the playground there! It was just so hot and humid that we didn't stay as long as we would have liked.

A student again

I know this is Ryan's blog, but incase anyone is interested in what I am up to, I wanted to tell you about my newest project... I am taking an 8 week photography class online. It is a digital SLR class so that I can learn how to better use the amazing camera I got from my family and Matt for Christmas (a Nikon D-40). I am feeling a lot intimidated in the class as I mainly have only used the camera as a point-and-shoot camera and I think a lot of the other students actually know how to use the camera as it was intended. But, I don't get graded or anything so it is just a matter of learning as much as I can and hoping that the pictures I post for all of the class to see aren't totally bad. We had to post a few pictures for our "portfolio" at the beginnig of the class. These are some of the pictures I posted...

I can have my cake and eat it too!

Matt made me this delicious chocolate chocolate chocolate cake for my birthday last week. Yummy!!!!

Hangin' in the Crib

Matt thought it would be a good idea to fill Ryan's crib with animals for him to play with. I guess he figured since Sasha was an animal, in she should go....

Ryan's First Boat Ride

Ryan did not like his life preserver....
Ryan was tired and fell asleep about 10 minutes into the ride.
Ryan got to help Daddy steer on the way back.
My 2 handsome guys!

We went to visit Jon, Mara & Corina (Matt's brother, his wife and their daughter) a few weeks ago. They live on a creek near Baltimore and recently got a boat. So, we put the kids in their little life preservers (which neither of them was very happy about) and went out for a ride. We were only going to go out for a little bit, but then the kiddos fell asleep on their respective mom's laps, so we ended up riding into the Inner Harbor in Baltimore and back. It was a fun trip!

Bubble Bath