13 Months

Ryan-

Since your birthday we converted our "dining room" into your very own play room.  You love it and have actually been able to entertain yourself from time to time.  You love shooting hoops on your new basketball hoop and clap every time you get it in there.  You also love your truck, actually get mad at us when we try to take you out.  We are all very excited for nice weather so you can play in it more!  You have so many new toys and love them all and go from one to the other and back and forth, so cute!  You also love the fisher price ABC and Counting apps on our phones, guess you'll be asking for an iphone when you start talking.

No more bottles!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hallelujah!!!  You loved your bottle but totally gave it up on your own, a battle I wasn't going to fight but I am certainly not dissapointed there aren't any more bottles to clean (at least for 5 more months ha).  You eat food and drink milk and water, a real little boy!!  We started a tradition, where you and I go on a date once a week!  Daddy came along on the last one but until then it was just you and I am we went to Scotto's each time.  This is so fun, we go out and have dinner together, love it!!

You stand on your own all the time, have taken 3-ish steps, 3 or 4 times, but just prefer to crawl.  Whatever floats your boat!  You are into everything, and I mean everything!!  Every drawer, every cabinet, the trash can, the toilet, you love turning the water on and off in the bath tub.  You absolutely know what you are and aren't supposed to be doing and always look back at me when getting into the wrong things to see if I notice.  If I say "no" you just laugh at me and continue on with whatever it is you set out to do...hummm stubborn, dare devil, and doesn't like rules- wonder where you got those traits?! hrm :)  Oh and at meals you have gotten into this thing where you continuously throw you milk onto the floor then scream because you are thirsty, holy moly!

We let you cry it out right after your first birthday.  After about 3 nights of no sleep for either of us on both sides of the monitor you slept through the night again, thank god!!  It's been smooth sailing since, knock on wood!  As for naps, you are still taking two most of the time, but some days you only take 1 really long one, I think a transition is in the works, but for now any sort of "schedule" is out the window and during the day you sleep when you're tired. 

Presh!!

This past week has been super rough.  You got your first molar a few weeks ago and now the other 3 are ready to come in.  We have had exploding diapers, like through your clothes, and all over everything, fevers, sooo sad, in so much pain, and whining in discomfort.  It kills me to see you so upset but everyone keeps telling me it's teething, including the nurse on call that I have talked to the past 3 nights.  You also had pink eye and we have an eye ointment, poor little guy.

Can't open his eyes, poor baby - Urgent Care at 7am- 1st in line!!

You are a hilarious little dude.  We have gotten to spend so much quality time together this months it's been amazing.  Sometimes I even think we have conversations.  While you have no idea what I am saying and vice versa, you wait until I am done and then you blah blah and smile at me when I look in your eyes!  You are the best!!  We have so much fun together, snuggling in the morning and night, playing games, reading books, and just being out and about, love it all!!  You love your friends and other little babies and kids.  At the super bowl party you had a blast eating dinner at the table with the other little people.  We had a play date with Ellie and Aubrey and you loved playing with them and interacting with them.  And every day you light up when you get to day care and see Kaitlyn!  You have also continued your swimming lessons with a whole group of neighborhood friends, your favorite part is when you get to practice getting out of the pool, haha!   One day we went and saw my grandma, your great grandma in her Alzheimer's home, she has no idea we were there but I think she appreciates it and like seeing you even though she thought you were a girl.

It is fascinating to me to sit in your playroom with you and watch the wheels turn and you learn.  I see you try to put balls in your different toys, pushing the buttons, DANCING (you dace to every tune you hear, every.single.one), shooting baskets, and opening and closing everything.  You also really like everything to be closed especially doors and drawers and will crawl into the kitchen to close the pantry door if it's open!  You are this amazing little boy, it's just so cool to watch!!  And oh yeah you are obsessed with me, want me when you're upset, and crawl over to the top of the stairs when you hear me get home from work!!  Mommy's little man!!!

Love you so much!

Mommy