Mr. Ryan is 6 Months Old

Mr. Ryan turned 6 months old on Thursday. He is getting really big. I can't wait till his doctor appointment on May 10 to see how long he is. We started him in the exersaucer on March 6 with a phone book because he couldn't reach the bottom, and now he has moved to the second height setting.

He can almost sit up unsupported and rolls everywhere. It shouldn't be too much longer till he crawls. He also is a robo-pooper. He is the first baby in the 10-yr history of Shepherd's Heart Day Care to have such big poops that it ended up once in his armpits and once on his shirt collar!

We are working our way through the stage 1 baby foods. We do each food for five days in a row to make sure he is not allergic. So far we have done green beans, peas, peaches, squash, pears, and carrots. His favorites so far are peas and peaches (not together). All we have left is sweet potatoes, applesauce, and bananas. I am not going to try prunes since we already know he is a robo-pooper!

Such a Good Boy

Yesterday I baby-sat Caleb Daniels so Tami and Preston could go to a wedding. It was easy. Caleb was a very good boy. He has impeccable manners - saying please and thank you and even excuse me after he burped. He even ate his supper and went to bed for me! However, I have now seen the first hour of Madagascar twice, but not the end. I am going to have to rent it to see how it ends!

Recovering

Ryan and I spent are recovering this weekend from the big trial last week. I testified for the State as an expert witness on Wed/Thurs in a lawsuit. Now we just have to wait until August for a ruling :(

This meant I spent Monday thru Thursday in court, and worked at the office on the previous Saturday for 5.5 hours, Monday night for 4 hours, Tuesday night for 4 hours, and Thursday night for 2 hours for trial prep. 13 hour days are not good when you are getting up at 4:30 am with a baby! Ryan was a trooper and went to work with me on Saturday and Tuesday night. Todd watched him Monday night, and Diane was a dear and picked him up at daycare and watched him on Thursday night. Maybe Ryan will want to grow up to be a lawyer.

I was so physically and mentally tired last week that I ended up accidentally sleeping three nights in the recliner in my clothes. I kept conking out everynight after Ryan was in bed. I got the biggest compliment of my life though, when the Asst. Attorney General told me that he thinks me going to law school would be a great idea:)

Heather and Kurt were in town on Tuesday night so we went out to eat. Unfortunately I was tired and it took 50 of the 60 minutes I had to eat just to get my darn sweet and sour chicken.

Mr. Spit Up (Look at his shirt!)

Ready for Church on Easter

Ryan and His HUGE Easter Basket from Gma & Gpa Stein

Big Plans Tonight

Tonight my mom, my sister, and I are going to see The Lion King. We bought our tickets through Central, so there is an alumni cocktail party before the show. Tami and Preston are going to baby-sit Ryan since I baby-sat Caleb when they went to the Lion King. Tomorrow we are going to go out to eat as a family. I am looking forward to it. I am hoping for Joe's Crabshack or Red Lobster. I am excited for them to see how talented my Baby-Boo is and how much he has grown!

Sleepy Baby

What is up with Mr. Ryan? Yesterday he slept from 8:30 am - 2 pm at daycare, fell asleep on the car ride home, slept 5:00 - 6:00 in his crib, slept from 6:30 - 6:50 when I wheeled him around the block in his stoller, then slept from 9:15 last night until 4:45 am this morning. This child has never slept that much in 24 hours since the day he was born!

The cool part is that the baby monitor reaches to the garden, so I did some raking in my perennial bed while he slept. He is probably having a growth spurt. Saturday only his toes touched the bottom of the exersaucer, but last night I noticed that he can stand flat-footed in it. We started him on green beans on Monday, 2 weeks earlier than Dr. L suggested, but he has been very hungry. He took his first bite, looked confused, then grinned. He eats them right up. He has spit up a lot of them though, but always on Dad :)

This morning Terri Ann asked me if I wanted her to wake him up if he zonked out, but I said no. I am a firm believer in never waking a sleeping baby (except to go to daycare - it breaks my heart)!

I love the exersaucer!

Aah..some time away from the kid. We got Ryan an excersaucer on March 6, but he couldn't use it because his feet wouldn't touch the bottom, even with a phone book. Well, he had a growth spurt and now can use it. It is wonderful. He enjoys it, and I can put him in it and walk away for a while. He is a good baby, but I have been husband-less since Thursday, so it gets a little old.

Ryan and I had a good trip to Humboldt yesterday. Todd's parents picked us up at 7:30 am, and we got home at 9:00 pm. We visited Todd's Aunt Kathy, Uncle Denny, and Grandpa Fortner. Ryan hammed it up and showed off all his skills. He was properly admired all day. He keeps trying to crawl, but hasn't figured out he has to lift his stomach off the floor yet. It was good for Grandpa Fortner to see him. He can't get out much, so Ryan brought him some sunshine.

Joy - the radar shows a big storm heading this way. Great. The tornado siren is 500 ft from our front door! It makes things in the house vibrate, but at least I know it would wake me up if there was a tornado in the middle of the night.

A long week ahead at work. Ugh. I hope I don't have to run errands every damn day at lunch. I am going to the Lion King with my mom and sister on Friday though, so I am looking forward to the end of the week.