Ryan's first visit to the Zoo

Our Zoo

Ryan taking it all in

An American Brown Bear
The Polar Bear, my favorite.

Chillin' at the Zoo

Asian Elephants

Humboldt Penguins

The frozen pond with ducks and geese. Ryan kept glancing over at them.

Trying to grab mom's camera

Got my shades on

Sea Lion Feeding

Snow Leopard basking in the sun, licking his chops.

Stoic Camel

Today turned out to be a great day for a visit to the zoo. Tim had to work the afternoon and I had to get out of the house with Ryan. He has been really fussy the past few days. Getting over his cold, but now back to teething. It looks like he is getting at least 1 more on top and on bottom, for a total of 8 teeth. So we (mom) needed a day out. We are fortunate that we only live 10 minutes away from one of the best zoos in the US. Not many people were there, so we got a front row seat at the sea lion feeding. It was great to walk around and see so many animals out and about. Ryan seemed to enjoy it and was really good for about 1 1/2 hours, then became tired and fell asleep on our ride home. I only got a few pics of him, but I did get a ton of the animals. I'll post a few of them. Looking forward to the Super 'Game" tomorrow! Go Big Red!

Ryan gets his splint and shows off his belly laugh

Uncle Dan created this photo of Ryan

The Splint

Lauhging and playing

Playing Hide and Seek with Dad

I wanna bang on the drum all day!

Sebastian insisted on being in the photo. He would not move!

Ok, I know I haven't posted in 2 weeks, I've been yelled at by my brother twice now, so here you go.

We have had a busy couple of weeks. Ryan seems to be over his cold now and I think we will attempt whole milk again tomorrow. He has been eating like a little pig, at least 16 ounces of solid food a day. This past week he started with some animal crackers too. I can't believe he is now 13 months old!

On Tuesday, Tim took Ryan to get fitted for his splint. The splint fits his right hand and will hopefully help him start to use his right hand a bit more, at least keep his hand open and thumb out. He seems to tolerate it ok, just not sure what to do with it. He wears it for 2 hours on, then 2 hours off.

Today we took a ton of video and some pics as well. Tim had him rolling. I posted the funniest part of the video. I promise it won't be 2 weeks between posts again.

Enjoy!

Ryan teaching Dad a few things on the laptop

Full Moon. Biggest moon of 2009

Ryan and Dad playing on the laptop

So Ryan had his first week back at daycare since the holiday and thank goodness, he is back on his schedule. Sleeping all night, eating and playing. And now he is back to having another sniffle and cough. I guess that comes with daycare. 2 other kids at daycare have runny noses. Yuck.

Anyway, he had his One Year well visit at the pediatricians this week. Weighing in at 21lb 10oz and 29.5 inches long. It doesn't seem like he has grown much over the last month and a half, but maybe because he was sick. The doctor also said we could give him whole milk now! Yeah! Hopefully no more formula!

We started that this morning and so far so good. He didn't seem to notice the switch, but by the evening bottle, he didn't really want any milk, just wanted juice. So we will see. Hopefully his body will adjust and accept the milk, if not, we are back to soy! Yuck!!

He has been so much more animated the past few days, using both hands and nearly rolling over by himself. He is tolerating his activity center for longer periods of time and is able to grab and play with toys longer too. Aunt Tara stopped by this morning and hung out with us. He kept flashing her a grin when she called out his name. His favorite game is 'High Five'. When you say High Five, he grins from ear to ear and puts up his left hand. I'll have to get it on video and post.

I think that is all for now...this week we have Buddy Builders at DGC on Wednesday and we hope to get his splint this week.

Enjoy

Happy 2009!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year. I can't believe I've had this blog a little over a year now. Where does the time go?

Not much has been going on this week. Ryan's daycare provider was on vacation this week. Mor Mor Jo spent time with him on Friday. They had a fun filled day of playing and eating...not much napping. I am afraid that when he does go back to daycare tomorrow, he will be a bear. He hasnt had much of a schedule the last 2 weeks. I can't wait for him to get back on the 12 hour sleeping schedule. He is much happier when he gets all of his sleep.

One funny thing this week....Tim and Ryan were watching the hockey game on New Years Day and Tim began to sing 'O Canada' (canadian national anthem) and Ryan started wailing. Tim stopped and Ryan stopped crying. Tim started singing it again, Ryan proceeded to wail. Tim sang another song and Ryan was fine. So apparently our little guy does not like 'O Canada'! It was the funniest thing! No trips to Windsor anytime soon!

Enjoy the photos