Ryan - Hey, I'm Just an Active Guy

Ryan playing with balloons.
Seriously though, Ry - Mommy just looked & you have
one sock on and one sock off...AGAIN!

Hello! It has been 2 weeks since Ry's last blog. Since then, the Packers won the NFC championship, and Ryan has proved to be quite the active little fellow! He is "crawling" now if you want to call it that. The ladies in playgroup said that Ryan's movement is indeed crawling. I think he looks more like an actor in a WWII movie that has been shot and is crawling up Omaha beach.  He kind of drags himself with one arm usually pinned under his body with the other one grasping and raking himself forward.

We've made the last two MOMS Club playgroups.  Yesterday, our amazing 8-month old crawled-dragged himself over to Gabrielle's mommy and sorta begged for a piece of quesadilla.  He also took some puffs directly from Gabrielle's grasp during baby snacktime.  Last week, he screamed (well, he always squeals/screams with glee) in Samuel's face and made Samuel cry - twice.  The babies are starting to tussle over toys.  Pretty soon, the mommies ability to casually drink coffee and talk about our babies will end because we will be busy chasing them and breaking up disagreements over who gets the desired toy.

Finally, we are happy that Daddy made it home safely from his trip to Seattle.  Ry Ry the Superguy and his mommy miss Daddy when he's gone.  However, we kept busy with getting the living room/play area painted, visiting Ms. Monica and Bianca, going to our playgroups, having dinner with Ms. Patti, and crying over new teeth coming in soon. (Uggh...restless nights are here again - not that they have ever completely gone away...but we were down to one wake up a night).

Here are videos of Ry this week:
(1) Pony Ride:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmUZ1EUA3AU

(2) Watching my "baby TV" @ starfall.com (we do the alphabet and sounds after lunch or dinner pretty much everyday...it gives me time to clean up! -- he really likes the Head, Shoulder, Knees and Toes song though):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwhK7wtHsv4

(3)  Playing with ballloons...these were not intended to become Ryan's toy of the day, but he was having so much fun. I think I will hold off on getting balloons again until his first birthday, but they did bring him a lot of joy last Sunday:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOqvEl1JxqM

(4) Ryan during the NFC game...please ignore my wonderful commentary:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oFP-o1Xah4

(5) Ryan commenting on the NFC game....da, dah, da, dah, da:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8_YuS4ZGAM

Until next week...GO PACKERS!...Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY (GRANDMA) Sandy!