So Ryan has been up and about on his feet, but up till now he’s been walking while holding onto either my hand or Alicia’s hand, or he’ll scoot along something he can hold onto (like the couch).
Over the past few days Ryan has been standing up without holding onto anything. He’s also been scooting two or three steps without holding on. But after two or three steps he grabs onto whatever is near. I don’t know if he’s letting go on purpose, or if he just isn’t realizing he’s not holding onto anything.
Today we decided to see if he would walk a good distance unassisted … and he did it. Ryan made it about 10 feet across the living room without being within arm’s reach of anything. He even let out a big, “Yeaaaaah!” when he was done. We’re so proud of him!
We took Ryan to the park today and let him go down the slide. But once he got to the bottom, he tried to climb back up. Turns out it’s hard to do when you’re in socks and sweat pants.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted anything here. (It always seems I start posts that way when there’s a large gap between posts).
Ryan is now 1 year old and he’s a very active little boy. Every morning we wake up to what sounds like heavy construction coming from Ryan’s bedroom. At first I wondered if someone was surprising me by building a new deck in the back yard, then then I realized it’s just Ryan trying to destroy his crib by pounding on it. Fortunately, he’s not that strong yet.
The other day I was watching Ryan while mom was out getting pampered with a friend. I had put him down for a nap, but a short time later I heard him talking or yelling in his room. I walked to the hallway, and what did I see? Ryan was standing in his crib and reaching over and opening and closing the door to his room. I didn’t know whether to be mad at him for not napping, or laugh at him for what he was doing. I ended up lowering his mattress and moving the crib away from the door.
In addition to his attempts to escape the crib and heavy construction, Ryan also talks and sings when he wakes up. He doesn’t carry a tune yet, but you do hear lots of “mama,” “dada,” and “baba.” I think he’s trying to get one of us to bring him a bottle. Today it sounded like he was wondering if we were still home because it sounded more like “mama?,” “dada?,” and “baba?” I went in his room to get him and he said, “Ha dada.” I’m pretty sure it meant, “Hi Daddy.”
After being told hello this morning, we had no idea the day’s big event was yet to come. This afternoon while we were talking with Grandma Lo on the web cam, Ryan decided holding onto mom’s hand while walking wasn’t good enough anymore. Mom let go of his hand and Ryan took his first steps without even knowing it. It was so great to get that on video and have both of us actually there. It was even better that one of the grandparents go to see, even if it wasn’t all of them. I did save the video and upload it for the rest of the family to see.
What happened to my little baby boy? I have a big boy now.
We took Ryan to the pumpkin patch for the first time today, one of our many annual traditions that he will now be apart of. We dressed him up like a little pumpkin for the occasion. Luckily, we didn’t lose him among the sea of pumpkins (some even bigger than him).
We took Ryan for his first haircut today so we could reduce the “mohawk thing” he had going on. I wasn’t sure how he would handle being held down in a barber chair with some stranger putting scissors next to his head, but he did very well and kept surprisingly still.
We took Ryan to the park today and let him ride the swing. He had a lot of fun in it, till it stopped moving. Then he tried to bounce like in his Johnny Jump Up. He still kept his big smile. I love seeing him smile.
We wanted to go and be outside for a while and get some sun. So we headed out to a friend’s place in Willow Creek for some fun. There was a pool at the friend’s house, so we gave Ryan his first experience in water that was not a bath. Surprisingly, Ryan did not mind the water at all.
We noticed Ryan was starting to take up a lot of room in his bassinet, so we decided it was time for him to sleep in his own room in his own “Big Boy” crib. We weren’t sure how he would do sleeping in a different room from us, as he’s been sleeping in his bassinet at the foot of our bed since he was born.
As you can see. He’s doing just fine. He looks like such a big boy in his own bed.
Ryan has also been using his hands more and more to grab things (like my glasses). He plays with the little fish on his play mat, and the spinning things on his exersaucer. He can also push the button on the musical fish on his play mat. And last night he held his bottle for the first time. It’s amazing to see all the new stuff he does and how he changes every day.
Now that Ryan is four months old, we thought we’d try to see if he’ll eat solid food. We picked up a box of rice cereal and mixed it up to feed to him. It went about as well as a first feeding would be expected to go. Most of it ended up on his face and bib. He’s such a messy eater. Video: Rolling Over
For the longest time Ryan has hated to be on his tummy. We would put him down to play and he would just start crying and screaming bloody murder. Well, it seems like he’s gotten over that. We put him down and he rolled over on his own for the first time. I guess he has figured out that it’s easier to just turn over than to cry about it. Video: Nom Nom Nom
We noticed Ryan was starting to take up a lot of room in his bassinet, so we decided it was time for him to sleep in his own room in his own “Big Boy” crib. We weren’t sure how he would do sleeping in a different room from us, as he’s been sleeping in his bassinet at the foot of our bed since he was born.
Ryan has also been using his hands more and more to grab things (like my glasses). He plays with the little fish on his play mat, and the spinning things on his exersaucer. He can also push the button on the musical fish on his play mat. And last night he held his bottle for the first time. It’s amazing to see all the new stuff he does and how he changes every day.