6 month baby

Ryan's feeling a bit left out. All his other "born in July" friends have had blogs written about their 6 month milestone. So to keep up with Sam & Alex, here's a bit about Ryan...

Actually the best way to describe him is simply this picture. It totally captures him. Most days he even looks just like this. Well, except for his clothes which I do change. Actually I change them about every hour because as you can see he likes to spit up. Olivia calls him our "little spit machine."

Ryan is also a big fan of taking off his socks. When I go put them back on they are always wet because he loves to chew on them too. Tasty, I guess. His other activities include the jumparoo and sitting in his green bumbo chair. FYI: the bumbo was the best investment ever...especially since the little guy can't sit up yet. And it's easy to clean (see spit up comment above).

Mmm...what else about Ryan. Well he's totally into food, but still refuses a bottle. This makes it a little hard to do a Friday crop night...so I've told Ryan he will not get a scrapbook until he starts taking a bottle. He doesn't seem to care.

Ryan loves to watch Olivia and Garrett. As soon as they walk in the room his face lights up. They love to keep him busy with a constant supply of toys and kisses (and as a result, colds). Olivia has even given herself the title of "Mommy #2" and loves to "supervise the boys" as she calls it. Garrett has just discovered that Ryan is chubby. So he loves to squeeze his fat little arms and legs. Ryan's not a big fan of that, so we do our best not to leave them in the same room together.

Ryan is a great addition to our family. He's assumed the role as the 3rd child quite nicely. Both Tim & I agree that he is by far our easiest baby. So we're willing to over look some things like the constant spit up and anti-bottle issue. Although we don't want him to grow up too fast, we look forward to the day when he can really play with the other kids. Olivia is already getting ready for that...whenever she finds a small toy on the floor she picks it up right away and says "Mom, this is a choking hazard." See her title of "Mommy #2" is quite appropriate.

Thanks for keeping life interesting, Ryan! We love you :)