No, we did not sleep on corduroy pillows...we mean our most recent lines of thought. Here we will record daily, weekly, or monthly happenings to those who are interested in keeping up with our lives on a more frequent basis than the annual newsletter. |
posted Jul 7, 2010 5:20 PM by Alison Roedel
Ryland is six months old today! He's still our little baby, but is getting so big so fast.
He's starting to sit up almost on his own. He rolls from his back to his stomach, but usually gets stuck there. He seems to prefer the excersaucer over the playmat now. He'll also play in the jump-a-roo, but for limited times...he will straighten his legs to stand, but hasn't discovered the joy of jumping yet. He eats oatmeal and rice cereal, but still fills up on breast milk and formula. He wears most of his 3-6 mo clothes now, but still has quite a few 0-3 mo clothes that fit. He sleeps 7-8 hours a night, with the occasional need for a pat on the back and a pacifier reclaimed. He loves to be outside...in the heat, in the rain, in the dark, you name it. He loves to get wet, too...in the shower or bathtub, in the swimming pool, in the rain, etc. Ryland smiles and giggles are not hard to come by these days, as he finds almost everything funny.
Enjoy these few random pictures from the past month:
Ryland will be almost 7 months old when he has his next doctor visit and gets updated stats...we're sure to see growth in numbers, then!
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posted Jul 6, 2010 10:05 AM by Alison Roedel
Independence Day was celebrated by going for a quick visit to Elkhart. We saw Grandpa in action at the fireworks stand, fed the cows and horses, ate a lot of watermelon, ate our meals on the deck, and just enjoyed being outside. What fun!
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posted Jul 6, 2010 9:50 AM by Alison Roedel
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Last Friday, Ryland met his Uncle Kevin, Aunt Lisa, and cousins, Tiffany, Stacey, Timothy and Anthony. Together with Taylor and Kirsten, all had fun at Kid's Station. We enjoyed the evening together playing games, too. Everyone had a turn to hold the baby, and as you can see in the pictures, he is loved by all.
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posted Jun 11, 2010 11:14 AM by Alison Roedel
Monday Ryland turned five months old.
This month he's been eating rice cereal from a spoon, and getting better and better at it every day. He was rolling from tummy to back for several days, but for whatever reason hasn't done it again. He's started playing in his exersaucer more, and will even sit in the jumperoo for a few minutes at a time, but he still likes to lay on his play gym mat, too. He learning to purse his lips and spit, no bubbles really, just a lot of slobber. No teeth yet. He smiles and laughs easily at almost anything, like blowing raspberries on his belly:
...and singing "I'm a Little Teapot":
He definitely recognizes Mommy and her voice...turns his head when I walk into the room talking or randomly smiles at me from across the room (even when I'm not looking at him or talking to him). It looks like he might be ready to regularly sleep through the night eight hours without waking up for his pacifier at all, but we'll wait until he's done it for a few more nights before we consider it the norm. He still wears most of his 0-3mo clothes, but can wear some of his 3-6mo clothes now.
Random pictures over the last month:
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posted Jun 10, 2010 6:12 PM by Alison Roedel
Last week we went to the Tyler zoo with our MOPS group. It was Ryland's first time to go to the zoo, and he did great! I'm not sure he was terribly impressed with the animals, but he loves being outside and rides well in his stroller. We managed to get a few pictures, but not as many as I would have liked. We'll go back sometime soon, though.
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We got to the penguin tank at feeding time. The penguins were in and out of the water, swimming past the happy kids at the glass.
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The flamingos are always posed and ready for a picture. Ryland just wanted the sun out of his eyes.
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The bird walk-through was our favorite. Ryland listened intently at all the bird songs.
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I managed to get a bird on my feeding stick so Ryland could get a closer look. He only reached for the bird one time...
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posted Jun 2, 2010 1:58 PM by Alison Roedel
"Roll Over, Roll Over"
On Sunday, Ryland rolled himself from his front to his back for the first time:
He did this easily for a couple of days, but has since decided that rolling isn't as much fun as he thought it would be, so now he's returned to arching his back and crying when placed on his tummy.
Ryland was dressed for Memorial Day, and thought it was so funny when Mommy put his pants on his head while changing his diaper:
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posted Jun 2, 2010 7:34 AM by Alison Roedel
A couple of weeks ago was Ryland's first experience in a swimming pool. He did great just letting me hold him in a baby float out in the middle of the pool, but his favorite was obviously the fountains. Since he's learned to grab for things, he tries to get a hold of everything and put it in his mouth...water is no different! Enjoy the pictures and video of our little water baby! |
posted May 24, 2010 10:54 AM by Alison Roedel
Ryland had his four month doctor visit on Friday. He is happy and healthy and doing well. His stats are as follows:
Height: 25.25 inches (49.83%) Weight: 11.8 lbs (1.49%) Head Circumference: 16 inches (8.13%)
He can now start eating cereal, so Saturday morning we let him try rice cereal from a spoon (video below). Not sure how much he cared for the cereal or the spoon...I fed him the same bite six or seven times...but we'll get there.
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posted May 7, 2010 7:05 PM by Alison Roedel
Our little man is four months old! Because of his facial expressions, I sometimes think he seems older than that, but then because he is still so small for his age, I think he seems younger. He's definitely growing and filling out...he doesn't have skinny little pencil legs anymore. We see the doctor later this month, and we'll get new stats posted then. Here are his four month pictures:
Ryland is starting to hold toys more often, and is exploring them with his mouth:
He drools a lot, but is not showing any other signs of teething. He sometimes manages to blow bubbles and seems to have fun doing so.
He loves to change clothes, and often giggles when his shirt is pulled off (I guess it tickles) . He plays with the elephant mirror mobile above his changing table, sometimes getting mad when he's picked up and carried away...
Some random pictures from the last month:
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posted Apr 26, 2010 10:06 AM by Alison Roedel
We had such beautiful weather Saturday afternoon that we decided to call some friends and meet at the park for a spontaneous picnic dinner. This was Ryland's first time to go to a park...he rode around in his stroller, he sat in a swing with Mommy, he rode the little bouncy car...what fun!
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