From Daddy

1/31/09
Ryan, you slept until 7:30 this morning. WOW!!! I kept waking up at 5:30, 5:45…..6:15….7:00 ready to feed you but you weren’t even stirring. Maybe you can do that again?
You have been doing some amazing things these past few days. You’re a comfortable crawler now and you have figured out how to pull yourself up onto things. Sometimes, when your courage builds up, you let go from whatever you’re holding onto, free standing for about 4 seconds before you come crashing down. But crashing doesn’t seem to bother you; you hop right back up. You are so proud and think it’s such a great game! Well, it’s almost 9am now and you are winding down. Time for a nap! Love you very much, Dad.

Ryan Stands Up

Ryan, this was the night you stood by yourself for the very first time. I wasn't able to get video or a picture of it because I was so shocked and excited. You were in a very happy mood. Daddy and I had such fun playing with you. You are pulling up on anything you can get your hands on now. My little boy is growing so fast!!!

Discovering Pots and Pans

Mommy introduced you to the fun of playing with pots and pans.

This is not a very exciting video. Mostly for grandparents.

Standing Up!!

Unfortunately this is the closest picture we have so far of you standing on your own. You look so cute holding onto Daddy's leg. You did stand up on your very own for 4-5 seconds!!! We weren't even trying to get you to do it. You were pulling up on Daddy and stood up all the way while holding on. Then you just decided to let go!!! I had the camera in my hand, but was in such shock I didn't think to take a picture. We're so proud of you!!

Ryan the Adventurer

You've become more and more brave about where you adventure. I caught you trying to crawl INTO your toy box. You're so funny. You finally pulled out one of your favorite books, "Rubber Duck and Friends."

Noah Built an Ark

Miss Jennifer and her boys Conner and Taylor gave us this Noah's Ark set. It's one of the cutest I've seen. Ryan, you really like playing with is. Thank you Hill family.

Baby it's Cold Outside

Ryan you experienced your first snow. It was actually mostly ice here in Tulsa. Most of Oklahoma was effected. Schools were out for 3-4 days. That means we stayed in too. Most of the time we stayed in our pajamas. It's fun to stay in our pajamas to stay warm all day.

It finally got warm enough for us to venture out and see what snow is all about. You mostly just sat there and looked around. I showed you how you can touch the snow, but since you had mittens on you weren't really interested.