Ryan Update

I promise that pictures and videos are coming soon, just not now... We're behind and it's going to take some time to catch up. In the meantime, here's an update on the life of Ryan:

Ryan is still a speed crawler. He loves to follow you as you walk from room to room and then climb up on your legs. It's adorable.

Ryan is cruising around the table as fast as he can and he's starting to take a couple of steps between the table and couch. He can stand for 10-15 seconds at a time without holding anything and we're guessing he's going to be full on walking any day now.

Ryan gives high fives! Take that new pediatrician!

Ryan went to his first wedding last weekend. His Aunt Ashley got married in a beautiful ceremony outside Soldiers and Sailors and Ryan looked quite dapper in his argyle sweater vest. Pictures to come...

Ryan has a busy travel schedule ahead of him. We're going to visit my family in Chicago in October, Gi-Gi (Justin's mom) in St. Louis for Thanksgiving, and the rest of the Wade clan in Austin for Christmas. Phew! We're certainly getting our money's worth out of flying with a lap infant.

9 month appointment

Ryan had his 9 month appointment today and the new doctor sucked. We've been through 4 doctors now at the pediatrician's office... the first one we picked and interviewed decided to move to Connecticut and her replacement was not first rate. She seemed really unsure of herself and just read down a list of development questions. When we got to something that Ryan hasn't done yet, like wave bye-bye, she kind of shrugged like she wasn't sure if it's a big deal or not (I'm pretty sure it's not.)

The other 2 doctors weren't that bad though, so I think we're going to stay and see the one that looks like Santa Clause and blinks a lot. At least he seemed to know what he was doing...

As for stats, Ryan is now 20 lbs even! He's gone down to the 30th percentile in weight, but we're told not to be concerned since it wasn't a drastic drop. Plus he probably just takes after his daddy with a great metabolism. He's still really tall for his age and his head seemed normal. Yay!

We'll post soon with pictures from our trip to the Grand Canyon. Stay tuned...