Grrr Argh

This picture of Ryan after a spoonful of peas pretty much says it all. We've been incommunicado because Ryan has had a pretty bad month. We've been through brochiolitis, a cold, and a double ear infection. At one point, Ryan's temperature reached 104.7 which I thought was past the point of no return and subsequently caused me to panic, but apparently babies can run temps up to 107. Who knew?

Anyway, Ryan is now thankfully healthy, has finished his course of antiobiotics, and has returned to his normal happy self! He's still cruising around like crazy and can now walk about 5-6 steps without falling. He's not quite walking yet, but he's getting close! I'll post a video soon.

The really cool thing is watching him understand stuff. He waves bye-bye when we ask him to, and doles out kisses to the right parent based on our request. He's becoming a real person!

Due to sickness and laziness on our part, there are not a whole lot of pictures in this album, but for those of you who have been dying for new photos (hi Gi-Gi!), it will have to hold you over until we can get clicking again. Click here for photos from the last couple of months.

Ryan's First Wedding

As promised, here are pictures from Ashley and Jake's wedding. Ryan attended the rehearsal, rehearsal dinner, and ceremony and as far as we can tell enjoyed himself. One of my sorority sisters was an angel and watched Ryan at our hotel during the reception. While it would have been nice to get him all dressed up and show him off, it was REALLY nice to go out as adults and not parents. We had a great time hanging out with our friends from college and for once not talking about babies.

On Sunday, we went to brunch with a bunch of friends and took Ryan to CMU for the first time. I was really bummed that the store was closed and I couldn't buy all sorts of cute CMU clothes for him, but we had fun showing him the campus anyway. CMU class of 2029?

For pictures of the wedding and our visit to CMU, click here.

Vacation

It's been a busy couple of weeks, but we've finally gone through all the photos on our camera. Last month we went on vacation with the Summerses to Arizona. We spent a couple of days hanging out at the pool, went on several hikes, and had great visits to Sedona and the Grand Canyon. All I can say about the Grand Canyon is it's well named. I'm not much of a nature girl and even I was completely in awe. Here I am with Ryan at the Canyon:



For more pics of our family vacation, click here.