Haircut and Santa

I took Ryan for his first haircut today and his first posed picture with Santa Claus. One of these events was a huge success, the other not so much. Our first stop was Snip-its, a local chain specializing in baby/kiddie haircuts. I opted for the "first haircut package" complete with photo, certificate, and lock of hair. I know, I'm a sucker, but I can't help myself. When we got there, we only had to wait 5 minutes (weekdays are awesome for errands!). During those 5 minutes we noticed all the other kids were crying, squirming, and generally unhappy. I prepared myself for the worst but was pleasantly surprised. Ryan didn't mind at all! He happily sat in the chair and was very still and quiet during his haircut which is completely unlike him. He was staring at the crying kids with a look on his face that said "calm down, it's only a haircut". Anyway, here is a photo of Ryan getting his haircut.

Afterwards, I decided to press my luck and take him to get his photo done with Santa. Yesterday Justin and I stopped by the mall and noticed that Santa was already posing for pictures. It seems a little early, but I figured it'd be a good use of my time off and we could avoid the lines. Sure enough we got to the mall and Santa was looking a little bored and ready to pose. We walked up and Ryan eyed him cautiously. I tried warming him up by having him give Santa high-fives which he did without a problem. The second I sat him on Santa's lap though, he started screaming. Not really a "I want my mommy" cry, but more of "who the hell is this?!?!?" terror wail. It was kinda hilarious although I hope he doesn't have nightmares. We didn't get our happy smiling kid with Santa picture, but we ended up with a much funnier screaming baby with Santa picture. I'm not going to post it here cause I'm thinking about using it as our Christmas card...

My Mama's for Obama!

Heehee! I just couldn't help myself...

P.S. Ryan and his mama will be hanging out this week while she takes some time off in between jobs so you can expect more posts soon.

Family Time

In October, we went to Chicago to visit my family and the meet the newest addition, Aria. We learned during our trip that Ryan is a big fan of dancing and Avani is quite the talker. Click here for pictures from our trip.

Ryan's First Halloween

Ryan had a very busy month. He enjoyed his first Halloween complete with costume parties and trick or treating (well 2 houses anyway). He got over his ear infection just in time to get another cold and another ear infection. The good news is that he likes this medicine better than the previous kind so we don't have to hold his head and torture him like before. It's a small win, but we'll take it. Ryan has about 6 teeth coming in all at once, but is handling it pretty well. He's much whinier than normal, but it hasn't affected his sleep much.

I finally got around to downloading all the pictures we've taken in the past month or so. Click here to view more pics...

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.