6 Month Stats!

Ryan weighed 16 pounds and was 25 inches long at his 6 month appointment. The BEST, MOST AWESOME, GREATEST news of all...Ryan is now sleeping through the night!!!! It started almost 2 weeks ago. After the worst night ever we finally decided it might be time to let him cry it out. He did VERY well with it. The first night he only cried 35 minutes. I am so thankful it worked and that we did have to listen to him cry for very long. Since that first night we've had a few nights when he'll wake up and cry a little but not for longer than 5-10 minutes. I haven't adjusted to sleeping through the night myself. Every morning around 4 am I'm wide awake! He is eating rice cereal must better and some days he loves his baby food. He should be crawling any day. He can get to anything he wants but right now he is scooting more than crawling. But he's close to figuring it out!

Christmas

We stayed in Murray for Christmas this year. After two years of terrible travel conditions at Christmas we decided not to risk the long trip with a baby and stay home. It was hard not to see family but it was also nice not to be on the road during such a busy time of year. We still had a white Christmas. It snowed in Murray Christmas eve and early Christmas morning. It was the first time in YEARS! It was all melted by the day after Christmas...my kind of snow! Attached is a picture of Ryan Christmas morning.

5 month update

Ryan is almost 6 months old which means I am a little behind getting his 5 month old pictures posted and updated:)

Ryan's two bottom teeth came in about 4 weeks ago! Yes, at 5 months old he had two teeth come in. He had a few days were he was a little fussy but it seems to have passed...for now! We continue to try baby food. Rice cereal did not go over very well. Ryan favors sweet potatoes and squash over green beans or peas. Ryan is also sitting up on his own! He likes to sit up to play with his toys. He likes anything that lights up or anything mommy and daddy are holding (like the tv remote:) We are also working on crawling. He is able to pull his legs under his body and he will start to rock back and forth but he can't support his weight with his arms completely...yet.

Ryan will have his 6 month doctor's appointment on Monday. I post a height and weight update at that time.

Some other fun things that happened during Ryan's 5th month...Christmas and New Years, 1st Murray State University basketball game and Big Kev came to visit. I have also started adding dairy back into my diet and so far so good! I recently had my first slice of pizza in almost 6 months! Yummy!

1st SNOW!!

It snowed all day Sunday. Total snow fall...2.5 inches:) Not much but the schools were all closed on Monday!

Thanksgiving Road Trip!

We drove home for Thanksgiving. We left Murray at 3:30 pm on Wednesday and arrived in Wayne at 3:30 am Thanksgiving morning. We drove through the night so Ryan could sleep. He traveled very well. He sleeps most of the time he is in his car seat. It was pretty rough on us but we made it. Lots of random conversations on a long drive especially in the middle of the night kept it interesting. We spent Thursday and Friday with my family. Saturday and Sunday was spent with the Gesells. We drove home Sunday night into Monday morning.

Ryan 4 months old!

Ryan turned 4 months old on Monday. It has gone by so fast but it has been the best 4 months. It's amazing the simplicity he brings to our lives. Just a simple smile or laugh from Ryan will make our day:) He has been busy rolling over, laughing, and smiling. He has been sticking his tongue out a lot lately and we think he might be working on some teeth as he has been extremely slobbery. He is a very easy going baby. He still is not sleeping the best at night but we are working on it. The doctor told us we could start feeding him rice cereal once a day and after he gets the hang of it we can start with veggies. He weighed 14 lbs 2 oz and is 24.5 inches longs.

1st trip to NE

We flew to Nebraska for Tiffany's wedding. It was Ryan's first trip to Nebraska and first flight. Our flight left at 9 pm from St. Louis on Thursday night and we were in Omaha a little after 10 pm. Ryan slept the entire flight:) We drove to Wayne on Friday morning. After visiting the grandparents, great grandparents and Uncle Mike we heading back to Omaha. We spent most of Saturday with Tim's family. Then it was off to the wedding. Ryan made it through dinner but afterwards we took him back to Ray and Nicole's so he could hang out with the Gesell's and we could go back to the wedding and dance:) We were back in Murray by Sunday night at 10pm. It was a quick trip but lots of fun. We'll be heading back to Nebraska over Thanksgiving. This time we'll be driving...12 hours!