Ready, Set, WALK!

Ryan is walking! We knew that he was getting close, but he took more than a few steps on Saturday while Karen (Nick's cousin) was here to take some family pictures for us. Ryan just loved Karen and she was so excited to be a part of his first real waking adventure throughout the den. Ryan definitely has the concept of give me 5 and clapping when he is proud of himself down pat. When he would walk to one of us, he would give us 5 or clap when we would clap and say yay! It was so stinkin' cute! Here is a quick video of the big event...

We have been dealing with lots of sickness at our house lately. Ryan went to the doctor on Thursday of last week after almost a week of feeling bad. Dr. Roe was not in the office, so we saw Dr. Bramwell. She was AWESOME. Ryan had an ear infection and some serious wheezing. We came home with an antibiotic and a breathing treatment. Ryan seemed to feel brand new after the breathing treatment. We were so glad to see him feel better and moving air throughout his lungs a little better.

We spent much of the weekend at home, since Ryan was still recovering. We did go to Ryan's school on Saturday morning to see Santa Claus and we got a great picture of the family with Santa. Ryan is just not sure about Santa yet. We hope he will love jolly Ole Saint Nick next year!







And just when we thought Ryan was feeling better, I got a call from his school today that he was having gastrointestinal issues. He was pitiful when I got to him. A little TLC from Mommy seemed to help and he ate a banana before bed. We just hate when our sweet boy is sick.

The switch to milk has been more of a challenge than we thought it would be. But, we are making some advancements. We are half formula and half whole milk at this point and that works for us. Ryan is eating really well and LOVES green beans. Of course, our new mealtime game is for Ryan to throw the sippy cup and he says uh oh. You pick it up and he does it again. We love that he knows the concept of uh oh. I love to hear him say it.

Here are a few recent pictures of Ryan.

Ryan loving on Maggie!