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| I am ONE! |
Ryan's 1st birthday party was so much fun. We chose a sock monkey theme for the party and it turned out really cute. Ryan loved opening his gifts and eating cake. All of our family and close friends came to help us celebrate. It is hard to believe that our little monkey is one! We thought it would be easier to share the photos from his party as a slideshow. Enjoy!
It was a great day of celebration. We were so happy to have our family and close friends to celebrate with us. We missed all of you guys who live too far or could not be with us to celebrate Ryan's 1st birthday.
We took Ryan for his one year appointment with Dr. Roe last Thursday. He is in the 50th percentile for head, height and weight. He is 30.5 inches long and weighs 22 pounds. Dr. Roe said he looked awesome! Ryan has been given the go ahead to start drinking whole milk. And, the doctor said to keep Ryan rear-facing until he is 2. We were really looking forward to turning his car seat to the forward-facing position. It is so hard to figure out what to do, especially when he gave us such alarming statistics about car accidents and one year olds. The worst part of the visit was the 4 shots that Ryan needed. But, Ryan took it like a champ and only cried for a minute or two. Ryan even gave Dr. Roe knuckles before we left his office!
Ryan's little personality comes out more and more each day. He loves to laugh at funny noises, puppets and anything remotely silly. He loves to shake anything that will make noise and clap when music is playing or when he is excited. Ryan is almost walking. He takes three or four steps before falling. He can get all over the house holding onto the furniture or the wall. He is just scared to let go and take off walking. Ryan will walk between us if we sit a short distance away from each other. We are in no big hurry for him to walk because he is already busy enough crawling and surfing! Ryan is a decent eater and enjoys some foods more than others. He definitely eats better during the day and it is a battle to get him to eat at night. From what we have read, it looks like food battles will go on for several years!
Ryan loves his new school and has lots of new friends. His teachers, Mrs. Sue and Ms. Chantae are awesome! Ryan had a birthday party at school with all his friends and he ate so much cake that day. It was so funny to watch all of those babies eat cake. They all seemed to enjoy themselves and Ryan loved having his mommy and daddy at school. I have a picture to add of Ryan at his birthday party at school, but Blogger will not cooperate.
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| This cake is so good! |
To finish up this blog post, Ryan has formed a serious attachment to a monkey. We call him George and he goes to school with Ryan every day. Ryan hugs George and kisses on him all the time. George even had his ears checked at the doctor the other day, just to make sure that they were not infected. It is so cute how much he loves that little monkey. We even had some pictures made for his 1st birthday with George!
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| Sorry about the sideways picture, I cannot figure out how to get it turned.... |
We are looking forward to Ryan's second year of life and all the fun that it will bring!
