Ryan's Birthday!

My little man turned one on March 28th! It is so crazy that he is one! He brings so much happiness to our family. He loves to make people laugh and to give hugs. If any of us are sitting on the floor he loves to come up from behind and give us big hugs. He is a pro at walking and is finally walking without doing the zombie arm thing. He cant stand up by himself but he can bend down and pick things up and stand back up. His two favorite things right now are balls and books. If he sees a ball he will run for it, pick it up, throw it and then chase it. He does this over and over again. Sometimes he will bring me the ball and want me to throw it just like a good puppy :) He also has two favorite books that if he sees he will follow me around with the book in his hand until I stop and read it to him. I just love him so much!

For his birthday we just had some friends and family over and basically watched Ryan eat cake and play with his presents. It was perfect!Each picture is a month of his lifeEating the cake: At first we just picked up the big chunks of frosting and then we went for it and mostly just threw it around the room.Jonathan's mom has made each of the kids a blanket on their first birthday! Ryan's turned out so cute and it is so soft! I love this picture because all of the kids were helping Ryan open his presents!Happy Birthday Ryan!
More fun things about Ryan at one year:
- He is a pretty good sleeper. He goes to bed around 8 and usually wakes up at 6 or 7. He would like to take 2 naps a day but most days we are out of the house to much so he takes one long nap.
- He is almost done nursing. He only nurses once a day; when he wakes up in the morning. He doesn't love a bottle but will drink the whole milk usually when he is going to sleep.
-He says mom, dada, ball, book, and dog. At least I think thats what he is saying :)
- His favorite foods are bananas, oatmeal, yogurt, he still likes most baby foods, cheese, and he is pretty good about eating what we have for dinner if I grind it up for him.
- We found out at his one year appointment that he is borderline anemic so we have to make sure he gets extra iron.
- At his appointment he weighed 22.1 lbs which is a little concerning because that is exactly what he weighed 3 months ago. The doctor thinks it is a combination of weaning him and him being more active. He went from 75 percentile three months ago to 30 percent. He did grow 1 1/2 inches though and is 70 percent for height.

Performances!

We got back from California just in time for Abigale to perform at her preschool concert. It was so cute to hear all the kids sing. Abigale use to hate performing in front of people but I think she is starting to enjoy it and she did a great job!One of my friends told me about the high school cheer leading camp and this time it was for three year olds as well so Lydia got to do it with Abigale. She was really excited until the first day of practice when I dropped her off and then she wasn't so sure. She wanted me to stay and watch her practice but I quickly learned that wasn't going to work because every two minutes she would leave her practice and run over to me. They both had a lot of fun and we were impressed with how well they performed. I don't know if they are really going to be cheerleaders but it sure is cute when they are 3 and 5!

San Diego Zoo

After a fun time at the beach we picked up my dad and headed to the zoo. We were only there for a few hours so we started our time by taking a bus ride around the zoo so that we could see as many animals as possible.Some of the animals we saw on the bus tour.This was my favorite. He would just walk along the glass and then sit and stare at everyone. The kids loved it.They had a moving walkway that took you up the big hill and the girls loved riding on it:
This skytram goes from one side of the park to the other. It was so neat to look down and see all of the animals and to see how big the zoo actually is. The petting zoo:I see the resemblance! :)What a great day!

The Beach- Part 3

When we first told Abigale we were going to California, after asking about Disneyland, she then asked if we could go to the beach and find seashells. She has been talking about finding seashells forever and was so excited for her dream to come true. My dad had to work half a day on Friday so we decided to head to the beach in the morning and then meet up with him to go to the zoo in the afternoon. At first I thought it might be too much to do in one day but it was perfect. The weather was perfect and we got just enough time at the beach to have fun, get wet, sandy, and of course find seashells. This little guy just loved the sand. I think he got a few good handfuls in his mouth :) This was when he was very close to crawling and just kind of scooted along in the sand.Best Buds at the BeachWhat a life: doing work while walking along the beach. We wish every work day could be like this!