Swing Time

I love these pictures of Ryan at the park. He loves being outside.

Pajama Day

This seems to be Ryan's permanent expression these days.

Blue Eyes

I think in this picture Ryan looks a lot like me. It must be the blue eyes!!

Bath Time

Ryan will hate me someday for these pictures. There was a time that Ryan hated his baths. He would sit for a second and then just start screaming and screaming and screaming. It would take 30 minutes to console him after we got him out. Then one day he started splashing and now doesn't want to get out. It is time to put him in the big bath tub. My friend Sophia let me use her bath seat that can be used in the bath tub. This is just easier until he can sit on his own.

Loves to eat

Ted and I took Ryan to a GI Specialist in LA this week. Since he was born he has had reflex and gas issues. The outcome was Ryan is fine just a gassy baby but according to Ted's family it was passed on. The one thing I came out of the visit was I had been overfeeding Ryan. The doctor walked in and first thing he said was, "Wow what a chunk". He proceeded to tell me I was overfeeding him. I told him how much I was feeding him and he realized it was the correct amount. He then said, "you must have been overfeeding him before". As a GI specialist he maybe should have said that overeating is a symptom of reflux becasue it helps with the burn. It didn't stop there, he continued through the appointment to say how big and chunky he was. The best was when he said that I should be the one to tell my baby when his is full not the other way around but that was probably easy for him to say because he wasn't a parent. Wow what was my first clue. I looked up his weight/height percentiles and he is in the 80-90% - So there Dr. Kim!!!! It is amazing how it effects me when people comment on Ryan's size. I grew up with a weight complex and now it seems that the sames feelings are coming back.

I think he is perfect ---- I love his rolls and chins and I know that as soon as the bugger starts moving he will slim down. I will now get off my soap box..

Bailey Blum

Bailey Botdorf Blum

8 Pounds, 7 Ounces 20 Inches

5 Months Old

Ryan turned 5 months today and my friend Amy had her baby today. Bailey Blum weighed in at 8 pounds 7 ounces. I can't wait to meet Ryan's future girlfriend :). Congratulations Amy, Steve and Tyler.

We had an very nice time in Palm Desert before Thanksgiving. Being away for 5 days with a infant is a bit long but it was worth it because my parents were able to come over from AZ for a couple of days. It was great for Ryan to spend time with them. He is coming to the stage where he doesn't like new people. That is way I was shocked when he smiled whiled taking a picture with Santa. I was for sure that he was going to scream or at least give his famous lip.

Thanksgiving we traveled to LA to spend with part of Ted's family. It was a great day with family and lots of great food.