Happy Baby...

When Ryder wakes up he says, "Ahhh" or "Da-Da-Da-Da" until you go get him. This is what you'll find to greet you. Big smiles! Matt and I race to get in there because we both want to be the one to scoop him up and give him kisses!

9 months old

At nine months you have such a personality! Your favorite word BY FAR is "da-da" and you say it OVER and OVER again...even if you want to eat, or sleep, or if you're mad. You also say "ba-ba."

Things you love:

*Playing ball with mommy and daddy. You are getting so good and throwing the ball!
*Mommy singing Itsy Bitsy Spider and doing the motions. Anytime you hear music, you start moving your hands like the itsy bitsy and I have to sing it for you!
*Playing peek-a-boo. When we say "Peep-eye!" you laugh a deep belly giggle that just makes me melt!
*Your puppies, Louie, Payton and Maddie.
*Your PawPaw is your best buddy, besides mommy and daddy of course!
*Your big boy fruits and veggies. You are eating a level 2 jar of fruit everyday and a level 2 jar of veggies. You also have lots of about 4 tablespoons of cereal in the morning and at night, along with your formula. You are only taking about 7 ounces at a time now.
*Sneaking to get to the Christmas tree!
*Pulling up to the couch and walking along the edge seeing what you can get into! You are pulling up on everything now! (Including the big screen tv...no no!)
*You love to bang on things. TV trays, the couch, the hope chest, the front door, and the LAPTOP! (no no!)...something about it just cracks you up!
*Being rocked to sleep...lately you won't nap without mommy holding you. But you don't want to be cradled like a baby. You like to be facing out, sitting up, leaning back against me. Once you are in dreamland I can lay you in your crib.
*You still love your paci. When you don't have it, I say, "Where's your paci-waci (wassy) bub?" And you actually find it!!
*Playing with cell phones...your daddy is so proud!
*Looking outside, and being outside. You LOVE to stand at Nana and Pawpaw's door and look outside. You also like to lick the door while you're there, ha!
*You are in a size FOUR diaper now! And you have four teeth in, and at least one more working its way through! Yikes!

Things you are not too fond of:
*Your swing ( I think because you know you will fall asleep!)
*Daddy leaving for work without you
*Getting clean pants...you try to flip and crawl away everytime!
*Getting your boogies picked...tee hee. ( I can't just leave 'em in there!)

Here you are, such a sweet boy!

We love you more and more everyday Roo!

Ahhhh...gotta love Christmas Vacation!

We started the day looking out the window. The other day Ryder was playing with the curtains and realized there was an actual window and a ledge behind them! Today I opened the curtains all the way and let him stand up and look out. He loved it!


Ryder LOVES to be in tight spaces. He crawls under his toys and plays. I always try to catch him but as soon as he sees the camera, he comes straight at me. I caught this one as he was playing under his exersaucer...so CUTE!

Bub's First Christmas!

Matt's family Christmas was this weekend, the 20th, and Ryder Roo did an excellent job. He was mesmerized by the paper, as we predicted, but he really did enjoy his new toys too!

Family Picture before we left for Jasper

Mr. Man and Mommy

Mr. Man and Daddy

Prezzies!!

Merry First Christmas Bubby!!

New Hair!

Getting my hair done is so therapeutic! I had 7 inches cut off and bangs added! I love it...and watch out, I feel sassy! haha

Jamie, did you know....

...that your baby boy....

likes to dive off the bed head first...EEK!

I had my first big mommy scare last weekend and have just come to the point where I can actually blog about it. I was changing Ryder on the bed when he flipped to his stomach, and crawled at a million miles an hour, right off the edge, onto his head, and began screaming.

I was ok until he spit up and started shivering. I called the nurse on call and she said to take him to the ER...this is when the panic started. Of course, once they checked him out they said he was fine, but I was still a mess. It was the longest, scariest one hour of my life.

But, thank God he is safe and sound...and adorable. :)