Father's Day Fun!

So you see the title of this blog-post and you think to yourself "late again", right? Not really. See I wanted to ensure that everyone involved had a chance to celebrate before I posted about our fun projects we did for Father's Day.


A few weeks before Father's Day, Steph (my sweet sister-in-law) and I were inspired by pinterest. Then again, who isn't inspired by it!?


Anyways, we went to Hobby Lobby (looooveee) and bought the letters D, A, and P. Armed with those letters, a camera, a sheet (which is actually a curtain...long story), and our sweet boys, we set out to work on our gifts.                 


It definitely took much longer than we thought it would. We had some uncooperative subjects. The only good one was Tyce...who happens to still be in his mommy's belly. 


Instead of smiles that face the camera....we got this...

and this....

and eventually this.... see the tabs on the curtain?

EVENTUALLY we got it right... and were able to create these

for my brother in law.... (look at sweet Tyce! We are SOOO excited to meet him in October!)

for Papa Gary....

and for Matt...

Steph and I ordered canvases for the first two, but I used Matt's as a cover for Rylan's book...

What's that? You didn't realize Rylan is an author?

Allow me to show you his published work. (Please excuse the quality of the pictures as they were taken with my phone...)

We had SO much fun doing this project. Yay Pinterest! 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

A Mid-Month Update

We haven't been doing our job and updating each month, so......here is a mid-month update of what has been going on.

Since our 8 month post in April, which seems so long and so many milestones ago (sniff, sniff), Rylan now:
-takes single steps at a time. Only one though. Once he gets past that first step it is almost as he realizes he is doing it on his own, and promptly sits.
-is a super-speed crawler
-has this strange one legged crawl/walk he does...video to come as soon as I can catch it!
-still says "mama", "dada", "hey", "baba", and has recently added "ball" and "duck"!
-is slightly more cuddly and lovey since his week-long stomach bug battle
-condenses his short day naps into one long 3-4 hour nap in the early evening. This only happens when he stays home with mom. Mrs. Rachel gets him to nap in the morning and thus avoids the terror at 3:00 that occurs at home...
-is no longer the happy, smiley 24-7 baby we once had. He is still a flirt and very pleasant; he just now has opinions and is not afraid to voice them. Loudly. He also has developed a sense of humor. He finds most things (especially if daddy does them) funny.
-eats EVERYTHING. Seriously, if we have it, he wants it. Not only does he want it, he wants to feed it to himself or take a bite out of it.
-has 6 almost 7 teeth!
-wears clothes that range from 9 to 12 mos. His body is growing longer, so it really is just whatever fits him at the time.
-LOVES and I mean LOVES cars, or any type of vehicle. Every toy becomes a car. He loves to drive the golf-cart. He also loves to drive down the road (5 houses down) to his Cousin Casen's house. Them moving so close to us has been fun! (The move itself was NOT).

It seems like he is growing so fast. Every day we thank God for allowing us to be this little guy's parents.

Sinusitis and Sleepovers

Wow! It has been a long time since our last post. You will have to excuse us, as we have been super busy lately. Here is an update of what has been going on.

On May 1, Rylan went to his new pediatrician at Watson's Clinic for his 9 month check-up. He was 28 1/2 inches long (in the 60th percentile), and 18 lbs 11 oz (20th percentile). Although his weight is still a little low, we were ecstatic to see that he went from the 12th percentile to the 20th!! Grow baby, grow!

Two weeks later we were back at the office for our first real "sick" visit. :( Rylan had been coughing with a stuffy nose for about a week, but he never ran a fever or acted like he was sick. That Sunday night Rylan was not acting like himself. He still didn't have a fever, but he was so miserable that we decided to take him first thing that Monday.

We LOVE our new Dr. She was so sweet and caring. We definitely feel like Watson Clinic is the place for Ry! Dr. P diagnosed Rylan with "Sinusitis with wheezing". She prescribed him an antibiotic (NOT a penicillin due to my nervousness), and a nebulizer. She wanted Rylan to have breathing treatments. I was leery about how well Rylan would do with them. His friend Kane did not like them all that much, and I was worried Rylan wouldn't either. To my, and the nursing staff at the office's, surprise, he did very well. He even enjoyed playing with the tube.

Now not every treatment goes this smooth. Sometimes he gets bored or distracted and it takes the two of us holding him down the whole time.

On May 18th, our Heath spent the night for the first time! Rylan had SO much fun, that one night turned into two nights!

Those silly boys had so much fun playing! Then, as boys often do, they crashed!!

 

We had SO much fun with our Heath! We can't wait to do it again!

Happy Memorial Day, from our family to yours. We are so thankful for the servicemen/women who defend our country and sacrifice so much for our freedom. May God bless you and your families.