Ryan is 15 months!

Ryan is now 15 months old. Latest stats from his Dr's appointment: 32.5 inches (90th%) and 25lb 7oz (smack in the middle between 50-75th%)
Here is a (hopefully brief) post about the latest in Ryan's world.

New Vocabulary:
*Wee (for car rides or pushing/pulling toys around on the floor)
*E-I-E-I (part of Old McDonalds Farm)
*Juice
*Ball (more clearly than before)

Clothes 18 months, (some pants and shorts still fall off, but mostly these fit)
Diapers size 4
Shoes size 5W

Sleeping 7:30-7:30 or 8-8 or any combination of these... Two naps which generally total 3 hrs a day. Usually 2hr in the morning then 1 hr in the late afternoon. Occassionally if we are running lots of errands in the afternoon we give up the last nap. I can sometimes get away with pushing him past the morning without a nap on Sunday and Tuesdays and napping right after lunch around 12:30-1pm for 2-3hrs, but these days usually make for a cranky baby. I think in the next month we will likely be down to one nap though.

This month Ryan has had a few off weeks with food- he has been very picky and ultimately caused his quantity of food to decrease and amount of milk consumption to increase. At one point I realized he was drinking 30-36oz of whole milk a day if I would let him. So, last week I started cutting him back and not allowing him to have any milk before lunch or dinner and only giving him 4-5oz after he acted like he was finished eating his food. So, he is now drinking closer to 20-24oz a day instead which seems to be helping encourage him to eat more food. He is still all about crackers, peanut butter, oatmeal squares, raisins, edamame, guacamole and ocassionally will pick up and eat green peas. He discovered watermelon last week as a fruit he would finally eat on his own and goes back and forth on grapes and dried apple. He has finally given up letting me feed him any apple sauce and doesn't want anything to do with it. Regarding yogurt, it just depends on the day. Bacon, turkey, mac 'n cheese and toast are also favorites, but he won't have anything to do with eggs or most vegetables. A new find at Sprouts are veggies that are dried or baked (not sure) and sliced sort of like chips that he occassionally enjoys as a snack. In the mix are carrots, green beans, eggplant, zucchini, and beets to name a few.

This past month Ryan:

• Loved Easter Egg Hunting (several times)
• Loves the outdoors especially water
• Loves wagon rides and going to the park
• Loves pushing the doorbell and going to help me get the mail
• Loves other children and saying "hi", "bye bye" and blowing kisses but still not a fan of being left in the church nursery or Moppets on Tuesdays
• Loves the zoo and all animals really- even visiting Petco to see cats, dogs & turtles
• Loves sitting in "big people" chairs and can climb in a few of them without any assistance
• Loves being covered up by all his stuffed animals (makes him so happy!)
• Loves reading books and has a new favorite "First Words" by Baby Einstein
• Just got his own first toddler chair from pottery barn kids with his name on it which he loves sitting in to watch his nursery rhyme video and to read books on.

April was a busy month and Ryan is growing and changing everyday. We are standing up against his temper and trying to get his tantrums under control with consistency and discipline. Major tantrums are still few and far between, but this little guy certainly does have a temper. Overall, his temperment is very happy, loving, goofy, and always wants to be the center of attention. I think he is going to be a very social little guy and perhaps even the "class clown". Hopefully we can teach him respect and obedience so that does not become a problem in school one day. :) We love you, Ryan!

Lounging in his new chair- he is such a sloucher already!

Look at that back curl! What a cutie pie!

One of his current favorites! Loves being with his stuffed animals