Ryan's New Trick(s)

This past weekend, Ryan started sitting without assistance. He has also become fond of sticking his tongue out. I managed to get a picture of him doing both at the same time.

Ryan: 6 Months

This month has brought solid foods, better nap and sleeping schedules, some mobility and personality plus. He has also started saying "mama", and though it may just be noise at this point, I will take it. I often ask Ryan if he can say "mama" or "dada" then Reagan asks him if he can say "Reagan Reagan" or "Ryan Ryan". : )


"How YOU doin'?"



He LOVES to eat his cereal and veggies. Not only does he keep his mouth open ready for the next bite, but he lunges at the spoon. There is no time for the airplane or baby bird - meal time is serious time for Ryan.

Ryan has become pretty good at scooting around on his tummy. You sit him down on a blanket with some toys, turn your back and he is gone. I always find him in an interesting place. Here are just a few examples.

Visit to College Station

John had a meeting in College Station Monday, so we all tagged along for the weekend. We had a chance to eat some good food, watch some Olympics, and see Aunt Staci, her boys and both of John's grandmothers. I think Reagan had the most fun. He made some friends at Nee-Naw's new place and drew a "shooting gun" in Sunday School. We tried to convince him that it was an alligator from Noah's Ark, but he corrected us each time.

Ryan and Me-Maw



Ryan taking a nap with Paw-Paw in the porch swing and looking a bit toady in the process.

In my ongoing quest to have a picture of all four of us looking at the camera and giving some semblance of a smile, I tried again this weekend. Important lesson learned: only one photographer at a time, or we all end up looking at a different camera. As you can see, the quest continues.



I think Ryan finally figured out we were taking a picture and decided to play along, but Reagan says he's out.

I Love My Big Brother!

Ryan thinks Reagan is the coolest. He finds everything Reagan does funny or interesting and it probably doesn't hurt that Reagan is pretty good at retrieving roll away pacifiers.

Meeting Jacob

My brother and sister-in-law recently moved back to Texas from Boston. They came in this weekend to visit and I finally got to meet my new nephew, Jacob. (Jacob is six weeks older than Ryan.) He is a super cutie and a very, busy boy. We hit it off instantly! My grandmother was also in town with my aunt and got a chance to meet her newest great-grandsons.

Good to see you cuz!


I am already imagining the trouble these two will get into once they are mobile and can scheme.


Meeting Grandma

Ryan totally took advantage of this situation and managed to take his entire afternoon nap in the arms of my grandmother and Aunt Janis. Bliss all around!

Me and the wee boys. Ryan just realized he forgot to get his summer tan.

John and Big Jake

Reagan and his new best friend, Robert. Robert was a good sport and played more trains this weekend than I ever care to play in a lifetime.

What's most impressive about this picture is not Jennifer holding these two, wiggly babies, but HOW LONG Jennifer held these two, wiggly babies. She was hanging on to them both while I was putting something together and THEN we decided it would make a great picture. I danced around behind Robert to get everyone to smile and it took several shots - guess I am not all that great of a dancer or I am so good, it wasn't really all that funny. It is amazing no one dropped to the floor - Jennifer included!

The Visitors

Behind our house is a large pond and we have recently noticed that some ducks from the pond are quite fond of our neighbor's back porch. Every day they gather around his back door for a while then they come down to the creek between our houses. Sometimes there are quite a few of them. (So many that if it were my back porch, I would be a little freaked out.) Reagan gets a kick out of seeing them waddle around and I get a kick out of listening to him and John practice their duck calls.