Growing up fast....

Last Thursday we took Ryker to the Doctor for his 18 month appointment (I know, we're a little behind schedule). He weighs 27.5 lbs and is 34 inches tall. He is in the 66% for weight and 88% for height. Dr. Smiley said he was the best 18 month appointment she had seen in a while, as he was a good boy and actually cooperated and showed off a little bit.

Now that we are on our way to the terrible 2s I can see some little differences in him. He is really testing J and I and he will try to play us against each other - smart boy! If I get on to him, then he runs and cries to J and vice versa. I have a hard time not laughing sometime, but we have to stay firm otherwise we will have a little monster on our hands. He has also started this screaming thing. If he's happy or he just wants to be heard he will just scream, then start laughing. I think it's funny, until he does it at dinner when we are out at a public place, but what can you do? Speaking of laughing he has also started "fake" laughing. I don't know why or where he picked this up, but he will just make himself laugh and he'll cut his eyes over to J and I to make sure we're watching. It's really cute!

If you've spent any time with Ryker lately, you know he is a huge outdoors fan. We have a hard time keeping him in doors, but it's fine for us as the weather has been beautiful. He gets this little walker out that he can push and he runs down the sidewalks. When I say run I really mean sprint, as J and I have to actually run beside him to try to keep up. I'm scared to see what he is going to do after practicing the sprinting behind the walker! J and I will probably have a hard time keeping up with him.

One thing I noticed the other night that melted my heart is the fact that he has a big heart and he wants to share with his friends. We went to dinner with Stephen, Steph and Ethan on Saturday and I was giving Ryker these little Pringle sticks. Each time I would give him a stick, he would give it to Ethan. I thought it was so cute, and I know those little guys love each other! I just hope he still likes to share when he gets a bit older, but we'll see.

Counting, Watering, Taking off his clothes!

I cannot believe how fast Ryker changes. He does something new everyday! Since my last blog he has counted to 7 on his own (well I started with 1 and he counted 2-7). I was so excited! He did this in Target last night. After the first time I was so proud and I hugged him and said WooHoo. The next time he did it, also in Target, right after he said 7 he said WooHoo. It was the cutest thing.

Today I was working from home and he was playing and listening to his little CDs. I heard him in the Den grunting like he was frustrated, so I peeked in the Den and he had almost taken his shirt off. He had one arm out and the other one was stuck. I helped him take his shirt off and he had to stay like that for the rest of the morning. It is amazing to me that he is already learning this at such a young age!

Later in the day we went outside for a little break. I was watering our flowers and he was so interested. When I was finished he grabbed the watering can and pretended to water the flowers. He did this for about 15 minutes, it was adorable. After that he noticed that some of the water from the flower pots had spilt onto the ground. So, what does my child do? He bends over to lick the water off the ground. I was going to stop him, but it was so funny I had to let him do it, plus it was a good photo op. The summer has started off well, I can't wait until our pool opens. I'm sure he will have J and I down there every weekend.

(PS - there are errors with uploading photos at this time, so I will add some additional photos later)

Ryker's Blog........Finally!

Welcome Family and Friends!
Jason and I finally decided to get a blog going for Ryker so you all could follow him and his busy little life. As you know he is 19 months (OMG) now and he is full of energy! He's really into Thomas the Train right now, and of course any type of ball. He also loves to "drive". He gets in our cars and wants to pretend he is driving. This probably isn't the right time to teach him about driving, but he is Jason's son and we all know how much Jason loves cars and would really love it if Ryker was a Nascar driver (Go Jimmie)!

Ryker experienced his first time helping Moma and Da plant flowers. He didn't really want much to do with the flowers, but he loved playing in the dirt. He ran through the dirt mound and picked up a couple of handfulls of dirt, then of course he threw it. What can I say.......he's all boy!

We just booked our vacation trip to the beach. We are going with Mamina and Papa, Uncle Jeremy, Aunt Amy, Kellen, Uncle Justin, Aunt Tracy, Brett and Madison. We can't wait! We will be there over Ryker's 2nd Birthday, so that will be a lot of fun!

Thanks for checking out Ryker's blog. I promise to keep it updated as often as possible.