God Bless Ryan

We feel so blessed to have Ryan... and to have so many people that love him in his life. November 4th was a special day for our family as Ryan was baptized into the Catholic Church and both of our families were brought together. Ryan's grandparents, great-grandma, aunties & uncles, great aunties & uncles, and cousins were all there to celebrate! Ryan was so sweet through the whole ceremony. He laughed and smiled and entertained everyone in the church! Thank you to our families for sharing this day with us and to Aunt Jennie & Uncle Mark for being Ryan's Godparents.

Dear Ryan...

Happy 5 months sweet boy. I can't even begin to express in words how 

much happiness you have brought into our lives. 

Your smile is infectious. Nana has called it a "megawatt smile"! We used to try so hard to get you to smile for a picture... but now you make it so easy! You see our face and the camera- and you smile... showing those adorable dimples you got from your Daddy.

This month you love faces, grabbing, and grabbing faces! You like to watch us clap and laugh when we make silly noises and faces. You make so many sounds- like mmmm, da, and bbb. You like to scratch your sheets before you fall asleep. You sometimes scratch your own face- ouch! Look at the scratch in this picture!

You think it's funny to pull your socks off and you love to pull your toes to your mouth.

You love to jump. LOVE to jump!

You look cute in hats.

You celebrated your first Halloween by dressing up as a giraffe and going to Zoo Boo with some of your cousins.

You tried a little rice cereal for the first time! It did not go very well! The second time was MUCH better!

You had your first cold this month and had a very difficult time sleeping. It was probably worse for Mommy and Daddy worrying about you not sleeping and breathing well! We're still working on the sleeping-through-the-night thing! You've had a couple of really good nights since you turned 5 months but we all had a tough time sleeping during your 5th month!

We love you so much little ryan- happy 5 months.