So Greg and I have made a few New Year's resolutions that we want to share with everyone. So far we have really tried to stick to them even though it has only been a couple of days....
-Ensure that 2008 is the BEST year for Ryan!
-Spend more time together as a family
-We will try to eat healthier...limit junk food (not totally eliminate it though)
-Try to exercise more at least 3x week
-Try not to spend money frivolously
-Try to limit trips to walmart/target/golfer's warehouse/Dick's/golf galaxy
-Try not to eat take out/limit dinner's out (limit once a week)
-Limit purchases made at the grocery store (we end up throwing food away a alot)
-Try to rid our house of useless junk by selling some of it on Ebay
-Clean our basement and garage
-Donate clothing to the salvation army/goodwill/big brothers
-Try to live a simpler life
-And the list goes on.....but you get the general idea
BABY MUTINY!
I know I have discussed this in earlier posts but it has been very evident lately! We call it baby mutiny....Ryan has a little bunny that he sleeps with and cuddles at night and for naps. We have designated the bunny to stay in the crib so it does not get lost and so he associates the bunny with sleep. Well he decided that he would exercise his baby mutiny on the new bunny we gave him for Christmas. Gasp.... We have in the past rotated 2 bunnies with Ryan one for home and one at my mom's without a problem. But now that he is a bit older now and understands more there was major bunny mutiny going on when handed the spanking new ultra soft bunny blankie. I literally had to hide the old bunny blanket and stuff the new one in my shirt for a while before he would even look at the new one. Eventually after 2 days he finally took to the new one..phew. But there is still baby mutiny going on when he wakes form his nap and when he wakes in the morning. All we have to do is peer in the baby monitor and if the bunny is on the floor (baby mutiny) we know it is definitely time to get up.
POTTY TIME
Greg and I decided to get Ryan a new potty over the weekend. I know it is way way early for potty training but we wanted to see if he had any interest in sitting on it (with his clothes on) I was thinking of popping him on after bath time to limit the amount of clean up if he happens to poo in the tub. Knock on wood has not happened last week. So we wanted a basic simple potty minus the bells and whistles not to distract him from actually going potty and after a little research we decided on the baby bjorn potty (had pretty decent reviews for boys)So we practiced today and told Ryan to sit on his new potty chair and he DID it! We yelled HOORAY! HOORAY! and Ryan had a huge smile on his face clapped his hands and repeated HOORA HOORA. It was the cutest moment ever. He will now sit on the potty on command and smile shouting HOORA HOORA! We are not pushing the pottying but want him to familiarize himself with the potty so it is not a scary experience for him we want it to be a positive one.
NEW YEAR'S EVE
Tomorrow Greg and I are getting out of work early and headind out to a romantic dinner sans baby. Polina is watching Ryan a little later tomorrow she will feed Ryan dinner and get him in his jammies while Greg and I enjoy an early dinner at Pane Vino in Westport.
TEETHING WOES
Ryan was a bit overtired tonight before dinner and appears to be cutting 2 molars, and seriously like 6 others, 2 sets of uppers including his eye teeth, and a set of lowers. He was extremely irritable not his norm and nothing we did seemed to calm him down. We tried giving him a snack, rocking him inthe rocking chair (his favorite), self feeder with apple (baby mutiny), tried ice (repeat baby mutniny!), tried nursing, tried singing and walking around the house, nothing seemed to do the trick for more than a few seconds! Finally we gave a dose of Tylenol and tried a bath in the ducky tub and played with some bubbles (his favorite...something magical about bubbles!) and he was cured! Thankfully we are almost certain it was teething he has been drooling like mad and putting everything in his mouth, gagging himself with his hand, and I could feel the teeth erupting on his poor sensitive gums. He was so happy after his bath. I tried to give him some meatloaf, mashed potatoes and broccoli for dinner but again their was baby mutiny going on he ended up only eating the broccoli and a few bites of mashed potatoes...I think he mouth was too tender to chew the meat. Oh I have to add that Dylan LOVES baby mutiny during meals! He sits right under the high chair with his head up waiting for baby mutiny to occur! We think it is his favorite time of the day!
Here are a few links to some of our ebay items we hope to add to them soon!(you will probably have to copy and paste in your browser)
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Wishing everyone a very happy healthy 2008!
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Ryan meets Santa
Ryan got to meet Santa today at his friend Caroline's house. Santa made an appearance for all the children at the party. Ryan really enjoyed his visit with Santa and was running around the house looking for him. He even got to sit on his lap for a picture. Thanks to the Scott Family for hosting such a fantastic holiday party! Here are a few more pictures from the party.
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Saturday, December 22, 2007
Christmas Preview
Today we had a little pre-Christmas celebration with the Flynn's unfortunately Auntie Erin and Uncle Brian, and Great Uncle Steve were not able to make it. Erin and Brian had a leaky roof in their guest bedroom closet and Uncle Steve's hot water heater flooded his condo. Auntie Jen and Uncle Paddy are celebrating with the O'Reilly's in Sweden this Christmas so it was just 4 of us in Fairfield this year. We were so excited to see Grammy and Granddad today and we had a wonderful visit. Thanks to Grammy for providing dessert and some yummy side dishes. Thanks for making the trip to visit us today we had so much fun. And Ryan just loves his new rocking horse. Here is a little Christmas preview of a rocking horse given to Ryan by his grandparents.
Did I mention that Ryan LOVES to entertain himself with the laundry basket? He loves to climb in and out and in and out. It will capture his attention for literally at least 20 minutes which buys me time to fold, sort and put laundry away, strip bed sheets and make beds, tidy up the bedrooms and the like....every second that I can occupy this busy body I try to do a little something here, a little organizing there if you know what I mean....and you all know I am a total neat freak! So I have to take advantage while he is playing happily! Take a look.
Here is Ryan playing with some wooden blocks Daddy brought home from his trip to Japan last week....again Ryan happily played with them in the big red chair for close to 20 minutes before he started throwing them at Dylan and I ouch! And boy does he have good aim...of course he thought that was so funny and it is hard not to react to wooden blocks being pelted your way!
Also Here is a cute picture of Ryan brushing his teeth....his favorite thing to do these days. He loves to brush his teeth...I only hope this continues once the novelty has worn off!
Just want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas to all our family and friends we hope to catch up with all of you soon! Looking forward to our visit with the Strattons on Christmas day!
Did I mention that Ryan LOVES to entertain himself with the laundry basket? He loves to climb in and out and in and out. It will capture his attention for literally at least 20 minutes which buys me time to fold, sort and put laundry away, strip bed sheets and make beds, tidy up the bedrooms and the like....every second that I can occupy this busy body I try to do a little something here, a little organizing there if you know what I mean....and you all know I am a total neat freak! So I have to take advantage while he is playing happily! Take a look.
Here is Ryan playing with some wooden blocks Daddy brought home from his trip to Japan last week....again Ryan happily played with them in the big red chair for close to 20 minutes before he started throwing them at Dylan and I ouch! And boy does he have good aim...of course he thought that was so funny and it is hard not to react to wooden blocks being pelted your way!
Also Here is a cute picture of Ryan brushing his teeth....his favorite thing to do these days. He loves to brush his teeth...I only hope this continues once the novelty has worn off!
Just want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas to all our family and friends we hope to catch up with all of you soon! Looking forward to our visit with the Strattons on Christmas day!
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Hooray Daddy's Home!
Hooray Daddy is finally home from traveling the far east...was visiting Tokyo, Shanghai, and Beijing. He really enjoyed his business trip and got to meet a lot of interesting people and got to have a little fun too. He went to the Chinese Opera, ate authentic Chinese food (which by the way in case you are ever in China consists of Duck tongue and shredded jellyfish) needless to say Greg prefers American Chinese food. I have to laugh he even insisted that we go out to dinner to our favorite Chinese restaurant The Little Kitchen in Westport last night so that he could eat some "real' Chinese food. He also did some bargaining at a Chinese silk market. He describes it as a big huge warehouse of "pirated" goods everything knock off you could imagine. He said it was 7 floors of wall to wall merchandise. The merchants would yell to him "mista mista how much money you got?" Greg said that was a fun experience he came home with a huge duffel bag of stuff for us. Don't worry no toys with lead paint.
So we spent a relaxing weekend at home. Greg got to spend a lot of quality time with Ryan. Here are a few things that Ryan can do now:
When asked the following...Where are your teeth? Ryan can point to his teeth or yours?
Can point to your belly button or his.
Can't point to his nose but can say it.
Can turn light switches off can sort of turn them on with help.
Can pucker up and kiss you when asked
will open his arms and come running over when asked to hug me
Can say Mama, Daddy, Diyyan, thank you, hot, nose, Na Na for nurse
Can sign more, light, eat when he is hungry, and milk
We all know Ryan is always hungry but he will actually go over to the refrigerator when he wants milk and he goes over to his high chair when he wants to eat.
He loves to do whatever mommy is doing...loves to brush his teeth and his hair
loves to help mommy clean up in the kitchen...likes to sweep with the broom and throw things in the trash (not always trash though)
Will sometimes put his toys away in the baskets when it is time to clean up
Likes to play in the laundry basket and put clothes in the basket and take them out
Has become part mountain climber...a recent development...will actually climb on/off the couch and ottoman, climb and stand on the arm of the couch, climb and stand on his learning table and then on the coffee table (yeah we had to move the learning table to the center of the room b/c he now only uses it as a step stool not to play with)
Has mastered the stairs going up and down!
While shoveling snow on Friday before greg came home I gated him in the kitchen and left the door open so I could keep an eye on him. He just stood there staring at me with his face pressed up against the glass with his tongue out. It was really cute.
And he loves to clap his hands and dance to music.
Now literally RUNS around the house giggling/squeeling in delight if he gets out of the gates.
Oh and his most favorite thing to do is tip Dylan's water bowl over....poor puppy had learned to drink and eat when he can...he never knows when or if we will remember to put his water/food bowls back down.
Oh as Greg calls it "baby mutiny" when he throws food off his tray he has lost interest in....yes even his arrowroot cookie today at dinner while Greg and I were trying to scarf down our food. We will resort to feeding him first then feeding ourselves after he has gone to bed so we don't have to inhale or abandon our dinner. Or we will end up with "baby mutiny" all over the dining room floor. We actually think he may have regretted throwing his arrowroot cookie because he peered down at it while frowning and pointing....oh well.
Could think of so much more that the list could go on forever. Ryan has changed so much can't even remember where we were only one year ago. Seems like time is going by so fast. We can't believe he will be 14 months tomorrow. He is so full of life full of energy. He is constantly moving and constanly learning new tricks. I love trying to imagine the world through his eyes.
Hope everyone had a great weekend. I heard everyone in MA got tons more snow today. My parents got a total of 15 inches. Maybe we will have a white Christmas this year.
So we spent a relaxing weekend at home. Greg got to spend a lot of quality time with Ryan. Here are a few things that Ryan can do now:
When asked the following...Where are your teeth? Ryan can point to his teeth or yours?
Can point to your belly button or his.
Can't point to his nose but can say it.
Can turn light switches off can sort of turn them on with help.
Can pucker up and kiss you when asked
will open his arms and come running over when asked to hug me
Can say Mama, Daddy, Diyyan, thank you, hot, nose, Na Na for nurse
Can sign more, light, eat when he is hungry, and milk
We all know Ryan is always hungry but he will actually go over to the refrigerator when he wants milk and he goes over to his high chair when he wants to eat.
He loves to do whatever mommy is doing...loves to brush his teeth and his hair
loves to help mommy clean up in the kitchen...likes to sweep with the broom and throw things in the trash (not always trash though)
Will sometimes put his toys away in the baskets when it is time to clean up
Likes to play in the laundry basket and put clothes in the basket and take them out
Has become part mountain climber...a recent development...will actually climb on/off the couch and ottoman, climb and stand on the arm of the couch, climb and stand on his learning table and then on the coffee table (yeah we had to move the learning table to the center of the room b/c he now only uses it as a step stool not to play with)
Has mastered the stairs going up and down!
While shoveling snow on Friday before greg came home I gated him in the kitchen and left the door open so I could keep an eye on him. He just stood there staring at me with his face pressed up against the glass with his tongue out. It was really cute.
And he loves to clap his hands and dance to music.
Now literally RUNS around the house giggling/squeeling in delight if he gets out of the gates.
Oh and his most favorite thing to do is tip Dylan's water bowl over....poor puppy had learned to drink and eat when he can...he never knows when or if we will remember to put his water/food bowls back down.
Oh as Greg calls it "baby mutiny" when he throws food off his tray he has lost interest in....yes even his arrowroot cookie today at dinner while Greg and I were trying to scarf down our food. We will resort to feeding him first then feeding ourselves after he has gone to bed so we don't have to inhale or abandon our dinner. Or we will end up with "baby mutiny" all over the dining room floor. We actually think he may have regretted throwing his arrowroot cookie because he peered down at it while frowning and pointing....oh well.
Could think of so much more that the list could go on forever. Ryan has changed so much can't even remember where we were only one year ago. Seems like time is going by so fast. We can't believe he will be 14 months tomorrow. He is so full of life full of energy. He is constantly moving and constanly learning new tricks. I love trying to imagine the world through his eyes.
Hope everyone had a great weekend. I heard everyone in MA got tons more snow today. My parents got a total of 15 inches. Maybe we will have a white Christmas this year.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Bath Time.....not so much fun for mommy...
Okay I know this is going to sound really really gross but lately bath time has not been that much fun... for me anyways... um yeah Ryan has been totally pooing his brains out in the tub luckily for me at the very end but still...YUCK! And it has just been with in the last 2 weeks at first I thought okay maybe it is just a phase but today he did it again and it was a ton of poo.....and usually Greg is there to help me clean up but not today. He is still in China will be home very soon HOORAY! We do miss him a ton but he is enjoying his visit there..okay back to the poo...um yeah today I let him play a little in the tub a while after we washed up and he went to stand up and then sat down and stood up and that is a tell tale sign that Ryan is about to poo... and poo he did but I scooped him up just in time before he sat back down. I managed to pour half a jug of bleach down the tub just to get all the poo cleaned. So I guess no more play time in the tub...let's just get in...get clean... and get out before we can get dirty again. But then will he poo all over me while I am getting him dressed because if so I would rather he poo in the tub.... HELP, any suggestions? I told Grammy Sharon that he did this again tonight and she laughed and said "gee I am glad he did not do that for Grampy and I when we gave him his bath this past weekend....." Any advice for me? Is this early potty training? Help me out guys!
Anyways Ryan and I are gearing up for the big storm tomorrow. I have work tomorrow instead of Friday and Ryan will go to Polina's. So I have an extra pair of socks in the car with my snow boots, a brush for my car, extra food for Ryan in case Polina has to give him dinner, Pj's just in case I get stuck, hmmmm what else? Got the snow shovel and paw thaw near the back door. Plenty of gas in my car... Not sure how long it will take to get home but it did take me 2 hours to get home last Friday in the snowy/wintry mix we got right before rush hour. Hopefully if it gets bad all the patients will cancel and I will take off early.
Greg should be home sometime Friday if all goes well with the weather and delays. He has called everyday to check up on us. He said that China has been alot of fun so far but he is totally jet lagged his business partner is also jet lagged and has been over sleeping poor... Greg has sort of been on his own in the mornings. He got to do a little shopping today at some giant flea market....he called me all excited as they were leaving and said
"I got Ryan a cute Polo golf jacket and a sweater."
me: "oh cute what size did you get like a 2T or 3T?"
Greg says " no I guesstimated.... the sizes are all in Chinese"
me: "oh duh"
So cute to know that he is thinking of us. Ryan misses his Daddy and looks for him every morning. It is so cute it just breaks my heart. We hope Greg has a safe trip home and we can't wait to see him soon.
Hope everyone gets home safely tomorrow! Grammy and Granddad are so lucky they are in Florida enjoying the warm Florida sunshine and playing lots of golf. Hope you guys are enjoying your vacation. We miss you.
Anyways Ryan and I are gearing up for the big storm tomorrow. I have work tomorrow instead of Friday and Ryan will go to Polina's. So I have an extra pair of socks in the car with my snow boots, a brush for my car, extra food for Ryan in case Polina has to give him dinner, Pj's just in case I get stuck, hmmmm what else? Got the snow shovel and paw thaw near the back door. Plenty of gas in my car... Not sure how long it will take to get home but it did take me 2 hours to get home last Friday in the snowy/wintry mix we got right before rush hour. Hopefully if it gets bad all the patients will cancel and I will take off early.
Greg should be home sometime Friday if all goes well with the weather and delays. He has called everyday to check up on us. He said that China has been alot of fun so far but he is totally jet lagged his business partner is also jet lagged and has been over sleeping poor... Greg has sort of been on his own in the mornings. He got to do a little shopping today at some giant flea market....he called me all excited as they were leaving and said
"I got Ryan a cute Polo golf jacket and a sweater."
me: "oh cute what size did you get like a 2T or 3T?"
Greg says " no I guesstimated.... the sizes are all in Chinese"
me: "oh duh"
So cute to know that he is thinking of us. Ryan misses his Daddy and looks for him every morning. It is so cute it just breaks my heart. We hope Greg has a safe trip home and we can't wait to see him soon.
Hope everyone gets home safely tomorrow! Grammy and Granddad are so lucky they are in Florida enjoying the warm Florida sunshine and playing lots of golf. Hope you guys are enjoying your vacation. We miss you.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Thanks Grammy Grampy and Uncle Freddie
Just a quick note.....Thanks so much to Grammy, Grampy and Uncle Freddie who stayed with Ryan and I over the weekend and helped us get out the door this morning while Greg is away traveling. I get lonesome especially on the weekends because that is when we all spend time together as a family. So I was so ecstatic to have the company this weekend! It was such an enormous help you have no idea. I was able to spend time with my family, finish our Christmas shopping, make Christmas cookies with mom, go to the gym, get extra sleep, and get out the door for work on time this morning (I usually run about 10-15 min. late). It brings tears of joy to know that I have such loving families on both sides who will go out of there way to be there for Ryan and I while Greg is traveling. It is not easy but we are getting used to it now with a little help from our families! Thanks guys could not have asked for a better family or better in-laws! Glad we are all so close. And we wanted you all to know how much Greg and I truly appreciate all that you do for us. Looking forward to seeing everyone again in a few weeks!
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Locked out yikes!
Yes I knew it would happen at some point...goes something like this. Ryan and I were on our way to the car after sing and sign class and chatting it up with Sarah and Caroline as we approached our car and Ryan decided to play with my car keys (yes I am totally blaming this one on him LOL) and of couse set off my car alarm so now everyone is staring at us in this strip mall parking lot and here I am fumbling around with my keys in the car trying to shut this stinking alarm off! Thankfully I was holding Ryan I dropped the keys on the driver seat stepped back and the door shut...Yes locked with the keys in it thankfully not with Ryan in it...so here we were standing outside in the freezing cold and it was snowing. But thankfully Sarah was there with us too and she kept me calm told me to go back inside to the music studio and ask Leslie (the instuctor) to use her phone to call AAA. Leslie was so great she sat Ryan down in the studio with some toys while I was kept on hold FOREVER with AAA and no I did not have my member ID it is on my keys locked in the car duh! Anyways Sarah stayed with me until I got off the phone with them and she even gave me Caroline's snacks for Ryan because we all know hungry Ryan is not a happy Ryan! I did have a snack and his milk locked in the car. Sarah was so sweet she even let me use her cell so I could call Greg but there was no answer. But all was well Ryan was happy all we had to do was wait for AAA it only took them an hour. In the mean time Ryan played, ate Caroline's yummy snack, and then we decided to trial the next music class for 1 1/2 year olds while we were waiting and before we knew it the time went by and in less than 5 sec the AAA guy had our car open. I kept saying to myself...gee i hope this guy does not moonlight as a car jacker..it was that easy! Gotta love AAA have had to use them alot thankfully not recently though. Anyways not exaclty how I wanted to spend the afternoon it could have been much worse.... I had wanted to pick up dinner at Soup Thyme on my way home they have THE BEST soup you will ever eat but they were closed by the time we left...oh well. I came home and made homemade butternut squash soup...it was so delicous and easy too. Got the recipe off food network. Anyways thought I would share. Like the title says more of the same today...adventures in toddlerhood....
Sorry now new pictures left my camera charger at my parents...bummer...hope to get it back this weekend!
Sorry now new pictures left my camera charger at my parents...bummer...hope to get it back this weekend!
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Weekend with the Babysitter
So Greg and I left Ryan with a babysitter for the first time at night.....I was a little nervous but everything went smoothly, thankfully. We found the best babysitter she is an elementary education/psychology major in a 5 year master's program. In my desperate search for a babysitter I had posted signs at Sacred Heart but only in Nursing, Education, and Chemistry/Biology departments. I had a few inquiries but this sitter seemed like the best fit for us. I never knew how hard it would be to find a babysitter and find the RIGHT sitter for our family. You see I am super neurotic about certain things..like setting the rules of our house. Also it is quite different setting ground rules to someone other than a close friend or family member. I felt sort of mean....what do you guys think about these rules?
1. Ryan is only allowed to eat in his high chair- (Demonstrated Heimlich maneuver) no wandering with food
2. Pacifier and bunny blanket stay in the crib for nap time only
3. No TV for Ryan want to prolong this as long as possible
4. Light house work...translating to please pick up the toys and clean the dishes ect.
5. Please try to be on time
I know these seem like basic common sense rules but you would be surprised. I took a lot of advice from Sarah (Caroline's mom) before deciding on a sitter. Thanks for all the helpful tips!
So anyways sorry to get side tracked...We ended up leaving Ryan with our sitter on Sat for my work Christmas party. She was left to put our sleeping giant to bed and then left to deal with Dylan the puppy who tends to bark a lot when I am away. She said he only fussed for a few minutes when she put him down and then he was asleep. I told her to call us around 9 PM so I would not spend the entire night worrying if he slept or not that way I could enjoy the rest of the night and not have to call and be the neurotic mother that I am. So She did a fantastic job and cleaned up the toys and the dishes. And the best part is Ryan really likes her a lot.
We left him with the sitter again on Sunday so we could do a little Christmas shopping....Greg said "wow she gets to see Ryan in full force and all his babying she does not know what she is in for" You see on Saturday night she only had him for an hour and a half before he went to bed for the night...but Sunday she had to give him lunch and a snack and put him down for a nap. Like I said earlier she is doing a fantastic job and Ryan really likes her alot. He flirts and bats his eyelashes at her it is so cute. He even did not notice when we left on Sunday.
So yeah leaving Ryan with a sitter was not easy for me. It is very hard for me to leave him..I don't want to miss anything or have anything happen to him...But I realize now he is a year old and I feel a bit more comfortable now that he is older. I do feel that Greg and I deserved this night and day out alone sans baby. We did miss him the entire time though but it was so much easier shopping and running around the cowded mall without lugging around a stroller. Greg and I got to spend some great quality time together before he leaves for his trip it was so nice! We are so thankful that we found the right sitter for our needs.
Yesterday when I picked up Ryan at Polina's her husband was playing with him and he called him Dada...I though it was so cute...he does call Greg Dada or Daddy, but he also calls Uncle Freddie Dada too so we are thinking he at least associates Dada with men who knows....
Today we went over to Sarah's for a play date. Ryan just adores her baby dolls and Caroline has a little baby carriage and he just loves putting the baby in the carriage and pushing her around. He even gave the baby a ride on the rocking horse. So cute all the babies seem drawn to this baby carriage. Ryan and his friends are at the stage where they really enjoy pushing/pulling anything, and they love the concept of putting things in a basket and taking them out over and over again. Ryan and Caroline tooks turns on the rocking horse and sat together rocking in the big chair.
Ryan also had a new found love to play in our upstairs stand up shower. He loves to step inside and practice stacking the shampoo bottles up and knocking them down. It makes it easy for me to to ready in the morning but he ends up getting a little wet sometimes. He almost dropped his little bunny blanket in the toilet today (practicing his favorite skill putting things in and taking them out)....thankfully I caught him just in the nick of time...phew...gotta remember to keep that toilet down at all times. That would have completely sabotaged nap time and been a complete disaster!
Hope Grammy and Grandad are enjoying the warm sunny Florida weather. We are all feezing cold up here. Miss everyone and we hope to see you all soon!
1. Ryan is only allowed to eat in his high chair- (Demonstrated Heimlich maneuver) no wandering with food
2. Pacifier and bunny blanket stay in the crib for nap time only
3. No TV for Ryan want to prolong this as long as possible
4. Light house work...translating to please pick up the toys and clean the dishes ect.
5. Please try to be on time
I know these seem like basic common sense rules but you would be surprised. I took a lot of advice from Sarah (Caroline's mom) before deciding on a sitter. Thanks for all the helpful tips!
So anyways sorry to get side tracked...We ended up leaving Ryan with our sitter on Sat for my work Christmas party. She was left to put our sleeping giant to bed and then left to deal with Dylan the puppy who tends to bark a lot when I am away. She said he only fussed for a few minutes when she put him down and then he was asleep. I told her to call us around 9 PM so I would not spend the entire night worrying if he slept or not that way I could enjoy the rest of the night and not have to call and be the neurotic mother that I am. So She did a fantastic job and cleaned up the toys and the dishes. And the best part is Ryan really likes her a lot.
We left him with the sitter again on Sunday so we could do a little Christmas shopping....Greg said "wow she gets to see Ryan in full force and all his babying she does not know what she is in for" You see on Saturday night she only had him for an hour and a half before he went to bed for the night...but Sunday she had to give him lunch and a snack and put him down for a nap. Like I said earlier she is doing a fantastic job and Ryan really likes her alot. He flirts and bats his eyelashes at her it is so cute. He even did not notice when we left on Sunday.
So yeah leaving Ryan with a sitter was not easy for me. It is very hard for me to leave him..I don't want to miss anything or have anything happen to him...But I realize now he is a year old and I feel a bit more comfortable now that he is older. I do feel that Greg and I deserved this night and day out alone sans baby. We did miss him the entire time though but it was so much easier shopping and running around the cowded mall without lugging around a stroller. Greg and I got to spend some great quality time together before he leaves for his trip it was so nice! We are so thankful that we found the right sitter for our needs.
Yesterday when I picked up Ryan at Polina's her husband was playing with him and he called him Dada...I though it was so cute...he does call Greg Dada or Daddy, but he also calls Uncle Freddie Dada too so we are thinking he at least associates Dada with men who knows....
Today we went over to Sarah's for a play date. Ryan just adores her baby dolls and Caroline has a little baby carriage and he just loves putting the baby in the carriage and pushing her around. He even gave the baby a ride on the rocking horse. So cute all the babies seem drawn to this baby carriage. Ryan and his friends are at the stage where they really enjoy pushing/pulling anything, and they love the concept of putting things in a basket and taking them out over and over again. Ryan and Caroline tooks turns on the rocking horse and sat together rocking in the big chair.
Ryan also had a new found love to play in our upstairs stand up shower. He loves to step inside and practice stacking the shampoo bottles up and knocking them down. It makes it easy for me to to ready in the morning but he ends up getting a little wet sometimes. He almost dropped his little bunny blanket in the toilet today (practicing his favorite skill putting things in and taking them out)....thankfully I caught him just in the nick of time...phew...gotta remember to keep that toilet down at all times. That would have completely sabotaged nap time and been a complete disaster!
Hope Grammy and Grandad are enjoying the warm sunny Florida weather. We are all feezing cold up here. Miss everyone and we hope to see you all soon!
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