10.10.10

Today, 10.10.10, is Ryan's 11 month birthday! He is almost 1 year old! Wow! We weighed him and he still hasn't gained any weight this month. The doctor said last month that he was still in the 75 percentile so he was fine. Just seems weird when he doesn't gain any weight. I am used to him gaining every time. I know he is very active now so that makes a difference too.

10.10.10

We had a fun, busy weekend! I took off last Thursday and Friday because I have some days I need to use before the end of the year. I am so glad to have days to take off just to spend with Ryan! Thursday was a cleaning day but Friday we got up and ran a few errand, met Jenny for lunch and had a park play day with friends :) That evening we went to the Lions Club Carnival in Orange. It is so neat! It is cheap and really feels like a small town carnival. The rides feel old school (but safe) and the food is GOOD and cheap. Ryan rode the carousel for his first ever ride! He didn't really seem to pay much attention to the ride...he was busy looking up at the lights and gears turning on the carousel. (these aren't very clear pics)

Saturday morning, we woke up and went to the Lumberton homecoming parade. Ryan got a lot of candy! But since he doesn't eat candy yet, the majority of it will end up in the trick or treat candy this year :) Saturday afternoon Amy, Joe, Laura and Peter came in and we went to the Lamar homecoming football game with them and Jenny and Chris. The first homecoming football game in 21 years! It was the coolest thing! Lamar got football back this season after losing their program 21 years ago. When Michael and I went to college, there was little to no school spirit. Yesterday, there were hundreds if not thousands of people out there tailgating and having a great time! The game was good...we won 14-0! The band was great and the energy in the crowd was fun! When we were walking back to the car (along a few thousand other people) people were chanting "L-U, L-U!" What in the world?! What school were we at?! Seemed like a different world! We loved it! The Warings spent the night with us and we had a good visit this morning. We had a nice, relaxing day at home today...needed it after this weekend.

Here are a few more pictures of Ryan:

He really likes to be read to! That makes me very happy! We have his books on the bottom shelf and he likes to look at them by himself sometimes. Sometimes when he gets quiet in the living room, I will peak around the corner to check on him and he will be studying a book :) Ryan gets pretty messy with his food! He likes to get his hands in the way of his mouth and spread it all over. Nice. I was eating an apple the other day and Ryan was very interested in it. So I let him suck on what was left. This was his reaction! Funny. I wasn't being mean to him! After this picture, he kept coming back for more and seemed to really like it! This is a sneak peak of his halloween costume :)