Playdate with Emily

Earlier in the week my friend Annie and I got our babies together.  Her sweet Emily recently turned 6 months old.  She has started crawling and is very curious about the world.  She was exploring Ryan during our play date.  She likes touching his face and patting his head.  Ryan did not seem to mind one bit.  Here are a few pictures of our two adorable babies! 

Giggles!!!

Yesterday was the first day that I can definitely say that Ryan giggled.  He did it on a few different occasions.   Once when I was changing his diaper then started tickling him.  The next time he did it was when he was in his jumperoo.  I was making silly faces and noises at him and he kept giggling.  I ran to get the camera to try and capture it on video and Ryan just kept looking at the blinking light on my camera and had a curious look on his face.  I tried for 15 minutes to get him to giggle again without success.  The moment I put the camera down he was back to giggling again.  I will capture the video soon enough! :) 

They Grow so Fast

Last night Jeff and I were looking at some pictures of Ryan from when he was less than one month old.  We realized then that Ryan is growing at lightning speed and will be running around here before we know it.  

Look at how much our baby has grown in just a few short weeks:

Ryan 2 weeks old:

Ryan 4 weeks old:

Ryan 15 weeks old:

Ryan and the Jumperoo!

One of the first gifts we received was the Fisher Price Jumperoo.  We received it from a friend of the family who has a couple of little boys of her own.  I figured since it came from her that her boys must have loved it too.  Last night we finally assembled the Jumperoo and let Ryan try it out.  We think he is going to like this toy for quite a while. 

The Big Apple

This past weekend we took our first road trip with Ryan.  We headed off to NYC on Thursday evening.  It took forever to get there due to construction on 95 (go figure).  Ryan did great in the car though.  He is such a great baby.  

We played around in NJ near Grandpa's hotel all day Friday waiting for Brandon to arrive.  On Saturday we headed into the city to do a tour of NYC.  It was HOT and when it wasn't hot it was raining.  Ryan did not seem to mind though.  He was rather content riding along in his stroller although a stroller in NYC is not all that fun to try and maneuver.  Jeff and I are looking forward to visiting NYC again...but hopefully with a much smaller stroller and when it is not so hot.  

When we left NYC I realized that we didn't really get any pictures of Ryan in the city.  This is because he was asleep or it was pouring rain when we were ready for a photo op.  Maybe next time.  :) 

Ryan & Grandpa at the park:

Ryan & Mommy on the train to NYC

Ryan chilled in his stroller the majority of the day:

We had to shield Ryan from the rain with a blanket...Times Square:

My Photo Shoot

A few months ago I convinced Jeff to get me a nice camera.  Then a couple weeks ago I convinced him that I needed Photoshop.  I have always enjoyed photography but I can't say that I am all that great at it.  Since Ryan has been here I have been taking more pictures than I have ever taken in my entire life!  I brought out the manual to my camera last week and have been trying to figure out how to take the best pictures (not just putting it into the manual mode).  

Here are a few pictures taken yesterday during our make shift photo-shoot.  Not bad for a beginner.  

Ryan in his chair (he is wearing a diaper):

A day at the Park

Yesterday we took Ryan out for his first picnic lunch.  He had a bottle while Mom and Dad enjoyed a yummy lunch that Mom made.  Ryan loves being outside and the weather yesterday was just perfect.  

Ryan's first time in the grass!!!