Sitting Up

Hi! It's me, Ryan Kennedy Stoeber. My mom says I'm such a big boy. Since I've learned to sit up by myself, she says I'm big enough to update our family blog this time around.

This sitting up thing is great! Now at mealtimes I can sit AT the table in the booster seat, rather than ON the table in the Bumbo. I'll miss my orange Bumbo, it was great and kept me safe, until I learned how to get out of it.

New toys have magically appeared now since I can sit up. This Leap Frog one is cool. It speaks to me in different languages, "Hola, Bonjour, Konnichi wa" and it counts up to five and it has lots of buttons and songs it plays.

Everyone says I have such big hands, it's about time they got me started on basketball. Mr. David and Miss Karen and their kids Joshua and Haley got me this for Christmas, I'm having fun, it too makes lots of sounds and it'll adjust higher as I grow!

Mommy bought me a new toy today from the store, she usually doesn't do that. But it was so hot and I didn't have a pool so look what I got! It's just the right size for me, I sit in the Hippo's mouth and am protected from the sun and wind. Don't worry grandmas, mommy put sunscreen on me just to be careful.

I didn't protest being put in the water much. Mom held me and we started by splashing my feet in the water. I soon figured out it was just like the bathtub, only the water was a little colder. In this picture I made a big splash with my hands, so much so that I had to close my eyes!

And like all occasions, I have a hat. You can't really tell, but it's blue with green sharks and alligators and other water animals on it.

Ahhh, I love to lounge in the pool. I could get used to this lifestyle.

My 1st Mother's Day

With a child like this, how could I not enjoy my first Mother's Day?!

Dale and Cheryl sent a delicious basket from Edible Arrangements to me. How thoughtful! I've really liked having fresh fruit in the house again. Thankfully summer is here and there will be more of it to come. Dean gave me a massage gift certificate that I can't wait to use. There is no need to worry about Ryan gaining weight anymore. My leftside (where I always carry him) can attest to that. I'm looking forward to getting those kinks worked out.

Since I'm the photographer in the house, it's rare to get me in any pictures. But for Mother's Day I had to change that. So here I am with Ryan.

And I can't forget about my first child, the four-legged one, Gizmo.

Firsts: Easter, Daddy's Birthday w/ me & ride in new stroller

Better late than never I guess. Here's a family picture taken Easter morning. It was the outfit that didn't make the 6 month photo cut.
And here's Ryan and Dean. I don't know who's cuter? :)

Happy 31st Birthday Daddy!!! (on 4/24)

Finally nice weather has arrived. I purchased this stroller on Craigslist recently. With a little TLC and elbow grease it cleaned up quite nicely. Once Ryan can sit up on his own, I plan on using this as our primary stroller, rather than the carseat and the snap-n-go frame stroller. We took a little walk around the neighborhood. It was the first time Ryan got to travel anywhere facing forward. I think he liked it. I however missed having him looking back up at me. Fortunately there's a window in the sun canopy for me to down on him from. This was also Ryan's time wearing shorts.