Bed Wetter

Ian and Michael were lying in his bed after Michael's nap.  Finally they decided it was time to get out of bed.  Michael then told Ian that he would have to change his clothes.  Ian asked why and the reply was "because I am wet."  He had peed while he was sleeping.  A little later I asked him if he knew he was peeing or if he was asleep.  He said he knew.  So I asked why he didn't go to the bathroom.  The reply was "because I was just soooo tired!"   So, I guess in a three-year-old's mind it is better to wet your bed than get up and go to the bathroom when you are sleeping. 

We got to play outside in the snow today for a little.  Ian and Michael were out for a couple hours.  Ryan and I joined them for the sledding.  Not sure if Ryan liked it as he never really cracked a smile outside, but he did protest when I brought him back into the house. 

Ryan Walks!

Today, Ryan took a few steps by himself!  He has been able to stand for a few seconds for the past week or so, but today he stood and then walked about 2 or 3 steps.  He was able to repeat it several times as well.  But he never got more than a few steps.  Looking back though, Michael did the same thing on 5/17/2009 and didn't really start to take off with walking until mid-July.  So, since Ryan seems to be following suit, I'm not expecting much more until mid-March. 

Our Travelers

We traveled to Florida the 3rd through the 9th.   Both kids were good travelers and both too interested in what was going on to sleep on the plane (or some days of our vacation).  We went to Lion Country Safari and saw all sorts of interesting animals and even fed giraffes!  We were able to play outside and visited the children's museum.  Michael took to Jake this trip and wanted to play with him and always wanted his attention.  The kids had a sleepover at Nanny's house one night as well.  Michael slept well that night, but poor Jake couldn't sleep since he kept slipping off the bed.  Michael's favorite part of the trip was playing football with everyone outside.  His quotes were "this team is over"  meaning "this game is over" and Ryan just had fun cruising around.

Happy Birthday Ryan!

Our baby is one year old! I can't believe a whole year has passed. We had family here and some friends for cake and ice cream. Michael opened all of Ryan's presents and blew out his candles. Ryan did touch his cake, but backed off when he felt how mushy it was. He did finally eat a few pieces of cake that Aunt Holly fed to him (he seemed to prefer the chocolate over the yellow).

He went to the doctor on Wednesday for his check up. He weighs 24 lbs and 11 oz and is 29 inches long. Michael was bigger at that age: 26 lbs and 4 oz and 30 inches long. Today he got one year pictures taken and stayed happy in most of the shots because we kept feeding him puffs!

Merry Christmas!

We had a good Christmas here.  Grandma, Grandpa, and Holly came to visit.  We went to the Children's Museum, saw the gingerbread houses and trees downtown, visited Phipps Conservatory, and played with a lot of new toys!

We had a visit from Santa on Christmas Eve.  He knocked on our door.  He told Michael to leave him some good cookies and Michael said "I already left you some."  He was so excited when he woke up in the morning.  The first thing he did was to check the cookie plate, he noted that Santa left some big crumbs.  Then he looked under the tree and found the presents from Santa.  He got his Francesco car which was all he asked for.  Although later he did say that the Mack truck and the Bob the Builder toys were his favorite.  Ryan's favorite present was his Mommy!  Although the second favorite was probably the hammer and nail toy.  And he got to repeat the opening of presents two days later! 

Medicine

Michael is very envious of Ryan's medicine.  He keeps trying to find reasons to get some medicine.  This morning he coughed a little and then said "I don't know if I need some medicine for that."  He told me that medicine tastes soooo good.  On the other end of the extreme, I have to force the medicine into Ryan's mouth. 

We are Famous!

Michael and I made the paper.  We had our picture taken at a Gingerbread making event and it made the Almanac (a weekly local newspaper).  We just saw it today.  Of course, Michael was intently focused so his tongue is sticking out.  The funny thing is there is another picture of another girl and her tongue is out also.  Guess it is a sign of intense focus. 

Ryan is a cruiser and will walk with help.  He has been pushing around the "walker", but gets stuck frequently.  My back is aching.  Ryan now is on antibiotics, he has an ear infection as well.  Hopefully, he won't follow Michael's track record.