Talk to me

I remember when Ryle was learning to communicate we were all over keeping track of what he said, how many words, noises etc. Poor second child. We were at Grayson's 18 month well-baby visit today and the doctor asked me how many words he can say.... I really had to think about that answer! So I started compiling a list. To date here is what Gray can say:



Dog
Juice - means any drink
more
Thank you
eye
Momma
Dadda
Ryle
feet
hat
eat
wait
ball
cheers
fish
blue
me
seat
please
up (he usually means down though)
Oh no
and put away



Animals noises:
elephant
cat
duck
and gorilla


Misc noises:
vroom vroom - car
choo choo..... you guessed it, Train!




I think that is it, I could be wrong. And Ryle... well, what doesn't Ryle say? He is REALLY big on correcting you. Telling you you are and X if you are wrong and making sure he is a check.... And heaven help you if you say a bad word, you will NEVER hear the end of it.



Back to Gray's well baby --- he is currently 32 inches tall (50th percentile), 21.5 pounds (15th percentile) and his head circumference is in the 85th percentile..... but developmentally he is 100 percentile (her words, not mine!). SO he's skinny, short and has a big head. Sounds like someone else we know.

Our Adventure!

The family recently had the opportunity to take a little vacation up the coast to San Francisco.  I won't write too much, the pictures speak for themselves! We started early on a Saturday, headed to Santa Barbara for lunch then to Pismo Beach for dinner.

On the Pier in Santa Barbara

A stop at J.Lohr in Paso Robles

Grayson enjoys the car ride

Just outside of our hotel in Monterey. Enjoying a little beach time before having a picnic on the beach.

Daddy and Gray

We do feed the kid, right?  You would not have thought so the way he attacked the
mac 'n cheese!  But he did sleep through lunch in Paso Robles.

Finishing up Daddy's corn.

Ready to start my adventure today!

A stop on the 17 mile drive

He's a camera hog

The Lone Cypress

It's kind of an unassuming sign isn't it?

Ryle enjoying the Monterey Aquaruim

Gray and I clamming it up.

Ready for a day of adventure in SF. Just me and the boys!!!!

Our first cable car of the day

Ready Mom!

Our first street toilet.... it was interesting to say the least.

Pier 39

Making sure Gray can see the sea lions

Happy Anniversary Sea Lions!

Ryle's new best friend Elmo

Ryle and Elmo enjoying an ice cream at Ghiradelli

Ryle's favorite sight in SF..... the Angry Birds sign near the hotel.



Headed home,  he's so relaxed.



All in all it was a fabulos trip and I would do it again in a heartbeat!

Fun, Fun, Fun!

Oh the wonderful fun the boys have had lately!  We started it off with Halloween, which Ryle love (after the fact) and ended it with A Day Out This Thomas.

Here are the boys preparing to go Trick or Treating at the Village Walk Plaza. 

 And afterwards they managed to sneak in some neighborhood Trick Or Treating as well. Here is Ryle's friend's house (aka - next door).

Post Trick Or Treating bath and winding down --- yep, he's back in the Buzz Lightyear Costume!

While the boys had fun with Halloween, Aunt Gaby and I ran the Marine Corps Marathon. 

It was a fantastic race and the sights along the course were spectacular!!! 

And someone must have been extra good (or his parents are extra suckers) because 

we also drove all the way to Perris in Orange County to visit with Sodor's 

most beloved train... Thomas The Tank Engine!!!!!

Ryle is very excited about riding Thomas.

 

And we even got to "meet" him afterwards. 

All in all, it was a great week of events!

October revisited

I can't believe that October is over and that November is halfway gone as well. Where does the time go?  Ryle had a couple of visits to the Pumpkin patch . He loved the train and the first time would not go on any of the rides. Which was a shame.  The second time we went we got smarter! We invited Michael and Bibi so Ryle would have a buddy to go on the rides with. 

Here's Ryle hogging the train bell (now missing since our last visit)

Would you believe that Michael is camera shy? He apparently hates having his picture taken

Gray thought it was great fun...

Ryle getting brave on the side

Hello!

Look who decided to join the fun

In addition to the Pumpkin Patch, we also had fun at Ryle's Fall Festival at school.

Ryle and one of his favorite teachers, Ms. Denise

Ryle getting a tattoo from the Asst Director, Ms. Christina

Daddy and Gray watching the fun

Ryle learned how to play Bingo. Watch out!

Next post I will finally get around to putting up the Halloween pictures that Ryan took.

Some days you're the windsheild and some days you're the bug....

Today is a bug day. Actually it's been a bug month. Let's see, where to begin? I will start with what I can remember, because I used to have an awesome memory. Awesome. Now I feel like there are big swiss cheese holes of memory lost in there!


Gray turned 11 months old last Wednesday. Yay Gray. Also on Wednesday we found out that he has a "raging ear infection" (quote from the pediatrician), herpangina, and oral ulcers. Great.... poor kid. The good news is that she was amazed at what a great mood he was in because he should be in great discomfort and moody. So he is infant advil and amox. Grayson really has it rough since Ryle started school, I think he has been sick once his whole life before Ryle started school.  And he's been sick since school started in September.


The next day Ryle vomitted at breakfast. Fun. Also he is still coughing from him cold last month. SO back to the doctor's office. And did I mention that visiting the doctor's office with 2 kids under 3.5 is no fun at all. Ryle has an ear infection and is getting tested for whooping cough (she doesn't think it is, but better safe than sorry since Gray can catch it from Ryle if he does have it.). Ryle is allergic to amox, so he had a diff medication.


Gray has decided to boycott sleeping at night. The last 2 nights have been ugly to say the least.  We have had 2 mornings this week that started at 530 am. Yes, 530. The other 3 days started at a much more reasonable 630.

So, let's recap. 2 sick boys, 3 meds, 4 different doses of meds.  6 hours of sleep, 2 days... is it any wonder that I am looking forward to going to DC on Friday? Even if I do have to run 26.2 miles... I get to sleep!!!!  (poor Ryan)

The big news this week, we finally replaced our small camera!  Here is a little video of Gray scooting and attacking me. 

Birthday etc

I think the only real reason I haven't blogged about Ryle's birthday yet is that I am trying to block it from my mind. It was that bad. We had his birthday in sections. We had a few of our friends over and grilled out and had cake. That was a hit. the next day we woke up, did presents and then headed up to Anaheim to spend the next day and a half at Disney. Things sort of spiraled down from the drive up....

Things that went horribly, horribly wrong:
1) We goofed and he didn't get to ride the train to Anaheim
2) He fell asleep before we got to the train
3) We broke the small camera
4) He bit, hit, yelled at, and basically was a holy terror the whole 2 days
5) Do you really need more things to have gone wrong?

But, he was great the day before his birthday when we had a cook-out and his cake.

Excited about Aunt Gaby arriving

Loves his cake!

He ate a lot of cake.

 The boys cozying up on the bed at the "hometel"

The last good thing that happened that day.

Anyway.... That's over with and now we can catch up in the next blog.