Our little man is growing up. A little too fast if you ask me. I really like the smiley, cooing, IMMOBILE stage of babyhood. Unfortunately that stage doesn't last very long for our kids, I guess. Rachel rolled over at 4 months and one week, crawled at 8 months, and took her first steps at 9 months. Annie rolled at 4 months, crawled at 6 months, and took her first steps at 9 months. And Ryan rolled over on Sunday, two days short of 3 1/2 months old. I was really hoping that he would be slower than his sisters, maybe wait until he was at least one before he started walking. I guess there's still some hope, but it's waning....
One milestone it's okay for Ryan to reach early is sitting up on his own. He stays content where he is a lot longer when he can see more things, and lately he has been happy to sit in the highchair (though Annie doesn't always take too kindly to him sitting in "her" chair: "Dow! Ry-ee dow!" (Ryan down) is her favorite refrain).
One milestone it's okay for Ryan to reach early is sitting up on his own. He stays content where he is a lot longer when he can see more things, and lately he has been happy to sit in the highchair (though Annie doesn't always take too kindly to him sitting in "her" chair: "Dow! Ry-ee dow!" (Ryan down) is her favorite refrain).
He also likes the Bumbo chair. For 10 or 15 minutes. He always lasts longer when Rachel is entertaining him.
On a mostly unrelated note (though illustrative of why rolling, followed by crawling, followed by walking, followed by climbing, followed by stool-moving is best put off for as long as possible), here are some pictures of Annie's resourcefulness when we made some no-bake cookies this weekend.
She managed to help herself to one before it was all the way set, but she sure liked it. And didn't make as big of a mess as she could have. :)
And lastly, some pictures of Ryan shortly after rolling over. He first rolled from back to front, but later the same day also figured out how to roll front to back (though he has done that accidentally at least once a while back in his crib). He also has been scooting for about a month, or maybe a little more, mostly in his crib (since we rarely give him tummy time 1.because he alwasy spits up when he does tummy time, and 2.to stunt his motor development ;). We usually find him stuck in a corner of his crib no matter where we lay him down, where he's scooted until he could scoot no more.
I have a feeling he'll be chasing his sisters around as soon as he can, causing trouble right along side them. Look how excited he is at his newfound skillz:
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