14 months

Ryan is now 14 months and is already full of personality!  Not only does he weigh what most two (and some three) year olds do, I am pretty sure he has as much hair as a teenager.   He cruises around after Emmy like he thinks he is her size, he is wise beyond his years. 

He is really into climbing on things these days.  We’ve had to move some furniture around in an attempt to avoid a disastrous fall.  So far so good….

He loves to be outside and cruise around the hood, just like his big sis.

I am not sure if it is simply his personality or exposure to kids at daycare but he is really social.  He’ll run over to kids and the store or the park and just yell and if he is saying “hi”.  He was totally flirting with a little girl at Jamba Juice the other day.  He is going to be a total ladies’ man.

He still eats a TON!  For breakfast he’ll eat an egg, a piece of toast and a banana.  All in one sitting.  He still loves fruit and veggies, salmon and yogurt.  Healthy little guy.

He is quite the talker these days.  He mutters to himself all the time but is starting to also say a lot of words.  Now we just need to work on volume control…  Not all words are understood by anyone but our family but he is consistently saying the following:

-          Mama, dada (usually he screams DA!), Emmy and baba (our kids blankets are practically members of our family)

-          Book

-          Bath

-          Hat (which he calls bat)

-          Bird

-          MORE (which he screams when he wants food)

-          Ball

       Blocks

-          Nack (aka snack)

-          Ruff (when he sees a dog)

-          Up

-          Uh Oh

-          Bye bye (that is always accompanied by an awesome little wave)

Hands down the word he says most frequently is “wow”.  Every time he sees something new or an airplane fly by he says “oh wow” it is so cute.

He likes to wear hats just like his sister did.  Actually he is an accessory guy.  He likes to wear sunglasses, Emmy’s necklaces and headbands and likes carrying around a purse.  Drives Josh nuts!

He LOVES dogs.  He can spot one a block away and if we are at the park runs toward them.  The other day he was surrounded by 3 dogs running around and was in heaven.

He is very sweet.  The other night Emmy got in trouble for something and was crying on the couch.  I watched Ryan cruise over and start gently patting her back.  It was the sweetest thing ever.