Swim with daddy

Ryan adores swimming. as soon as we arrive he knows where we are and dances in his car seat. Then once we get his bathers on he tries to race right into the water. He's all smiles and splashes when he gets in and his favourite parts include the ball retrieve game, jumping off the mat into the water and submersions! He always asks for more after the jumps and he even started anticipating the submersions and flips which is the next set of skills! I'm so proud of him. And it is magical to see how happy he is in the water. 

Another zoo outing

Because we live so close, we go to the zoo constantly. This visit was amazing. We saw rhinos and bears and leapords and elephants and meerkats and capybara and so many more creatures awake and up close! We even saw s gorgeous tiger growling for his dinner! Ryan was captivated. He loves cats so much.

My goofball and Chiro visits

Ryan is so funny these days. He loves to get up on the couch and then roll around and giggle. He plays with his stuffed toys and "feeds" them And Kissel them. Recently I came home from work and he was sweeping the floor! He loves to help :) he helps fold laundry by throwing things around the room. It's pretty funny. And when I come home now Ryan races to the stair gate, shakes it super hard and madly makes the milk sign with both hands. Yep. Mommy the cow. No hello or a kiss. And we had our Chiro check the other day. I've made heaps of progress which is fabulous and such a relief. Ryan's doing ok but bc he's falling a lot as he learns to run he's a bit more locked up than before. Thank heaven for dr joe!!!

Zoo fun!

Ack! I'm so behind on posting again. So much happens and Ryan learns new things every day! We went to the zoo Sunday the 17th in the late afternoon. It was a particularly fun visit bc so many animals were awake and munching and moving around...dinner time! We saw a new baby rhino eating dinner and baby giraffe too. Ryan loved the rhino so much. He kept chattering to him. Ryan has been learning new things like saying down and up and walking backwards and in circles and starting to run too! He's mr personality these days and into being in control of his own body...which results in power struggles of course.

Gymboree and lunch with auntie Sarah

We have a few makeups to do so we went today and asked auntie Sarah to join us! She'd never been and it was such fun for Ryan to have such a captive audience. He got to play on all the equipment and meet a few new babies. He gravitated towards his favourite things of course - zipping up and down the slides, stomping his feet on the bridges, throwing balls and other objects around, and balancing on the wobbly half ball. He also adores parachute time and bubble time. He watched intently to what other kids and adults were doing. Then we had lunch together at el pollo loco which Ryan loved. He was so good: he absolutely loves to go out to restaurants. Another new experience for him to relish :)

The a-a-achoo game

Ryan is really into new people these days. He waves to everyone he sees on the streets and in shops. It's very cute. He's into everything and wants to figure out how all things work. Yesterday at dinner time Ryan handed me his jacket from the back of his chair and pointed to my head. So I put it on my head. Then he made this funny face and noises and I soon realised he was asking me to do the Achoo game by making the I have to sneeze noises and face! It was sooooo cute. We did it over and over again. Such a charmer. And so communicative.

Chatting with the zoo animals

Ryan had wonky naps again today. Woke late after a somewhat challenging evening. Then took a late and short nap mid morning before his Physio appt. And struggled to sleep for his second nap. So we missed Gymboree :( ended up going for a late last minute zoo visit which was so fun. All the animals are awake and having dindin around 4pm so we got to see the rhino, hogs, antelope, birds, and more munching away. Also the giraffes! There were so many giraffes in there this time. And one was a teeny tiny baby! We saw a cheetah running around which Ryan loved and Then we visited Ryan's favourite - flamingos! He chatted to all of the animals and really loved watching them all eat, especially the rhino. He now calls the moon "muh" and even says mama to me! Except he says mama every time he wants something too so not sure how complimentary that is. Haha. He also signs for milk the moment he sees me and thinks it's super funny. We took a fun bath together this evening and Ryan laughed so hard over and over when I made squishy noises as He put on and took off the turtle toys from the wall. What fun!