What's New with Ryland ...

I cannot even begin to remember or document all of the new things that Ryland has been up to and doing lately. I think he learns something every day and continues to grow into such a cute (if I do say so myself) little boy. He has such a cute little personality and is always happy and smiling. He continuously makes us laugh all the time.

His first official sentence is .... "Where did it go?". He has been saying this for a while but I kept forgetting to add it to the blog. And the cutest part about it is that he puts his hands in the air and twists them as he says it.

He has learned so many new words recently. And I truly think that he can understand everything that we say (well, ok ... maybe 80%) ... he is just still learning to say it all. It is amazing when you say something or ask him to do something he knows exactly what you are saying.

He is loving his new class at school. It is much more structured and they do a lot more activities with the kids. They say that he is always on his best behavior and happy as ever when he is there. He usually walks into to school every morning and knows just where to go and is so excited when you get to his room.

He is still a good eater. He definitely eats better at school ... veggies, meat, etc. But is not too picky at home with us.

And one of my favorite new things is that he loves to give hugs. And it feels so great when he runs up to you and hugs you tight. He also loves to hug on Codi and Bailey.

He is also still in love with reading books. I think we read a minimum of 10 books to him a day (not counting what they read at school). He will pick out the book and knows exactly which one it is before we even start it. He usually repeats some of the words or has hand motions for every book. It is the cutest thing ever. His all time favorite book so far is ... One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish .... and .... The Monster at the End of This Book.

He is also a great little helper. He loves to help us fold clothes. He picks them up one by one and will fold them against his chest and then carefully lay it down. He will also put the towels in the linen closet for us. And he also loves to help Tab put beer in the refrigerator ... he taught him young :)

He loves wearing his Crocs. And since his feet are small they are the cutest, littlest Crocs ever! We got a new red pair while we were at the beach and those are now his favorite. He wanted to wear them to bed last night but they would not fit over his pj's. And they were the first thing that he went for this morning when he woke up.

He is our little blond hair boy with a mouth full of teeth (I think he must have all of his teeth in because there is no room for more) that you can see all the time because he never stops smiling!

Boy do we love him!