way too long

so things here have been busy which is why I haven't posted lately for the two people who actually read this, but it also means this post will be long.

Rylan was just a month old as of the last post and now he is just days away from being 2 months. We have had our challenges, he has a little bit of reflux and a milk allergy, so the last few weeks have been spent trying to figure that out, we still aren't completely there, but much closer. He is still amazing and I love watching him grow. He continues to smile, and greeted me with a huge one on Christmas morning, best present ever! He also is starting to talk more and more. For Christmas James and I got him one of the play mats that have all the hooks and toys, and he loves laying on it and talking to the toys. Christmas was wonderful, my mom was able to come up that week and spend a few days with us. Rylan had changed so much since she had seen him last. They had a great time together and she sure did spoil him, and not just with the gifts she brought :). James and I did our Christmas Eve and it was great to have Rylan here with us, even if he won't remember it, we will. The next morning we went to James' parents and had a very nice time. John and Amanda were there with Sam who is now almost 7 months old. He is so adorable.

We have also learned that Rylan loves to stare at Christmas lights so we took him to a flower shop here that has large front windows and ever year they do different Christmas decorations in each window. Rylan was just mesmerized, it was really great to watch. I don't know what we are going to do when we take down our tree.

The day after Christmas, Rylan gave his grandpa a run for his money by fussing the whole morning, but grandpa kept up well. We also discovered that my EIGHT week old is teething, yes I said teething and trust me we didn't believe it either, but sure enough one of his canine teeth is coming up. After we took care of that, we spent time with the extended family. We have been blessed in the baby department this year, James' cousin Mary had her first, Dylan, on 2/28 and then Sam on 6/1. This was the first time all three boys had been together so it was a lot of fun. It was also fun to think about how next year is going to be with them.

2009 has been such a blessed year, with of course Rylan being the icing on the cake. He truly is the best gift ever, and although I have never been so tired in my life, every moment of it is worth it. Can't wait for it to continue into 2010. Happy New Year everyone!

The laundry can wait

Some times it is nice to just be needed. This morning Rylan was fussy; I had fed him, changed him, played with him on the floor, and read him a story, and none of it helped he was overly tired but was fighting sleep. I did manage to lay him down for a nap in his crib by playing a cd that I use to play for him when I was pregnant, but that lasted less than 15 minutes and then he was up screaming again. So I picked him up and held him close and sat in a chair and was able to rock him to sleep. He didn't need anything but me, and even though there was laundry to be folded, dishes and bottles that needed to be washed, and countless other things, I just sat there and rocked my baby, and we were both happy. My son won't wait, and as a poem I recently found says, he won't keep. Rylan won't be this small for long, and there will come a day when he will tell me he doesn't want me to hug him outside school any more, so this morning I ignored the things around the house that will keep another 5 minutes or even another day, and just held my sweet wonderful son. Here is part of the poem: "But children grow up, as I’ve learned to my sorrow. So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust, go to sleep. I’m rocking my baby. Babies don’t keep."~Ruth Hulburt Hamilton

And as amazing as it seems, Rylan is a month old today. Sometimes it feels like we just found out we were pregnant, but most the time I can't remember what life was like before him. He slowly starting to smile when you smile at him, and he smiles in his sleep. Talking about sleep, he has always been a good sleeper at night, he typically eats between 9 and 10 and then we put him in his bassinet and he usually wakes up between 3 and 4 and then again between 5 and 6, but two nights ago he slept from 10 till 5! Of course I still woke up every hour from 1am on to check on him and make sure he was ok :-) I have been bitten by the mommy bug, that is for sure.

We put up our tree this week and had a great time showing it to Rylan. He seemed to enjoy looking at the lights and contrasting colors. I am really looking forward to this holiday season, we have a lot to celebrate, and even though Rylan is still very young and won't remember this year, we will and I can't wait to start making new holiday memories. Here are some pictures of the best Christmas present under our tree.