April's News

So here is the rest of the news from April to catch the blog up, and from now on I am going to try and post weekly, even if I have to schedule time in my phone. I have found since motherhood, I can't remember anything if it is not in my phone calendar, so much for pregnancy brain subsiding once you're no longer pregnant.


• On April 1st Rylan rolled over from his back to his stomach for the first time while awake (he did it the night before asleep) James was home to see him do it, and texted everyone to let them know. Of course since it was April Fools Day, James' dad, GP, wasn't sure if it was real or if James was playing a joke :-) Rylan now loves to roll on his stomach and play, for a short time. James and I can't wait to he starts to roll from his stomach to his back. -which he did do yesterday, but I don't believe that he meant to do it and he looked a little confused.

• 10 days after Rylan rolled, on April 11th, my son started scooting. James and I were home and Rylan was playing with his toys, and one of them was just out of reach. So after a few moments of contemplating, Rylan laid his head on the ground and pulled himself forward. He didn't go far, but he definitely moved and he got his toy. He now also pulls his knees up underneath him as well, so it's just a matter of time before he'll be mobile

• April 18th he was able to "tripod", stay in a sitting position by putting his hands on the ground in front of him. As of yesterday he was even sitting up by himself without his hands down for a few moments at a time.

• Of course, all this new moving means Rylan does not sleep on his back any more. In fact, I think he is trying to give me a panic attack because he sleeps on his stomach, knees pulled up underneath him, and his face flat down in the mattress. We tried flipping him over, that lead to screaming, we tried just turning his head to the left or right, but that lead to even more screaming. So for now we let him sleep face down as he wants.

• In early April, for GP's birthday the whole family went to the Clay County Fair. We all had a nice time and Rylan loved looking at all the animals, and we even got him a cowboy hat. It's a little big for him still, but it is too cute!

• Rylan and I also drove to Tallahassee for James' cousin Kelly's wedding. He did great during the whole trip, and before we drove back home on Sunday, Rylan and I took our first trip to FSU. It is a very nice looking school and we found the Hall of Fame and trophy room which housed their two National Championship trophies for football. It was very cool

• As of 4/19 Rylan weighted 16 pounds 11 ounces and on 4/20 we graduated from the infant seat to a rear facing convertible car seat. He was getting way to heavy to carry him in his seat all around, and he was getting very close on the length for the infant seat. So far he seems to like the new seat

• In addition to GP's birthday we celebrated Easter which was very nice to celebrate as a new family of three, and Grandma's birthday more recently. We got to see Sam at Grandma's birthday, and I still can't believe he has grown so much; he's already walking!!

• We also got let in on some wonderful news in April, our close friends, Clinton and Sara, are expecting their first little one who should be joining us in early December!