Ryan Bath Time

WSU vs. Colorado

Well let's not talk about the outcome of this game - disappointing! And it was a pretty tough weekend to say the least. Our friend was house/dog sitting for his former boss (who lives in Pullman) so we headed up early to hang out. Of course the kids fell asleep on the way up and subsequently when we got there, they woke up and wouldn't go back to sleep. Soooo finally when Jared and the boys went to the bar Ellie fell asleep at 11:30 pm. Kelsey and I hit up the hot tub and put Ryan in his carseat and got him to sleep at midnight. Then....when I tried to get Ryan into the house/crib at 1 am he woke up screaming and of course woke up Ellie. Once that was settled and I was in bed things were good til the boys got home and Ellie heard them. Then Ryan woke up screaming again at 4 am and again at 6 am...so at 6:45 am the kids and I headed to Denny's by ourselves to allow the rest of house to sleep. Saturday was filled with two whiny kids who refused to take naps until the 4th quarter of the football game for about 20 min each. However, always fun to hang out with friends and family! The kids crashed at 7 pm and 7:30 pm in the car on the way home and stayed asleep once we got there! And they slept until 7 am the next morning. I had crawled to bed at 8:30 pm and was woken up at 8:30 am by my little hungry man. I'll take 12 hours of sleep - can't remember the last time I ever got that much rest.

This is how Joel rode to the game - loungin'...

 

Baby Jackson's first Cougar Football Game!

 

Mr. fussy pants

 

Kelsey and Tony

 

Ryan's 6 Months Stats

Ryan had is 6 month check up this week. We were a couple weeks late due to a scheduling error. It's pretty apparent that Ryan is A LOT bigger than Ellie, and in general the kid is just big. Well here's the stats to prove it!

Weight: 18 lbs 6 oz (57%ile)
Height: 28 1/2 inches (97%ile)
Head Circumfence: 17 3/4 inches (78%ile)

Clearly this child has no issues with growth! The doctor said that most kids at 1 year of age are 29 inches long - and Ry is just a 1/2 inch short of that at 6 months! Crazy!

Ellie's First Day of Pre-School

Today Ellie started her first official day of pre-school. She's a little young at 2 1/2, but we are pretty lucky because her daycare has pre-school. So she'll get an early start on all that learning. :) She was pretty excited about it and brought home all sorts of art projects with apple stamps today.

Go Cougs! WSU v. EWU

It's here - football season! We love making the trip to Pullman to cheer on the Cougs. Today was the first home game of the season and excitement was in the air everywhere. There was a lot of people headed to the game early, which isn't usually the case.

First up was to stop at Ferdinand's for some ice cream. They aren't open during and after the game, so even though I wasn't really hungry, we had to get some! Ellie loved her blackberry ripple ice cream!

 

It was Ryan's first Cougar game so we were pretty excited about it! Plus it was our first game as a family of four!

 

 

 

 

Martin Stadium celebrated its 40th anniversary this year and it got a major facelift during the off season. This is the new suites and press box side of the stadium. I hear that its beautiful all lit up at night. We'll have to wait for another game to see it like that though.

 

 

 

Peach Festival at Green Bluff

This past weekend was the last weekend of peach festival at Green Bluff. My parents, brother, the kids and I (and our friend Cailin too) went to have an afternoon outing to pick peaches while Jared was hunting grouse for the weekend with the boys. The downside was once we were there - there were no ripe peaches to be picked from the trees. So instead we bought from the shop. As always we had a great time at Walter's Fruit Ranch. Ellie played in the pea box, we fed the sheep (which Ellie was scared to get too close to), pet the horses (which again Ellie was scared to get too close too - seeing a trend here?) and of course stocked up on pies!

Ryan is 6 months!

Hard to believe but its true! Ryan is already 6 months old. We haven't had his appointment yet since somehow the scheduler booked it for September not August 28th...so we had to wait until the next closest appointment available which is the 12th.

He loves food! A LOT! We've mastered rice cereal, oatmeal, green beans, broccoli, carrots, pears, plums, sweet potatoes, bananas, corn (and maybe a few others I can't remember). He's eating rice for lunch and then some of the foods above and more rice for dinner. After his appointment with the doc, we will probably add more food at lunch and probably more snacks.

He can also roll over from belly to back. He's always disliked being on his belly so its no surprise that he's pretty rapid at flipping over these days. He is so close to rolling over the other way, but I think he just chooses not to.

He's also been practicing sitting up unsupported. Tonight just a week past 6 months he's pretty proficient at it. He even took his first bath sitting up and he loved it!! He splashed and played with all the toys.