He is SOOO Strong!

Pardon the positioning of this video- I decided to film him while he was resting on me in the recliner...he loves to wiggle around and you can even hear some cooing. He is such a cutie!

Two Week Checkup

We took Ryan Jr. in for his two week checkup today and HE HAS GROWN SO MUCH! He now weighs 10 lb 4 ounces and is 22 inches! He is in the 90th percentile for both height and weight. I have been feeding this little ham so much so it made me feel good that he had gained some weight- good job little guy!

Junior and Senior at the Doc!

Kylee entertaining Brother at the Doc!

Our Little Man Swaddling- he loves it!

Like Father, Like Son

Need I say more?

Baby's First Bath

We have been giving baby a warm washcloth bath until his umbilical cord fell off and now we have upgraded to this fun Rainforest bathtub. As fun as it looks and as calming as it was supposed to be, not so much. Ryan screamed the whole time- both of them, haha-JK! Little man did scream the whole time but afterwards he slept wonderfully. One thing we were amazed by was when we were getting him out we were holding his arms and he is already pushing himself up with his little legs- what a little muscle man!

Got some sleep...

I cannot believe it but at 10pm last night, I finished feeding Ryan and put him to sleep. As the clock approached 11, I was getting nervous that maybe I should be sleeping because I only had a good hour if that to get some sleep and if this night was like the last, he could be eating every hour and I wouldn't even have a chance for sleep. When you are so sleep deprived, you don't even have to get into sleep mode, you just need to close your eyes. I could literally fall asleep anywhere at any time if I really wanted to- I am that tired. Anyways, I went right to sleep and to my suprise, I didn't wake up until 1am...then at 4am...then at 7am! How nice- I am hoping this works out to be a schedule because I will take this any night! I think Ryan was exhausted because of pics all day- in the morning he took his pics for his baby announcement and in the evening we attempted at family pics. The pics were some from today but of course I am saving the best for the announcement!

Who seriously blogs at 3am?

Little man must be on a growth spurt of some sort today because no lie, he ate every hour today starting at 6am Tuesday hopefully ending right now at 3am Wednesday. I had many moments today where there was just nothing left for him to eat and he was getting very frustrated. Tonight I topped him off with an ounce of formula and hopefully he will sleep for two hours, LOL. The other nights so far have been wonderful with him doing a 8pm-12am sleep and a 1am-4am which I totally can do. Tonight has just been out of whack like the whole day so I am hoping someone is not as hungry tomorrow. If so, I might have a 15lb baby by his two week visit :)

These are a few of my favorite things...

I do have to tell you we are beginning to see the confusion with having two Ryans in the house- so for this post we will go with Sr and Jr, LOL. This is Ryan's bouncer, aka "Man Chair." This was Ryan Sr proud registry pick and it even comes equipped with an Ipod jack to use with the lovely speakers. I think in the next few years we will see flat screens showing up on bouncers and swings. Ryan Jr LOVES this chair- he even already stretches out to grab the wooden toys, little man is very strong! I was not a fan of this chair at first because it did not look soft like the others but it really is comfy and he loves the lullabies that we loaded on the Ipod. About the lullabies...one day we were looking at Best Buy for Kylee a CD and spotted Rockabye Baby Metallica- I was thinking what is this? We purchased it and instantly fell in love with it- turns out they have many favorite bands...check out this link http://www.rockabyebabymusic.com/web/page.asp to listen- it is awesome baby music. Right now little man likes Bob Marley, No Woman No Cry. He is learning early! It is amazing with a boy how you do not need to plan color coordination- it just happens and is called blue. I loved this outfit on him- very comfy and he just loves this puppy. It is very SOFT and CUDDLY...

Meeting Kylee

Kylee is obsessed with babies so no wonder she loves Ryan so much! Kylee was excited to have him finally arrive and loves to help baby brother out. Ryan Jr looked around when he heard Kylee coming- he knew her voice from hearing her talk to my belly each day. They are just darling together!

Welcome to the World!

RYAN DEAN MCDONALD JR

12/12/2008 at 6:01 PM

8 lb 6 ounces, 21 inches