Happy Halloween!

Steve robbed the Liu vault and took out this prized possession for Halloween! Our li'l sack of money had fun walking around the Rosenthal neighborhood but fell asleep after visiting about three houses.

ooh...balloon...

"you are under my spell...you will now gaze at me for several minutes and ignore all other things around you...you will coo with satisfaction and kick your legs with excitement because of my striking colors and the way I float in the air...you can thank Auntie Jeri for giving me to you...you will cry when I am deflated but this will cause your mommy to take me to the store to bring me back to life again...I am the fishy and I am all powerful!"

Ryan at 12 weeks

Ryan is now 12 weeks old and weighing in at 15.5 lbs. He is much more vocal (cooing and making sounds when he's happy, excited, or upset) and I got to hear a few belly laughs out of him when I played peekaboo with him in a mirror and balanced him on my shins to "fly" him in the air. Here he is propped up in his crib. He can hold up his head a little better but still flops over or head butts me frequently. He's not sleeping through the night yet but has a more predictable schedule (every 3 hours he eats, then stays awake for a bit, then gets a little cranky before nap time). As you can see, he's a pretty happy baby!

Tryin' to be like dad

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Ryan cools out with the "Champagne of Beers".

Superfriends: The next generation...

Here is Ryan chilling out with his new friends in a brief moment of controlled madness... 9 kids! Sitting! After eating about 6 Jake's pizzas nonetheless! Actually they are old friends, older than he can imagine right now. They are the next generation of Dad's old buddies: the Hays, Giffins, and Rosenthals. I wonder years from now if all these guys will be best men for each other in weddings to come. Time will tell!

Baby B-Boy

What can I say, the boy likes to bounce around to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five... As soon as he can sit up straight, he'll be cuttin' and scratchin' on the wheels of steel for real. Yeah boy!

Happy Little Piggy!

Ryan turned 8 weeks old and had a round of shots - not a happy boy at that moment, which was very sad for me because he was very smiley up until the point the needle went in. He's now 13.5 lbs, 25", and has a noggin that's 41.5 cm, so he's moved up to the 90th percentile for weight, 97th percentile for height, and 87th percentile for his head size - BIG BOY! He's now smiling daily and working out babystyle - tummy time means he practices raising his head.

Likes: getting a diaper change, warm baths, people smiling at him. Dislikes: shots, tummy bubbles.