Ryder at 9 months old

Tricks: Ryder is starting to copying everything his sister does (not always a good thing) but that does mean he is doing more and more.  Ryder can sign more, stretch on demand and go from a laying to sitting position.  He is also starting to dance to music.  He cheers "yay" when a song is finished so I guess that is his first word.  He gets around but doesn't have a typical crawl.  He pulls his legs forwards while moving his hands, but mostly just rolls to get around.  

Eating: Ryder's favorite foods right now are bananas, crackers, cucumbers, and anything unhealthy!  He still isn't as great of an eater as Rilyn was but I guess he still eats pretty good for a 9 month old. He has slowed down on nursing quite a bit and only eats 5 - 6 times in a 24 hour period now.  He still spits up quite a bit which is pretty annoying since it's no longer just milk but food chunks. Hopefully that goes away real soon!


Sleeping: He sleeps great through the night. He goes to sleep between 6:30 and 7:00 and wakes up between 5:30 and 6:30.  He is really easy to put down - we just lay him in his crib and he plays till he falls asleep.  He is still napping twice a day.  His morning nap has been about an hour and his afternoon nap is usually about two hours.

Stats: Ryder weighs 21lbs 1.5 ounces and is 28 3/4 inches tall.  He is in the 75% for both height and weight.  He has surpassed Rilyn's 9 months stats, which was a surprise too me.  He just seems smaller than she was, but I guess that is not the case.    Also, our pediatrician thinks Ryder's extra fluid in his man parts is finally gone so that should mean no surgery in the future for our munchkin!!!  

Ryder loves to play games such as peek-a-boo or pretending to catch him.  He likes to snuggle and play with toys on the floor.  He really wants to play with Trixie and loves to go for walks.  He loves to pull his sister's hair and be around people.  We haven't experience too much separation anxiety so he might be as social as Rilyn.  We just love having him in our lives and couldn't imagine an easier baby!

Rilyn of course wants to do everything Ryder does so when I was taking his picture she wanted her picture taken with his sign.

I then convinced her to finally get dressed and we made her own sign.  Apparently we need to work on her expanding her repertoire of favorite things.  

She was showing me she was two with her fingers.