The weather this past week has been absolutely beautiful, reaching near 60 degrees everyday. The boys and I have enjoyed spending time outside and going for walks. Ryan was able to play in the sand for the first time. Sometimes you get a little stir crazy during the winter. It was starting to feel like Spring was around the corner, but it's only January, and we probably have like 8 weeks of cold weather left. Hopefully, we will have some more warm days so we can get outside even if for a day.
Derek started his MBA program this week which makes for some long days at work and lots of homework, but I know he can do it and I've been trying to be an encouragement. Derek also had a tough week at work. His company "re-organized" and laid off about 22 positions. His office has also been reorganized, although Derek's job hasn't changed too drastically other than taking on more work. We are so thankful that Derek still has a job. Things will be different at first as they move forward with changes, but I know he will do great. He also hopes to teach another class in the spring. He's busy, busy, busy!
Ryan had his 6 month appointment last week and everything went well. The doctor said he is developing perfectly (his words, not mine!). His weight gain has slowed down, but the doctor wasn't too concerned and said he is proportioned well. He weighed 15.9 pounds (19th percentile) and was 26.5 inches (60th percentile) long. I looked back in Sean's baby book and he was actually bigger than Ryan when he was 6 months old. He was 16.9 pounds and 27 inches. We thought Ryan was our big boy, but I guess we didn't remember correctly! He can sit by himself pretty well now, but seems to fall over whenever I turn around. He also started talking to us; it's really cute. He also feels the need to scream to get our attention. That gets annoying. We are pretty sure that he said "dada" and we were able to get him to repeat it back to us. We had him on the floor this morning for some tummy time and he was watching his brother and trying to figure out how he could get over to him. Maybe that will motivate him to crawl soon. However, I'm not sure we want that! He'll be into everything. He was getting better for a couple of weeks with sleeping at night and recently has fallen into bad habits again feeling the need to wake every hour. Derek and I are sleep deprived. :-)
Sean is doing very well. He really enjoys playing with action figures, particularly Star Wars ones. They make some called "Galactic Heroes" which are a smaller version of the action figures for younger kids to play with. He talks about them all day long. He knows all of their names and he sets them up on a table to play. In pre-school, he is learning to recognize the letters in his name. We pre-register him this week for the fall school year already. He attends a Christian pre-school and I've heard from the other mothers that getting into some of the classes is pretty competitive so either we are planning to arrive for registration pretty early. I've also been a bit overwhelmed with schooling in general. Sean will not attend Kindergarten until fall of 2011, but there are already waiting lists at some of the schools (primarily charter schools) here. I couldn't believe it! I'm just learning about all of the school options and we aren't sure what school is best for him, but we went ahead and put his name on one waiting list so far.
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I always love your updates! Thanks!
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