Ryan Jeffrey Lewis » Uncategorized http://ryanjeffreylewis.com Litte Boy...Big Heart! Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:58:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Merry Christmas http://ryanjeffreylewis.com/2011/12/26/merry-christmas/ http://ryanjeffreylewis.com/2011/12/26/merry-christmas/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:28:00 +0000 http://ryanjeffreylewis.com/?p=307 Merry Christmas!  We had the most amazing weekend with family and friends.  Ryan is still exhausted with all of his presents!  He met Santa several times and even was able to say Santa’s name when he saw him.  Ryan made reindeer food and sprinkled it in the yard on Christmas Eve.  He woke up to a stocking with Elmo slippers and a train table that Santa left in the basement.  We have only had it out for a little more than 24 hours and it already has about 6 hours of play time!

Christmas Day greeted us with nice weather, for being Minnesota.  After nap time and hugs and kissed goodbye to Grandma, Rick, Uncle Josh, Chelsy and Tanner, we headed to the park.  Slides, monkey bars, and climbing on Christmas Day and the temps near 50 degrees…so nice!!

 

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He had his 18 month checkup 2 weeks ago and is healthy as can be.  He is in the 50th percentile of everything and handled his shots like a champ.  His favorite part – the new activity board on the wall in the clinic.  He couldn’t stop playing with it!

Parenthood keeps getting better each day!

 

 

 

 

 

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On Wednesday, I start a week long break from work and lots of one on one time with Ryan.  We have plans for story time at the library, MN Zoo, Downtown Farmers Market and our first ever family vacation to Craguns Resort in Brainerd MN.

Ryan is talking up a storm!  His new favorite words are bye bye, truck and car.  He also just mastered his neighborhood friend’s name – Lilah!  It’s so cute when he says Lilah.  He loves going to school each morning and playing with his friends.

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21.4lbs (27th percentile)

29 3/4 inches tall (52nd percentile)

and his head circumference is 18.5 inches (70th percentile)

He also has said good by to bottles and formula/breastmilk.  He is a 100% cows’ milk drinker from a big boy sippy cup!  He has recently found his tongue a is constantly sticking it out and he continues to take a few steps on his own.  Any day now, we should have a walker on our hands!

Check out the new pics in the winter album!

]]> http://ryanjeffreylewis.com/2011/03/16/ryan-stats/feed/ 0 1 year and 1 day old now! http://ryanjeffreylewis.com/2011/03/06/1-year-and-1-day-old-now/ http://ryanjeffreylewis.com/2011/03/06/1-year-and-1-day-old-now/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 06:20:47 +0000 http://ryanjeffreylewis.com/?p=201 Ryan had a great first birthday!  He had a blueberry muffin for breakfast; took a long morning nap and then we headed to the Mall of America to the aquarium.  We saw lots of fish and then had a bit to eat.  Ryan had a chicken burrito and rice.  There must have been about 1000 grains of rice on the floor!  I always judge Ryan’s experience based on the mess.  The bigger the mess = the more fun!  He was napping on the car ride home until we got to the grocery store.  He couldn’t resist the free cookie so he forced himself awake :)  We got home and got to meet our brand new neighbor friend, Elise.  She is just 6 days old!  The night was capped with pizza and a bit of ice cream.  Next weekend is his big friends and family party so this weekend was a good warm up!

]]> http://ryanjeffreylewis.com/2011/03/06/1-year-and-1-day-old-now/feed/ 0 11 Months Old Today! http://ryanjeffreylewis.com/2011/02/05/11-months-old-today/ http://ryanjeffreylewis.com/2011/02/05/11-months-old-today/#comments Sat, 05 Feb 2011 20:16:11 +0000 http://ryanjeffreylewis.com/?p=184 Mr. Little Lewis is 11 months old today! He has changed so much in 11 short months. He is all over the place and quite the handful. He has never crawled, but scoots with intense passion! Lots of people tell us that he will start to walk when he realizes he can carry stuff – something crawling babies can’t. Well, he has no problem carrying stuff. His favorite…..the Swifter! He loves it!

He now has 7 teeth. He loves faux walking while we hold his hands. At least once a week, you can find us at the local Target walking around. Lots of room and he loves getting the attention of those that walk by him. Daycare is great! He moved into the “Big Bear” room. He is the youngest in his room, but loves hanging out with his friends!

He’s quite the eater too. We haven’t found anything that he doesn’t like. He loves self-feeding and feeding the dog. Th dog has officially gone on a diet thanks to Ryan. In one month, he will be smashing his very first birthday cake and I will be one proud momma!

]]> http://ryanjeffreylewis.com/2011/02/05/11-months-old-today/feed/ 0 Check out the new photo albums… http://ryanjeffreylewis.com/2010/11/15/check-out-the-new-photo-albums/ http://ryanjeffreylewis.com/2010/11/15/check-out-the-new-photo-albums/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 04:31:13 +0000 http://ryanjeffreylewis.com/?p=178 Fall 2010

Halloween 2010

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  • 10/13 – said “Hi”
  • 10/16 – teeth finally came through
  • 10/20 – started solid food.
  • Especially loves apples, noodles, cheese and cheerios
  • Also saying “oh oh” and “pup”
  • Pulling himself up on people and furniture
  • Scooting and army crawling
  • Successfully battled and won two round with ear infections
  • Weighs around 18.5lbs
  • Has a baby girlfriend at daycare.  Her name is Jamie :)
  • Dressed up as a lil monster for Halloween and went trick or treating with neighborhood buddies.
  • Wearing 9 and 12 month clothes
  • Found the dog food and water bowls :(
  • Loves playing with musical toys – rattles, maracas, tambourines, piano and xylophone.
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He started daycare last week.  He loves it!  His teachers are great.  It is fun to see his personality coming through, especially around other little guys.  He is very observant and likes to be where the action is.

With such a big change, sleeping has been interesting.  Lots of little naps, but this weekend we were blessed with a 4 1/2 nap on Saturday.  It was so nice and we had such a happy baby afterwards!

We have also started swimming “lessons”.  More like play in the water with mom or dad, but Ry guy loves it too!  He pretty much loves everything!

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He’s rolling over like crazy and has become fond of sleeping on his belly.  He usually goes to sleep on his side and wakes up on his belly.  If he surprises himself while getting on his belly, he unfortunately wakes up mad and demands our attention to be repositioned.  He is sleeping through the night about 50% of the time (9:30pm to 7:30am).  The other 50% is when he accidentally rolls on his belly and is mad about it.  A quick roll to his back and a pacifier later, he is back to sleep.

He is scooting and turning 360 degrees on his belly.  He is on the verge of figuring out crawling!  His favorite weekend activity at the moment is going to the Farmers Market.  He loves people watching from his Baby Bjorn and flirting with all of the ladies that tell him he is so adorable!

Last weekend, he was one lucky kid and got his first taste of ice cream.  He loves it too!

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