Doctor Visit - 18 months

I've decided that this blog will serve as Ryan's electronic baby book since the Golden family is notorious for losing baby books (or as Kaylee says, never making one).   Ryan went for his 18 month check up today and weighed in at 28 pounds and was 33 inches tall (75th percentile for both).  Coming as a shock to no one, his head is quite large (98th percentile).

I recently decorated around Ryan's crib with alphabet decals including D for dog.  Since I've done this, Ryan has been over stimulated at nap and bed time.  We often hear him in his room barking and when we go to check on him, he points at the dog and barks.  I'm thinking about taking the D out of the alphabet and just accepting that he will learn the alphabet as A, B, C, E.

Who doesn't play football wearing tight pjs?

No dogs in the car...sleep comes easily

Happy Thanksgiving!

 Where's Ryan??

 Weekend fun!

Thanks for the help Aunt Kaylee!!

Busy November...

November is flying by... Christmas will be here before we know it.  Here is what Ryan has been up to the last few weeks...

hanging out at the park

impressing the ladies at daycare

Friday fun with Mom

Ryan and the Jets

We had another nice weekend.  We read, meet up with some college friends and their kids, and ended the weekend with one of the more comical bath we've had in a while.

Although we don't have any pictures, a special shout-out to Ryan's uncle, Coach (Michael) Sand, who led the Shabbona 7th grade basketball team to three wins on Saturday afternoon.  We went to the Saturday morning game and were able to cheer him on.

When he's not busy bashing into walls (nose is healing nicely), Ryan likes to relax and catch up on some light reading.

Too early for cooties?  You'd think with all the nice-looking young ladies around, he'd be more eager to sit on the couch.

Funniest bathtub jets ever....?