Ryan 5 Months

Ryan girl, 

You are five whole months.  Where has the time gone?  Between managing your brother and coping with your hearing loss, I barely blinked and already you are so grown up.  So sad, I didn't even get out Christmas cards this year.  Maybe next year?  Or else, I'll do a belated card....um, maybe.

Anyway, you, are such a sweet girl.  You are a snuggle bug (completely unlike your brother).  You love to be held, and you love to snuggle.  You will do this with pretty much anyone these days.  Your biggest stride most recently was standing up and bearing weight for a significant amount of time on your legs.  We put you in the exersaucer (name of jumpy, bouncy thingy)-- and you are loving it.  You play with all the little toys on it.  Speaking of little toys, you have two favorites:  Sophie and Abby.  Sophie is your giraffe, pictured below, and Abby is your Sesame Street doll.  You picked up Abby at the hospital, and she comes with you on all your trips and all your appointments.  You are comforted by Abby and her 'twinkle think' mantra.

You, at five months, are quite the frequent flier.  You have already made three roundtrips to and from TX (twice) and Omaha.  Good thing you love your Uggs-- all three pairs (thanks Grammy K)-- because they keep you nice and warm on your trips.  Comparatively to your brother, you are not a great sleeper-- you love love love being awake and making sure you're not missing a thing.  I do think partly because you can't hear anything that you compensate with your visual behavior.  You pay attention to everything (it's almost annoying).  If the TV is on and I am nursing you, you ALWAYS turn your head about every 15 seconds to check out what we are watching on TV.  If big brother is watching Sesame Street, you zone to the TV more than he does.  You love the little people and all the lights.

You love your butterflies.  Your mobile is butterflies, you love this. But, you also have a little turtle that displays colored stars in the dark-- this scares you.  I'm not sure why, but you whine every time that thing is on...big brother loves it.  He took it from you.  (This is common-- big brother taking things that are yours-- we are working on this.)

You are starting to grow into your cheeks.  (thank goodness as they were a little overwhelming there for awhile).  You do have the biggest cheeks we have ever seen.  They are really fun see you with such big cheeks-- it's funny.

Mom and dad loathe your hearing aids.  'Nough said.  This is why they don't make it into many pics.  You are supposed to wear them all the time, but sigh, they are hard to keep them in.  We are looking forward to nine months for your CI surgery.  We can't wait for you to hear us and catch up with your speech and language development.  

Much love Ryan!

 

                 Grammy Krenz and Ryan's new doll!                                 Uncle Rob & Auntie Sammy!!!