Ryan's Week 5!

Quote of the week from a stranger: "Welcome to the world, little guy!"

Ryan had a checkup with his fabulous pediatrician, Dr. Tina Boylston, this week and everything looks great! He is a whopping 9 pounds! Mommy and Daddy are so happy! He is 21 inches long - such a difference from the 6 pounds, 13 ounces and 19 and a half inches at birth!

In addition to that, Ryan made his first friend this week. He loves admiring his friend, the octopus, that hangs from his activity gym! He even likes to punch the rattle that is attached to one of the octopus' tentacles. He's getting good at his punches - he punched Daddy in the chin this week! Ryan is starting to stare at lights and movement more and more every day and really likes to look at faces, if even for just a few minutes.

Ryan had his first official babysitter this week (besides Grandma Margaret and Grandfather Sir). Miss Sarah came over and watched Ryan for a few hours while Mommy and Daddy went car shopping. Ryan loves Miss Sarah - they read and sang songs and did a little homework to boot!

Ryan also went to Southwest Research Institute this week (what a busy week!) to meet Daddy for lunch. He had Rudy's BBQ with "the guys" - well, the guys had BBQ, Ryan pretty much just slept. He met Miss Teresa, Miss Mary, Miss Kathy, Daddy Burkey, a bunch of Daddy's other co-workers, and saw his Great Uncle Danny too.

That's it for now. Stay tuned - soon Ryan will be meeting his Ma Belle and Papa John and I'm sure he'll have many more adventures! Until next time!