Minnesota Children's Museum

Colin was a rockstar at the museum. This was his favorite room, he liked being the DJ and the lead guitarist.

Weave Master

Colin pulling himself up the tree seat at the museum

Ryan and Savannah at the Minnesota house

Brothers

Ryan is now 6 months old and having a little cereal in the morning and veggies and meat for dinner. He is having a rough time at night, not wanting to fall asleep. We have tried lots of things to make him sleep. Currently he is swaddled at night but he still fights going to bed. While we were in Minnesota over Christmas I had an idea that he may still be suffering from acid reflux, I started him back on his medicine this week. He is calming down better at night now that he is on it, so hopefully we will have a good sleeping baby again soon. (at 4 months he was practically sleeping through the night, so this was a SHOCK!) At Ryan's 6 month appointment he was weighing in at 18.6lbs and was 28.5". Another big healthy boy for us.

Colin is 4 1/2, now that Christmas is over he is starting to plan his June birthday party.
He finished his basketball season and had a lot of fun learning new basketball skills. He is starting to write more and even read. He sounds out his words and in the bath he builds words with the bath letter toys. He goes to school 3 days a week and really enjoys playing sports on the Wii when he can't go outside. He misses Matt when he travels because Matt plays so much with him and Matt is always teaching Colin something new. Recently they have been learning about the solar system and I believe Greek Gods.

We went to visit my college roommate Hadley the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It had been two years since I had seen her, so it was great to catch up with her and introduce her to Ryan.

Ryan Meets Santa!

Ryan loved Santa! He gave his beard a good tug to find out that it was real!


On Black Friday, we went to Regency to see Santa's reindeer. Grandma and Grandpa Steele came for Thanksgiving, so it was a fun day out. Colin was not too excited about the reindeer, but Santa was much more exciting this year for him.

Ryan and Matt enjoying Hughes' Christmas

Ben holding Ryan. Ryan is such a happy baby. He is lacking in the sleep department lately, but
is still always smiling.

Ryan and Colin visiting the Santa at Bass Pro. Since Colin saw Santa two days in a row, when Santa asked what he wanted the second day Colin said, "I already told you."

Colin's Pre-School Concert

Colin's preschool concert was a joy just like last year. I helped decorate this year, so we got a close spot to watch him.

Bowling

Colin came bowling with our CYO church group at the beginning of December. At the end of the month he became an expert on Uncle Robb's (Melissa's fiance) X-Box.