Playing Ball with Daddy

Here's a few more pictures of Rylan playing ball with Daddy tonight. Rylan got a big kick out of this and of course Daddy thinks he's the best 7 month old short stop he's ever seen!

Rylan's Update

Ok, Grandma T. I know I've been slacking on the blog lately, but here are some new pictures, and I promise there are more to come in a day or two.

We have had a busy week. We came to Abilene for Thanksgiving. For those of you who have babies you feel my pain when it comes to packing. I swear our next car needs to be a 15 passenger van just to get all of Rylan's things. Plus, we have the added luxury of fitting a 65 pound dog somewhere in our vehicle. Anyway, we got here and we are very happy to say that Rylan slept the entire 3+ hour car trip.

We had snow...actually lots of snow on Thanksgiving Day. It was so much fun and for once it finally seemed like late Fall/early Winter in Texas. We rushed out to get some family pictures in the snow because snow on the ground doesn't last long here.

Since I haven't posted lately here is an update on Rylan's newest things:

1. Rylan now has 2 bottom teeth. The first one came in on the 17th and the second followed close behind on the 2oth. During that time we had no idea he was teething because he was never fussy. My friend actually was the one to notice his first tooth at a football game.
2. Rylan is now crawling!! He started off crawling a little last week, but now he is basically on the go as he pleases. I guess it's time to make a trip to Babies R Us for some baby gates. Our days of leaving Rylan on a blanket on the floor while we do some chores are over.
3. Apparently our baby is half human half crocodile. We are having the hardest time changing his diaper and dressing him. He is constantly trying to roll over onto his belly when we lay him down. No matter how much you hold his legs down the entire upper half of his body can still twist all the way around! Diaper changes are now mostly a 2 person job...one to hold him down and one to wipe...guess which one I get?!

Well, we hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We feel like this is absolutely the best holiday season ever for us since we have our precious baby this year.

Rylan getting to see his first snow!!

Nonni bought Rylan a Jumper Roo for their house and it was a hit!

Rylan after a Biter Biscuit. I have to say the idea of a Biter Biscuit is great, but the Swiffer Sweepers and Spray and Wash should be sold right next to them in the store.

My half naked baby crawling on our bed

As Daddy would say...Just Chillin'

Rylan's Baby Dedication

This past Sunday was a special day for us. We had Rylan dedicated in our church. This is something that Cody and I both felt we needed to do since we were blessed with this perfect baby boy. May he grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord so that one day when the Holy Spirit moves in his life he will call upon the name of Jesus.

I have 1 Samuel 1:27-28 up on the side of our blog all the time, but it was on this day that we got to live that scripture as parents.

Our precious baby being handed to Gary

Another dedication picture

4 generations of Salyers

I Have My Husband Back!!

Well, another football season has come and gone for us and I have my husband back!! Last night the Cougars played their last game and I have to admit I am relieved. Don't get me wrong, I would love for Cody to be coaching a team that goes to the playoffs in the future, but right now Rylan needs more time with his daddy. He absolutely adores Cody and now they can have a lot more "boy time" together. Cody will now be home with us early each evening until baseball starts up in late January. We'll keep our fingers crossed that the baseball team can make it to the playoffs this spring. By then we'll have a little boy who will want to run the bases after the games!

Cody with his position players

We did it!! We got to wear the bear hat...and it was a hit with the player's parents in the stands!

My Funny Little Boy

Rylan's personality is starting to show up more and more each day. He is so funny with some of the things he does. Yesterday we were constantly laughing at some of the things he was doing. For example, yesterday I put him down on his blanket with some of his toys. He loves his bucket of shapes and his ring stacker right now. Well, when I came back from the bathroom I found him in the middle of his blanket with a ring around each arm. I have no idea how he got them all the way up to his shoulders but somehow he did. Also, when we put him to bed last night we heard him on the monitor talking to himself for a while before he finally went to sleep. Cody went to check on him before getting into bed and found that Rylan had somehow played Houdini and escaped from his PJ's. Apparently he was doing more than just talking to himself before he fell asleep. Enjoy the pictures...

Apparently Rylan like the "tube top" version of PJ's

All that hard work wore him out

Look mom!!! I'm stacking my rings...on my arms!!