Ryan is 13 Months!

Look out everyone, here's 13-month old Ryan!

Likes: Food, especially cheese, berries, and crackers, the remote, running away/chasing/wrestling games, pushing the lawnmower and car around in the basement, opening drawers and cupboards, making the "roar" sound, favorite books right now are Barnyard Dance, Goodnight Moon, and the "Peekaboo" book, doing anything he has been told "no" about

Maybe I won't get caught with the remote this time...

Dislikes: Signing for what he wants (would rather just screech about it), laying down for diaper changes, being put down for a nap - throws everything out of the crib and then screams for it

Any new tricks? Above you can see a pretty good representation of Ryan's walking skills; his grandma refers to it as the "drunken sailor." He's preferring to walk more and more, but he's really tipsy and falls down quite a bit.  He's using the "more" and "all done" signs less and less, but has learned to shake his head side to side as a way to indicate "no" and he does this all the time.  The other word he's learned and uses ALL.THE.TIME is "dat" aka "that."  He points incessantly at everything and always wants to know what "that" is.  His love for the remote sometimes causes me to have to hide it when Laura is watching her shows.  Unfortunately, Ryan has figured out my favorite spot (under the couch pillows) and knows to just pull the pillows off the couch to access it.

Well, hello, ladies.  Ignore my diaper sticking out of my saggy swim shorts.

And this is why we keep him around...