Sunday, January 18, 2009

New Vehicles, New Beds, Goodbye Baby

This has been a long week. Ryder came down with the flu on Monday and it lingered until Thursday. We are lucky so far he is the only one that has had it. Funny thing he had his flu shot 3 weeks ago at his 15 month checkup.

Yesterday everyone was feeling better so it was picture time with the new vehicle or the Monster Truck. I believe we have future car models after watching these two pose.





Ryder can almost walk underneath the front of it without bumping his head. The tires are taller than he is.

When Ryder was home sick he figured out he could get out of his crib. I caught him trying to climb over and quickly stopped him. The next morning he and Reganne greeted me in the hallway. I asked Reganne how he got out of bed and she said she did it. He wanted to get up. Friday night Ryder decided he was hungry at midnight. Oh the joys of feeling better. When we didn't respond fast enought to his request we heard a loud thump. We went running and found him sitting on the floor beside his crib. The rest of the night was spent on the floor.

Saturday Dave took apart the crib and made the toddler bed. Ryder thought it was pretty cool. Until bed time. Then he refused to anywhere near it. It was a long night. But I kept saying: "Better safe than hurt."


Watching him play in his bed and walk around the house today. It became clear that he is no longer a little baby, but an active toddler. He is 16 months today. My babies are all growing up.

3 comments:

Susan said...

We had a similar issue with Annalise when we put her in a big bed. It took a couple of nights of repeatedly putting her back before she would stay in her bed. Good luck!

Unknown said...

I'm glad Rachel hasn't figured out how to get out yet. I don't know if I can handle 4 toddlers running around when we are trying to get them to bed. Actually, Jaxen and Joshua are the only ones that still give us trouble at night.

Anonymous said...

Hi Lori! Ryder is so adorable what beautiful eyes he has!! It is so fun to keep in touch this way I love seeing your beautiful family!!