Life So Far

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Hello. My name is Ryan and I will be 8 months old in 2 days. My wonderful mommy and daddy thought that I should start a blog. I can't really talk or write yet, but mommy and daddy will try to decipher (ooo...thats a hard word for me) what I am thinking and write it down on this blog. I also do lots of funny things that I want to share.

I came into this world on September 12, 2006 and my parents named me Ryan, which means "little prince". My family prays for me a lot ... that I would grow up in righteousness and one day inherit the kingdom of God (thus, the name).

I'm going to list some of my milestones so that one day I can look back on this blog and see how much I have grown:
-My first REAL smile was at 3 months. Now I smile all the time when someone smiles at me. It melts my parents' hearts when I do that.
-I slept through the night at 3 months!! Actually, the first day I slept 8 hours straight was on my baek-il. It was my present to mommy and daddy. Now I can sleep 11 hours straight...my parents are VERY happy about this.
-At 3 months, I rolled from my tummy to my back like 2 times and then I NEVER did it again. To this day I refuse to do it. But at 6 months I kept rolling from my back to my tummy. This is my favorite acrobatic move.
-At 7 months I sat really well...although I toppled over a couple times. Sometimes I cried, not because it hurts, but because I wanted some attention and be picked up...but my parents are too smart for me.
-I lifted my butt off the ground 1 week ago in an attempt to crawl. Gosh, my butt is so big. It was a big accomplishment.
-My tips of my bottom teeth are coming out now. That is why I have been a drooling machine the past few days.
-My first word was "umma" which means mommy in korean.
-My favorite word these days is "appa" which means daddy in korean.
-The past few weeks I have been imitating mommy and daddy when they talk.
-My favorite things to do these days are eating, sleeping, banging on the piano keyboard and the computer keyboard, listening to music (especially guitar), going to restaurants and sitting in a highchair and schmoozing with the adults, taking a stroll on the beach (but the beach is too far from where I live so I can't go often), playing with the toys at Target cuz my parents are too cheap to buy me toys, watching water fountains and ceiling fans, and did I mention EATING and SLEEPING??

Today, my mommy went to a bridal shower for someone at church named Linda. I was with daddy for a while and then I crashed the partay. There were lots of ladies there and I was the only MAN. I think they all liked me. =) I was getting very tired at the shower though because it was past my bedtime of 9 o clock.

My mommy decided to give me a shower after the shower (get it?? another shower...ahahaha) Anyways, I had my shower and got dressed and decided to lay on the bed while mommy showered...and the next thing I knew I was on the floor. My mom came out of the shower and almost had a heartattack. She picked me up off the ground and checked me for bumps and comforted me...after that I smiled at her. Normally I sleep in my crib, but today I get to sleep with mommy and daddy because of this accident. My mommy gave me a very confused look ... she's probably wondering how I fell off the bed. I have some secret powers that she does not know about. Muahahaha!

That was a long first entry. Signing out for today. Goodnight.