Ryan had his two-month doctor visit and first round of vaccines today. As you can see, he was pretty wiped out after the fact. The poor little guy was either asleep or fussy practically all day. Other than that he is doing great.
Here are his stats today: 9 lbs 5 oz (10th percentile), 23 3/4 in long (80th percentile), and head circumference is 38 cm (10th percentile).

All of our friends here at Chambers Court had a great time barbecuing.

Today Ryan had another cardiology appointment, and it is amazing what they can tell about the heart just from listening to it. From what the cardiologist heard, it sounds like the hole in Ryan's heart is starting to close even more which is such a relief. The cardiologist says because Ryan is still doing well with his growth and breathing they will continue just to wait and see how he does. We don't have to go back for another cardiology appointment for a couple of months now.

Just in case you aren't sure where a VSD affects the heart here is a picture.


Ryan's current stats:
9 lbs 3 oz (The same as Eric's birth weight. Yes, Ryan's still our little peanut).

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We know when Ryan is hungry when he does the obvious, cries, but he will also sometimes pucker his lips to let us know he is ready for the bottle. When feeding Ryan we have to pay close attention to him; otherwise, the minute we look away he loses interest and stops sucking and swallowing. Before you know it, his mouth fills with milk which then drizzles all down his face. As long as we talk to him while he eats, he is a pretty clean eater. We've also noticed that sometimes he will, amazingly, suck vigorously on his bottle for 20 minutes or so when actually he hasn't drunk a thing! The milk in the bottle will be at the same level it was when we started. This is kind of funny during the day but not so funny when it's 3:00 a.m.! I don't know how he does it.

It's been so fun to see Ryan start to pay more attention to his surroundings. Just within the last couple weeks he's started to be entertained by the mobile on his swing and crib. YAY!! It's great when I'm trying to get some stuff done around the house.

Ryan had an upset tummy so we gave him a little medicine. He really liked the flavor but as you can see half of it ended up on his face.

Ryan adores his dad, he will just stare at him forever.
Here is Eric reading to Ryan

It's so fun...Ryan is starting to SMILE awake! He still doesn't do it very often so we felt lucky to catch this one on camera.



Ryan had his second doctors appointment with the cardiologist. They did an EKG and from what they could tell they think the hole in his heart is starting to close a little. So from here they will just monitor it for the next year.

Eric's parents came into town to visit us. It was so fun to have them here to see our little Ryan.

After eating at a famous Milwaukee fish fry


We went to Cederburg for Strawberry Days