Today I purchased an exercise ball. As I was pumping it up I was thinking that it was such a great buy because a) I'll be able to get a great workout and b)I figured Ryan would probably think it was cool too. However, much to my surprise, I got Ryan from his room after taking a nap and he was completely petrified of the ball. I tried to show him what it could do by rolling it and bouncing it a bit but that only made things worse. He started shaking, crying and wouldn't let me put him down. Initially I thought it was a little humorous so I thought I would document it with a picture. But I couldn't get him to let go of me, let alone get him to sit by the ball long enough to take a picture. I realized the only way I was going to get a picture was to hold him by it and as you can tell he still didn't like that. I kept thinking that he'd realize that he had nothing to worry about but after 15 minutes of him hugging my neck and panting I finally decided I had to hide the ball in the back bedroom. I may not get much use out of it after all. At least while he's awake, we'll see.