Scary Bubble Baths

Ryder is ten and half months old!  Next month, in May, he'll be ONE.  He's so smart and very observant.  He always notices to teeny tiniest little crumb or piece of lint and tries to pick it up.  He loves when Grandma and Grandpa Briggs' grandfather clock chimes.  Wherever we are in the house, he'll always stop and his eyes go wide and he tries to find the clock so he can point to it.  He knows the word dog.  He says it everytime he sees one, he just can't say the "g" at the end.  It's so cute!  He's getting sick of baby food really fast and is usually only interested in what everybody else is eating.  He loves eating with his hands.  When it was warm for a couple days, we went outside and blew bubbles and he loved that!  He would get a huge smile on his face when he could pop one.  He loves playing outside, especially on the swings in our backyard.  He's still nursing really well, so I decided we're just going to keep it up for a while.  He's sleeping pretty well overall.  He goes down at 8, and unless he wakes from teething pain, he'll usually sleep until about 5 or 5:30, and at that point I bring him in to cuddle/sleep in our bed for a few hours. He still doesn't nap much at all, unfortunately.  His hair is slowly getting longer.   It's pretty light still, so it doesn't show up great in pictures.  He is such a funny kid!  He personality is becoming so strong and distinct.  He is getting very good at throwing tantrums...  A skill I would be totally fine without!  We live in a ward that is mostly older more established families, so Ryder is one of about 3 babies.  Everybody at church loves him and we have people tell us all the time how much they love to watch him during church because he is so funny and busy.  Also, pretty much every single time we go anywhere, at least one person comes up and tells us what big, pretty eyes he has.  I'm biased of course, but I definitely think he has gorgeous blue eyes!

A couple of weeks ago, for Ryder's bath time, I decided it would be fun to do a bubble bath.  So while Kevin got Ryder undressed and ready for the bath, I added bubbles and got the bath ready. As soon as we put Ryder in the water, he immediately started crying.  Hard.  He was so scared of the bubbles!  We tried to show him it was ok, but he just got more and more worked up.  He was holding his arms out to be picked up and he was shaking!  Poor baby :(  So we got him out, wrapped him in a towel, and he cuddled with me while we drained the tub and refilled it without bubbles.  We'll have to try a bubble bath again when he's older I guess.  We did get some sweet pictures of him cuddling though (which he doesn't do very often).

One time, when it was snowing, Ryder wanted to see outside.  So I let him sit in the sink upstairs and watch the snow.  He was so cute because he fit so perfectly in there. 

Now that Ryder is crawling and getting faster and faster everyday, I feel like my world has been turned upside down...  He is thrilled at his new found independance and has been exploring everything!  He has now discovered how to pull himself up while holding onto something.  Since that discovery, it almost seems like he's not interested in crawling for fun as much as crawling to find something he can pull himself up with.  I'm a very paranoid mommy and I'm constantly worried he'll slip and smack his eye or crack one of his little teeth.  I'm trying very hard to not interfere with his exploration and learning this new pulling up skill, but I'm always right there ready to help him if he needs it.

 pulling up on my sewing machine

I LOVE this cheesy grin! 

He get's so excited when he's trying new things,

he can't help but smile and show off, haha

 You can see all five of his teeth in this picture. 

His sixth tooth is going to cut through any day now, I wish it would hurry up!

Ta da, look what I can do!