More Solids Introduced

It's a beautiful day in the Bay Area today. Spring has definitely arrived! Carol and I also picked this weekend to attempt sleep training (we're going with a modified Ferber approach). Fingers crossed, but so far it's going really well. Last night it took about 25 minutes before he fell asleep on his own. He went on to sleep for 8.5 hours! This morning he was back down for a nap after less than 10 minutes of crying. Maybe it's the solids. Maybe it's the routine. I'll keep you posted.

In the meantime, here are a couple of new vids from the week.

Ryan at 6 Months

The 6 month mark is officially on Tuesday so here are a few recent pictures and other Ryli resources.

• New Pictures on Kodak Gallery
• All of his YouTube Videos
• All of the Pictures I've Posted on the Blog
  
• Picasa Pictures taken by Philip Smeed

Enjoying Solid Food

Here's Ryan eating solids for the first time. Big day!

Enjoying the Giraffe

This morning we fed Ryan solids (rice mix) for the first time. I'll post the video shortly. As you can see from this video, it's pretty obvious that he's going to enjoy just about anything that gets near his mouth these day. Watch him go to town on his favorite giraffe Sophie!

Catching and Swinging

One more video from the weekend. Check out the hand-eye coordination on the little fella! We haven't heard from some of Ryan's regular readers lately. I hope everyone's doing well.

Happy Birthday Nana Jane

Big birthday best wishes going out to Ryan's Nana Jane today, who is somewhere in Italy or France at this point on a school trip with my sweet Aunt Kathy. Happy Birthday Mom!

On the home front, we're digging in to sleep training this weekend after a seminar yesterday and a week of wake-up calls every three hours. I did manage to get out to enjoy a great Golden State Warriors basketball game last night with John Kreisa and his daughter Lea. You can read about the big night and see a few pictures on his blog. What he doesn't mention is that Ryan was up and ready to play as soon as I arrived home from the game.

Cool Little Dude

Yesterday we took Ryan out in the stroller for the first time without the car-seat carrier. No problem at all. You'll see from the picture that we also have him wearing some pretty snazzy new sunglasses these days. Jury's still out on the hat though...
And here's a new video of some of the highlights of the week. The first minute will definitely make you smile! I had trouble posting the HD version on YouTube this time around.