Turns on a Dime

It's all fun and games...

...until you have a french fry he wants.

Magic Light

Long story short, he was unable to "catch" the rainbows on the floor.  Despite Molly's repeated attempts to explain bending light through the front door windows.

"I already told him why it's on the ground but he won't LISTEN to me."

Bonus Post #4

So this is not really "news" but Ronan is walking and I realized I don't think I ever really posted any videos of it happening.

Now, he's so much better than his shows so I'll have to take another one to show an update.

Funnily enough, I put him in shoes today because, ya know, walking and stuff.  It didn't go great.  He had a similar reaction to Molly but with more rage and less sadness.  It was as if I strapped two tiny anvils to end of his legs.

And Again

He started to come around to the idea of 45 minute walks in the dead of winter.

Not So Happy

About the snow.  I bundled him up like whoa and, well it wasn't his favorite thing in the world.

Bonus Post #3

I will anticipate your questions and preemptively provide answers:

(1) No, I do not know why he wants to get the freezer open

(2) No, I do not think HE knows why he wants to get the freezer open.

(3) And soon.  he will be able to open that drawer very soon.

Little Tongue

This isn't the best picture of him or the tongue thing he's been doing but I had to document it.

His default face is this little curly tongue out the side of his mouth.  Like he's really focused and working on hard something.  Except he's not.  He's just being a baby all the time.  Zero focus.  Zero work.

Bonus Post #2

And for your second installment...

I decided in December to start letting Ronan try to feed himself yogurt with a spoon.

Ryan thinks this is the stupidest thing I've ever done.  Ro, of course, flings food father and with more joy whenever Ryan is around just to take Dada's side.

I won't lie.  It's not pretty.

But Ryan is missing the point.  While he is flinging yogurt into all kinds of special nooks and crannies of his body and our breakfast room, I get to eat breakfast.

I get to eat breakfast.  And sometimes, it is still warm.

Little Guy at the Aquarium

He didn't want to miss out on the girls' dance party.

This is the penguin Ronan tried to kiss.

Bonus Post 1

So I said I was going to do less posts but turns out I have a lot of content up in here that never got posted.

So I've got a series of "bonus posts" coming.  I don't want you getting too comfortable with the quantity of posts given my previous announcement on what to expect.

Every time you see "bonus post" just think "these won't last forever, let's be grateful for them now and prepare to not complain later."

And without further ado...

This is a double whammy because I cannot recall (or find) if I posted this way back in the day.  The day of August 2016.  But it's so cute that even if you have seen it, you can watch it again.  And like it a lot.

But just to ensure my first bonus post isn't a sham, here is another one from September that I don't think I posted.

And another that I definitely didn't post!

Little Guy Coloring

Somebody is starting to love scribbling.

Notice I'm having him color on the largest sheet of paper on the planet.

This Is Old

But I don't think I published it before...and it's so cute.

Messy Face

Molly was helping me get him to make cute faces for the camera.

It worked.

Practice Pictures

So I should have just put them in their Christmas jammers and taken the real Christmas pictures instead of practicing.  The practice worked so much better.

But it didn't last long.

Ronan defies gravity.

But it turns out physics wins.

Here is the Captain of Climbing.

Good thing big sister can help.

 Then, once I started taking pictures, I had a hard time stopping.

Christmas

Lincoln Park Zoo Lights

Hahahaha.  Ronan turned to look the other way, but his hat didn't go with him!

Ronan's First Nutcracker

At first he was a bit overwhelmed.

But soon he got into hit.  Watching from the edge of his seat.  I mean, the edge of the seat in front of him.

Even clapping when appropriate.  And also when not appropriate.