A phase or true brotherly love?

Ryan has been super sweet with Dylan. We are wondering if this is a phase he is going thru, or he really knows how to love his little brother...

1. When Ryan hears Dylan crying upstairs, he looks upstairs, says "baby" (informing us baby is crying) and heads upstairs to see his baby brother...

2. If baby is in his car seat or bouncer and cries, Ryan will rock the baby..

3. In the car, if baby cries, Ryan would close the car seat cover (i think he thinks the baby will stop crying)

4. Sitting in the car, Ryan would hold Dylan's hand...

5. If the pacifier drops out of Dylan's mouth, Ryan will try and put it back into Dylan's mouth.

6. Randomly, Ryan will give baby kisses and stroke his hair (without us asking/telling him to do it!)

7. Ryan will ask to "poh poh" (carry) Dylan...

8. During Dylan's bathtime, Ryan would bring the soap and cloth for grandma.

We are truely amazed by his actions. So, is this a phase, or true brotherly love? We hope it is the latter.

Ryan has tried to get our attention too when we are with Dylan. He will ask for a blanket (like Dylan's) and ask for milk, when he sees us feeding Dylan with the bottle. We still see minimal jealousy. He is really such a sweet boy!

Happy 21 month old bday...

Hi everyone: This is Ryan and I just turned 21 months old!

Here are some of the fun facts about me at 21 months old!

I can sing two songs : Happy Birthday and the A,B,C's.

I love the happy bday song and when I see a cake, I would want to sing the song. Daddy bought me a cake for my 21 month old bday. I love it, as I got to sing the happy bday song and blow the candles out! Daddy lit the candle for me three times, so I had a great time singing and blowing out the candle..:)

My favorite toy right now, is the play-doh set. I love it! I make mummy open the box 2-3 times a day and make her play with me. Recently, I would only play for a short while and mummy says she spends more time cleaning up then the time I play with the play-doh.

I have been more naughty recently. I like to pull mummy's hair, scratch mummy and daddy and yell NO very loudly. Mummy has started me on time-out's but I have no idea what it is. I think it is funny and I purposely pull mummy's hair and go and sit in the corner on my own. Mummy continues to try the time-out method on me.

My grandma is in town and I am loving it. She plays with me and lets me watch videos on her computer. I allow her to put me down for a nap and at night if she plays the videos for me. I lie on her bed and fall asleep. Mummy thinks this is great and mummy doesn't need to put me to sleep.

I love having a new little brother. When I remember, I will give me a kiss. I will also bring mummy her camera, ask mummy to let me carry the baby and ask mummy to take a picture of us! When baby cries, I will tell mummy or daddy so that they will go and pick him up. Of course, there are days where I forget that baby exists as well..;)

I still love going out. I will do anything if daddy says he is taking me out. It doesn't matter where we go, as long as we get out of the house.

I love my toothbrush. If I hear daddy or mummy brushing their teeth, I would go to them and ask them for my toothbrush. I will chew on my toothbrush and mummy has to brush my teeth for me.

When it is time to sleep at night, I happily head upstairs and go into my bed. I never complain and happily go to sleep. Oh, this time change stuff, is driving my parents crazy cos i sleep at 7 and wake up at 5! They are slowing trying to get me to wake up later.

Till next time, take care and I will try to stay out of any trouble!

30 pounds....

My darling Ryan has hit 30 pounds!

We took him in to the doctor's to check on his fever and they weighed him and officially,he hit 30 pounds (he could be less today since he had a fever for two days and hardly ate)

Hah, who wants to carry Ryan now?

:D

Some Random Videos...:)

Here is one with Ryan talking..... towards the end of the video, he says "I love you".

I think he has the cutest voice....:)



Here is another video with Ryan and Dylan in their room.

Trip to California Academy of Sciences

We headed over to the Cal Academy of Sciences last Wednesday. They have a free entrance to all every third Wednesday of the month. (We LOVE free stuff!!)

Pic above : Ryan super happy to be out!

We got there around 2pm and it took about 3 minutes to get in. Not too many people, since it was later in the day. We left Dylan with Gordon and my MIL. My mum and FIL joined us for this outing.

Our first and most interesting stop, was the Aquarium. It is similar to Monterey Bay aquarium, but in a smaller scale. They have sea creatures that kids can touch as well.

Ryan seemed to like the aquarium, He got scared of the big fish, and when he was done looking, he said "all done", which meant we could move on to something else..:) See the big fish below?

After looking at some other random stuff, we headed to the kids play area. It was a nice area with pots and pans and other stuff for the kids to play. My mom ventured off on her own to see the planetarium show.










At the play area, Ryan was rough with the other kids. Whenever a kid come near him to play with the toys, he pushed them away......... oh oh. I think he picked this up from the babysitter..... The video below shows how he pushed the kid away... I was busy video-ing, and could not stop him in time...:P

It was a fun trip. If we can, we will probably hit the free day again...:)