Miscellaneous fun

So yeah, we haven't updated this in a long time, we know. We'll try to do better in the future. Here are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks. We've gone to Maquoketa quite a few times lately and were able to see quite a few friends and family. Check out how little Max looks compared to his grandpa Ronnie's hand. We think Max is getting so big! Recently we have started to feed Max some real food, and he's found that he likes bananas and sweet potatoes so far. He's enjoying a spoon full of banana here, yeah he really does like them, Yum! Bouck and grandpa J went on a tractor ride and of course we had to get some with Max sitting on the old John Deere A's. We were surprised to find out that Max's papa John thought that he needed a dirt bike for the farm. Max was pretty excited about it and thought he could take it for a spin, his mom had other ideas. Maybe when he gets a little bit bigger. Finally we attended Max's cousin Brody's first birthday party on Sunday and the kids had a fun time in their pool. Here is one of Max and Olivia.
Love, Erik, Tara and the motorcycle stuntman Max

Max the swimmer

Well not quite, but we did get him one of those plastic pools for the back yard. He seems to like it well enough as long as we fill it up in the morning and let the sun warm the water up by the afternoon. Of course he has all the gear to go along with the pool (check out the sweet Australian Outback hat that his mom got him!) He even talked his mom and dad into getting in with him for a while. Here are a couple of pictures of him splashing around.

Next up, pictures of him in his new Exer-saucer. We are also working on getting a video camera, you guys have got to hear his laugh! Talk to you all soon.

Love, Erik, Tara and the Swimmer Max

Max found his thumb

In the last couple of weeks Max has gone from sucking on one or both hands to now mostly just sucking on his thumb. We think it's so cute.

He had his 4 month check up on Monday and everything looks good. He's up to 13 lbs. 10 oz. and 25.5" long. It's amazing how fast he is growing and to see all of the changes. His coordination is getting a lot better and he's grasping toys easily when they are held in front of him.

Here are a couple pictures of him enjoying his newly found thumb.

Hope you enjoyed them.

Love, Erik, Tara & Baby Max

A Max update

No pictures in this post, just an update. Max rolled over for the first time yesterday! His mom and dad were so excited but he really didn't think it was a big deal. He rolled over 4 times in total yesterday and today he's an expert. We're now working on rolling from his back to his tummy. We'll try to get a video of it with the webcam as soon as we can. Talk to you all soon.

Love, Erik, Tara and The Roller Max

Max, Mommy & Daddy

Here are a few pictures of Max with his proud parents.
Love as always, Erik, Tara and Max Ryan

Hanging out in the grass

This weekend was really nice weather wise for once and we took advantage of it by getting some yard work done and Max wanted to hang out with us outside. He loved feeling the grass, and he really enjoys being outside which we are grateful for.We were able to get a few pictures of him in his new (used from his cousin Brody) Bumbo seat. He likes to sit in it for short amounts of time and it works well for pictures too.Max wanted us to tell his Uncle Matt and Aunt Nichole thanks for the Cubs shirt, and that he loves wearing it!


Hey Mom look at the red crab over there...
HAHAHA, Dad she fell for it!!HAHAHA....oh man I kill me.
After the time in his Bumbo seat we all just hung out for a while and Max played under his butterfly. He's just the cutest!Thanks for looking!

Love, Erik, Tara and Baby Max

Trip to the Zoo

We took a trip to the Zoo on Memorial day and it was a lot of fun. Max slept through the Australia area but soon awoke as we neared the lions & monkeys. He had a great time hanging out in his Baby Bjorn and looking at all the animals. Here are a couple of pictures from the day.

Love, Erik, Tara and Max