Rylan is such a sweet, sweet boy. He has started giving kisses randomly. They are the wettest, grossest kisses ever but I LOVE them.
Rylan is walking great now. He's gotten fast too. There are still occasional tumbles, but he has quite a bit of endurance. It is so much easier now that he can get around on his own too. Granted, the boys occasionally run in opposite directions, but it doesn't happen too often.
It took Rylan a little longer than Carter to start saying his initial words, but now that he has started, he can say SO MUCH. Unlike Carter, he often repeats random words we say. I'm surprised by the fact that he already says a few words together. Like "I do" when we ask him if he wants something. When he wants something, he usually says "please" or "that". His cutest word is "waffle" (which is what he usually has for breakfast). The most annoying word he says is "tv". I try not to have it on a lot, but we usually watch a couple of cartoons every day. He is a little obsessed.
Here's a video (broken into two parts) that I took of Rylan while we were waiting for Brian to meet us for lunch ...
The absolute cutest thing he does is when you ask him a question he doesn't know the answer to, like "Where's Carter", he puts his hands up, shrugs his shoulders, gets an "I don't know" expression, and grunts.
Rylan is really good at playing by himself when Carter isn't around. But when the two of them are together, there is a lot of screaming, taking of toys, and sometimes throwing of toys. Carter is usually the one that wants what Rylan has and just takes it when I'm not looking (which causes Rylan to scream). But Rylan will also sometimes take things from Carter. There is still some head-butting when Rylan gets mad at Carter, but not nearly as much as before.
Rylan is still rear-facing in his carseat and doing well with it. I'm hoping to leave him that way until he's 2. Carter was so fussy in the car though that I turned him around at 18 months.
Rylan does well when we put him down for a nap or at night. He no longer wants me to hold him when I sing to him before it's time to sleep. He points at his crib and grunts. Once I put him down, I still sing our usual two songs (Hush Little Baby and The Farmer in the Dell). He'll get right on his stomach, flip back and forth, and look up at me and smile. As soon as I say "I love you" after singing, Rylan starts crying because he knows I'm leaving. But he stops after a few minutes and goes to sleep. It sometimes takes longer for a nap if he's not that tired, but he'll usually cry for a minute or two, play a little, and repeat until he falls asleep.
Rylan's still taking two naps a day. We sometimes skip his morning nap if we're on the go but he usually still gets in a short nap in the car.
Rylan's favorite food right now is chicken. He'll eat as much as me when we're out and I'm sharing my meal with him.
Rylan is still enjoying books (finally). He's getting good at pointing things out in books when we ask him.
It's so nice getting to have a little one-on-one time with Rylan right now when Carter is in school. He's starting to pick things up so quickly right now that I like having the time to work with him.
