This past week, we had a wonderful 4-day visit from my college roommate (and one of my favorite people in the world), Susan. Ryan loved her, and, in the course of showing off for her, did a somersault on his own for the first time (then proceeded to do about 20 more in a row).


He's very proud of his new achievement!



He's still doing the fake sleeping thing when he manages to get hold of a pacifier during the day....




...but he can't even keep a straight face when I "catch" him :-)



Playing with his balloon from the haircut place:



Lately, he's been deciding at random times throughout the day that he wants to leave the house and go somewhere. He finds the nearest pair of shoes, puts on one or both of them, walks over to the baby gate at the stairs leading down to the garage, and says "bye-bye." (He sometimes also gets mad and has a tantrum when I tell him that it's not time to go bye-bye.)



In 2 months and 2 days, Ryan will be 2 years old -- so hard to believe!