So I of course meant to post this August 13th so it is overdue but I wanted to mark the milestone (it is little but significant to me) of Ryan turning 18 months. I feel he has been a toddler since he could walk but I think 18 months is an age when others might consider him a toddler.
Ryan is such a fun little boy. SUCH A HANDFULL. He is mischievous with his little giggling and looks. Ryan gets into everything and almost never listens to me when he completely knows what I am saying. He knows he is cute and will abuse that power he has of cuteness. He screams and squeals when the littlest thing doesn't go his way or he doesn't get what he wants. Ryan is getting some molars so the past couple weeks have been filled with screaming, slight fevers, rash around his mouth and lots of bowel movements. Ryan has been fitting into 2T and 24 month clothes for the past 3 or 4 months. He absolutely LOVES, LOVES balls. Anything that is the shape of a ball or is a ball he says the word and then rushes to play with it. Other than that there aren't many toys that really make him very excited or keep his attention. He is usually like a tornado going from thing to thing. Ryan looks more like he is making a mess on purpose when he plays rather than actually playing with toys. Ryan has the most adorable little face and when he smiles it is as if it emanates happiness itself. I guess both my boys have magical smiles.
The biggest and greatest thing about Ryan turning 18 months is that when Brody was 18 months he was evaluated and diagnosed with delays in communication and social skills. That was the start of everything for Brody. Things gotten worse after that. Those delays made him at risk for Autism. So for Ryan, since he was born, we have been playing the waiting game. At 12 months when children are suppose to have at least one word if not more Ryan was sort of saying "dadda" but it was tough to tell cause children also repeat constant sounds and "d" is one of them.
But at 18 months Ryan can say "ball", "daddy", "dog", "shoes", "more", "please" and "bye" all of those words are not really pronounced exactly the way they are suppose to sound but with those last three words he also does the sign for them. Ryan can sign drink, please and more. There are children at that age that can speak in sentences but Jake and I are just happy to have a child who can say some words and is daily trying to say other words. He loves people and other children so we are happy as well to see his social skills. When you have a child with autism each additional child you have has a 50% chance of also having autism. We didn't know these stats till after Ryan was born cause we didn't even think Brody had autism till after Ryan was born cause some of the symptoms for Brody happened just last summer. Jake and I feel very blessed and thank the Lord everyday that perhaps with Ryan we won't have to work so hard for each and every word and eye contact.
Hope everyone enjoyed the shirtless and snotty pictures of our little Ry guy!!
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