Turkeys

David, Kelsey and Kaitlyn made Turkey hats to wear at dinner for Thanksgiving. They were adorable at the table with their little hats. Too Cute!

Monkeys

David and Kelsey pretended to be monkeys jumping onto the air mattress back in our spare bedroom on Thursday night. This helped burn the birthday cake sugar off. They were so full of energy. Each time they jumped from the bed to the mattress they held hands. David was really into jumping onto the mattress. He was having a blast.

I LOVE Kelsey's hair in this picture - what a Wild Woman!

Ryan Likes . . . no LOVES CAKE!

We celebrated Ryan's 1st birthday tonight after Thanksgiving dinner. After some quick instruction from David, Ryan was ready to dig into his very own little birthday cake.

Ryan had no problem eating his cake all by himself. He loved it!!!

After using just one hand to eat, Ryan realized he could get more cake in his mouth with both hands. He was loving it.

Happy Birthday Ryan!!! I think he had a happy birthday cake experience. We had to pull him out of his chair and drop him right into the tub. He was covered in icing.

Study One Year Follow Up

We went to visit Mei at the PSU Kinesiology dept this morning for a follow up visit to the Penn State study Ryan participated in several months ago. We went to see Mei every other week for 20 weeks from the time Ryan was 10 weeks old. Today was his 1 year follow up appt. to study his reaching abilities. He did great and loved her new Elmo doll. Here's a link to one of his first visits: http://davidplusryan.blogspot.com/2008/02/test-subject.html

Rose Bowl Bound

We visited the Nittany Lion this morning to wish him luck in January at the Rose Bowl. David wanted to climb up to the rose very badly, but it was too wet and slippery.

Dunkin Donuts Tour

We went on a tour of Dunkin Donuts this afternoon with our Mother's and More group. David was very shy until the tour guide started to hand out the munchkin donuts. Then he ran up to the front to get his donut. He ran right back to me after he got it though. Yummy! David stopped following the tour when he saw these donuts on the rack.

Two happy boys with their donuts.

Ryan's Fall Music Class

This morning was the last day of Ryan's fall Music Together Class. Ryan has really enjoyed this class and we've made some great new friends.

Ryan's favorite instrument has been these sticks. He loves to tap them on the floor, the drum, the other children. . . . . . and then, of course, he realy enjoys eating them!

Here's Ryan having fun with the parachute. It's rare to get a picture of him above it. He really enjoys crawling under it.