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We have good news. At 10 months old Ryan now sleeps through the night! We've been letting him cry it out for almost 3 weeks now. I guess he was just ready now, because it finally worked. (We've tried it several times in the last 5 months.) Now he usually falls alseep within 1/2 hour of us putting him down, and mostly just fusses rather than screams for that time. He wakes up and cries in the night some, but mostly he's doing well and sleeping for 9 hours! Maybe in 3 more weeks he'll actually go down peacefully and want to go to sleep. :) Or maybe our trip to Utah will ruin him. Who knows?

DDS1 We're Done!!

Adam just got his letter yesterday saying he's officially passed his first year of dental school. (We already knew that, but it was nice to read the words anyway.) Way to go Adam! Just 3 more years Dr. T.

Hey Lyla, wanna go on a date?

Adam had already styled Ryan's hair in the bathtub and we'd taken this photo before we saw your blog, Julia, but I couldn't resist.

Anniversary

We celebrated our 4th Anniversary on the 20th. Adam had the idea that we should cook a lobster for our "date" (with Ryan). We headed to Sobeys and bought one live. We'd read that you should pick a fiesty one out of the tank, so we chose one that was moving all around. Ryan loved the little lady. He chased it all over the kitchen and we had to keep pulling him away.

Adam wanted me to do the honors of putting it in the pot of boiling water, but once we cut the elastics off its claws I chickened out. It was squirming in my hands and I felt like a murderer and made him do it. Cold-hearted. I think Ryan was mad that we killed his friend because he complained for our entire dinner.

I've had lobster before, but had forgotten how scrumptious it was! We LOVED it. Definitely messy! And by the way, don't try to buy lobster scissors at the dollar store. They bent on the first attempt at cutting....

The next night we got a babysitter so that we could go to the temple. Ryan was a good boy and played the whole time with Meghan, one of the dental students in Adam's class. Thanks Meghan!

Adam Has Big Mussels

Since we live near the ocean it's high time we had some seafood! We made some mussels tonight and had potato leek soup and a baguette with them. They were oh so yummy. Wonder how long our house will smell for...

Bassooning

So today marks the year anniversary of my concerto performance at Utah State. Since I didn't have a blog back then, I thought I'd post some photos from it now. Yes, I'm still that proud of it. Sadly, the only photos I had were online on Snapfish. When I downloaded them to my computer they were only an inch tall and I can't make them bigger for the blog. So, the photos are a no go. I also don't have a recording to post. Still waiting on that one.... But here's my nice bassooning mug shot. To celebrate this anniversary I'm playing tonight in a community orchestra concert in Halifax while mourning the loss of my good sound and technique of a year ago.... My regular bassoon playing is definitely what I miss most from my pre-baby days. Hopefully I'll get it back way down the road when my kid days are over.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter Daddy! I love you and I miss you!

-Ryan