A Smile and A Thumb

Ryder and Mommy went on a walk today and we got to talk to a bunch of the kids that live on our street. They absolutely loved seeing Ryder and talking to him and making him laugh. Boy, did they may that little bear laugh. Everytime he would look at me he would smile and laugh and everytime one of the little girls would go to tickle him, he would laugh....I absolutely love his smile and cannot believe that he is so responsive to people. It seems like just yesterday that Pat and I brought him home from the hospital and all he would do was sleep, eat, and cry (and boy did he cry haha).
He has also learned to spit out his tongue and has started to mimic Pat when he spits out his tongue. It is so cute watch. And I crack up when Ryder tries to get us to play with him. He will look at one of us and spit his tongue out over and over until we start spitting ours back out at him. As soon as we do, he gets the biggest smile on his face and spits his tongue out again....
Here are some pictures of our walk and his sweet smile...

After we got back, I gave my little man a bottle and layed him down on a blanket. I walked into the kitchen to put his bottle up and when I walked back into the living room, his paci was laying on the ground and his thumb was in his mouth...NONONONONONO...It was so cute but I know how difficult it was for me to "stop" sucking mine-lol-and I didn't want to go through that with Ryder. I had to pull that little thumb out 3 times!

We are now on the look out to prevent him from sucking his thumb...