The Simple Bear Necessities.

March 18th, 2011

Ryan, the bear, on the farm....a bear on a farm?

It is funny that we keep finding ourselves observing Ryan. We try to catch him becoming more like a person that can think and act on his own, instead of by innocence and necessity. See right now he is just so pure and so sweet. He hasn't been clouded by deception, temptation, lies or hate. He may not like not pooping for 2 days and cry about it, but he is constipated with a pure heart (and a full butt.) He may like mommy's milk coming from mommy rather than from the bottle, but it is not like he is pulling into the drive-thru and sneaking an extra boob during Lent. Nope, this baby is just simple....simply sweet. 
As his Mom and I continue to watch our boy grow and continue do things he has never done before, we are doing so during his daily routine - 9am Eat, then to the bath, then change into fresh clothes, then straight to the funky farm, which we have named, the Beekman. (See Fab Beekman Boys) After his play time on the farm, he goes on to nap, eat, poop several more times before bed time. Going through the routine we look forward to the things we can always count on like his smiles, the laughing, the kicking, the arm-pumps and growling like a bear. Ang calls him her little growly bear. It is very funny.  Sometimes when he is in between a growl and a laugh we get a real loud one. GrrrrrOOowwll! When I change his diaper, he gives me a growl. Even as he is in dreamland he growls. You never can tell if he is happy or pooping. Although you should be able to tell by the explosions, mentioned in the "Greatest Show in Diapers" entry in February. 
He loves his time on the Beekman. He doesn't love the tummy time, where he exercises his muscles by laying on his tummy. Rather he loves to lay on his back and look up at all the dangling farm animals. There is a cow with a mirror, which reminds me of the Eli Lilly field trip in 5th grade. That is when we saw the cow with the window in his belly so you can see his innards working, ewww! Also dangling from the Beekman are other animals like the lamb that plays "Old MacDonald" as well as the a Chicken that rattles and a pig that jingles.  Dunno why Ryan loves this farm so much, but he does. He lays there smiling, kicking, grabbing and growling. In perfect parent fashion, we watch him like it is the best thing on TV.  Ang will look at me and say, "did you see him do that?" I will reply, "Yes, I bet no other kid has grabbed a toy that fast, he is soooo smart!" I will ask the Doc next visit what upper percentile he is now since he is doing such advanced motor skills...you know... grabbing stuffed animals.....and he is so young...beyond his days. He is young, right? I mean I still refer to his age in weeks and not months. 
I am sure in some parent magazine Ang and I aren't supposed to be oo'ing and aww'ing over the boy and that we are spoiling him and this may cause him to grow up hating his parents. It's not like we are dressing him up and plastering it all over the internet.....oops. I mean we love this boy, how can we not?  Oh well, I love it, we love it. He is so much fun to watch, the new things and the normal things. We love that he is sweet and innocent. I guess being so simple is what makes him so sweet...our simple growly bear. He can not act for himself and only does what is necessary. Maybe that is the secret to his sweetness, him depending on us helps too. We better savor this now because before you know it he will tell us the baseball threw itself through the window. We will get frustrated and we will have wondered whatever happened to his bear necessities, his simple bear necessities.

Lyrics from the song:

The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you!

Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities 
That's why a bear can rest at ease
With just the bare necessities of life