Ryker: 10 Months

          

     I cant believe i have a 10 month well i will in a few days anways!! I just love love being his mom, Kids are an amazing blessing and Keep life busy and entertaining. I feel like i havnt been keeping good track of all his cute things he does and all his milestones so i wanted to jot down a few things so i can look back and remember all his fun little things.

1. He finally started crawling a few weeks ago. I swear the first time he did it looked like he had been doing it forever. Maybe he had been practicing when i wasnt looking??
2. He has been eating 3 meals a day plus a bottle before breakfast in between meals and before bed.
3. He is eating lots of finger foods and LOVES to feed himself. 
4. Some of his favorite foods are Yogurt, Wheat toast with butter, Bananas, WAffles, and the yogurt bites. He really will eat anything i give him except the green stuff like peas and green beans but i really dont blame him that stuff is yuck.
5. Lately he has been going to bed at 9 and sleeping tell 9 in the morning so a good 12 hours wich makes my life so much easier:)
6. He still takes 2 naps in the day time around 1 1/2 hours or so.
7. For some reason now when he goes down for naps he just wants you to hold and cuddle with him wich is not like him. He used to just want to be put down and go to sleep in his bed. I love it but i just hope its not something thats going to ruin his good sleeping habits.
8. Lately i go in once i have put him down for his nap and i think he is asleep and i check on him and he is sitting up playing quietly?? 
9. He loves climbing all over me like im a jungle jim.
10. Diaper changes are oh so fun. This kid can not sit still for 2 seconds. So its always a joyous time trying to get his diaper on correctly.
11. He seems to not be afraid of anyone so far he will go to whoever and smile and grin at you are just stare at you and examine your face ha.
12. He has the loudest scream and screams at everything that excites him. This is the worst at church when your supposed to be quiet and he screams and everyone stares ha.
13. He loves going on walks especially with our friends dog T He just loves him and screams and his arms swing around like wild.
14. He LOVES the water. He goes crazy in it and can never get enough.
15. When he is upset if i open a book to read he automatically calms down and will look at it with me.
16. His favorite shows are the backyardigans and Bob the builder!!
17. His wears 12 month clothes and those are starting to get tight. He is one chubby boy. 
18. He Loves his tongue and is constantly playing with it and making funny noises with it.
19. He really is getting such a fun personality and at the same time attitude. This kid can throw some fits, arching his back, scratching, pulling my hair. Oh the joys of motherhood. 
20. His mommy and daddy love him SO much. Thanks for Being in our lives baby cakes. We love you so much and love watching you grow. Thanks for always being so happy and keeping us laughing:)

Family Pics

Before we left for the summer we had my sister take our Family pics. I feel like pics are always such a stress and i want us to look perfect ha Thanks mom for giving me that trait...! But Ryker totally surprised me and was SO good. He loved it and was Screaming a grinning ear to ear! He made it so much fun and Love how Cute they turned out! Thanks sis for the snap shots!!

                      This is my Favorite one:) Look at his face!! Love you Babes!

SuMmEr TiMe!!

Georgia!!

       I finally decided i needed to update my blog since its been almost 4 months. Alot has happend these past months and im trying to decide where to begin. I guess i will start off by telling you about georgia:) We moved to atlanta georgia the first of may. We are loving it here so far except for the past two weeks it suddenly got Extremely hott. Last week it was up in the 110's that is to hott for me. The people of georgia are Super nice and friendly. I feel like everywhere we go everyone is always waving and saying hi and in awh over ryker!! 

    We had a Very scary thing happen on July 3Rd. I had just put ryker down for his nap and  i went in the living room to relax. It started raining and i got up to look outside and i was like a down poor. The rain here is so different compared to utah. It never sprinkles it just poors all at once. Anyways... I keep seeing lightning and hearing thunder like seconds after. Ever since i was little i have never been a fan of lightning or thunder so i will admit i was kinda getting scared cus it was SO close. All the sudden i heard thunder and lightning at the same time. I heard people outside my door screaming and someone pounded on my door. I ran outside and they said get out Our apartments got sturck. I was in such a panic. I ran to grab ryker from his bed while dialing my friends number. Being out here our husbands take our cars. So i was carless... I was hysterical calling my friend telling her waht was going on. She said she was sending someone to come get us. All i could think of was Just grab ryk and run. Poor kid was just in his diaper and a shirt. I ran down the stairs and all my neighbors were running. It was still pooring rain so were standing outside getting soaked. The fire truck and ambulance just pulled up and ryker was crying and so confused why i was so upset. Anyways my friend came to get me and i had no idea what to do. I had none of rykers clothes, food, nothing. So i dropped him off at her house and ran back over and they allowed me to run in and atleast get my wallet and some food and diapers for him. Hours later i went back to see what was going on and they said the power was out and they had the vans there for when your house floods sucking up a bunch of water from the apartments. I was thinking omg what am i going to see when i walk into mine. Luckily i walked in and everything was fine. Everyone on the bottom level and the one on top and everyone on my floors apartments where flooded from the spriklers in the apartments coming on. I feel like we were watched over that day. Were so lucky that none of our stuff was ruined. All my neighbors have had to move to other apartments dew to the damage of the water and to there stuff. I am across the hall just feet away enjoying my home. I feel so bad for them but cant help but be thankful im not them. I was not prepared for something like that to happen so it really makes me rethink of what i will change when i get home for a crisis and what i would grab if it were to happen again and not be so lucky!!!

 

    Anyways, I wanted to post a few pics of what we have been up to out here. We spend alot of time in the water since thats about all you can do outside without melting in the heat. We Went to the Six flags White water park a few weeks ago and ryker loved it! He is like a fish he LOVES water. He cant get enough of it. He is getting so big and getting to be so much fun. He keeps me busy and laughing constantly!!!  

 Well there you have it. My little Water boy!  WE Hope we can Do a few more fun things Before we leave To go back home!!

 

Where do i begin??

        Wow has it really been 6 Months since i have posted anything. Crazy how One child takes up all your time. Well i think i will just start where we are right now and not try to catch up. Ryker is our life and he is now 6 Months old. Where has the time gone. My little baby boy isn't so little anymore. It makes me so sad i cant just cuddle him whenever i want. He is Mr independent and loves to just play, play, play. He doesn't want you to just hold him. I will post some pics of him growing up these past few months. I wanted to right a few of his little things he does so i will always remember them.

6 months old!                                                   

1. His stats are 14 IBS 12oz 6th %, Height 25 3/4 22nd %, Head is only 16" 1% he has his poor daddy's head ha.
2. He is Sitting up now but still face plants it and is a little wobbly.
3. He usually goes to bed around 7-7:30 and sleeps tell 6:30 eats and goes back to sleep tell around 8.
4. He started sleeping threw the night at 3 months old. I will not complain:)
5. He started eating rice 3 or 4 weeks ago he is a champ:) he just started fruits and veggies and he is a good little eater.
6. He is always jabbering away and has to be wiggling all day long
7. He has the cutest little giggle i have ever heard.
8. Nap times can be kinda rough lately but he LOVES the blanket over his head for some reason so lately i lay him down and just put it over his head and he calms down. I know I'm a terrible mother ha but i make sure he can breath and go take it off once he is a sleep. Funny kid. 
9. He is always sucking on something either is hands, puke burp rag, my bracelets,, he just loves sucking on things.
10. He loves to sit and read books he get so excited and kick his legs and flings his arms. I love my little bookworm.
11. He is always so happy in the morning when you go to get him out of bed, I love that huge smile:)
12. He has had terrible cradle cap. We have taking him to the dermatologist twice and i have this routine i have to do his head 4 different things everyday plus his eczema cream. I cant wait for That to be over ha. Poor kid probably thinks its normal to get your scalped rubbed everyday .
13. He is finally getting i little more hair on top.
14. He has at least 2 or 3 chins ha i love my chubby babes.
15. He thinks its funny to drop his toys and make me pick them up 15 times ha i know he thinks its a game.
16. I have to be super careful when feeding him. He Knocks the bowl right out of my hands and the food goes flying all over both of us.
17. He has only rolled over 4 times both ways.
18. He Loves sucking on his Big Toe. 

 

All Dolled up for church!

  

                                                                           

5 months

   4 Months                                                                      

 3 Months

1 or 2 Months.

I guess that Sums it up!!

5 Days Old!!!

        My sister Toni Is the sweetest girl in the world and took Ryker's baby pics for us. He was only 5 days old and so we just did them at my house in my room. We set up a little homemade studio and she did an amazing job. He actually was wide awake for the first little bit so we were able to get some of him awake:) Thanks Toni for your amazing talent!!

      Sorry if i go a little overboard with pics:) she took so many and its hard to pick just one!!! 

Baby Ryker Is finally here!!!

     Ryker was born on September 13th at 7:13 a.m . He was 19 inches and 6 pounds exactly. He came into the world as a C- Section baby. My real due date was the 15th of Sept but i went in the Monday before and found out he was breech and i only had 4 Percent of my fluids. I had no idea this was the plan for me so when i found out i was scared to death. Once the doc told me he was breech he said so do you wanna have him tomorrow?? I was like um..... can i think about it for a min ha ha. I just started bawling i never thought that was in the cards for me so i had to take a min and take it all in. I called my husband right away and told him what was going on and we decided to take a day extra and have him Wednesday so we had a day to prepare  
I called my mom also and told her what was going on and so she planned on just coming Tuesday night and staying over since they needed us to be at the hospital at 5 in the morning. Anyway long story short that Monday night i started getting contractions in my back and down into my sides and a little in my legs which was  weird. So about midnight we decided i should probably go in. They hooked me up to the monitors to hear the babies heartbeat. Everything sounded fine but they decided to keep me for a while. About an hour later all the sudden his heart rate dropped really low and the nurses came running and and hooked me up to oxygen and hurried and gave me a shot and IV. I was so scared of what was going on. They hurried and called my doc and he ran down and checked things out. He looked at me and said keisha... we arnt waiting tell Wednesday anymore. I was relieved but scared at the same time. He decided to do the surgery at 7 in the morning. I did not sleep all night long. I keep thinking of the surgery and what could go wrong and freaking myself out ha so it was a LONG night. About 6 a.m came around and they came in and started getting me ready to go into the get prepped for everything. They stared the surgery at 7 and he was born 13 min later. That part was nice i just layed there ha ha. The second he came out i could here him start crying but i couldn't see him because the sheet was in the way but that cry just melted my heart and just made me cry my eyes out. It was such an amazing moment hearing that for the first time. I know you other mothers know exactly what i mean by this. Its the most amazing thing and i love my little boy with all my heart. We are so glad he is in our lives and i don't know what i ever did without him in my life. Love you little buddy!!!

                                       My poor boy and jaundice and had to lay on these lights:(

                                                          One Proud Daddy!!

                                                      All cuddled up on His first night home!

Baby Ryker!

     Well I wanted to Write a few things about our Little one on the way. I feel like i haven't been keeping up
like i should. I want to remember my thoughts and how i felt threw this pregnancy. When i first found out a
was pregnant it was Around January 18th i think? I had Taken a pregnancy test a week prior to this that said negative. Once that week passed i new i had to take another test.I couldn't believe my eyes after those dreadful 2 min. I hurried and took a pic and sent it to my husband and said does this look positive to you?. He was in class and i get a text back that says YES?? I was freaking out and couldn't believe it. I ran back down to the store and bought 2 more. Both of those came out positive. It something so hard to believe. I was scared,excited, shocked all at the same time. I remember i was so scared to see my husbands response. He was wanting to be married for a little longer before we started having kids. So we compromised and I promised i wouldn't bring up us having kids tell at least our 1 year mark. Well at this point it was only 6 months.
My husband actually handled it amazingly. He was so excited and told me this must of meant to happen right now. Which i totally agree. Things happen when the time is right. 

    Once i was around 10 weeks along is when i had my first ultra sound. I remember how anxious i was to get in there and make sure everything was OK. I wasn't really way sick just the nauseous feeling and dizzy sometimes. I new i shouldn't worry, its just the doctors conformation that everything is fine makes thinks a lot better. We went in and I sat on the table and he had to do a few of those fun uncomfortable things then he said "are you ready to hear your babies heart beat"? I couldn't believe what i was hearing and seeing. This tiny little peanut with this most powerful heartbeat was inside me. It truly was so amazing that something that small was alive. It brought tears to my eyes and really made it finally seem real.


     At 17 Weeks we were able to go back in and find out the gender of the baby. Of course i had my mind set on a girl and chase wanted a boy. I had dreams often that it was a boy and just had that feeling it was but i still had my mind set. We got in the room and the ultra sound tech asked if we wanted to find out first or wait tell she took all the measurements. I thought well i waited this long what a little longer gonna hurt. So she showed us all the little things like what was what. But he Literally was curled up in such a tiny little ball with his legs and arms in front of his face. Very stubborn. But finally she said OK so here is the umbilical cord and .... This isn't. I NEW it was a boy i said ha. My husband was so excited. I did want a girl but ya know what Boys are just as darling and all i want is a healthy happy baby. Gender does not matter. 


   I am now almost 35 Weeks and starting to feel very uncomfortable as some of you can probably relate. Its so amazing to feel them move around inside you. Although sometimes i wonder hmm i wonder what body part that is jabbing me. But it is all worth the soreness and uncomfortable feeling. I cant wait to get my little boy here and finally get to meet him. I'm so blessed to have a supportive husband and i love seeing how cute he is taking care of me making sure I'm OK when i get up to pee 8 times a night ha poor guy. But i know he will be an amazing father and i cant wait to see the joy Our little boy will bring us!!

29 Weeks!!

34 Weeks!

5 weeks left to go!! Due September 15th.