He makes me smile...

Ryken makes me smile... And I love it so much! He is so funny lately. He likes to get his blanket out and sits on the couch covering up his head. And when he is covered up he likes to say "where'd go?" (where did I go?)

Then when you ask where he went he gets all happy and whips the blanket off his head and gives you this big cheesy grin....

Oh man he can make me the happiest mom sometimes. : ) And lately I have been wondering if his little brother that is going to be here sooner than we know it is going to be as handsome as he is.... : )

I<3 you Mr. Ryken!!!

Weekend in Woodruff...

We kinda decided last minute to make a trip up to visit my parents in Woodruff. Once Justin got off work on Saturday we packed up and were on our way. I didn't put Ryken down for a nap that day cause I was hoping that he would just sleep on the way up and then Justin could sleep too and me.... well I would drive. : ) But of course things never go as planned. Ryken had been pretty fussy that day and so I wasn't sure we should even go up. But Justin said we should cause he knew I wanted to go. So we went anyways and Ryken slept for about a total of maybe 45 mins! Not good. So we decided to put a movie on for him, and once he is watching that he never wants to close his eyes.

Here he is so into the movie. And he doesn't look so well either. Well as the trip went on I looked back at him and his eyes were all red and watering cause he was so tired and didn't want to sleep. And his cheeks were even more red then in the picture. He was burning up! So we gave him some Tylenol hoping it would help. Once we got to Woodruff he was still the same and in a grumpy mood. Needless to say he nor we got much sleep that night. Even Grandma woke up tryin to help out. We got him in a good mood around 4 that morning and then at 4:30 he decided he wanted to go to sleep. He was still running a fever for the next few days but that didn't stop him from wanting to be outside doing something. So we found some bubbles and he wanted to try and blow some himself.It was so funny watching him try to blow the bubbles, he even succeeded a few times. And even though he didn't want to eat any real food he did however take grandma up on her offer for some candy.His mouth was full of whopper eggs. And he enjoyed them so much we had to hide the bag. And as you can tell his face was a little blue after a few too. : ) He also found about 3 different flashlights of Grandpa's to play with. He loved them! He kept wanting someone to turn one on for him and would say "light" as he walked around shining it on anything and everything. We had a pretty good time while were there aside from the fact that Ryken wasn't feeling well at all. He still had a few moments that he was fun to be around. And we all got to relax a little and enjoy the cooler weather. Since Ryken hadn't gotten much sleep while we were there, he had several little cat naps on Justin and I. And he usually never will fall asleep on you unless he is dead tired. Which is what he was as you can tell in the picture. That was the only nice thing about him not feeling good was that he cuddled a little bit, and he never does that.

So thanks Mom and Dad for taking care of us and feeding us this past weekend. We had lots of fun. And sorry that Ryken wasn't feeling the best while we were there but the help you gave was the best. : ) LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

Easter...

We had a great Easter this year. We started our celebration a little early. We went to the Easter pageant with my family on Saturday night. It had been raining off and on that day. But thankfully it stopped raining and was just chilly that night while the pageant was going on. Then on Sunday we went to Church and were able to reflect on all that Christ has done for us, and the reason we celebrate Easter. We are so thankful for him and all that he has done for us. After Church we were able to head out to Queen Creek to have a great Easter lunch at my brother and sister in laws house. It was great getting to spend more time with family. And while we were there they set up a little Easter egg hunt for all the little kiddos. Ryken had so much fun looking for the eggs. His cousin Tucker helped him along the way to find some of the eggs. He was so happy to find some and he enjoyed the jellybeans inside the most I think. : )

Ryken with all of the stuff he got from the Easter Bunny. I think that the Easter bunny may have gone a little over board for him this year. oops! : )He was so excited about the egg in his basket, but really it was a jellybean not an egg. But we didn't tell him. : ) We just let him think it was an egg. HA HA! And of course he had to get cereal on his new Easter outfit, before church. Oh well. It got worse at church. He colored all over his sweater vest during Sacrament meeting. AAAGGH! Boys will be boys!Here he was after finding an egg under the lamp topper outside in the backyard. He had great fun. Thanks for all the fun at your house Jared and Lori! We hope everyone had a great Easter this year. And was able to take some time to think about Christ and all he has done for us. : )

Spelling his name...

We have had the letters of Ryken's name up on his wall since we decorated his room. Well in the past few months he would always point to them when he woke up from his naps or from waking up in the morning. So we started telling him the letters from his name when he pointed to them. Well I guess it has stuck with him. And now he tries to spell it himself. I got this video of him when he woke up from his nap the other afternoon. If you listen close you can hear him. And sorry about my annoying voice. : ) He doesn't pronounce the letters all the best but he does pretty darn good if you ask us. : )

Zoo trip...

On Friday Ryken and I got to make a little trip to the Phoenix Zoo with some of our friends, Kyla and Aeryn and Kelli and Mia. We had such a fun time, the weather was pretty nice and the company was great. : ) I hadn't been to the Phoenix zoo for like 6 years so it was fun to get to go and take my little guy to check out all the cool animals there. One thing that I didn't remember about the zoo was how many hills there were. And now having a stroller to push up those hills I think I may never forget them. : ) It was times like that when I was really wishing Justin was with us. But we made it thru the hills with out to many problems. : ) We got to see LOTS of different monkeys, An Elephant, Some lions, and a Tiger. And of course there was a few others along the way too. I really think that Ryken's favorite part was getting to the petting zoo. He liked checking out the goats there. I think he had one favorite one out of all of them, cause the goat just layed there so he could brush him and check him out.

But then another came along and he decided to give him a little hair brushing too.I think that Ryken and Mia enjoyed the goats a little more than Aeryn, but then again I think they all liked it cause they got to get out of the strollers and run around a little. : )

After we enjoyed some sitting time at the petting zoo we headed over to the "Little People" area to let them run around a little more. I was trying to get a picture of all of them together but failed to do it while playing here. But i was able to get a quick picture of Ryken and Mia riding the cow together. : )I have to say Ryken and I really enjoyed ourselves that day, getting to hang out with some friends and getting out of the house while it wasn't to hot. On the way out I was able to get picture of all 3 of the kiddos before we left. (Ryken was for sure out numbered by the girls this day. )And since I had failed to get a picture of Ryken and Aeryn in the little people area I got a little snap shot of the two of them on our drive home instead. Thanks again for the fun outing ladies. Hope we get to do it again sometime. And thanks Kyla for letting me use your free pass to get in. That made the trip even better that it was free for me. : )

Relaxing St. Patty's Day...

Since the weather has been pretty nice (not to hot) the past few days I told Justin that I would like to go on a picnic. So that is what we decided to do for a little relaxing day and it just happened to be on St. Patrick's day. : ) We decided to drive a little bit out of the way and we ended up at Freestone Park in Gilbert. We knew there was some little rides there for Ryken and also a park. So on the way there Ryken got a little bit of a nap in but not much. So we wasn't the happiest when we got there but it changed when we got to sit down and eat something.


We had our little blanket under a tree to eat in the shade. And of course it was next to the little pond and there were ducks all over. And there happened to be 3 of them that were pretty close by us. So of course Ryken was all excited about the "quack,quack". That's his way of saying duck. : )

He enjoyed getting to count them. And he counts to 3 the best so it worked out great that there were the 3 by us to count. : ) Once he saw the ducks and the water he lost all interest in eating of course. So we took turns walking around with him to make sure he didn't decide to take a swim with the ducks which is what he wanted to do. He kept trying to step into the water when he got closer. He was pretty daring and it was pretty scary. So we had to try to get him away from the water. I guess we found the 2nd best thing. Which was some big rocks that he could play on and around.

After all of that we decided to go and check out the little train ride and the carousel. We took a train ride first and Ryken enjoyed it all except for when the "conductor" decided to get everyone on the train to yell "All Aboard!" He wasn't very amused by that.

But once we got going on the train he was all smiles and enjoyed it. And it was nice to get to sit down and feel a little breeze as we rode around on the train and saw the little park.

After the first train ride we rode on the carousel a few times till we could take the train around again. And again Ryken enjoyed getting to ride the horse on the carousel. As did Justin and I. : )Since we had paid for the unlimited rides bracelets we got to ride the train a few times as well as the carousel. We had a good time and it was nice to get out in the nice weather and enjoy some time together before it gets to hot to do anything but swim outside. : )

Hope you all had a great St. Patty's Day and wore your green like Ryken and I. Justin was a party pooper and didn't wear any green. I think I was nice and didn't even pinch him. : )

6 months along...

We have now reached the 6 month mark. So our little guy is going to be here before we know it. And we have been trying and trying to agree on a name for this little guy. We haven't settled on a for sure name yet and it may just drive me crazy. : ) We already had Ryken's name picked out by this time. But this little guys has stumped us. All the names that I like Justin doesn't like. And the few that Justin liked I didn't really like. So I sure hope we can come up with something before the little guy gets here.

And I am really starting to POP! I have been thru all this before but it still all seems so new when it happens again. Feeling him move around so much is a great feeling. Now if I could just get comfy enough to get some sleep at nights. And I sure hope I do so I can get some sleep in before he gets here.And I sure hope our other little guy can adjust to all the new stuff that is coming his way and our way in the next few months too. All I know is when I was pregnant with Ryken I didn't have to do some of the things I have to do now. Like I don't know um.... take care of a toddler! : ) Giving him his baths is sure getting harder and even getting up from changing diapers. Man I am way out of shape. : ) But it will all be worth it, and I hope they can be the best of friends as time goes by.