2 trips to the pumpkin patch...

I wanted to take Ryken to a pumpkin patch last year but we never did, and so I was bound and determined to get there this year. :) And I think he had a pretty good time. We got to go once as a family and then a second time when Justin's sister was here with her little boys. We ended up just driving to Gilbert to go to the one there both times. And like I said before we had lots of fun.

Justin and Ryken being the silly cow and pig. :)Ryken got to feed the goats and cow and chickens. And boy did he LOVE it. Picking out his very own pumpkin to...

decorate with lots of fun stickers. :)Here he was with his final product. So proud and happy. All my boys trying to make it thru the hay bale maze. Ryken did pretty darn good everytime he went thru it too. Here are the boys with all the pumpkins to pick from. We got a pretty good one to take home and carve.Here was Ryken a few days later with his cousin Tristan. Posing on the tractor together. lol, Ryken wasn't to happy about doing this for some reason. But he finally got the courage to sit on it for the picture. :)Cy was able to borrow this cute little hat from his cousin. And when it was folded up like that it made him look like Gilligan, from Gilligan's Island. Maybe we should have dressed him up as him for Halloween. :)This second trip to the pumpkin patch Ryken was brave enough to get in the bounce house. He never has wanted to before but his cousin got brave and did it so Ryken decided to also. And he didn't want to get out once he was in. And of course we had to get a picture of him by the big pumpkin so we can see how much he grew when we get back next year to enjoy all the fun again. :)

5 years!

Another year has passed, and that means that he has stuck it out one more year with me. :) Justin may be pretty crazy for making it thru the past 5 years but I sure am glad he has stuck it out. And I still look forward to the many years ahead of us, and the many more anniversaries ahead too.

We were able to get a night away without the boys, thanks to the planning of my husband and with the help of my parents. It was a great little get away and a much needed one too. So thanks mom and dad again for taking great care of our little guys for us. And thanks to my hubby for being so sweet and thoughtful and planning the night away for us.

Still smiling after the 5 married years together + the over one year of dating. :) I LOVE you Justin, and always will. XOXOXO!

LOVE!!

Have I told you lately how much I LOVE these 2?


Well if I haven't I LOVE them with all of my heart. :)

4 months old...

4 months and counting. Cy is still pretty much the same kind of baby as he was last month, with the screaming and crying part. But he still gets a few smiles in every so often. We also found out that he has a little bit of an acid reflux problem. So he has a little bit of a spit up problem which Ryken also had but Ryken never had a problem with keeping his weight up. So he is on some meds for that but not sure if they are helping out. We shall see what the doctor says at his check up in a few days. I am hoping she has good news with his weight gaining so that we don't have to do further testing. Keeping my fingers crossed. All I can say is that most days I feel like a brand new mom. I am dealing with new things when it comes to our little Cy guy that I never had to conquer with Ryken. I am just so glad he is so darn cute. That is what makes it worth every hour, minute and second that he cries. :)

My mister BIG eyes. :)Testing out the Bumbo for the first time. This is one of the things that he will actually sit in for more than a minute and not cry. :)Little brother, and Big brother. :)Tried to get a first bath together picture. :)Just my cute little Cy guy all bundled up.

Happy guy!4 months old!!

Family time...

Justin had to leave and go to Alabama for a week to do some training for work. So we decided to try and get some family time in before he had to leave. And so we did what we seem to love to do and went to one of the parks in the area that has a little train and carousel. :) Bonus: This one was a little closer to the house, had a good deal going on that day, and had a few extra rides too. Negative: It was pretty hot out that day, and we were out in that heat.

Ryken and mommy on the train. Daddy and Cy on the carousel. :) (so cute, right? Poor Justin was pooped that morning from working all night but he was a trooper and hung out with us anyways.)

Ryken enjoying one of the many rides on the carousel.

Trying to fly his little helicopter.

Cruising on a funny looking car. :) He seemed to like the other rides but not nearly as much as he loves to ride the trains. :) It was great to have that family time and I can't wait till the week is over so we have our complete family again when Daddy gets home. :)

Another zoo outing...

We decided to make a little trip to the zoo on Wednesday, and to make that trip even better it was FREE for us to get in the zoo. And the weather was pretty nice too, not as hot as it has been the last few weeks. Ryken was pretty excited to go. Justin asked him before we got to the zoo what animals he wanted to see. And we were surprised to hear him say that he wanted to see the Giraffes and Elephants. :) So thank goodness we got to see both of them.

The Giraffes were the very first stop. And we were so glad they were out and even kinda close.

Then we saw the Zebras. But I don't think Ryken was to thrilled with them. :)

The Elephant wasn't out when we first got to the area. But then he slowly made his way out and then Ryken was able to get a pretty good look at him. :)

Here Ryken and Justin were checking out the bear.(not sure what kind. :) )

We also thought these huge turtles were pretty cool too. After strolling around the zoo for awhile we decided to stop and eat some lunch.

Here is Cy having a little lunch of his own. :)

Ryken looking like a lion with his big mouth. He couldn't wait to chow down on his Gogurt. :)

After lunch we went around and saw a few more animals but it was starting to get to hot for us. So we headed back and of course Ryken just had to ride the carousel.

And he had lots of fun doing it. :) We had a great time together as a family and once we got in the car and on the road this is how Ryken was feeling...

He was out like a light bulb. :) Another great trip to the Phoenix Zoo. :)

3 months old...

That is right folks Cy is 3 months old now. And he is pretty much a cute, fussy, adorable, always seems to be crying, cuddly, can't get to stop screaming baby. :) He is all those things rolled up into a little chunky guy. So any day now I am waiting for all that screaming and crying to get better. I keep hearing it gets better after 3 months, so any day now will be good for me. But really he is a fun baby when he isn't crying.

He is getting a little better at sleeping at night. But during the day that is another story. He is the biggest cat napper there ever was. It is pretty much the most annoying thing to me besides the screaming. :) So hopefully here soon he will get better at the naps too. Then mommy will be a much happier mommy.

He loves his daddy, and is always willing to give him smiles. He loves watching his big brother and seems very interested in him. And I guess he loves to talk to me, and I even get a few smiles from him too. :) Here is the proof...

see I told you I had proof of his cute little smiles.

Getting some brotherly love from Ryken. :)

Getting a little tummy time on daddy. :) (justin is the best at making sure tummy time gets done.)

So interested in what Ryken is doing, keeping a close eye on him. :) Ryken is always interested in what Cy is doing too.

My chubby little 3 month old. Time is flying by it seems. 3 months already. WOW!