7 months old!

WOW, time really does go by fast. And these past 7 months have gone by extremely fast. Its still hard to believe sometimes that we have a baby. But then I am reminded every time he fusses and cries. But especially when he laughs and smiles at me. I am so thankful for our little boy and all the joy he brings to Justin and I. Ryken is such a fun baby. He has the best smile and I can't get over his chubby cheeks and his roles on his arms. And his BIG BLUE eyes just make me melt. He is such a big boy and I am reminded of this every time I go out in public and people ask me how old he is and when I respond almost 7 months old. They are quick to say Wow he is such a big boy. And one lady even told me he was FAT. I was kinda hurt by that but I know he is just a cute chubby boy. And I love it. He started holding his bottle a little bit better recently which has made things a little easier. But he now wants to roll over while drinking his bottle and since he does that he starts screaming when nothing is coming out. SO I have to roll him back over and put the bottle back in his mouth. I hope that day comes soon when he can learn to just keep rolling over instead of getting stuck on his belly and fussing. He has become very attached to his mom and dad too. Which I am not enjoying much. He even fusses when my mom and dad try to hold him. Which makes for a great time when I ask if they are willing to watch him for us while we go to watch a movie. But of course them being the great grandparents they are do it even if he is screaming bloody murder. ( Thanks mom and dad) I know that this will pass and when it does it will make those times a whole lot better. I am just going to try to enjoy these next few months before he actually starts to get mobile and get in to things. I will just keep telling myself that. :) I love my little chunky monkey with all my heart and can't wait to see what is in store for all of us in the future. : )

Here he is trying to fit his square block in to his mouth. I just love his little sausage fingers.

Teeth...Where are his?

Okay so don't get me wrong I love this little guys toothless grin but for the past few weeks he has been extremely fussy. And especially at night. He just cries and cries. And then even fusses during the night. I feel so bad for him cause there is no way of really knowing what makes him feel better. I have given him Motrin a few nights before bed which sometimes helps and then during the day I have tried the teething tablets. I have some baby orajel which I haven't really tried yet but it may be happening sooner then later. I just wish I knew for sure that he was going to get his teeth soon. Then I would know that this is the real reason that he has been so fussy lately. Everyone that I have talked to says that more then likely that is what is happening. So time will tell. :) OH and he has this pretty bad rash on his face from all the slobbering that he has been doing. With his triple chin it gets all soggy and now there is a rash. :) Poor guy. For the most part he is still his happy little self and smiles for most people. But when he is tired on top of all of this he is not the happy camper that I love so much. So maybe I will have some news of a tooth here pretty soon. :)

p.s. It looks like I am pinching him in this picture but I promise I am not. He is just really ticklish on his neck so that is what I was doing. : )

Future Police Officer???

I had seen this picture once of this little boy with a Police Mans hat on and all the little guy was wearing was his diaper and a smile. And I fell in love with the picture. And I thought to myself that it would be so fun to take a picture of Ryken like that too. But at the time he couldn't sit up by himself. So I kept the thought in my mind. And now that he can sit up I got my wish. We had a little photo session the other night after Justin went to work. I get bored sometimes when he leaves so I decided the time was good to try for those pics. And Ryken was even in an okay mood to take a few shots with me. I had fun. I wish he would have smiled but I just couldn't get him to. But atleast he isn't screaming. :)

Okay so I am not really keen on the thought of Ryken following in his daddy's footsteps and becoming a police officer when he grows up. Justin would have to disagree with me I am sure. But I do have to say that at this stage he makes a pretty darn looking kiddy cop. What do you think?

Ringing in the new year

For New Year's Eve this year we spent it with some great friends. Kameron and Gina Lee and their little guy Porter. We had lots of fun out at their house. We were able to spend it with them last year too. Last year we were both prego with our little guys and this year it was extra fun to have them with us. And we even got a few pics taken before it was Porter's bedtime. Gina made some yummy mexican food and we had great snacks. But more than anything it was just nice to get to have a normal adult conversation with her istead of just talking to a 6 month old. :) We always have fun with them and are so grateful to have awesome friends like them.

Porter and Ryken playing on the floor. I was keeping my fingers crossed that Ryken would take a few tips from watching Porter roll all over the floor and suprise us with doing it himself. But nope he still just gets stuck on his belly and screams. :)

Our cute little guys.

On new years day we had our duties to take care of. We decided to take all of the Christmas stuff down and put it away. It took us awhile this year with having our little guy and tryin to take care of his needs. But we eventually got it all done. Thank goodness. I love Christmas time but I have to say it is nice to have the space back that the tree took up. :) We also went out to dinner that night and also rented a movie. Justin actually let me pick the movie. We rented Waitress. It was a pretty cute and good movie.

2007 has been a great year. And the best thing of all was starting off our little family with Ryken being born and us becoming parents.

We are so blessed. And I am looking forward to what 2008 has in store for us. :)

He LOVES to eat. :)

We got Ryken's high chair put together finally. Well I guess we can't say we. Justin actually put it together after me buggin him time after time. And may I say I love the highchair. And so does Ryken. We were just using his Bumbo chair to feed him until we got the chair and put it together. Feeding is so much easier for me and Ryken now. And Justin too whenever he feeds him which may I say is not that often. :) And he is sitting up so good in it too. Well sometimes are better then others. So I just wanted to show off how cute he looks in his high chair. So ENJOY!

See can't you tell that he loves his food. He just wants it NOW! Give me, Give me. :)

Ryken is 1/2 year old!

I wasn't good about posting a new blog about Ryken turning 6 months old but I have good reason. The actual day was on Christmas Eve so I was pretty busy. And have been the past few days. We had a great Christmas and hope you all did too. It was great getting to spend lots of time with family. We were able to see both of our families this year for Christmas. And it worked out great. And was even better since it was Ryken's first Christmas too. It made it that much more special. We haven't gotten to go to the doctor for Ryken's 6 month check up so we don't know yet how much he weighs or how tall he is but I can say that he is a big boy! He is such a good baby too. I couldn't have asked for a better baby. He has grown up so much and I never thought that the time would go by so fast. And that we would already be to this point. Whenever people would tell me that they grow up so fast I wasn't so sure about it. But now I can for sure agree with them. It is hard to think that 6 months have gone by and in another 6 he is going to be a year old. He hasn't gotten any teeth yet but I think it could be any day now. He always has ALL of his fingers in his mouth now days. And is such a slobber monkey. He is also such a happy baby. He smiles all the time and of course makes us smile too. We are so grateful for the blessing that he is to us. Like I said we could have asked for a better baby. :)

He was such a good boy when he got to see Santa Claus. All smiles !

He has learned how to sit up really good these past few weeks. And I am so happy! Now I can take him to get his picture taken and not have to worry about him just laying on his back or belly. Oh and for the fact that he is getting to be such a big boy. :)

Its the most wonderful time of the year!

Well as you all know its the most wonderful time of the year! Yep Christmas. I don't know anyone that doesn't love this time of year. Well maybe my dad when it comes to somethings. But thats okay we still love him. But any who. We put up our Christmas tree a couple of weeks ago but I left our camera in Woodruff at my parents house and didn't get it back for a week. But we actually went out and bought a new camera anyways. We really wanted to get a new one for Christmas so I guess we just got an early gift. :) So I got a pic of the tree. And Justin was a great hubby and hung up some lights outside on our house too. Now I just need to get started on our baking for all of friends and family. Thats always fun too but we will see how it goes this year with our little guy being here now. Well I was kinda bored the other day and wanted to take some cute pics of Ryken in a litte Christmas onesie and I got a few but not as good as I was hoping for. So I hope everyone is all ready for Christmas and has their shopping done. I know I don't. :) OH and we went to the mall and got Ryken's pic taken with Santa. I just wish we had a scanner to scan the pic onto the computer so I could post it. But he just smiled so big when he was on his lap. Such a great pic for the first time. I wonder how he will be next year.....

Here is our tree. We even have presents under it already. I know that next year the tree will look so different since by then Ryken will be all over the place and probably all over the tree.

Here is our little cheeseball! I tried to get a little smile out of him but this is all the good I could get. Oh well he is still cute!