its official! we have made it 6 months and baby Ryker still survives. I think that is cause for celebration dont you? i mean im pretty proud of myself. good thing he is so darn cute.
really, he is such a good baby. he is a great sleeper and only gets up once or twice a night. he eats great. we have started feeding him squash and pears and peas. he might be the only one in the family who likes squash right now... but thats besides the point. he is doing great and loving eating when we are. he doesnt feel quite so left out.
Justin is doing good. still busy with work and school. you know the same old same old... but that will change soon! well by soon i mean a few months from now. he is on the second half of this semester and then only one more to go before he graduates!!! so exciting. we are both excited to be done with idaho, but im sure he is even more thrilled to be done with school. we are still in search of a job to go to after graduation, but that will come as well. all we can do is keep applying places and pray for answers.
On my end things have been a little more exciting. I decided it would be fun to go home for a little while and surprise my mom. Ryker and I drove home with my sister and waited for my mom to get home. when she saw us she screamed my name! and promptly picked up Ryker. i see where the love goes ;) i know she loves me too and i did get a side hug. that counts. i know im wanted for my baby now. but im okay with that. i dont like being the center of attention anyways.
so we got here last wed. and will be here in Btown till thanksgiving. Justin will come down once he is done with classes and he will be our ride back to idaho. It is going to be super fun spending this much time with family. but i do admit i miss my husband. both at church and here at home i see my parents and other couples cuddling in the evening. relaxing after a long day. darn i miss doing that. i want to cuddle. at 6 months ryker is more squirmy than cuddly. i love him for that. but i need a man right now. i need my man right now. i get a little sad sometimes, but we were able to skype with Justin yesterday and that helped a lot. im grateful for technologies that help me keep in contact so it doesnt feel like i am so far away.
Ryker has bee doing okay with the change. its a new place and a lot of new people so he is taking a while to get used to that. sometimes gets overstimulated. he isnt sleeping as well as normal. he now gets up 3 times a night ish and will be up for the day at like 6:30 7 am. im not as much of a fan of that... i wish he would sleep more. im tired. maybe today i will enlist grandmas help so i can get a nap. i have tried to keep him to his schedule and that has helped a lot. he is still doing great and having lots of fun. thats the important part right?
Grandma got him a little walker off of craigslist. its super cute. has a steering wheel and a car and other fun things to keep him busy. its new but he does like to play in it for a little while. it will help strengthen his legs! i love the chub on those legs... i dont want to see it go.
at his 6 month appointment he is doing great! it was hard to get a weight because he kept kicking the scale and turning it off. but he is about 18 lbs. 26 and 3/4 inches long. in the 66% for weight and 63% in heighth? i think... if i can remember right. overall doing great! he is a healthy healthy boy. just the way we like it. im glad he is so solid. he is so much fun to play with. grandma is just on cloud 9 while he is here.
sorry no pics this time. i need to figure out how to get them on here while in a different state. haha.
