now that the holidays are over we have settled down into the usual routine here at home. winter semester is always the hardest because there is nothing to look forward to until the end of the semester. last semester we had halloween, and then thanksgiving, and christmas. now its 4 months of stressful classes for justin and me chasing ryker around the apartment. dont get me wrong, its kinda fun. i enjoy it.
christmas was great. we ended up going to WA to be with justins parents. they are in the middle of a move so they wernt able to make it down to us. but its christmas! and rykers first, so we had to spend it with the grandparents. we drove friday after justins last final. weather was pretty good up until we got to boise. we were able to get ryker fed and in jammies and sleeping in his carseat for most of the trip. that was great. but after boise it got really snowy, and hard to see, and slick, and in general just awful. justin was so great. he drove through all of that even after driving the 4 hours to boise. so by the end of the snow storm justin had been driving for about 10 and a half hours. poor guy. and stressed because of the weather. in much need of a break. so i drove the last hour and a half ish. we were all so tired. we thought it was going to be a 9 hour drive. while looking stuff up we figured out it was more of a 10 hour drive. but with the storm it added more time so it ended up being about 12 hours. so happy to finally be there and be able to go to sleep.
but staying in WA was great. we got to spend the weekend with grandma and grandpa Deitrick. so great. they loved ryker. loved playing with him and we had lots of laughs. unfortunately grandpa had to work mon and tues so we spent the day with grandma and then ryker was on his way to bed when grandpa got home. sad but we were able to at least say hi. and thats why we came on friday anyway. christams day was awesome. we got up around 7:30. ryker kinda dictated the time for everyone to roll out of bed. we dressed him in his santa suit and had a very happy christmas. lots of new toys for ryker. he didnt really get the whole opening part, but he liked the the wrapping paper and liked the toys when the paper is gone. it was fun and we mostly enjoyed just watching ryker.
Justin got some tools that he had really been wanting/needing. i was able to get a big crock pot and a rice cooker. a very good christmas all around. we came home on thursday so that justin could work friday. i spent the day taking down all the christmas stuff. not that i was eager to take it down, but ryker has pulled the tree over onto himself twice already and broken a few ornaments so i wanted to take away that danger zone.
we went to logan and joyclyns for new years. jackson came too. it was fun! ryker was sleeping the whole time. which made it easy to play with friends. we played games and talked will like 2 in the morning. it was fun. nice and simple.
ryker did officially start crawling. he took his first few steps ( i think you can call them steps even if its on all fours...) new years eve. so we welcomed the new year to a mobile little boy. since then he hasnt stopped moving. as of right now he will follow us into any room. he loves to crawl over to justin while he is doing homework and sit between his legs and play and chew on his pants. just loves to be with dad! its adorable. i love it. he has also started to pull himself up. he can go up onto his knees. he still bounces a little bit and occasionally falls over. sometimes hits his head harder than usual and thats sad. but he bounces back real fast! we make sure he is okay dont worry.
another new development is that ryker is now mostly on formula. sorry if this is too much info, but im telling the world anyway. he bit me shortly after we got home from christmas. i didnt think anything of it when it happened initially, but it kept getting worse. to the point where everytime i would nurse i would just cry. not fun at all. so i decided that maybe i could bottle feed him during the day and nurse him at night. it has worked out. i was able to heal just fine and since i was planning on weening him around 9 months anyway. its a month away. and it took a few days to get him to take a bottle. so instead of doing this all over again in a few weeks i decided that its a good time to switch over. i still nurse him at night. but he is all on formula during the day.
its kinda great. the last few months i have been feeling kinda depressed and tied down because i was still nursing. 8 months is a long time! and i felt like i could never do anything because i always had to be here to feed him. justin was doing things all day (for school and sometimes for fun). and i could never do that. it was kinda rough. i love my boy. im glad i could nurse him. its healthiest for him and definitely great on our budget. i dont want anyone to think i hated it, i didnt. i just felt very attached. now its a little different. now i feel okay with leaving him over a meal time and its okay. he will be fine. he will take a bottle. its a good feeling. not that i have really done much. but i have the option. i have family coming into town in a week or 2 and they can help me watch him! i can go to the temple with my husband and not worry about timing the whole time. its kind of a relief.
well thats an update on our life. justin is working hard at school. has group meetings almost every night. but does make it home for dinner. haha. i chase around a little boy all day. or he chases me. i still dont know how to put pictures on here! i used to do it though my tablet, but we sold it. and i cant do it from our ipad. so i dont know how to get them from my phone to the blog. when i figure it out get ready for on overload! but until them im so sorry, but the ryker pictures will have to wait.
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