alright. time for the monthly update. i figure i can at least keep up with that. not much has happened in the past month. just lots of school for justin. he is working so hard and doing great. but definitely stressed. i wish i could do more to help, i do all i can from home. cleaning, taking care of ryker, and making sure bills get paid. so he can just focus on school. but when justin comes home stressed and tired and all quiet i just feel bad and want to fix it! i know he just needs time and to probably sleep it off, but i hurt when he hurts like that. i guess thats how being married is. they hurt we hurt. but goes the other way too. when they are happy, we are happy.
for a graduation gift we decided to give ourselves a budget and splurge a little. we got enough back from tax returns that we could afford it. Justin decided to get a gun. he has been looking for a while, but now was a good time. he got a mosin nagant rifle. its an old WWII rifle that was made in surplus and then they put them all in storage. they are fairly cheap long range rifles. but they are covered in nasty grease that kept them in good condition for decades. the gun we got was made actually a few years before the war, so its a little better quality. but Justin spent lots of time degreasing the gun. the metal parts were easier. but for the wood stalk we needed to put it in the oven to sweat out the grease. bad news, it was too long and didnt fit. so we put it on a towel that we use to clean the guns and used a blow dryer. slow work, but it did the trick. it looks so good now and doesnt feel sticky anymore. we went shooting last friday. i got to shoot my Kahr gun again and am getting better at that. the mosin did great. the kickback wasnt even too bad. i enjoyed shooting it. granted i am definitely bruised even 2 days later. but still worth it! Justin was beaming the whole time.
Saturday was jaxsons bachelors party. justin and clark planned the whole thing. there were like 12 people who all came. they started out by going dirt biking. everyone loved it. then came back to jaxsons place for pizza and video games. lots of manly things haha. i had my cousin marissa come babysit and i went out to dinner with Christine jaxsons fiance, Courtney Austins (jaxsons brother) girlfriend, and Livia. it was super fun! kinda weird... i havent gone out and had a girls date without ryker or justin before. but i enjoyed myself. then we went back to jaxsons. tried not to interrupt the bachelor party as we helped courtney and christine make food for a dinner they were going to have on sunday. it was was fun. i had a good night all around.
lets see... other updates... ryker is doing great! getting bigger everyday i love it. he has learned to stick out his tongue. i have a video of him chewing on it and playing with his tongue. i think its funny. he was really doing it for like 15 min before we recorded it. he is learning to stand on his own. he can only do it for a second or 2 at a time. he sometimes is holding on to the couch or rocking chair but then will let go and try and clap. its hilarious. he still falls a lot. im hoping he will walk by his first birthday/. i got 2 months. so we will work on it! i figured out that when he eats cherries he gets a really bad diaper rash. like chapped and bleeding bad. he hurts so bad... i feel bad for him. so we try to keep him clean and dry as much as we can but then we have naked hours. i keep him on the towel because i am not ready for the potty training accidents everywhere. i think he needs to walk first. haha. but we got him cleared up and he is doing much better.
we also got the chance to babysit a little girl in our ward. her mommy was not feeling well so i took her while her hubby took her to the dr. she was so littl! she was born around 5 lbs. and at 2 months old she was just under 7 lbs. still so little! her name is allison. cute little girl. i was really enjoying myself. ryker liked her too. he wanted to pet her. i was careful and made sure he was soft. mostly that meant i held his hand while i let him barely touch her head. haha. he woke up from a nap and i had her playing on the floor. he still wanted to snuggle and rest so he layed across my leg right next to her and snuggled. it was adorable i just wanted to die. so i took a picture instead haha. makes me want another little one real bad. im trying to convince justin of the same thing ;) haha. we will see about that...
oh! before i forget, Justin has got some feedback from a company he talked to at the BYUI career fair. its KS Industries. its an oil and gas company. he sent them an application and talked with the guy who came to talk about it here. he got a call about 2 weeks ago from a lady who works at the base of operations in california saying she would be more interested him coming to work there instead of the oil fields in north dakota. i am all for living in california instead of north dakota. well he had an interview today and it went really well!
well thats us. our little update.
dad! dad! come out and play!
I got to babysit a little girl in my ward. she is so small! makes me want another one... ;)
Ryker wants to sleep with little allison
he was jealous that allison got to be in his bouncer so he wanted to get in too.
my little nephite!
had to try on the motorcycle helmet again. almost fits! haha
playing naked while trying to heal a bad diaper rash. look at all those rolls!
we were playing and having fun! then all of a sudden got really tired.
i made an apple pie braid for pie day. doesnt look pretty but its was so good!
my little leprachan for church!
he looks super tired in this picture but you can see his fauxhawk better
playing peek-a-boo!
playing while mom and alicia were in town
found his tongue! it was so funny to watch him play.
