i admit, i am a scrouge about christmas until after thanksgiving. but its a big deal to me so get over it. haha. i mean that in the best way.
most of november flew by without much going on. Ryker is getting bigger still. he started nursery and did great! he has been 3 times now. he kinda freaks out when i have to leave, but i gotta go to primary for my calling! he cries and it breaks my heart. but if someone is holding him and helps him feel safe than he is generally okay. and when i go pick him up he looks like he is happy and having fun, then sees me and starts to cry and run to me. upset that i left him but willing to come home with me haha.
so speaking of primary, i have been having trouble slightly with my primary calling. mostly the girl i was co-teaching with decided to not come back to church. not that she is inactive (i dont think) but maybe she moved with her parents a few weeks ago and decided not to tell anyone. either way im moderately ticked to not have any warning. also she was the teacher and i was the helper. so after a week of her not showing up and i had to improve a lesson (while taking care of an 18 month old who was almost old enough for nursery at the time) i have to prepare for just in case she doesnt show up. which she hasnt for like 2 months now? awesome... granted some weeks we were practicing the primary program (which went well in case i didnt mention it in my last post) so there were 3 weeks that i didnt have to prepare a lesson, but i was in charge of seven 5 year olds by myself. ugh. then also there was a week that we had stake conference. so i know im complaining about only 4 lessons in 2 months, but still! since i didnt know i was supposed to be teaching and no one has told me anything its a little irritating to be responsible when i dont know i am in charge. gah. but i have accepted it now that i am the teacher and will always prepare a treat and a lesson for the kids. things are going well. even though i have a different co-teacher every week now. thats fun... but also im about to have a baby remember? which means i can teach for the next 2 weeks at most then im going to be hiatus for like a month. and then when i come back i need to be free to nurse my baby whenever she needs it. soooo i will be a great helper! (my original calling) but not a great teacher once baby comes. we will play it by ear and i have been trying to keep the primary pres in the loop as things progress.
all things to be thinking about. i also need to be starting the rechartering things for my cubscout calling, but am awaiting info for that. now would be best but im probably going to get the info right as baby is born and i will have to deal with all of that at once. awesome!
in rykers first week at nursery he was so kind to bring home a cold. he got it real bad, and i got it real bad. we took precautions so justin didnt get it luckily. but ryker and i were pretty not happy for about 2 weeks. that was no fun. yay germs from nursery. i think i have decided that when i stay home with the new baby i will probably keep ryker with me because i dont want him bringing anything home to the new baby. smart? justin needs to go because of his calling. so me alone with 2 babies? is that smart? well i guess it will be like that every week day so we shall see!
ryker is still working on words. i wish he was more productive on that front, but we are doing all we can to teach him. he is understanding a ton though. he has learned to do 'bones' which is hilarious. he loves it and will always come back a few more times. so cute.man i love that boy. he loves to run around. he also really really loves oranges. like a lot. when he had a cold it was all he would really eat for like a week.
also we found out that justin got an extra day off for thanksgiving!!! we didnt know he got the day after off as well. that was pretty cool. we found out like a week before and decided that it would give us enough time that we could actually go home to colorado for thanksgiving! we decided to surprise everyone but we did tell my parents. mostly so that they would have a room ready and we could sleep haha. but we got there after a 13 hr drive. long long day, but we got to spend thurs, fri, and sat with family. thanksgiving was great. we loved it. ryker was a little ( alot) clingy but it was a long drive for him and then we surrounded him with a ton of new people. so its not surprising. but he did okay. the drive back on sunday was still long, but doable. basically we think that we are going to fly anywhere from now on, but we need the advanced notice in order to get the flights.
as per thanksgiving tradition, we did the pie eating contest. ryker got to participate this year. he was super confused at first. i stripped him down and put pie in front of him and he didnt know what to do. so i helped him start getting messy, and gave him a bite so he knew it was yummy. then he got into it a little more. he came in second! raliegh rocked it and one. i think she is almost 3 now? so she had an advantage. and a great dad who shoved it in her face. but thats the point right? we did some good christmas shopping while we were there and ate great food. it was an awesome vacation. and good to get out of town.
then! to make things even better carlee is here visiting us for the weekend. she came in on friday and leaves today. her and ryker have been having a great time. so much fun to have her around. it has been so great.
also this past week we have broken out all of our christmas stuff and decorated. ryker is learning not to touch the tree or the ornaments. mostly he is pretty good about it and only have to get after him a few times. he loves all the pretty colors!
well thats what we have been up to. i am 37 weeks as of right now. i am ready for baby but im sure she probably has a few more weeks dang it. according to the dr im 1 cm (have been for 2 weeks now) and i was like that up until the day before i went into labor with ryker so im not surprised.
well thats our monthly update ! enjoy. oh! dani had her baby!!! we have a neice on my side now! Charlotte Janez. she is super precious from all the pics i have seen. a little sweetheart.
new fam of 3!
pie eating contest!
the winner!
he really did enjoy it
eating a sandwich and loving time with dad.
yay road trip!
helping dad with the christmas tree
he wanted to dress up and help with everything
loving the pretty lights and all the colors.
grandma with the new little grandaughter
we found a store with more cool carts. we will be going back often
dad with first granddaughter. he just looks so good holding little girls.
Dad and Fallyn at the Orion launching. it is a satellite that dad has been working on at work and he got invited to the test launch. awesome!
having fun with aunts at thanksgiving.
he loved to play basketball at thanksgiving. apparently we need to introduce him to sports more. dont worry... santa has got that covered. ;)
we found airbud on netflix and decided to watch it. ryker got so excited whenever they played basketball. he would cheer for the team and the dog. it was so funny to watch. With justin and i being so not into sports at all we havent really watched anything or played ball with him. clearly now we know that needs to change! we will be better. i promise. haha.
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