Happy Halloween. Warm October

I say warm october. what I mean by that is it hasnt snowed yet. haha. normally we have a snowfall that has stuck by halloween. But that didnt happen this year! I am not upset about it. It gets too cold to fast. I dont mind the cold. but i dont want it freeze your nose hairs cold. thats no fun.

It was a good month! We had conference in the beginning. We were able to watch the whole first session while the kids napped. then again for the afternoon session on saturday we were able to listen. but the sunday sessions the kids woke up an hour into both the morning and afternoon session so listening became a little more difficult. they just wanted to play! ryker was really mad that he couldnt watch one of his movies instead. but that tantrum only lasted a few min.

ryker and rylie are both doing great. ryker is still mimicking everything. its so adorable. he is starting to talk more and make sentences. they are garble to me, but he is trying to put words together. and he is getting so much better with his words. we are now working on combining words. its a work in progress. he is still good at saying please, thank you, excuse me. and if he is in a calm mood he will use his words to tell us what he wants. he is getting so big! My baby boy is so big.

rylie continues to grow like a weed! she can stand up and hold onto the table now. when did she get that tall?!?!?!?  crazy. not at 10 months old she loves to crawl after ryker. she moves so fast! she loves to crawl up the stairs when i dont get the gate up fast enough. one day she got up first from her nap and then about half an hour later i went to get ryker and thought i could be quick, ryker wanted to look out his window and was dawdling. i heard rylie in the stair well and knew she was trying to follow. so i grab ryker to go downstairs so i could get her before she fell. she made it to the top of the stairs!!!!! all the way up before i could get her! it was impressive and gave me a heart attack. im so glad she didnt fall. but now i definitely always put the gate up if im going upstairs even for only a quick second. i dont mind her lwarning to go up the stairs! i just dont want to leave her to it until she can learn to climb down them too. that might take a few more months. she loves to walk along the furniture. she still loves to give rassberry kisses on my cheek. she is not standing on her own yet, but she is starting to try.

both kids were sick with colds again this week. the changing weather really hits us hard every time. justin was really not feeling well about 2 weeks ago and stayed home from church. i took both kids and ryker did great in nursery. rylie was with me the whole time. but i still think we brought the bug home sometime. so this last week justin went but i stayed home with the sick kids. poor rylie has been so miserable. all stuffed up and a runny nose. she gets to tired real quick during the day. we propped up her bed to help her nose drain. she loves to snuggle and rest her head on my shoulder. i love it but feel so bad that she is miserable.

justin is still doing great at work. they keep him super busy. his major boss is coming out this next week so he is making sure everything is ready and prepared for that.

My calling is still doing great. I had a ward conference at 8 am one sunday. with a 2 hour drive to get there it made a very early and long day. but thankfully i was hope early to help with the kids/take a nap on the couch.

we are doing good here! getting excited for the holidays! this is our favorite time of year!

sustaining the prophet!

family snuggles during conference

rylie daredevil climbs on everything

he likes to "work under the cars" like dad

sleepy rylie

she will just lay down and try to sleep on the bear. its adorable. but only lasts a few seconds

chewing on the coffee table. why not?

eating cornbread and gravy. its a favorite deitrick meal. 

making pumpkins! rylie was black

ryker was white

bonding?

i helped do the detail. but i think it turned out great!

he looks like the little brother from a christmas story. bahahaha love it

justin and mines pumpkins

ryker knocks on the door if one of his shows does it. rylie wanted to do it too. 

he was our little lumberjack. I have a family picture somewhere. when i get it i will post it later. 

ryker at the trunk or treat. he was too nervous to actually say trick or treat. but he loved going around with dad. 

i tried to snuggle one afternoon with justin and ryker was not okay with it. he needed to jump in and join us. not pictures is rylie standing right in front of me also wanting in. 

she tries so hard to grab his hair. then normally settles for his nose. he is so good to just let her play. its precious. 

Ryker practicing some of his words that he has caught us saying

rylie trying so hard to grab that ice cube!

Fall is coming!

I dont a lot happened in September. More of the same. Justin is still enjoying work! They are definitely keeping him busy after some people were fired. but he does what they want and everyone is happy with his work. job security right? haha

Ryker is doing good. still mimicking everything. his current favorite movie is home. Im not sure that is going to help his language, but it sure makes him smile. i do think its funny. but i am also starting to hide the movie every once in a while. it has quickly moved to the only watch once a day category. he is so cute as he mimicks what we say and do. but we have learned to be very cautious in what we do now. haha. He has learned to open most every door. bathroom privacy is long gone haha. He is now tall enough to reach light switches. he holds onto the rail going up and down the stairs. my little baby boy is all grown up! he still loves to say no, but we are trying to teach him manners. and how important it is to not sit in a poopy diaper.

Rylie is growing like crazy. she is wicked fast crawling around. she stand up on everything. she has finally learned how to get herself down. its hilarious. she spreads her legs then falls on her butt. hey whatever works. she is sleeping great and eating great. she has also recently learned to climb up the stairs. thats a little more scary. she definitely not able to go down. once i was changing rykers diaper and that is all the time it took to crawl to the stairs and climb up half of them. HALF!!! she was fine. but i was scared she was going to fall and break something. that day we went out and bought a gate for the stairs. sorry baby, not till your big enough to crawl down too.

both her and ryker have had a cold for the last week. i think she got it when she went to sunbeams with justin, and then gave it to ryker. 2 sick babies is no fun. but it hasnt been too bad. worse at night, but now they are almost all better.

Im getting into a groove with my calling. I am trying to get lots of contact information and centralize everything so that we can improve communication. for the most part its going great. but i still am needing some people to get back to me. its only been a month! we can still make a difference and a different impression. everything else is going well. i had a ward conference 2 weeks ago. i was gone pretty much from 8:30 am till 5:30 pm. that was a long day for both me and justin haha. he does not envy me with the kids by myself all day during the week. he is very good to support me and my calling though.

i think thats the most of our update this month!

we got a new car!

a minivan we names Triton. as much as i hate minivans, i am enjoying the space. 

my handsome man ready for church

you cant really tell. but during naps and at night she twirls her hair till it stands straight up like alfalfa. its so funny

melts my heart

playing on the landing like usual

love my family!

justin squeezed in between seats while we were installing an auxillary cable. good thing he lost 25 lbs  ;)

one day while justin and i were making dinner ryker grabbed one of my cook books. ran up on the couch and snuggled down to read it. it was so cute. man after my own heart. 

naked party! they both decided to wet the bed and jammies so everything was in the wash and we hadnt stayed still long enough to put on clothes yet. 

i made a small track. ryker loves it. he loves to watch the little ball of tape roll down into the basket. if only rylie didnt pull it off the wall all the time. 

Ryker singing along to the bubble guppies. he did it much better. but i was trying to hard to repeat it so this is the best i got. 

rylie learning to climb stairs

singing happy birthday to auntie beez!!!

The End of Summer

so i realized that through the years. you know the 3 that i have been on this blog. all my monthly updates have like the same title. lack of creativity on my part. oops.... oh well.

summer is quickly coming to a close. we are having more stormy days and rainy days. wind always. we are rarely in the 90s now. mostly 70s. some 60s on stormy days. but all in all not to bad. i love fall. and spring. the rainy overcast days with still warm weather. not too hot or not too cold.

we are doing great. august was a good month. nothing too crazy happened. Justin and I celebrated our 4th anniversary. its been a wonderful 4 years. i have never been happier. when i posted on social media i think i said something like 4 years, 3 moves, 2 kids, 1 year of not buying or selling a vehicle (a huge accomplishment if i do say so haha) and 0 arguments. Justin and i are still as happy as ever. we have had some struggles as life throws us curveballs, but it only brings us closer and we tackle it together. I am so grateful for all of his support. I am grateful for all he is able to do for me and for our family, both around the house and at work. He is a great dad and a wonderful husband. i couldnt dream of anything better.

well. thats my gushy bit. I love him even more than i did 4 years ago. we have been through a lot. but he is always there for me. He is doing great at work. still doing what needs to. everything he gets called about seems like its an emergency, 911, do this now! okay but he has 3 other things that apparently are do right now too so which one gets priority? i do not envy his jib. he works hard and does great. they are always impressed with him. we took a trip out to tioga for the first time. i mean i know he does it everyday of the week. but its the first time i had been out there. along the drive we talked about whst he does, the kind of problems he sees, things he is asked to do, what he does on his drives, what are things he looks for as he drives to and from work everyday. lots of things i dont understand so he had to dumb it down for me. we went and saw a rig from the main street. not that i knew much about it. but i could now picture where he would be and the kind of places he would go.

Ryker and Rylie are doing great. Rylie just got her 3rd tooth. its up top but not one of the middle ones..... its the one on the side. weird... thats not where i was feeling for new teeth! haha. we were playing on the floor and as she giggled i saw this white patch in her mouth. sure enough there is a tooth. she climbs up on everything now. she always wants to stand. she is trying to walk but often falls currently. but practice makes perfect right? she is doing great. learning and growing so fast.

Ryker is growing like crazy. he is so big and he loves to mimick everything. he loves to sing and dance to all the movies we watch. if there is dancing on screen we are pulled up to come join him. and he sings along. does just what they do. its adorable. i love it. he is talking a ton. more and more words everyday. we are working on putting them together. but we are getting there. he is now happy to go sit on the potty if we are changing his diaper. before we put the new one on he wants to sit and push the flush button. i keep asking if he wants his underwear, but not push it. he says no and i put him back in a diaper. but i always offer! hopefully one day he will say yes... he has gotten really into saying no. ryker, do you want some peas? no (shakes his head) ryker did you poop in your diaper? no (shakes his head and runs away) ryker will you give a toy to rylie? no (shakes his head) ryker is it time for a nap? NO (runs away all teary because he doesnt want to even though he needs it) cute kid. love him. he is learning his attitude.

anyways, we are all doing great. I actually just got a calling to be the stake young womens secretary. i am so excited and very nervous. i have never had a stake calling before. and if anyone is keeping track this is calling number 3. not one and then a different one, and then a different one. like 3 at once. i am not sure if i am going to keep them all. but i know im stressing out about it. especially since i dont know how involved this new one will be. i need to talk to the stake YW pres to see what my responsibilities are and then talk to the bishop. i dont know if i can be scout committee chairman, primary teacher, and stake YW secretary. with 2 small kids. could make things interesting. i will keep you updated! or me updated since this is my make shift journal/scrapbook/record of our life.

we are still loving it here. happy to be here and serve where we are. heres to hoping we make it through another winter. haha.

he has to do this everytime. even if we are in the middle of dinner and forgot to turn off the TV. he will scream until we get his bear and he can hold it up. so cute! also so funny. my boy...

playing in a car at the mall. 

he got a sucker from a bank visit. turned his whole mouth blue for a good 2 hrs. 

Justin and I on our anniversary date. we went and saw a movie and went out to dinner

fun in the bath! that smile gets me everytime

what is this?!?!?! is it tastey?!?!?! 

dad put some pants on her head

round 2 of us trying to learn to airbrish. we are getting better slowly!

ryker pushed the nozzle on the air compressor. it freaked him out. so once we calmed him down and turned the psi down we showed him that its a tool and how it works. now whenever we are in the garage he wants to play and "help" dad. he pretends to fill up the tires. he helps blow the sawdust off dad. he makes funny noises putting it up to his fingers. he loves it. 

i got rylie to take a bottle! i was having problems keeping my milk supply and i couldnt pump anymore and still have enough for her so we embarked on switching. it was hard a took a good week. but she learned to take a bottle during the day. then she learned to take formula. then she learned to take it at night. now we are sleeping through the night (mostly) and she takes a bottle like a champ. huge success for us. i talked to most family and it was a struggle to take a bottle for a long time. 

standing up on everything

she found rykers stash of raisens and cheerios and helped herself. it was so funny to look up and see her just chowing down on her find. she does this often now. gets a little sad if there are not treats up there waiting for her. 

this is a perfect stepping stool for her to use as he tries to stand up. but it doesnt go higher. so instead of standing taller, she goes forward. the result is Super Rylie!!!! and a faceplant.... 

enjoying the pool on one of the last super warm days. ryker doesnt like to get in right now due to a bad experience with cold water. but rylie loves it. i didnt think either of them would want to get in so i didnt bother with swim suits. but in the end i stuck rylie in in her onsie and rykers shoes were al wet from him splashing. 

a new look for rylie haha. this is a hat we got from a good friend in the ward. unfortunately she has already outgrown it, but it was fun to play with. the glasses are the perfect size haha. 

we were browsing the halloween section at a store. ryker loved all the skulls and skeletons. he kept pointing and saying teeth? teeth? teeth? love that he is not scared in the slightest. but he wanted to try on a mask. we couldnt leave rylie out so we put her in a princess crown too. so presh. 

I can roll!