Deitrick Detail: Happy Holidays!

whew! so much has happened since I have last blogged. I might do less talking and more pictures. but i have said that before and still write more than i think i will.

Dec started out great with Carlee coming to visit. surprisingly i have no pictures? what the heck? well we had fun while she was here! and she even kept all of her appendages and didnt get frostbite. it was close though.... haha. she got here friday night and got to say hi to Ryker before he went to bed. then we spent saturday doing some more christmas shopping but mostly lots of christmas wrapping. she gave us some more clothes for baby girl that dani was passing on. so nice of her to bring them to us. then she stayed with ryker as Justin and I went on a date. it was nice to get out for a bit by ourselves. really it was a pretty chill weekend. sunday was a lazy day. we hung out all morning. then carlee helped me with my primary class for church. it was fun to have her as my second teacher for the week. we played more on monday and then she headed home. it wasnt crazy busy but it was fun to have her here to play and be with ryker. i secretly hoped to go into labor... but i knew it was still way early so it probably wouldnt have been good to do that anyway. baby didnt come! so we just played with ryker.

after that the next few weeks have gone pretty smooth. its getting colder. we still have snow. its icy. the usual haha. primary has been interesting yet fun. I had a really good lesson last week that actually lasted the whole hour. i was so proud of myself. it was about how Christ is with us and he organized the church the same now as he did when he was on the earth. we played a matching game. they earned some muddy buddies. they made a christmas chain to count down the days till christmas. it was fun. and they enjoyed it. I have a new teacher now! i was with her one week and then last week we had our christmas program and didnt have primary so not that week. one more week and we get new kids! new year. all the sunbeams come up to our class. yay!

Ryker is doing okay. still nervous in nursery. but if someone holds him than he is okay. but it breaks my heart to have him scream as i leave. we tried to have justin go with him once. but he was still super clingy. darn.... we are trying! he is still understanding a lot. he can sign more, food, drink, thank you, and say hi, bye and getting so close to other words! he can say and repeat most of the vowels, but is still working on the consonants. i think when it starts it will click and he will just explode with words! we work on it everyday. he has officially gotten attached to hi care bear. the one that used to be justins. he needs it to go to bed for nap and at night time.

christmas came! we missed being with family, but it was fun to just be us for once. we made it work. justin and i had an epiphany when we were making christmas goodies. we can make them however we want! we dont have to put in the ingredients that we always pick out. or we can put christmas candy in our stockings that we want to eat instead of eating the not as good ones and leaving the chocolate ones for last. we are adults! this is our house! haha. it was kind of hilarious. but we have never been in our own home to really think about it.

christmas eve was fun. we opened one gift like we did in my family. after ryker went to bed we played santa and put out the stockings. justins parents sent us some more of justins old trucks to give to ryker so we set those out and got those ready for him. then we rented 2 red box's to watch. we saw the new teenage mutant ninja turtles. its really hilarious. i really liked it. and then we saw the giver. also really good. i dont remember much from the book. great christmas eve right! totally christmasy.

christmas morning was great. we kept the tree lights on for santa. so when we brought ryker down it was cool and he kept saying hi and waving thinking someone was already downstairs. we put him down and showed him where his stocking was. he was so excited about the new trucks! he couldnt decide which one to play with first. so he kept going back and forth. then we put presents in piles and we helped him open all his gifts. he was so excited with all the new toys that he lost interest in unwrapping. it was fun at first but then he just wanted to play with everything! he had so much fun though and it totally wore him out. he took a great morning nap haha. justin and i had a great christmas too. justin was so happy to get some good tools. a creeper, a jack, a dremel, some good new shirts and pants.he got an organizer for his screws and such and a tire iron. im sure there is more, but i cant remember. we were very lucky to have family be very generous to us. they have been so sweet. thanks family! my big gifts were a sewing machine! and a george forman. knowing the sewing machine was coming i have thought of a few new projects to do. im so stoked to be able to do them. but now that we are having a new baby it might be a month or so before i feel rested enough to start them haha. i got lots of great clothes for after baby. and some great clothes for now too. Carlee did let me wear those all month though. its been awesome. also got some great new books im super excited about. it really was a great christmas.

we also had a great day that was not just chocolate. mostly, but not all that. we had bacon, eggs, lemon poppyseed muffins and eggnog for breakfast. munchies for lunch. and then brown sugar glazed spiral ham, mashed potatoes, buttered flakey biscuts, green beans, and sparkling cider for christmas dinner. it was super yummy! and all the left over ham i keep snacking on has been so amazing still. its perfect. we have plans to make a yummy corn chowder with potatoes and plenty of ham. its going to be perfect.

well i guess in other news my dr is going to be out of town next week, so he told me that if i wanted he would induce me on sunday the 28th. thats 2 days before my due date. but its a light at the end of the tunnel. i have been in so much pain this pregnancy that i just want to cry everytime i move. not so great when im running after an 18 month old. he doesnt get it. but i dont expect him to. my pelvis just hurts so much. i cant walk or stand up or roll over or really move without clenching in pain and having to take a breather. i have been practicing for contractions not weeks and weeks of pelvic pain! but we have been dealing with it. so! i still want to go into labor naturally but if not then come sunday morning we will kick start things. i really want it to be with my dr so thats important to me. i still want to try to go without an epidural, but with being induced i will see how it goes. mostly im ready to meet my little girl. mom will come tomorrow evening to watch ryker so that will be so nice to have him taken care of. and by someone who will be around for a while and i dont have to worry about them needing to get back to their own kids. not nearly as time constrained. yay! im glad my mom will be here for it. it was such a blessing when i was delivering Ryker.

well of course i wrote more than i intended. oh well. next post will be all about new baby which is what everyone will want anyway haha.

we got a fun picture of the kunz family! they are so cute. we miss being so close to them

ryker trying on dads favorite shirt. haha.

he had one day where he really wanted to wear his coat, but only by the hood. the jelly smile also makes it great

i tried a few pregnancy pics just to document a little. this is at 39 weeks

opening up his christmas eve gift. he was so so excited! watch the video below

ready for christmas morning!

the beginnning of christmas, investigating the stockings

ryker got the new trucks that were justins. he loves them so much.

this awesome semi. it makes engine and horn noises. beeps when it backs up. justin spent one night cleaning all the insides to make sure it worked right for ryker.