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!
