Things in general are good here. Justin still working and driving all over the state. most of the time its not too bad. but we sure are grateful that they pay him for travel time. some days he drives 8 of his 10 hrs. But they have been good to us so no complaints.
Ryker is doing good. we are working on our manners and asking for things instead of demanding them. when he is happy it works really well if he is in the middle of a meltdown then making him ask only makes it worse. so it depends on what kind of headache i want at that point. haha. we have started talking to him about a big boy party we are going to have after Alicia and Brandons wedding beginning of June. when we come back we will have a solid weekend where there are no diapers and we play and party and POTTY all day long. justin will be home so that at least one of us will be on constant ryker duty to watch and remind him and help him. Then of course rewards and big celebrations everytime we have a success. but the other parent will be in charge of rylie and getting things that are needed. but all focused on ryker and getting him to want to go potty. with some hope and lots of prayers we will have him out of diapers before baby gets here in Aug. that is my hope. Im starting my prayers now!
Rylie is so great. I love that little girl. she is my sunshine and always has a smile to share. i love her cheesy grins. i love her babble. i love how when she sits down she rolls her ankles to wiggle her toes. she is very sassy and wants her way often. still a work in progress to teach her that its actually moms breakfast but she is sharing and that means that mom can share with ryker too. not just her. she has gotten really into playing the kids mode on my phone. I try to keep it at a minimum, but she is already getting too attached. so we are working on cutting back. it involves many tears when i say no, and so much excitement when i give in. the other day she got up from a nap, grabbed my phone and wanted up on my lap. once there she grabbed my hand and put the phone in it basically telling me to turn in on so she could play. as i started to load it she got so excited and giggly and kicked her feet. it was the cutest thing ever. how can i say no to that! well i didnt obviously haha. but she is often very happy and i love that about her. breakfast and dinner are the hardest because she is clearly "starving" and i am not moving fast enough to get food to her immediatly. she loves her bear and her dog. yet more often than not when she starts making noise in the morning or after a nap its because she threw her animals out of her crib, and ripped her pacifier off and threw it on the ground as well. when you throw all your comforts away its hard to settle back down! silly girl...
I am doing good too. just had my 25th birthday! yahoo i am officially an adult. I can drive a uhaul and rent a car. no more limits for me! real exciting right? haha. it was a good and mellow day. but thats all i needed. Justin was good to me and got me some almond joys to eat throughout the day. stealthily though because i shouldnt need to share my birthday candy. then we had fruity pebble cheesecake for dessert that night. i told that to my mom and she laughed real hard at me. what! i love fruity pebbles. i know they are pure sugar, so it really i only get a box for my birthday each year as my own little treat. i also decided not to look at my weight this morning because between what i ate and gaining pregnancy weight i didnt want to know what it said. ignorance is bliss!
Baby number 3 is doing fine. He is super active and always moving about. its comforting to feel him move all the time so thats nice. helps reassure me that all is going well. i have my glucose test sometime in the next week or 2, so i should probably try to eat good until then. at least so i can pass. i have no idea whether or not that has any effect, but in my head it does.
i think thats all i have to update. until next time!
happy birthday to me! ryker was all to willing to help me blow out my candles. i think he will be ready for his own this year.
this is how our conference snuggles started
i get some too!
then ryker wanted us to know how bored he was already
rylie wanted to cut in on mom and dad cuddle time.
she couldnt get comfortable apparently
ryker cameo during our half hour struggle to listen while rylie sat on both justin and mine faces trying to get comfy but also be entertained.
laying on dads head worked for 5 sec
i believe this is her getting tired of crawling around so she huffed and put her face in my belly. maybe she was trying to talk to rex?
dads face isnt a great backrest, but we are getting there!
rylie finally got off but ryker wanted to cuddle too. clearly he is sad he wasnt in all the pics.
but he found a comfy spot much faster than rylie did.
even better just snuggling with dad
the kids app on my phone has some cool photo features, so of course we had to try them out.
this is one of his favorites
i thought it was hilarious that it focused on his nose instead of his eyes. bahahaha. brings 4 eyes a whole new meaning.
very studdly
rylie has a few too. swanky glasses to go with swanky personality
she loves to carry her bear and puppy everywhere!
justin won fastest car during pinewood derby this year. we had an awesome car set to go! but last minute it didnt work out so we brought some old ones that justin and i made together. sad, but we still won!
ryker trying on dads paint mask
got rylie up from a nap one day and this is how i found her. i have a pic of ryker just like this around this same age. oh my children. why are you trying to get out of your clothes.
baby belly! now that i hit my 3rd trimester im starting to look pregnant! haha.
justin was nice enough to make me this awesome dvd shelf. we love movies and have so many that i was getting frusterated with the disorganization and then trying to help the kids know which movies they could play and pull off and which ones to leave alone. so i love this. we rearranged placement, but still have this on the other side of the TV. we put the kids movies accessible to them so in general this case is off limits. so far so good! and only occasionally do we have to remind rylie not to pull them down.
i love these people! i love that they love to snuggle and be together.
post bath rylie ran away from me and stole a book from rykers room. she loves to flip through the books and carry them around everywhere. i love that she loves to read! well... "read"
justin helped rylie try on moms boots
then of course ryker had to try them on. but he was insistant on completing the outfit
my little thug
so much swagger on this boy
the wizard of oz was on tv and they were both enthralled with it! it was so funny to watch them get entranced by an old classic. love
ryker teaching rylie to bounce on the couch
a new favorite dinner time game. this went on for like 10 min. it was so funny.
i cant remember if i have posted this before or not, but ryker singning his abc's. he is so much better now, but it still melts my heart every time i hear it, he is growing so fast! also little baby bum nursery rhymes on youtube for anyone interested. they are so awesome and a favorite. they have songs about numbers, letters, shapes, colors and all the regular nursery rhymes plus some ive never hear of before. they are wonderful.
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