Its starting with the super cold. but surprisingly it hasnt been too bad. we had a couple weeks of negative. but we are mostly in the 20s and 30s not. so heat wave for north dakota! justin has had a busy few weeks at work and its kind of burning him out a bit. he still does what he needs to, but after working more than 50 hrs 1 week and getting his 40 hrs by wed of the next he was ready for some time off. not that he took it, but he did work from home one day just to recooperate.
we have a new walker in the house! not like zombie walking dead walker, but rylie has officially started walking as her primary form of transportation. she has been able to for a while, she just didnt want to. it took maybe 3 days to figure it out. she would dtart walking but as soon as she fell she would crawl the first day. the second day she would walk a little farther but fall and then crawl. then by say 3 she just got up when she fell and kept walking. she loves to run around with ryker. they both run in circles all the time. she is so happy to be able to keep up a little easier. but that also means she gets into a lot of trouble still. she is still quick to climb up the stairs if mom isnt looking or forgets to put the gate up. one day i was making lunch and heard running around upstairs. i look in the living room and ryker is playing by himself. so i look upstairs and rylie is at the top, sees me, giggles and runs away. little stinker. it was super cute. she loves to go into rykers room and play on his bbig boy bed. you get one soon rylie! be my little baby for just a little longer.
ryker is definitely down to 1 nap now. sleeps in the afternoon with rylie and he and i get some alone time when rylie takes her morning nap. he loves to sing songs and play with the busy board. he loves to dance around to anything. tv show, music, movie or even just by himself. i love this little boy. he has been fighting eating dinner with the family. i admit, we often have a movie on in the evenings because the kids get cranky, its been a long day, and everyone is hungry and so on. but we turn it all off for dinner. this is not new, but he throws a tantrum every night. so he will go and whine on the couch instead of come to the table and eat. at least he is nice enough to be quiet and say amen when we say prayer. so we eat without him till he decides he really is hungry. lately he finally decides to eat once we put rylie to bed and are ready to get him in jammies. maybe he is just stalling. smart kid. anyways, so we were eating and he was playing. he grabbed rylies baby doll and we hear him say "oh you hurt your head! i kiss it better" then gave it a big kiss. brought it over to the landing where he layed it down and gave it another kiss. then picked it up and said "all better!" it was the cutest thing ever!
He is so polite and sweet. of course he can throw a good tantrum and he has an attitude, but he is still my sweet little boy. I read an article the other day about toddlers. it just talked about how the author didnt like to refer to her son as "terrible two" year old. that actually he is just a regular two year old. he is just learning how to test the boundaries on what is okay and what is not. he is seeing how far he can push things and who will break first mom or toddler. i really liked how she phrases things. not that saying your toddler is in his terrible twos is a bad thing, but i like the boundary phrase better. i think it better describes it. and it makes me feel calmer knowing he is not just doing this to push my buttons, he is just testing limits. so thats what we are calling it now. the boundary phase.
me and baby 3 are doing well also. i havent been too sick this time which is awesome. however once i hit 12 weeks i feel like my symptoms got worse. i am getting more headaches, more nauseous in the mornings. i thought things were supposed to lighten up. haha. oh well. it is all still manageable. i have another dr apt on friday. just making sure everything is going good. im still anxious to know the gender, but we still wont know till march ish.
baby 3! wigglin away on the ultrasound. not that i feel it, but its fun to watch
ryker likes ro play horse and carriage with my workout jump rope
ryker "fixing" the stroller. he likes to be under it just like dad.
rylie sucking on her toes. a new favorite pastime
we made a movie date night. full of a nest of blankets and pillows, popcorn, chocolate covered raisens, cheese balls, and ibc rootbeer
love this girl. she already loves taking selfies. also, another tooth! 9 teeth total
they do play together. not always just pushing each other out of the way,
ryker with his awesome new motorcycle. is comes with a wrench and screwdriver to help take apart and put back together. its awesome! he carries it around always.
he put together his own outfit. it includes a hat that is much too small, lightning mcqueen slippers that are too small for rylie even, and his awesome vest. whatever works bud.
they both love to snuggle with dad. mostly at the same time. but dont touch each other! thats chaos
rylie being so sweet and letting me not be in relief society on sunday. this is a common occurance
ryker wearing his shirt to cover his legs. he didnt want to come over and put his pants on. but its too cold to go pantsless.
rewind to christmas. this is the progress pics of Alicias joker game we made for her. it turned out so awesome!
took forever to place and space out all the wholes. it took us a good 4-5 months to do this project
getting closer.
we stained them so its easier to tell the teams apart
this is the carrying case i made for it. i did end up embroidering joker on the bag. but it fits all the pieces, the container of pegs, and all the decks of cards including a extended edition pack with all the specialty cards. it turned out great and we were really proud of it.
rylie has gotten into sucking her toes. i have no idea why. but its hilarious.
this is the walker rylie got for christmas. while it did help her learn apparently it also helped ryker with his hops. it makes him happy. so imaginative.
