Update

I don't have much time...but I wanted to post some of the things that have been going on. First of all....
Ron (Chip) got baptized on the 20th of this month. We are so proud of him!!! He has been living with us for almost 3 years now. And we wouldn't have it any other way. He is such a good brother and Uncle Chippy. I know he could afford to move out...but hopefully we can keep him here as long as possible!

I'm also going to post some pictures of Ryker. Sorry if you have already seen them. But I've been so busy that I forget to take pictures! Anyways, hope you like them!

Mike and Chip would NOT give me a normal picture! This was the best I could do!

What a cute group of men!

Ryker loves to sleep while holding on to his burp cloth. (don't worry...it's a clean one!)

Ryker will often fall asleep during his bath! (Sorry about the lil something hanging out....I thought I covered it all up!)

Thanksgiving at the Smith House!

Hunter watching "UP" with his lil brother

I couldn't get Ryker to calm down and fall asleep...so I gave him to Hunter so I could take a little breather. And as soon as I handed him off...Ryker took a deep breath and cuddled into Hunter's neck and fell asleep. Cute huh?!

*Yawn*

So...I'm sure you could figure out by the title of this blog that we have not been getting much sleep. Ryker has a hard time sleeping at night. I think he gets a little bit of a tummy ache. And there's not too much we can do about that. I've tried changing my diet...and giving him gas meds...but I think he will just have to out grow this. But other then the lack of sleep, we are doing pretty well. I've been stuck inside for so long! But the Dr. says it's the best thing for the baby. We don't want him to catch anything that's going around.

Hunter is such a good big brother. He has not had any problems with jealousy or anger. He loves his little brother and is very patient with him.

Anyways...sorry this is going to be so short. But nap time is coming up soon...and I HAVE to lay down! Here are some pictures of the boys from the last couple of days.

Ryker LOVES to suck his thumb!

Hunter hanging out in his PJ's

Ryker sleeping with Rupert. (The bear that Hunter gave him)

Bed Time

So, we have always had a hard time getting Hunter to stay in bed and fall asleep at a decent hour. But these last few weeks he has been doing better. He doesn't spend as much time crying at his door begging for another drink or whatever he can think of to get us to open the door. Basically he just hangs out in his room until he decides he's tired. Which is fine with us as long as he is quiet.But a few nights ago it was about 11pm and we thought that he had fallen asleep by at least 9:30pm. We were wrong! We went in to check on him before we headed to bed.....and guess what we found?! Hunter was COVERED in diaper rash cream that he had found in his closet! His room, bed, blankets, and his face and PJ's were completely covered! We couldn't help but laugh and grab the camera. And how mad could we really be? He had stayed in his room and was quiet the whole time. He did exactly what we had asked of him. Maybe we should have been a little more specific! Here are some pictures of our little sneaky boy!

Halloween

Halloween this year was super special. We added Ryker to our family.....and Mike and Hunter dressed up as Mario and Luigi. How cute are they!? Hunter actually picked out the costumes himself. His favorite game is Super Mario Bro. on the Nintendo 64. Luckily we were able to find the outfits pretty easily. Anyways, Ryker and I stayed home and passed out candy while the boys went trick or treating. Hunter was thrilled with all of his candy! He couldn't believe that all he had to do was walk up to these doors and ask for candy! He was in Heaven!