California

About 2 weeks ago I was able to take the boys down to California to visit my parents and attend my BF's baby shower.  Unfortunetly, Mike wasn't able to go.  He had to work and make the money!  I was a little nervous to fly with the boys by myself, but they did really well.  Gotta love JetBlue and their satellite TV!  Anyways, it was wonderful to be in the nice warm and sunny weather.  Not to mention how fun it was to see my sister and her 4 kids.  They have gotten SO big! We didn't do too much in the week we were there.....but that's exactly how I wanted it.  We did a lot of visiting with friends and hanging out with GaGa and PaPa.  Hunter never once asked to go home and cried when we got on the plane to come back.  He still begs me to take him to the airport to go back to "GaGa's house".  I was really bad at taking pictures this trip.  I was having too much fun to remember to get my camera out.  I did take some pictures of my nieces and nephews.

This is my niece Alexandra.  She was a natural with Ryker.

My mom with her some of her grandkids.  They would only hold still for a "silly" picture.

Tanner and William

Miss Eysia posing for the camera.

4 Months

I can't believe that Ryker is already four months old. He had his well child check up this week and was almost 13lbs.  So, he's still pretty little. ( A lot smaller than Hunter was!!!!)  But he thinks he's all grown up!  I have no idea where the time went. He brings so much joy and laughter to our family.  He really is the best baby ever. He sleeps all night, takes great naps, and only cries if he's hungry or needs a diaper change.  Ryker smiles ALL the time.  All you have to do is look at him and he lights up.  His favorite person is his older brother Hunter.  They have the best time together.  When Ryker wakes up from his morning nap, Hunter runs in and climbs in the crib with him.  They play and laugh in there for about 30 min!
Ryker is eating solid foods now.  And just like everything else....he eats great for me!  He eats rice cereal and and pears.  We just started banana's and I think that's his favorite so far.  We just bought him a little bumbo chair (Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Child!) He loves to just sit in it and watch everyone around him.  We are really so lucky to have him in our family.  I'm not sure how we got along without him.  Anyways, here are some pictures of him!

Bowling!

About 2 weeks ago Mike and I took Hunter bowling for the very first time. He has played it MANY times on WII. But he really had no idea that a place like a bowling alley really existed. He was SOOO excited. We had to wait almost 2 hours to play. But Hunter sat quietly and watched everyone else play. I was amazed!
When we finally got our lane Hunter was jumping around and looking for his "geen bowlen ball" (green bowling ball) We had so much fun. And Ryker just hung out in his car seat and watched us play for about 2 hours! Now....here is the embarrassing part...Hunter beat Mike and I!!! I couldn't believe it. I even took pictures of the score board. Here are some pictures of that night....

Church at 11am

Well....we now have church at 11am instead of 9am. Personally, I love going at 11am. It's much easier for me to get ready and have the boys ready also. But Hunter seems to be having a hard time with the it. Normally we would get home from church around 12:10, have lunch, and then put him down for a nap. But now that we get home around 2:30pm he doesn't get to take a nap. If I let him take a nap then he's up until like 10pm. But.....we could NOT keep him awake. By about 5pm we would find him napping in the weirdest places. Here are some pictures.....

Ryker's Blessing

On Dec. 27th Ryker received his blessing from his daddy. It was so beautiful. Mike was really nervous, but he did great! We waited a long time for Ryker to come to our family. I was told that I couldn't ever have children. But 2 years, 1 surgery, and 1 miscarriage later...Ryker is finally here! He is such a sweet and mild tempered baby. He only cries if he needs something and can calm himself easily. We love him so much and can't picture our family without him. Here are some pictures from that Sunday morning. Enjoy!

Hunter (The Proud Big Brother)

Grandma Cori and Papa Craig with the boys

Me and my Mom

Joy School!

Hunter is finally old enough to start Joy School. He has been begging to start school for about 6 months now. But he wasn't potty trained yet. He could have been....but he was lazy! He'd rather go in his diaper then walk to the toilet! (boys...) Anyways, I told him that he could start school as soon as he was potty trained. That's all it took! He was completely out of diapers within about a week. I wish I would have figured that out a lot sooner. We could have saved so much money on diapers!

He loves going to school. Even though he doesn't need to take a backpack, he insists on taking his Cars backpack. :)

Thanks all you ladies for letting Hunter and I into your Joy School!!

Here are some pictures from the first day of school.

Out with the boys!

So...Mike and Uncle Chippy took Hunter shooting today. It was his 2nd time going and he LOVES it! I had to stay home with Ryker.....but Mike took some great video. Hopefully I can figure out how to post it!