Eviction Notice

You read that right. I officially have 9 days left until I get to meet my sweet little girl. We are down to single digits baby.  I am literally counting down the days until her arrival.  My due date is May 23, but I am hoping she takes after her big brother and comes at least a day early.  At this point I am all kinds of uncomfortable and sleep just evades me.  Today I had my last doctors appt. and for the last 2 weeks there hasn't been much change.  I am still only dilated to a 1 and my cervix is 50% effaced.  My doctor doesn't think I will be going into labor any time soon. (My doctor who delivered Ryder didn't think I would either and we scheduled an induction for Nov 7, my due date was Nov. 6 and he came Nov 5.)  I told her that I pretty much go into labor over night, at least I did with Ryder. Fingers crossed.  Either way if my daughter decides she's too comfortable in there by May 23, I am giving her the boot!  At least this way we know we will be holding our sweet little girl by May 24!!!

18 Months

This post is mainly for me.  I want to start jotting down things Ryder is doing on his "mile stones". Since my little man is 18 months, that means he's just 6 months away from being 2 and an official toddler.  He is still a VERY happy, smiley, laid back boy.

Things Ryder is into these days:
cars
playing with water/swimming
taking baths
playing fetch with our doggies
rocks and throwing them too
chasing our kitty around
loves to be outside and exploring everything
reading books
taking all of his toys out
helping his mommy with things around the house, in fact he really seems to enjoy doing the laundry, dishes, and sweeping and vacuuming
and helping his daddy fix things and using his daddy's tools


Ryder is also talking so much!! He knows all sorts of animal sounds, can point out animals in books, sings the alphabet (mostly sounds it out), he can count to 10, (again mostly he is just making the sounds from the numbers), he likes to play with puzzles, and loves to dance, especially bob is head when he hears rap or r&b.

Words Ryder says:
mom, momma
dad, dadda
grandma
doggie
kitty
out
no
bye
yea
moon
airplane
all done
hot
cold
please
mine
water
snack
book
car
night, night
shoes
mickey
nose
eyes
nana for banana
"no more monkeys jumping on the bed" and he points and shakes his hand
where is it
Jesus
amen

He loves going down slides

and trying to climb back up them.

Daddy taking Ryder under the water.

My Little Man <3

Should have known.

Nick is a pretty simple guy.  Sneakers, shirt, pants, and a hat.  He never does his hair, he's not into styling it and usually just shaves his head.  Although when I asked him a few months ago to grow his hair out just until our daughter was born so that he would have some hair for family pictures, he agreed.  Lately he's been saying how much he hates how long his hair is and how he's going to cut it.  Of course I didn't believe him, because we have such a short amount of time until our daughter arrives, I figured he could hold out. Not the case. On Mon I woke up extra early because of Ryder and by 11 I was so tired, I woke Nick up so he could hang out with Ryder while I took a nap.  Big mistake.  I wake up to the sound of clippers and roll out of bed to find his hair all over our bathroom floor, and a mohawk.

The only picture I have of him not wearing his hat. His hair was getting SO long.

The Mohawk. I'm kind of a fan, but I know that this was the only time he will ever put the time and effort into doing it, and sooner or later he will just shave it.

Catch-up

Worst. Blogger. Ever. I know, I suck.  Seems like my life has been in the fast lane and I haven't had the time to sit down and blog about everything that has gone on.. might as well as start somewhere, SO


First off we moved to Phoenix last September.  It was really hard at first to adjust and took a while to really give it a chance and make new friends.   It's not Vegas, where I have all my friends that I grew up with and they have babies Ryder's age or having my family right around the corner, but at least it's only a 5 hour drive, a phone call away, and facebook makes it so easy and convenient to keep in touch with everyone.  And now I have friends and people I have grown close with and Ryder has his little friends he plays with so I can't complain.  Not to mention I stay home with my baby, while Nick works so hard to provide for our family.  I'm pretty happy.  


We spent our first Thanksgiving on our own! No family, just us and a few close friends.  I baked the turkey for the first time ever and it was delicious.  It stayed moist and wasn't all dried out and the rest of everything else wasn't too bad either!  I'm getting excited thinking about this Thanksgiving.  Christmas was also spent out here and my mom came out for a week to be with us.  I love when she comes to visit and so does Ryder, he gets so excited when he sees her.  We are just so grateful she gets to make it out here often.  It's been hard not having any family out here, but it's even harder for me not having my mom.


Onto more recent news, my little man is 18 months!!! Say what?!  He is such a big little boy, talking so much, he's tough, loves playing in the water, although he has been a little weary about the splash pads lately, and eats EVERYTHING you put in front of him.  I just can't believe how he has turned into such a little toddler!  I still remember going into labor with him and his newborn stage, I cherish those moments so much and can't believe how fast time has gone by.  These are the times I am most grateful I have been able to stay home with him because time just flies by.  Ryder is also officially in nursery and enjoys it so much as long as Nick and I are in the room.  When we first started taking him (back when he was 17 months), we were able to leave and he was fine, but then we kept him in primary with us {we were called to teach the CTR 5s and LOVE our kids}. Ryder loved singing time and would go and sit with the sunbeams.  Big mistake.  Not being consistent every Sunday resulted in him not being able to stay in nursery without us.  So the next few Sundays I will be staying for the first hour of nursery while Nick is in primary, and then we switch and I teach our class and he stays in nursery.  It's been going well the last couple Sundays, I hope it sticks and he can get dropped off so Nick and I can both be with our primary class.


Last but certainly not least, for those of you who dont know, Ryder is going to be a BIG brother. We are expecting our second child in just a couple of weeks! We are adding a sweet baby GIRL to our family! We are so excited for her arrival, we cannot wait to hold and see her beautiful face.  My babies will be 18 1/2 months apart, just what Nick wanted, I would have liked them to be exactly 2 years apart, but someone up there had different plans.  So pretty much by the end of this month I will have 1 son and 1 daughter, I will be 23 and a mother of 2!!  It still feels almost unreal.  We will officially be a family of 6, if you count our two doggie boys :)  I can't believe my family is getting bigger and that we have been blessed with one of each.  Ryder is still the happiest and sweetest thing on this earth, with a smile that will melt any ones heart away. And soon our sweet girl will be here, who I have no doubt will be just as sweet and kind as her brother, but a tad bit more sassy ;)