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 ;)