One Year Old Right Around The Corner......

Holy moly!! I can't believe that my sweet little boy will be 1 in a week and a half!! That first year with Ryker has flown by! Let me tell you about our boy... Ryker Wayne now weighs 23 pounds. He walks and is starting to run. He LOVES playing with his trucks. He growls. He has 8 teeth. (4 on top 4 on bottom) He says: "Mama" "Dada" "Papa" "Bobba"(bottle) "Babe"(baby) "Hi" "Pug"(Pugsley) He dances. He shakes his head "No" constantly at me when he knows he's being naughty. He loves to brush his teeth. He loves Mac 'N Cheese, Cheetos, Cheerios, Mandarin Oranges and Spaghetti. He enjoys eating rocks as well as paper. He thinks it's fun to chase the kids and they yell "Zombie!" at him. He still has the sweetest smile. He hugs. He "sings" to me often. He kisses. He likes to ride his bull. He loves the car. He screams. He plays pat-a-cake all the time. He likes when you play pat-a-cake with him. He will make you play it if you don't do it on your own. He loves music. He loves Mickey Mouse and will come running from the other room if he hears the Mickey Mouse theme song. He loves Sock Monkeys. He loves his and mine silk blankets. He throws things, particularly his food if he doesn't want to eat. The list goes on and on about him and it is constantly being added to of all the silly things he does on a daily basis. I love that I have been able to spend every day with him and that I have been able to see first hand all the many things this boy does. He truly was and is my greatest achievement in life and I couldn't be more proud to be called his Momma. Ryker Wayne you will never understand my undying love for you, but no one will love you as much as I have and do. Love your Mom.

Have a growth spurt or two....

Mr Ryker has been having quite the growth spurts lately! He's gone from wearing 6-9 months to 12 month clothes in one day. He eats like a horse and sleeps for hours on end! Here are some pictures of him recently!

Trouble X 2

Well here they are. The 2 teeth that have been giving my poor boy a sore mouth for a month! Look out! He knows how to use them already! My greatest fear is that he's starting to teeth AGAIN! BAH!! Anyways we were pretty excited for these :)

Be My Valentine!!

This year for Valentine's Day was possibly the best V day I've had in my whole marriage. You see for the last 2 Valentine's Days my sweet husband thinks its a great idea for us to move. I know, it's possibly the most romantic thing to do on the official day of love. This year we just BBQed some steaks and ate at home then went and got frozen yogurt with Lex, Sarah & Ross. It's been fun having Ross & Sarah here now. I got Byron some stuff for his grill and he got me a new vacuum :) I'm a total housewife when a new vacuum makes me all giddy! Ryker got some little toys. It was a great day and I'm glad I have 2 Valentine's!!

~8 Months & Counting~

I cannot believe my baby is 8 months old today!! It feels like we were just bringing him home from the hospital yesterday!! Lets see.. what's new with the boy.. He's getting closer and closer to walking. He walks with the furniture or if he's holding your hand or pant leg. He is currently still trying to cut his 2 bottom teeth. He loves to eat! If he is in his highchair he expects to have Cheerios or something else to munch on. He loves Mac 'N Cheese. Dada is still his favorite word, but he's starting to come around to saying Momma more:) He loves playing with his toys and his aunts and uncles, but most importantly, he loves my dad! He can just hear my dad's voice and it puts the biggest grin on his face. This boy is certainly spoiled and loved so much every day by everyone. I don't know what I would do without him. He brings so much sunshine into my life.

Resolutions....

With the new year, I like almost all Americans have made resolutions... I don't want to change who I am. So therefore my resolutions will be to better myself. A few that I have are to create as many memories with my family that I can. Even if they are the tiniest of memories I want to make them. Be more healthy. Yes that means cutting back on the sweets and soda, but I am human and I do enjoy food. It makes me happy. I come from a family who makes delicious Mexican food, why would I cut myself off from that?? Not to mention I do enjoy a cold, crisp Diet Coke with limes as well :) Stop swearing: Let's be honest... I'm my father's daughter... cursing is just part of the language I speak.... But cutting back, I'm definitely trying to do that. Making it on time for church: Church is at 9, I'm not a morning person. Do I really need to defend this?? Have family prayer & scripture study more regularly: Byron and I decided we need this. We've gotten better on praying but we struggle with family scripture study. If anyone has any advice, pass it along!! Our biggest resolution: Go through the temple by May. I want my family to be an eternal family. I don't think I could ever imagine my life without these two. I want to be with them for eternity. This has been a major goal for Byron and I. When we talked about this when we were first married we were so close to it living in Wyoming. Then we moved back to St. George and it got really hard for me to even want to go to church because of how our ward was towards us. We started going back to our old ward up in Winchester, the one we both grew up in. It made me feel the way I did when we were in Wyoming. We serve our calling faithfully and love every minute of it. We feel we are more ready than ever to go through the temple. I have so much faith in us. Here's to us and making 2013 even better than 2012 was!!! Good luck to you and your resolutions!!!

7 Months Old

Ryker Wayne is 7 months old now!! He is such a ham! He loves getting into everything. He thinks he's helping cleaning up but really he is making a bigger mess for mom to clean up! He likes to think he's ready to walk. He'll stand up to the couch or table and just let go and think he can walk. He growls at everyone and everything! He licks everything too! Including Pugsley! He says Momma when he needs something or if he's hurt, other than that he says Dada! He loves going to Grandma & Grandpa's house. He loves playing with his aunts & uncles and he loves to give kisses! He is so much fun and he makes our family whole! I couldn't imagine my life without him in it!! Momma loves you Ryk!!