Random thought . . .

As I sit here feeding Ryan, during his 1:30am feeding, I can not even imagine having to go back to work today!!

No, I am not actually going back today but if it was not for the FMLA "baby bonding" leave today is the day I was suppose to return back to work. Six weeks, thats all they give new mothers unless you have a c-section. . . too bad its not like Canada where they get a full YEAR! Now THAT would be nice!

A bunch of firsts for Ryan

So many things have happened this past week.

Ryan had his first Thanksgiving which was very uneventful. Breanna was at her dad's house so it was just Steve, Ryan, Grandma, Papa and I which made for a very quiet house. The guys headed out first thing to continue working on the new roof for the barn - which finally got done woohoo! This means no more sinking muddy feedings for the horses. I ran out to get my yearly paper to see what the ads looked like for Black Friday, of which nothing really caught my eye. Then mom and I, oh and Ryan, watched 2 movies . . . My Sister's Keeper and The Ugly Truth. Both fairly decent movies. I can honestly say I expected My Sister's Keeper to be much sadder than I found it but I think I was prepared for it so that helped.

Gobble Gobble:



Friday we had our first big play date at my friend Jessica's house. Our friend Tiffany was in town with her new baby Lia so we all went over there for a get together/brunch/fun day! It was baby heaven! Brandon, Lia and Ryan are all within about 6 weeks of each other. Colton, Bo and Gracie were there also. Breanna would have been in kid heaven if she was there. We will have to set something else up so she can see the kids all together too.

Top Row: Colton, Bo, Gracie
Bottom Row: Brandon, Lia, Ryan


Left to Right: Brandon, Lia, Ryan




Friday night after our first big play date mommy decided that it was going to be Ryan's first night in his big boy crib! Daddy was not so sure about this but he is not the one getting up in the middle of the night either so his vote really did not count. I am proud to say he did great! I put him down about 9:30, he woke up at 2:30 and then again at 6:30! WOOHOO!! Saturday night he slept in there also and went back to his normal 1am and 5am wakeups. Still two times a night is not bad for a 6 week old. Of course I would LOVE once or even none but I'll take what I can get for now!

I hope you all had a wonderful, safe holiday! Ryan has his next doctors appointment this coming Friday. We are all anxious to see how much he has grown!!

Comparison . . .

So as I was taking pictures of Ryan yesterday it made me go back and look at pictures of Breanna at the same age and boy was I in for a surprise.

From the second Ryan was born, scratch that, from the second we saw Ryan in the 4D ultrasound everyone thought he looked like Steve. Same hairline, same nose, same cheeks, same lips.

Well take a look at what I discovered . . . Ryan is on the top . . .



Aside from the eye color, and obviously a few more lbs on Ryan, I think there are some definite similarities. It will be interesting to see what happens as Ryan gets older. Maybe my genes are stronger than I thought . . .

1 month old! Where has the time gone?

Wow can you believe it? Ryan is 1 month old today! I'm not exactly sure where the time has gone but it sure has gone quickly.

We finally have our nights flipped - THANK GOODNESS! Mommy is much happier, although I do still have my moments. A typical night consists of Ryan going down about 930 or 10 then will sleep until about 130, wake up, eat, change diaper and back down. Then awake again about 5, same routine, then again at 730 right before we have to take sissy to school. MUCH better than being up from 10pm-2am and then up every 2 hours!!

Ryan is growing like a weed! He is for the most part in size 3-6months. He does have some stuff that is 0-3 months, however he completely fills it out and will be out of it very soon. His hair is turning lighter and it currently looks like his eyes might be staying BLUE!! Who would have thought I would actually have a blue eye'd baby! I mean sure I hoped but would have never thought after Breanna that I would get one...lets face it her eyes were practically black when she was little!


Here are a few new pictures:

First official photo shoot

So Steve is convinced that we had Ryan so I could take a million pictures of him, ok a million might be a stretch but I am getting up there.

On Sunday, October 25th, an old friend from elementary school that I have been reconnected with came out to do Ryan's first official photo shoot. She is an AWESOME photographer and we were so blessed that she agreed to do this for us. I have not seen all of the pictures yet but I have seen a few and let me just say . . . when it comes time to pick out the ones we want it is going to be H-A-R-D!!!

Here is one of Ryan and Breanna:




Here is a link to Leandra's blog, you might have to cut and paste it into your browser for it to work: http://gooseandbugsphotography.com/blog/2009/11/bay-area-newborn-photographer-%e2%80%a2-beautiful-little-guy/

Currently there are 4 pictures of Ryan in a post called: bay area newborn photographer - beautiful little guy - posted November 3, 2009

Enjoy . . . I know I did!!