Baby Brenner is Here

Here are some of the pictures from Brenner's first few days.

He was born September 14 at 2:04 am, 7 pounds 10 ounces.

Needless to say, we are having a great time with our little baby and love him so much!

Rykie's First Words

We went to Utah this weekend for Matt and Angelica's wedding (which was awesome by the way, more on the tiring weekend later). While staying at Grandma Nelson's Ryker had his first encounter with little yippee dogs. Apparently he liked Jack and Lady though because after just a few hours whenever he would see the dogs he would say "dag" for dog.

The first video you can hear Ryker say "dag" when he sees the dog. In the second video he says dog and ball (2 of his 4 words, the others being mama and dada) but for some reason it came out sideways. He says the words so well though I had to include the the sideways video.

Chronicling the day... August 12

First of all we'd like to thank our sponsors, Skipolini's Pizza, makers of the "Prego Pizza", for making this all possible....
I ate their specialty pizza in high hopes on Tuesday, and was slightly disappointed when it seemed nothing was happening as we went to bed that night. We enjoyed a full night's sleep and I woke up the next morning, 6 am, with no action. I expressed my frustration to Jared, when I started to feel a little something. It seemed like no big deal, but kept building until it dawned on me that I had better get in the shower and start cleaning myself up. It was a big goal of mine to be all showered, blow-dryed and ready considering with Nicholas' birth my hair was wet, curly, and I had no makeup. In the shower at 6:45 I realized it might not happen after all and told Jared to alert my mom and his mom that we had better get moving. I ended up barely, barely, finishing my hair and we ran off.

Ryker was born at 10:08 am after a placental abruption and lots of blood loss. Due to all of that, he was put on oxygen, had to get his stomach pumped, and was taken to the NICU. I wasn't able to hold him for almost 12 hours, and then we had to deal with all kinds of cords and wires. The first night was hard to sleep without him, and I walked back and forth all night to come visit my boy.

Fortunately by the next afternoon (the 13th) he was released from the NICU to my room. I want to truly thank all of those who prayed for our little guy, and I am so grateful that the prayers were heard.

The next day, the 14th, we were finally able to go home. We have been enjoying being at home, back with our Nicholas too, and trying to get a bit of sleep here and there. Ryker is a beautiful, sleepy little guy who fits right in with us.

Ryker Jared Cordon

August 12, 2009

9lbs 1oz, 21 inches

We're Keeping our Legs Crossed...

This week Nicholas, Jared, and I depart on our first (long-overdue) summer vacation. We head to AZ for a week and a half, then Carlsbad in SoCal for a week.

I am very excited.


very, VERY excited.


I am a summer person, a vacation person, a beach person. I love the ocean, the sand, the smell of sunscreen, the sunshine. Its one of my lifetime goals to live on the beach. I have lived in dread fear of early labor for the simple fact that it would prevent me from my week on the sand.


So far, so good!

edited for family audiences

apparently this time last year i was a bit thinner

Busy Baby Bellies

Back by popular demand, the "belly shot"


That's right, I am 34-ish weeks preggo and (mostly) loving it.

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In other news, in case you slept all day, or misread your calendar, yesterday was the 4th of July!

We had a super-duper fun day, beginning with an American breakfast of bagels and OJ...

followed by a parkdate with Nikko's adorable bff Lo-Lo and his parents...

super daddies

another truly american meal of Mac 'n Cheese for lunch...

and then a trip up to Roseville to see our favorite relatives, Brad, Emily, and their 3 little kiddies!

Nicholas absolutely loved the boys and all their cars, guns, and energy! He fit right in and was very sad to leave when the time came!

Biker Dudes and Big Babies Part 2

Our boy is turning into a real man's man. He is totally crazy over motorcycles, tools, the outdoors and getting dirty. Grandpa will rev the engine on the bike, Nicholas' absolute favorite. He literally wakes up making revving noises.

In other news, at our baby appointment I measured big (surprise, surprise). Due to unusual circumstances, we don't have a really clear picture of our baby's due date, but this new measurement could mean he is really due more toward the beginning of august, which is awesome. I do feel quite a bit bigger in the belly, and he has been very active for a while too, making us think he's about two weeks ahead of schedule. But who knows! At least this has got my doctor listening to me about inductions if he looks big later on.

And....

Despite all our predictions, we found out we will be adding another boy to our family this august.

And I'm sorry this is short, but I have some returns to do....