Ryker's Firsts

This has been a fun week for Ryker. It seems like all of the sudden he has crossed the threshold from baby to toddler. He had his first haircut on monday, and seems to be learning some new words every day. For the sake of preserving our memories, we have tried to write down his favorite things to talk about.

Rykie's words

Ball

Football

touchdown

fumble

up/down

on/off

all done

amen

mama

dada

opa

mamma= grandma

purple
Green
yellow
red

bread

water

more

please

shoes

elmo

no!

choo choo

mine

uh oh

cheese

banana

cookie

cheerio

pasta

pooh

bear

dog

buzz

yee-haw

show

pat-pat (his name for Little Einsteins)

all the characters from Backyardigans

toothbrush

eye

go

bye-bye

hi
Jesus
Temple
Bed
Boom Boom
Diaper
whoa
lights

Friends

Some weeks, like this past week, can be just plain rough. I am grateful to have good friends to bolster me up when I'm feeling down, and encourage me when I am feeling disheartened. (A little distracting with fun activities doesn't hurt either)!

Jen, Courtney, and not to mention Jersey and Westin; we are so glad they came this year!

Karyna and Macy, who are always up for anything, especially if it involves the beach.

Nicholas' preschool class, who all happen to be kids he calls his friends, even before the classes started. He loves talking about them and being super silly, especially with Gaige, his partner in crime.

Matt and Mykel; Nicholas is pretty much in love with Mykel, and its hard not to be! She entertains the boys and me all simultaneously.

And of course, each other. Some days we don't play as well together, but there's always a cute moment or tender comment to make me smile.

Last but not least, family. The boys love their family, and especially enjoy monthly visits from Grandma and Grandpa. I'm still picking the Pop Rocks out of the carpet from the last one :) They remember everyone, and Ryker begs me to skype with "Opa" or "Mamma" all day long.

Happiness Is...

What is happiness?

Having two cute boys to cuddle with

Figuring out how to do "shooter" after 2 years of trying

Sweet smiles after a nice long nap

and... awesome beach days in the end of October!

Lazy week

We took this cute video of Ryker after family night last week on temples...

This week I did a whole lot of nothing. I wasn't feeling great and had little motivation to be as busy all day as we have been the past month. Despite feeling nasty I was glad to have the time to be centered in my life again, focusing on my kids and home and doing some fall cleaning, both physically and emotionally.

I'm sorry to everyone for being MIA. We're back!