life of a one monther..

Life is busy for our one month old. He has a lot to accomplish in 1 day.

Such as staring out the window at the early morning sun.  There's a lot for those adjusting eyes to figure out.

And resting his sweet little head, while digesting his breakfast.  That belly is always hard at work.

(Nothing's cuter than a little milky drool, right?)

And throwing out a grin or two.  Gas related?  Probably. 

 

He also tries so hard to figure out who's talking to him and what we may be telling him.  And possibly wonders why we're constantly gushing over him and smothering his poor squishy cheeks with kisses.

 

It's also a lot of work to fill that diaper.  But with a little concentration, he's mastering that task quite well.

After all that, he usually needs a little break.......and passes out for a while

After a long nap, he repeats the above tasks several times throughout the day.........and then we start again the next day.

Yep, he stays pretty busy.

It's hard work.

1 month.

Really? This baby of mine has been here a whole month! Seems like i was just counting down the days till he was here… now I don’t want them to go fast anymore…

Being a mama is definitely different But.. i wouldn’t change it for the world. This little guy is so adorable and we cant seem to get enough of him.

He’s finally starting to focus more on his surroundings, we get some smiles out of him every once in a while. He starting to talk back to us. Loves loves baths! Already knows when he’s in his bassinet or our bed… (bad habit already?) Eats like a champ. Sleeps pretty good… almost has a routine down… getting better everyday. His hair is slowing coming in a little more in the front.  Has the best facial expressions! Has the cutest dimples i have ever seen! Were so lucky & so glad he is here! Happy 1 month!

Facial expressions…

This is only one of many.. and i dont even think the picture does it justice. But he is quite the character.

I hope they call me on a mission

Recently they called Grandma & Grandpa Warburton to the New York, New York Mission. Scheduled to leave March 14! Pretty Crazy!!!

Well… they got reassigned to the Long Beach California mission instead because of health issues.

We will miss them for a good little while.

Best of Luck Grandpa and Grandma!

P.S. This is their first “great” grandchild!

Welcome baby Ryker!

February 25th… Friday. We decided to get induced… and yes… we didn’t tell a soul… We wanted it to be  a secret. Even though everyone knew it was a good possibility we were going to. The Hospital called me at 9:15 and said can you be here by 10. Of course. I was all ready to go!Last Prego pic! Just 6 days shy of 40 weeks! Here is my nasty mug at the Hospital… I was starving! And just living off popsicles for about 5 hours. And oxygen mask. So hot…

Birthing story:

We got i there about 10 ish. They got me started on Petocin at 11. Broke my water about 12:30. Got and epidural at 2.  Got another dose at about 4. Starting pushing at 4:45 and he was delivered at 5:47. Amazing how fast it went. Because he was in the birth canal for a little while and i was running a little fever (not eating all day and then feeling like i was going to pop my head off by pushing so hard). He came out a little stressed. They gave him a little bit of oxygen at first and said they were going to take him down for about an hour to get more… they were back in 5 min. Guess he didnt need it after all. He was wide awake for a good 2 hours after. They took him to check his vitals and noticed his blood sugar was extremely low. They had to give him an IV (so so sad). And feed that with insulin. Also we had to supplement him with formulas which is another story… it sucked. It was pretty stressful in the hospital. They had us stay another day… which made it hard on me. But luckily the next day we got to take him home and now he is as healthy as a horse! We are so blessed that everything went the way it did. And  me and Ryan are so pumped to be parents. Its been a whole week since we have been home & its just going by so so fast. I have already experienced the 1 hour of sleep night… the first night home was the hardest. But were just taking it one day at a time and it seems to get better and better! Ry’s a good little daddy! Its so fun to watch him. He helped me give him a bath the other day and that was fun… (he busted out the blow dryer, sorry only funny if you know the story behind that). Anyways i’ll post more pics soon!

Daddy and Ryker. (he literally came out sucking his fist) what a good baby! 

 

7 pounds 2 ounces & 19.5 inches long. We were so surprised with all the hair he had. He’s got both mine and Ry’s dimples. There adorable! I think for the most part he looks alot like ry. He has my tounge and maybe my eyes and my head shape. He changes every second though.

 

 

We love him & are so glad he finally made it here!!!

Heres a few pics from the hospital…

 

 

V-day?

Okay so it wasn't the best V-day i've had. But I felt left out of the crowd with everyones posts about how there v-day went... 

I almost felt like i was on the "office". And i'm the girl sitting in her cube at work and everyone around her is getting spoiled with flowers... cards... candy... ect... whatever. I'm not here to cry about it i guess... ha. 

I did end up gettin my hair done from Leesh. Which was nice... that always makes me feel better. So i went home and got all ready for the night... just in case ya know. 

Ryan had a dentist appt... Lame! He came home soooooo grumpy about his mouth being numb. 

I on the other hand was STARVING... so we jumped in the car and i'm like lets just do something simple and go to Cafe Rio... Bad idea! It was PACKED! So... this is what our night consisted of... instead... 

We rented to Dinner for Smucks... If you havent seen that yet i recommend it... pretty funny show

 

Finally just decided to get a pizza... o well it was good!

As much as i didn't care for this v-day it was just a good night to relax and hang out with Ry. I should enjoy these times while I can. Ha. Love ya babe.

Whats your guess-ta-mate....

 Everyone Lost!!!

So the day is approaching faster than i ever thought it would be. Last Tuesday i went into the Doc and he said i was already dilated to a 4!!! And 80% effaced. Everyone that has heard the news think i'm crazy cause i'm not in the hospital... everyone has there babies at when there a 3? Yeah i dunno what to think. So i'm just livin one day at a time... whatever happens... Happens right?  Anyways... were guessing when this little boy is going to make his grand entrance... If you would like to guess send me a comment...

Ryan: Feb. 24th @ 12pm weighing: 6.11 measuring: 17.5 in

Me: Feb. 14th @ 2:12 am weighing 6.15 measuring: 18.5in

Grandpa Rich: Feb. 14th @ 3:50 am weighing: 7.10 measuring: 21in

NaNa Andy: Feb 21 @ 2:30 pm weighing: 6.12 measuring: 17.5in

Uncle Jake: Feb. 19 @ 10 am weighing: 7.6 measuring: 16.5 in

Aunt Shelbey: Feb. 27 @ 7pm weighing: 7.7 measuring: 17in

Uncle CJ: Feb. 20 @ 12:43pm weighing: 6lbs. measuring: 18in

Heather: Feb. 18 @ 11:37pm weighing: 6.4 measuring: 18.5 in

Greg: Feb. 16 @ 11am weighing: 9lbs. measuring: 19.4 in

Jade: Feb. 17 @ 6:15am weighing: 6lbs. measuring: 18in

Alex: Mar. 2 @ 10:30pm weighing: 5.5 measuring: 17.5in

Aunt Alyssa: Feb. 27 @ 8:16am weighing: 7.5 measuring: 16in 
Aunt Ashlyn: Mar. 1 @ 3am weighing: 6.13 measuring: 18in
Aunt Alicia: Feb 24 @ 1:15am weighing: 7.2 measuring: 19in
Nikki Hall:  Feb. 19 @ 3:00pm weighing: 7.2 measuring: 19.5 in.
Natasha Dixon: Feb 13 @ 11:59pm weighing: 7.4 measuring: 19.8in
Megan Anderson: Feb 13 @ Weighing: 6.10
Debbie Hong: Feb 16th @ 8:40pm weighing: 6.7 Measuring: 18.5in.
Grandpa Randy: Feb. 27 @ 9am weighing: 7.8 Measuring: 19.5in.
NaNa Alaine: Feb. 24 @ 4:30pm weighing: 6.3 measuring: 18in.
Auntie Sheryl: Feb 11@11:49 pm. weighing:6.4 measuring:18in.

Aunt Amberlie:Feb.14 @ 2am weighing:6.10 measuring:19in.
Amanda Styler: Feb 15 @5:07am weighing: 6.07 measuring:17in
Heidi Schmutz: Feb. 20 weighing: 7.2 measuring:18.5in.
Natalie Hooley: Feb. 22 @ 8:30pm weighing:6.11 measuring: 18.5in

Kristin Warburton: Feb.28 @ 8:09pm weighing: 7.3 measuring: 19in.

Bridal Shower

Last weekend was Ashlyns shower… it was fun getting to know how her and tys met… and embarrassing her just a little… Love you girl!  Were so excited for you and Tyson!

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35 weeks

  This post is about a week old now… currently 36 wks. (yes if you cant tell i am counting down) My Sweet baby brother took some pics for me and they turned out fab! Love him for it!  Here’s a couple of my favs.

Daily occurrences...

 Lately these are my daily occurrences...
Like the craving for these nasty things! But only the Mickey D kind... And i have to have to have to HAVE Hot Mustard Sauce... that's what makes them so good...
 
At the moment i am addicted to Chocolate... AnYtHing and EVerYtHIng chocolate!!! Just posting the picture makes me want one... well... NEED one! PLUS: Recent studies show women who eat chocolate while pregnant have babies who show less fear, smile and laugh more often at 6 months of age...

 You'll also catch me like this about after 3:00... i feel like i all of the sudden got hit by a freight train...

 And usually after 6 pm after i've ate i feel like this...  extremely bLOATed...

 And just give it a few hours and i feel like this... (heart burn)

Or the feeling of  being out of breath... i'm always breathing heavily no matter what i do... blah!

But i know the end is drawing near... and i'm an nerd and have a chain just for counting down.. i cant believe how much its shrinking every day. Time has gone by so fast!


 

I know i'll miss the days when i can feel him move inside me... (even though sometimes it really hurts now.. but his hiccups are so cute... except when i get them right when i try to go to bed...)

And the days where i can get a belly rub for absolutely FREE. ha ha

Yay only a little over a month left and he'll be here!

Happy Birthday Shelbey Lou!

Wowzers. My baby sister only has 365 more days until she will be driving on her own!!! Insane! But i'm so excited for her! We went out to dinner with the family and she chose Texas Roadhouse (bad idea). We got to embarrass her on the saddle it was awesome! Happy Birthday Sissy Poo!

Baby Rykers Room

I know its been a long time coming. But it still a slowly work-in-progress... But this is what we have done so far... Yeah. As you can tell we didn't do the "Camo" theme. I didn't care for it. And we didn't do the gray/blue color cause Ry didnt care for it.

So we got thinking and went a whole other route... funny how it worked out. But we did a John Deere theme... ha. It turned out pretty cute. I'm still working on getting more tractors in the room rather then the "deer". Ha. Its been fun and Ryan has been extremely excited about it. I catch him often going in and looking at it randomly... ha.

And yes... kinda weird..   but yes we painted the doors green... ha.

I made some curtains that turned out a little better than i thought. Were still adding decorations... but its a start and i'm not really in a rush. Cause from the sounds of it he wont sleep in his crib. He'll probably be next to me in my room for the first little while. ha. Were super excited and cant wait for him to get here! 5 1/2 more weeks to go...

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traditions…

Christmas eve day the boys usually go shooting. Its been a tradition in our brother-in-law Spencers family. Spence was kind enough to start inviting the cottles and they have been doing this for a few years now. This year was a little different and maybe a little more merrier… They took along some of my family. Too bad ry had my camera while the boys were out me, mom & sis stayed in our cozy house making homemade caramel and toughie.

Rodger, Spencer, Randy, Ryan, Colbey, Jake, Rich & Jared.

christmas at the cottles...

Nope i don't have any of those adorable pictures everyone else has on their blog of Christmas morning with there kids all goopy eye'd and crazy hair'd with HUGE grins! Dangit! Hopefully next year we will have some exciting pictures to post. ha. Christmas morning was great... we got to sleep in and enjoy one anothers company. I woke up to a big surprise under the tree... a huge box (considering ryan said to me "dont get me anything") what the heck you got me something??? Well this big box had a glider in it! Woo Hoo! I was pretty dang excited about it! Along with a thoughtful card and a pedicure! Ryan knows exactly what i need! Unfortunately ry's christmas was a little on the boring or should i say on the practical side as well... ha. New church shirt, socks, slippers, planner, toothbrush and of course a remote control helicopter that came already broken... sorry babe.I did buy us a new camcorder tho... i figured we needed one before the baby gets here! We also got spoiled with a new crib! That i cant wait to set up!!  Thanks MaMa & PaPa Warburton! This Christmas was great spending time with family having our annual omelet breakfast at G&H Warburtons and then going and shoving our faces again with MaMa Cottles Christmas Dinner! As well as find out the great news at the Cottles! Alicia & Chris have also decided to multiply and replenish the earth with us and there cutie is due July 15th! Were so excited!!!!!!

Not to get down on this years Christmas.. it was good. But we are so looking forward to next years Christmas when we will have a little one to hang with that morning! :) Hope everyone had a merry Christmas! Cheers to the new year!

belly pic again?

A little update on the pregnancy? I now look and feel way un-proportioned and i think this picture does that comment justice. I look pretty freakin huge. Cant believe I’m 30 weeks! Still going strong. My doc said there is a chance we could get him to come out a little earlier because i am measuring a little bigger than March 3rd.  Maybe go to Feb. 28th? We will see.

I’m feeling good. Getting stretch marks here and there but what can ya do? And just to answer everyones question. Nope, we haven’t even begun the nursery. Don’t you worry i will inform you when we do and show pics.  I just cant decide what exactly were going to do… yet.

Well were way excited for our little Ryker to come! Especially me! I’m at the un-comfortable stage and would really enjoy life a little more if i could sleep on my belly ha ha. Welp, i’ll keep ya updated as best as i can.