Blessing Day

Well this handsome little devil was blessed on April 10 2011! And it ws a beautiful blessing Ryan gave him! Thanks to everyone who came and joined us on our special day! Now heres a picture overload!

 

  

Our Cute little Man!

Great Grandma Thacker!

Great Grandpa and Grandma Cottle!

 

Grandma & Grandpa Warburton!                                                  Grandpa & Grandma Cottle!

4 Generations of Cottles!

This Boy got lots and lots of LOVE!!!!

  

  

 

Thanks little man for being such a good boy that day and letting us pass you around and around and be in your face all stinking day! Sure do love you lots and lots!          

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…