Sunday, June 3, 2012

Ruffles & Frills

Baby is a girl!!!!


I can't wait to put her in outfits like this...

and swimwear like this and this...


and do her hair like this...



We couldn't be more thrilled to be welcoming a baby girl into our family!
xoxo

Stick Ball

Ryder loves to play with balls.  
He loves throwing his stick ball at the window and making it catch.
He is also a kicking genius.  Later I will post a video of him
kicking one of his balls around.  It's pretty impressive.


Monday, May 21, 2012

Fort Nilsson

Preston and Ryder LOVE building and playing in forts together.


Thursday, May 17, 2012

Like father, like son... I guess  :)


Sunday, April 29, 2012

New Start

I guess now that I've neglected my blog for nearly 10 months, my son is now a toddler instead of a newborn, we're expecting again and have relocated to Texas, I should probably start posting on a more regular basis again.  I feel like I need to write a huge post to catch up on everything that has happened in the past year but I don't have time so I will keep the topics short.

Ryder is now 10 months old and is as loveable, hug-able and kissable as ever.  He is so handsome, outgoing, and happy ALL the time.  Although Ryder loves being awake and discovering the world, he takes two to three naps everyday, each one lasting an hour and a half.  It's great! Ryder gives the best slobbery kisses that I've ever gotten from anyone and his smile melts my heart every time (which I'm sure you can only imagine get's overwhelming as he is constantly smiling.  I love it!).  We love this kid so much! 

We're expecting again!  The other day we went in for our first appointment at 14 weeks along.  (woops!  A little behind.)  We got to see our little Pumpkin moving a bunch and got a great shot of him/her "talking".  So cute!  Preston and I were anxious to have another baby as Ryder has been such a joy to have in our home.  The two will be 16 months apart if all goes well and the little Pumpkin arrives as scheduled in late October.  I will admit, yesterday as I stared at the ultrasound screen and watched our new little one move about I thought, "what have we gotten ourselves into??"  HA!  I really hope things can run relatively smoothly with two little ones so close in age, running around our small apartment here in Texas.  It's truly an amazing experience watching the life inside me.  I will never get used to the reality of the miracle that goes on in there.  We are looking forward to meeting our Pumpkin!

Yes, we've moved to Texas.  We're loving our new place of residence and are having a blast exploring the new grounds.  Although we are having a blast here, Prest and I are both hoping it will be short term as we would love to move back up to Utah where our home and family are.  I gotta tell ya, it's not easy moving from a house to an apartment although I must say, the amenities are quite nice.  The pool is beautiful and the gym is just a few steps away.  Wonderful!  No excuses now!  Texas is a very beautiful, fun and different place.  We are sure enjoying our time here.

I guess I should also mention that this last week I turned 24.  It's not a huge deal but to me it was.  When I learned what a golden birthday was about 10 years ago, every year since I thought, "wow, it's going to be forever until I reach that age.  That's going to be a huge birthday!"  Just in case you don't know what a golden birthday is, it's the age that your birthday lands on.  My birthday is April 24th so my golden birthday is when I turn, or now turnED, 24.  It was a very fun birthday.  The husband took me out shopping at a huge mall called The Galleria and also an outlet mall like I've never been to before.  They had every store I could image!  Utah really needs to get with the swing of things and start opening more stores and outlets.  Afterwards we went over to my Aunt and Uncles for cake.  It was such a great birthday!

Wow!  Still ended up being a long post.  Sorry about that.  Here's our Lil' Pumpkins big debut!