BIG Picture Post

I'm hoping with ALL these pictures...I will have updated the blog to today of Ryder's lil life, and then I will try to be a better mommy about posting current events! =)

Our last picture as a "couple"...Tuesday night before things got rough.

With my parents early Wednesday morning, doing good with the epidural.

Naynee was up there with me as well.

I'm FINALLY here!--After getting all cleaned up, Daddy showing me off to Uncle G & Pops!

Proud Daddy!

First "Family" photo! We are in LOVE!

Auntie Allie came down to see everybody!

Mommy's yummy cakepops we gave out to guests & staff.

Lil going home outfit!

Mommy & Me!

All ready to head home!

We were greeted by many neighbors that were outside when they saw us pull up!

Mommy showing me my room for the first time.

Introducing me to Ranger! HA!

Uncle G & his buddies came by to see lil man.

Pooh, Kelly & Charles all came down Friday after class. It was SO good to see you guys!

& Aunt Anna came in from Fayettville after class on Friday as well!

& Whitney & Abbey! They all LOVE you!

Saturday my Nana & Papaw came down to see their first great grandchild!

"I like to stay balled up like this, but you should see how fast & strong my legs are!"

"And daddy loves to put me in gowns at night, even though I usually dirty them up before morning."

Aunt Amanda getting some lovin'.

KeeKee & Pops came to visit Sunday after church.

First Outing!--To the firehouse to see Uncle Josh on Sunday! He was so proud! =)

Getting some Daddy & Me time!

Again, my legs like to stay how they were in utero! We love it though!

Sweet Sweet Boy!

Napping on Mommy & Daddy's bed before my appointment.

The family loaded up to go!

Daddy didn't want Mommy taking pictures...(hence the bad quality).

In my bouncy this morning for the first time just chillin while mommy cooked breakfast! (YES! COOKED! ha!)

Daddy gettin some early morning lovin' in!

Being sweet with mommy after lunch!

Mommy caught me yawnin'!

Looking SO grown up! Six days old!

Now that I'm all caught up, I'm going to try to STAY caught up!

Things Change...

It's funny how your priorities change after having a baby! YES I have a baby!

Jacob Ryder FINALLY got here on 9-9-09 @ 10:38 am weighing in a big seven pounds, & 21.5 inches long!

I wish I would have blogged each day since his birth....but again...THINGS change!

We were luck enough to get to come home on Thursday, just a day after he was born! We were greeted in our driveway by several of our neighbors who happen to be outside when we pulled up.

Mimi came & stayed with us Thursday night so Jake & I could get some sleep. Had I mentioned I had gotten absolutely NONE @ the hospital? NONE....Jake might have gotten an hour here or there, but not much on those silly couches.

We figured out he was a gassy baby...and Milicon has pretty much saved our lives. He is a great & happy baby that is awake & alert alot of the time...but oh when they gas gets him he is NOT a happy camper!

He had alot of my girlfriends come visit him Friday night which was alot of fun! I can't wait till he is older & has all these pictures of these pretty girls holding him when he was 2 days old! =) Granny Jones also came over, and brought us a wonderful dinner & loved on her sweet great grand baby a lil bit!

Mommy & Daddy were on there on Friday night....but it honestly wasn't too bad. Our biggest problem is him falling asleep while we're trying to nurse. We have gotten COLD wet washcloths, tickeled his feet, rubbed his checks, taken his clothes off, EVERTHING....oh & even ICE CUBES on his legs that bothered him for about five minutes & then he didn't care! Still SNOOZING away! Haha...

Saturday was a good day...Aunt Amanda came & spend some time loving on the boy while Jake ran to town for a few things & I got to take a shower & freshen up a bit. My grandparents came to see him today (their first great grandchild) & they just thought he was the cutest lil thing...(b/c he is! :P) They brought mommy & daddy some steaks to cook later on in the week when we run out of everything else! YIIIPEEE!!

A bunch of Daddy's friends came to see him later on in the afternoon. Chad & Krystal & their lil girls Adisyn & Brooklyn brought us some DELICIOUS chicken enchiladas for dinner & brownies. Uncle Pete & Uncle Kyle came over to hold you a lil bit. Bryce & Jennifer Gill & Mayce & Jackson also stopped in. Jason Fulfer also came over later after everyone left, ate some yummy enchiladas & held you for a lil bit! Braxton's mama finally got to come over & see Braxton new lil friend! We had a good time talking about both our hospitals stays & how different & similar they were. We can't wait for our boys to meet!

You & Daddy are chilling on the couch right now as you fight your sleep....we are going to try & get some sleep while you sleep! We love you so much & honestly can't imagine our lives without! You are our lil PRINCE!

Picture Post to come later...(not promising when?)

Busy...

I guess I'm too busy creeping on other people's blogs to update mine! Ha!

Dr. on Monday went well (if you can say that I guess...). We told him we wanted to do what he would want his wife to do. Without any change, that means come back & see him next week, when I will be 41 weeks, ALMOST 42. That is what he said he would get worried about him staying in there, and probably pulling him.

As much as I would love to induce right now, obviously my body ISN'T ready for it...and I don't want to force it into something it's not ready for!

I have eaten a WHOLE pineapple ALL by myself the last 2.5 days...yes, I have lil sores on the sides of my lips from all the ACID! Ha! It's just SO good...I bought it and ate it after a friend told me that is supposed to help! So far no help, but the pineapple was good, and healthy for me & lil Ryder!

I went to the Dr. with a friend/neighbor of ours & her new 6 week old. She was going in for her check up, and her husband couldn't go, and was afraid Braxton would scream the whole time! He was a good baby ALL the way there...I fed him a bottle & burped him, and he was a sweet lil baby! It was fun to get out and do something different! It also made me look forward to RYDER getting here EVEN more!

Ta-Ta for now...I have pictures to post, but not tonight.

Today IS the day...

August 30th is what we have all been waiting for for 8 months plus...

Well, today is that day, and Ryder is still inside my biggo belly! Ha!

It's okay though....if he is happy, then we are happy. Going AGAIN to the Dr. tomorrow...but I just looked @ Jake & thought...I honestly don't REALLY wanna go! Ha! It just gets my hopes up that something has changed, only to hear it hasn't.

Four years ago Thursday is when Jake & I met up at the Firehouse while he was working, and I was doing volunteer community service work with DBS for Hurricane Katrina! We talked about how cool it would be if he came that day! Guess we'll wait & see!

STILL in there...

I am still here. And he is still in THERE.

Dr.'s appointment on Thursday was not at all what I wanted to hear. I cried the whole way home.

Still nothing....NOTHING. He is due SUNDAY.

Go back on Monday. I walked last night, and almost all day today (around Hobby Lobby, Target etc.).

I'm gonna be a busy little crafty girl around here tomorrow to keep me busy!

I am afraid he is just gonna hit me and come ALL OF A SUDDEN. :/ EEECCCKKKK!