Not always so peachy!

Just to show you that things aren't always "peachy" around here!

I thought he looked so cute the other morning before church & we were ahead up schedule (which is odd because we woke up late!) & thought we'd take a few shots out back...WRONG.

He wanted his backpack on.  & then he wanted to sit down.  Well, he just couldn't do that on those little steps!  The backpack was so big he couldn't sit down & that made him MAD.  So we took it off.  Oh...well then he wanted it back on again because he had forgotten why we had to take it off in the first place!  

OH GEEZ...I sure do love him though!

my opinions on inducing...

I have been thinking about doing a post on inducing, strictly my opinions, but didn't want to step on any toes. I just think maybe it could help those woman who are pregnant, or those who aren't but plan to be one day & don't know much about the birthing process!

Again, this is souly MY opinion & how things worked for ME. All woman are different & all pregnancies are different!

The whole time I was pregnant with Ryder, i just KNEW he was going to come early. NOT! That is just what I hoped would happen! My "first" due date rolled around. Then my second due date rolled around. NOTHING. As i drove to LR the last 5-6 weeks of my pregnancy, I just knew that this time there would be some "change". Nope. Not one time did he have ANY kind of news of Ryder possibly coming out ANYTIME soon. He always looked at me & said, "Well go home & have some contractions. I'll see you next week." Many trips I spend the whole drive home crying because I was just so sick of being PREGNANT!! (That may sound terrible, but until you've been there...don't judge.)

I always knew there was an option to "induce" labor, but knew I wouldn't dare do that until I was at least 40 weeks. When being induced, you are given a drug, pitocin, to make the labor process start up & hopefully move you right along...but that's not always the case.

My worst fear (& my Dr. knew this...because I tried to drill i into his brain!) was to be there "in labor" or have been "induced" into labor, then nothing happen over a long amount of time & eventually ending up having to have a c section. I have known a HANDFUL of people that this has happened to, & I was not going to be one of them!

At my 40 week appointment, out of frustration & tiredness & just plain ready to be "done" we scheduled for me to be induced...I was hesitant to do it in the first place but I totally felt on the spot being in the room with my Dr. & I just desperately wanted to know WHEN?!? So I thought I'd just figure out "when" on my own!

He said he wouldn't worry about Ryder being in there too long until 42 weeks, which is when the placenta starts to go bad...he said at that point he would want/need to pull him.

Before we even got home from the Dr.'s office I had changed my mind & knew being induced wasn't the right thing for ME to do. Even if I would have FINALLY had an answer to WHEN Ryder was finally going to be here...Jake & I both realized that it would just be selfish of both of us for me to be induced, because obviously lil man was quite happy in there & he would come out when he was ready!

So this just meant more waiting. & more wondering. & more sleepless nights. & more uncomfortableness 24/7 etc. Etc..

A week & a half later...at 41.5 weeks pregnant...I finally started having contractions SIX minutes apart. My plan was to go to the hospital when they were five minutes apart for one whole hour. Six minutes apart was close enough...so I knew that this was finally IT!

We had waited so long, semi-patiently on Mother Nature to do her thing, & she finally was!

I was still not even a "1" when I got to the hospital! Ahhh...

I ended up being in labor for 16 hours & it was only bad for a while before I got my epidural which I got at like a "2"...ha!! I made very slow progress & had to have my water broken for me (which I was iffy about...) but it all worked out.

I WAS given pitocin right before I was about to have Ryder to speed things up a bit because Ryder was in distress in more than one way, & my body wasn't ready to push him out yet. So yes, there are certain times & circumstances where this drug is needed! But my body had already done everything it was supposed to do on it's own & just needed a little bit more "push" to finish the process...

I am so thankful for modern medicine..so don't get me wrong!

Anyways...all this to say, wait on Mother Nature's timing....God's timing! Don't try & figure things out on your own & when YOU want things to happen! It WILL happen. "You are not going to be pregnant forever!" That's what I had to keep telling myself!

I always think back & wonder what would have happened if I had stuck with the induction date I had set with my Dr. Would I have laid there for hours & hours & made no progress & just ended up having to have a c section? Ahh...Probably so because my body just wasn't ready then!

That is why I am SO glad I waited for someone else's timing, & not my own!

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my 18 month old Punkin'!

I can't believe it's even time for me to type those words above.  Oh.My.Goodness.  I love, Love, LOVE this stage, but I am just sat it has flown by SO SO fast!

Just a year & a half ago, this was our first night at home with our lil munchin.  Yes, I delivered him one day & went home the next.  Best idea Jake ever had.  I was up the entire night before he was born because I was uhh...in LABOR, & then the night he was born he was in the nursery most of the night, but dumb me told me, "no paci, & no formula!"  ha...so when he cried, they just brought him to me!  :P  which equalled more NO SLEEP.  So I REALLY needed my rest the first night we were home!   

I remember we ended up calling Jake's mom in the middle of the night to come help so we could just SLEEP.  I was so thankful for that.  After that night it wasn't too bad, I was just too exhausted to do ANYTHING!  

Anyways...in 6 short months my lil man will be TWO YEARS OLD.  I'm surprised I haven't started to plan the party!  ha!  Maybe I should get on that...  :P

Yesterday we had his 18 month appointment & he did so good!  I let him walk all the way back to the room by himself (rather than carrying him) & he was mister chipper at first, until he realized where he was & kinda got skeptical about everything.  He probably remembered all the shots he's gotten back there!  ha!  But none this time!

{I love him in just a diaper!}

Everything looked great & he's reaching all of his milestones & then some...his favorite part is getting his flavored stick at the end!  :P

{just because we never have pictures of the two of us}

After that I had an appointment of my own with my PCP, which I haven't seen in FOREVER!  I was happy to see him again!  He is so sweet & caring & always makes you feel like you are the only patient he has all day.  I hate Dr.s who are so rushed, just "in & out" & don't genuinely care about you & your needs.  

Punkin' was a little wild in the waiting room, but no one else was in there so I let him.  He really was good & I'm just glad I'm not scared to death to take him to appointments with me...(this might change in a few years!  :P)

We got Mexican with KeeKee & Pops later that night...

...& this is what my wild child does at the dinner table!  Actually, he is just too busy being nosy & looking at everyone else eating in the restaurant!  We actually had a first last night...dad left before me mom & Ryder & on the way out a lady asked if MY dad was RYDER'S dad!?  We were like, "What?"  ha!  We were like...."No...that's MY dad, his GRAND-DAD!"  I guess people just think that because Ryder & dad DO look so much a like!  ha!  :P

Mary Beth finally got my muchin' to crawl through his tent today...that he got for CHRISTMAS!  Only THREE months ago!  Ha!  He was so proud of himself for doing it & did it over & over again afterwards!  I was so proud of him as well!  

{"show me your teeth"}

I can finally say that Santa did good on the $12 tent & tunnel...even if it DID take three months!  :P

18 month stats:

Weight:  25.13 lbs. (65%tile)

Height:  32.62 in. (60%tile)

Head Circumference:  18.88 in. (67%tile)

-18 month clothes are fitting great!  Along with some 24 months & 2T...really depends on the brand

-New words I can think of include:  Elmo, Bambi, cute (cuuuuuuuuuuTe), go!, trash, why?!, Ava, Ryder, happy, bubbles, doctor, puzzle, hammer, work, zebra, jacket, backpack

-Size 4 diapers

-Cries when we drive by CFA & don't stop

-Started eating whole apples today, just little bitty bites at a time!

-He LOVES grapes now, just like he LOVED blueberries.  I wonder what will be next!?

-He has started to pay more attention to the TV, but not for too long.

-He only takes one nap for me now on most days & sometimes it's long & sometimes it's not  :/

-He can sing a long to some Justin Beiber songs & will say "BEEEEEI-BEEEEEER"

-When he whines, I simply say "Do you need to go get happy?" & he says no & is fine!

-He isn't drinking juice in his water any more...just water.

-The kid loves milk, which makes me happy because I hate it.

-He will go throw things in the trash for me, get his backpack when I ask, as well as his coat when it's time to go bye bye.

-He loves to be outside!  It's occasionally warm where we can go out, but cries when we have to come in!

-He absolutely LOVES taking a bath!  A bath can fix everything!  I let him play in there until the water gets cold & then he tells the water "bye bye bye water".

-He loves all things "bessball" & thinks every sport on TV is baseball.  I try & tell him that it's basketball or soccer, etc.

FUNNY STORIES

-I didn't have time to put the hair dryer away the other morning so it was just laying on the floor in the bathroom.  When I went back in there later, it was put away in the bottom drawer where it goes!  :O

-I bought dishwasher detergent today at the store & I got it out of the bag & asked him to go put it where it goes & he marched right over to the sink, opened the cabinet & put it in there right next to the one that is almost empty!

-Bruno Mar's song "Grenade"...when he says "tossed it in the trash..." Ryder says "twashhh"  haha!  EVERY.SINGLE.TIME!

{a year & a half ago...}

{a year ago..}

{6 months ago..}

It's crazy how fast time flies...

Our perfect day!

So...my sweet Punkin let me sleep in this morning! How thoughtful of him! I was up half the night anyways from the storm & I also heard people yelling outside, which wake me up & scared me literally half.to.death! They woke Ryder too...

We got ready for the day...he went & stayed with KeeKee & Pops for a few mins while I ran to the bank before they closed.

G had a baseball game that we were going to go to, but dad said it was just too cold, so we ended up not going.

We came home & cleaned the bathroom together (literally)...he gets his own rag & tries to wipe down the toilet! Ha!

Then we made a quit trip to WM because it was like I was out of all of Ryder's food including hus "grawwwpths' that he had been begging me for! :(

Mom & dad kept Ryder tonight while I went to Rhea Lana's. I got some good stuff, & the most I spent on one item was only $7.50 for some polo t shirts...which is cheaper than they are at the outlet! I got some good stuff for spring & summer just not as much as I had planned on! I got there at 4:30, stood in line outside till 5, shopped & then got in line to check out at 5:46 & pulled out of the parking lot around 6:45. SERIOUSLY?!?



{random pics on my phone}

I might have been a little bit more excited about getting some new Scentsy scents than Ryder's clothes! There was a lady there with a booth that had EVERYTHING! Instead of having to wait for your order you could just get it there! I got Flirtacious, Clean Breeze & Perfectly Pomegranite! I can't wait to try them!

I grabbed some Chick & headed back to my parent's house. We got to see Aunt Kathy for a lil bit & Punkin was excited about all his new clothes & kept pulling them out & saying "cuuuuuute!". Ha!!



We came home, took a bath, drank some milk & he fell asleep on me on the couch! This raaaaaaarely happens so I was happy it happened! Before long he will be too big to do that and I'll long for the days when he used to fall asleep on me!



Hope ya'll had a nice, relaxing Saturday! Ours was nothing special, but perfect to me!



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PARK DATE!

It was so nice to wake up today, & not have anything that we "had" to do!  We ate breakfast, played a little bit, emptied the dishwasher etc & then got ready for the day!  I decided it would be a good day to pack up our lunches & head to the park...even though the sun wasn't shining.  It wasn't too hot outside & thankfully it wasn't too cold!  So we loaded up...hit up Sonic first & went to the park!

Of course the whole "eating lunch idea" was a negative.  You can't take a kid to the park, tell him to sit there & eat his lunch first, & then he can go play!  :P  Ha!  I learned my lesson!

Can you seriously believe how big he is getting?  OH MY WORD!  I realize it over & over again every single day!  He will be one & half NEXT WEEK.  {..tear.}  There were lots of other Mamas out there with their kiddos!  We met a little girl that was 20 months old named Greer.  I thought that was a super cute, unique name!  :P

We had a great time out there & I just let him run & run & run!!  It started to spit rain so we headed out & he didn't even cry!  He was just thirsty & begging for his "THIPPY!"

Hope ya'll have a great weekend!