wordless wednesday

down on the FARM...and the swimming POOL!

Thursday Ryder-Man and I loaded up and headed to Naynee's to see her & all the kiddos!  They had a busy day going on, but we were glad we got stop in and hang out for a while!  There's never a dull moment at that house!  I was so thankful that they were willing to keep Ryder for me that night and the falling day!  I think...I mean I know he had an absolute BLAST!  I'm sure he was hardly ever put down!

Before I left, we went outside for a bit to see the new baby goats and swing on the hammock a bit.  It had cooled off a little bit in the later afternoon so it was nice!  The kiddos are always teaching me new things about the farm, and Ryder just LOVED being outside!

Naynee brought Ryder back to me just about the same time on Friday as Auntie Allie got here!  We were so glad she came to stay with us for the weekend...cause KeeKee, Pops & Uncle G all went out of town!  We ordered Stoby's take-out (one of AA's favorites!) & just hung out & once again..caught up on some gossip after lil man went to bed!  

It took us till 1 o'clock to get to the pool on Saturday...but we finally got there!  Punkin' loved it once again!  I am so lucky that he loves it so much!  We ordered some lunch from the 19th hole & just soaked up the sun!  AA's already super golden...and I'm getting there!--HAHA!

Ryder-Man loves his AA!--& the water noodle! It's so big though...he would cry when we took it away from him!  Ha!  I can't wait to take him back!

9 MONThS!

On 06.09.10 my lil Punkin' is NINE MONTHS old!  So hard to believe!  It's not as bad as 10 months, cause that's like "only 2 from 12"...9 months doesn't sound AS bad?  RIGHT?  He has been around for as long as he was in my belly!  I love this lil boy more & more every SINGLE day!  Sometimes I can't even believe that he is MINE!

Punkin' in his PJs running around the kitchen!  

Saying "bye bye" & waving at the same time!  He has started to wave both of his arms up & down REALLY fast when he gets excited!  It's too cute!

What's lil man been up to?

-Your pulling up on everything & everyone.  I love when I'm sitting on the floor with you & you'll come & just press your face against my arm or even my neck!

-You're wearing size 3 diapers...a bit big, but it's nice!

-You have just started to balance on your own any where from 20-40 seconds!

-I started Summer School this week, and Ms. Bonnie has been staying with you...so far so good...or so she says!

-Your sleeping through the night...even thought you're not wanting to go to bed till 9 or 10 :/

-I introduced Mac N' Cheese to you...you LOOOVED it!  So messy though!

-Your two little teeth on bottom get cuter & cuter every day!

-Your hair is just growing...and I'm letting it!  & it is SO blonde!

-You accidently said "MaMa" one day...but haven't heard it since.

-When we take your Pooh blanket from you & say "My Pooh" you respond with "MUH PO"

-A lot of 12 month clothes are getting tight...but still wearing different 9 months that are perfect!

-You went swimming for the first time!

-You are a very nosy little boy!  When we go out to eat or shopping, you are turning ALL the way around to look at people!  They love it though!

-KeeKee bought you your first pair of little Nike shoes!  Mainly for the beach, but scratch that now!  Now they will just be cute summer shoes!

-You love messing with stuff in the dishwasher, I just have to keep telling you "No No!"

-You are learning new sounds every day..."GAH" & "TTTAH"

-You will push EVERY single chair in the kitchen around until you can't get them to move any more!

-KeeKee is working with you on "giving five"

What Ryder-Man's been up to...

Mommy's let me start to try new thing!  I love mac & cheese, but sure can make a mess awfully fast!  

Sometimes, the big dogs are out on the back patio and I like to stand and look at them when Mommy raises the blinds!  Those dogs are such a mess!  They would knock me down if I went out there!

I have learned that I can climb the leather couch with my sweaty feet!  Ha!

I sure do love it when my Pops comes home from work!  I am always so excited to see him and he always picks me up & plays with me and makes me laugh & laugh & LAUGH!

We went to a Small Group Dinner at church & I would just push these chairs ALL over the gym!  I can do this at home with the barstools & kitchen table chairs as well!  It's so much more fun than my regular push walker!

I love it when Auntie Dell comes & visits me!  She took me to Target & was such a great help with me for Mommy!

I went SWIMMING for the first time!!  Mommy was so excited to take me!  I just LOOOOOVED it!  Mama D, Mackenzie & her friend were all there too!  I can't wait to go back next time.  I didn't even cry once!

It was a little colder than I'm used to at first...but I got used to it!

Mommy made sure I had on some good sunscreen & a hat to cover my head!

After Mommy changed my diaper, I just chilled there on the chair watching everybody else while she got everything together to leave!--I am hardly ever this still!

We went to Mama D's for a DELICIOUS dinner, and I got to meet Mr. Josh for the first time! He was so good with me!--He held me all through dinner & let Mommy enjoy her meal, fed me a bottle, and even let me sleep on him for a while!

Some people call it a nap...I call it "recharging my battery!"

SO much to catch up on...

I'll try to be brief...

Wednesday night I knew my throat was acting up again, and I knew I needed to get in to the the Doc ASAP especially before the 3 day weekend.

I made an appointment, and of course tested neg. for strep and he told me it was allergies & gave me three different allergy medicines to take.  BOO.  I knew they weren't gonna work.  

We already had plans to eat lunch with some HS friends @ Chili's so we headed that way after my appointment.

Ryder was so good the whole time!  He always is...haha!  The boys asked me if he was just happy or was I strict?--I said a little bit of both!

Cliff, Ryder & Dustin!

Aunt Kathy had been here all week with Papa John being in the hospital and we went to eat at Outback that night because everyone was just so worn out.  We hardly ever go there so it was a nice change!  Ryder LOOOOVES when you put him on top of your head! He was grabbing dad's ears & it was TOO funny!

He is walking EVERYWHERE these days with someone's help of course...

I LOVE my sweet boy!

Friday night I was MISERABLE.  My throat hurt SO bad.  I couldn't eat, drink or hardly swallow.  Saturday morning when I woke up I just went straight back to bed, and my parents took care of Ryder al morning.  I really thought that it would start to improve soon, but it never did and at 2 I told my mom we needed to go to the ER...I had had this type of thing before and could feel the abscess flopping around and moving side to side in my throat.  Of course Memorial Day Weekend the ER is FULL of people, but oh well.  I was so miserable...I did not care!

After about 5 hours in there they called in a ENT and I had to have it drained.  It was 10x worse than childbirth I swear, well childbirth wasn't bad to me, so this was BAAAAD.  He "tried" to numb it but he didn't do such a good job!  He told me it was the worst one he had seen and I needed my tonsils out ASAP!

All the meds I am currently on...UHHH...so thankful I don't have to do this everyday for my whole life like alot of people!

Saturday night after feeling like a NEW person, I decided to go see my long lost Roomie the next day!  She had been in Africa for three weeks, and I had missed just talking to her much less seeing her!  We had a great visit, and caught up on a lot of things...HERE & THERE!  Monday we went over to the Kluck's for lunch & got to see 6 day old baby Cayden!  He was SO tiny, but Allie kept telling me, Ryder was this small once!  So weird to think about!  We went out on the lake after that for some sun, but we didn't last very long!  TOO hott and TOO many boats!  HA!

Allie with baby Cayden!

He was BEAUTIFUL!

I was ready to get home to my Punkin last night!  He was so glad to see me and I was him!  He just grinned & grinned & grinned!  It was like he had forgotten about me, and was fine, but then when he saw me he was like OH YEAH!  THERE YOU ARE!  I HAVE MISSED YOU!  

While getting his lunch together to go have lunch with Pops I found him IN THE DISHWASHER.  I had to take a picture...but told him not to tell his KeeKee I let him do that.  It will NOT happen again though on my watch!  HA!

We have found a new things he likes...lemons!  He will just suck on them, and it does not bother him a bit!  He got mad when I took it away from him and it was time to go!  Ha!  

While typing this out...I got a call from my Doctor's office with lab results saying I was tested positive for Mono.  WHO KNEW?  lol...they said I was on the downhill side of things, and to just stay away from contact sports (that's not a problem!)  HA!  I could have had this for up to a year...but hopefully it will be over with soon.