....it's been TOO long

Here I go again, making excuses for why I haven't been blogging...but me & Ryder are just having too much fun together! But the laundry is done & the house is clean & lil man is asleep..so here I am!

Someone wants to crawl so bad and tries SO hard, but just isn't strong enough yet! Yesterday he rolled over four...YES FOUR...times! I saw it happen once and the other times I wasn't in the room. He is such a hoot! Just a minute ago, he pulled his paci out and was holding on to it! OH MY! I love my crazy boy!

Dinner @ MiMi & PawPaw's

Jake wanted to hunt a little bit so we took off to Alread Monday afternoon to stay with Granny Jean and let Daddy go hunting Tuesday morning & afternoon. We had a delicious dinner Monday night and just had a good time relaxing & enjoying ourselves away from home. Daddy didn't have any luck...didn't even SEE anything! But Uncle Josh got a 9 point on Monday while we were on our way up there. Before we left Tuesday night we had a big dinner with pork tenderloin, cream potatoes, black eyed peas, french rolls and mommy's favorite blackberry cobbler! YUMMY! Aunt Amanda and Hannah came up there that night as well. They got some lovin' in before we had to head out. You were a great baby the whole time, and of course slept through the night! We are so thankful for that. It makes mommy not mind getting up @ 6 or 7 every morning to feed you! We are beyond blessed!

You & Granny Jean

Uncle Josh watched you while Granny Jean took mommy & daddy to see a swimming hole!

With my lil' man!

Wednesday felt like a catch up day of unpacking, laundry, putting everything back where it goes etc. Mommy cooked some of daddy's hog he cooked for the first time. It wasn't bad @ all, thanks to a yummy marinade mommy found on another blog! We will defiantly have it again very soon!

Today mommy cleaned house, and it feels so good to have the house clean. I'm starting to pull out Christmas things and making lists of what I still need to get, but not quite putting anything out JUST yet! A few of our neighbors have their trees up, and they look so pretty through the windows!

Ryder-Man watching Grey's while mommy cleaned!

"Izzie is so cute!"

Prolly be back in a week or so! Ha!

my lil man is TWO MONTHS old!

It's hard to believe that 2 months ago today we were cooped up in our lil Maternity Recovery room at Baptist with our 10 hour old little baby boy, not having a clue at how much of a BLESSING he was going to be to us, and how HAPPY he was going to make us or how in LOVE we were going to be with him!

I'm lucky I got this two shots, cause right after the last one...he spit up ALL of the place! Poor baby!

"Why do you always have that camera in my face?"

"I'm not to sure about this whole crib thing yet"

What you have been up to Wild-Man!

-We have gotten into a good routine which mommy loves of eating, hanging out with mommy, and then sleeping!! And then doing it all over again!

-You have been sleeping through the night since about 7 weeks, and it is SO nice! Mommy doesn't mind getting up @ 6 to feed you!

-We started supplementing with 4oz. of formula after each feeding @ 6 weeks to help you gain a little bit more!

-You are a wiggle WORM! Daddy says you get it from me, but I think you get it from him! Ha!

-You smile ALL the time still!

-You are a mommy's boy, the simple feeling of my chest & shoulder can sooth you.

-You sat in your Bumbo for the first time on Halloween!

-You no longer like tummy time!

-You would rather be in your swing, able to look around @ everything going on!

-You started to notice your hands & feet & that they were apart of your own body.

-You love lunch & dinner dates with mommy & her girls!

-You stayed with MiMi & Pawpaw while mommy & daddy went out on their first date since you were born!

-You have chuckled once or twice for mommy.

-You have started to pooch out your bottom lip when you are about to cry, and it just breaks out hearts.

-You have grabbed your feet a few times with your hands!

-Your personality is really starting to show, and it is just SO sweet!

-I have seen you roll over two more times!

-While on your stomach (which is rare) you just hold your head up & look around!

-I gave you your first bath by myself, and it wasn't too bad!

-Your still in most of your newborn clothes, but we have started to notice them getting a lil tight which is a GOOD thing!

-You are still wearing Newborn diapers as well.

-Your not a big fan of your carseat like you used to be, but the secret mommy touch always works. It consists of having your paci, coving your face with a burp rag and whispering "SHHHH" in your ear & it was automatically calm you!

-You love for people to talk to you! You will just talk & laugh back!

-Your hair has started to grow a little bit more in the front but stays CRAZY in the back!

-I can't seem to keep up with how fast your little fingernails grow!

-Your thighs are finally filling out, and your even getting a lil belly! Whoever though?!?

Pops came by to visit a few days ago while in town on his lunch break!

Jake was working on Sunday, and my dad said he was driving up to Batesville that morning to see his Aunt Dean. I have been wanting to get little man up there to see her, and I'm SO SO SO glad it worked out for Ryder and I to get to go up there with my dad! It was just like every other time we have been up there since I can remember. Ham, homemade mashed potatoes, cream style corn, beans, cornbread, pickles, sweet tea & of course just for me and my dad Chocolate Cake!!

Sweet thing on the way up there!

Aunt Dean's first time holding Ryder. He was so good & happy for her too!

Ryder's Great-Great Aunt & his Momma.

Visiting Daddy @ the Firehouse one day! We look JUST like him!

Halloween Weekend!

Friday night, Ryder and I went out to eat with my parents and Miss Lynn and we had a really good time! Ryder was real alert and just so curious @ the restaurant.

Saturday was a chill day around the house with dad which is always nice, since our weekends aren't always "weekends" to us! Mimi & PawPaw and Hannah Grace came over to take pictures in their costumes. I think this is our first picture of then with both grandkids. Our neighborhood was INSANE starting at about 4:30 Saturday afternoon. Kids EVERYWHERE! Jake handed out our candy across the street in the driveway with some neighbors, and Ryder slept most of the time.

Hannah, Mimi w/ Ryder & PawPaw

With my little lobster!

After he woke up from his Halloween nap, about to head to Outback for dinner!

Being good @ Outback for Daddy.

Sunday was such a beautiful day, we went for a walk and Ryder was such a HAPPY baby! I just kept snapping pics he was smiling so much. This is probably my new favorite picture of him!

Uncle G feeding lil man while I went grocery shopping!

We have had a pretty chill-ax week so far. Last night we went to dinner with Mimi & Aunt Amanda @ Market Place, and then he stayed @ KeeKee and Pop's while I did some grocery shopping. He really is just smiling ALL the time now, and alot with his mouth open like the picture above. His personality is starting to show, and it makes us so happy...and love him more than we already do!

October's Over?

I can't believe today is the LAST day of October! Happy Halloween by the way! In 9 short days, little man will be two months old! OH MY, how time flys! Ryder man is taking his late morning nap, and I felt the ned to catch up on all our pictures! It's such a beautiful day, I hope to get him out for a stroll in a little bit! We didn't do much this week, but we made a few trips out and about last week, I really & truly want to do better about my blogging, so I don't have to catch up every weekend! AHHH! But in the long run, would rather spend my time with little man than be glued to the computer, and then when he is asleep, I have tons of other things to get done first!

Ryder and I went to visit Naynee & the kiddos last week and ended up having a great day, and will definitely not be our last day trip up there! We had burgers for lunch and just had a great time together, and of course Ryder was a doll all day!

Karleigh being a lil' momma!

The little boys with Ryder-Man!

Dad & Ryder both fast asleep one night! How SWEET!?

Last Saturday a few of my girlfriends from HS were home from Fayettville for the weekend and we all had dinner together @ McAlister's and did ALOT of catching up!

Morgan's first time to meet Ryder!

Auntie Anna with her new hair do!

And Allison's first time to meet lil man as well

Ryder's 1st camo...laying in mommy's lap looking up at her! PRECIOUS!

From how much he holds his head up, I decided to try out the Bumbo this morning, just for a little bit though so he wouldn't get to worn out. He loved it! He loved being able to sit up and look around and see what was going on! He did GREAT! He will be sitting up before too long!

A lil lop-sided but we're good! =)

"I LOVE MY BUMBO!"

Stay tune the next few days to see our Halloween's Costume!

Another Picture Post...

So, we decided to put little man in his first pair of footed pajamas the other night...They had always still been so big for him, but now they finally looked like they would fit!

Well...up top, they were still a lil big, but just perfect to be able to move around in in bed. But the leg part....NOT so much!

Little Man's legs are so long, his knees were all squnched up! We just laugh...poor baby though! I hope the rest of his footed pajamas don't cause us to have the same problem because he has so many different super cute pairs!

One afternoon when the weather was really nice, I took little man outside on the front porch in his bouncy, and we decorated a pumpkin that KeeKee got us! We tried out all sorts of different faces! We wore our only halloween outfit that fits as well! He was more interested in the kids playing in the street though!

"I Love My Mummy"

The pumpkin we ended up staying with!

Sweet baby in his new favorite toy....his swing! This is what pretty much took the place of tummy time! Don't let him fall asleep on your chest though, and think your gonna get away with dropping him off here! Ha!

I just LOVE this picture! He looks so much like his daddy!

PRECIOUS!

Haha...we lost our paci!

Last Friday night, Auntie Allie came to stay with us, and on Saturday we went to the Pumpkin Patch for a little bit. We had a cute halloween outfit we were gonna put him in, but he was just too little! The pumpkin hat did fit though! =)

1st trip to the pumpkin patch!

We love our Punkin'

Ryder size pumpkin!!

More cute pajamas!!

Lil' Monkey Butt!

KeeKee went to Branson last weekend and got us this cute little outfit, that was just TOO perfect for Ryder! Haha...we all seem to call him "little man" cause he is! Ha...the wrinkles on his forehead, his big hands and feet, and he reminds us of Benjamin Button all the time! HA!

Going to eat lunch with PopPops!

His first grin caught on camera!!

We are blessed with such a HAPPY little man!