God is Good!

Tonight my little boy was so exhausted from the past few days that he fell asleep in my arms. God is good. I sat and cried my eyes out watching my little boy sleep in my arms while he held my hand. Rex came in the room and put Ry in his crib. He took the opportunity and stood and snuggled our little boy. Ryan Blesses me every second of everyday. I am honored to be his Mommy.

Family

I woke up this morning so excited to have Thanksgiving at our home tomorrow. I cannot believe that we will have about 35 people coming over to our house. I have to admit at one time I felt a little overwhelmed, but the more I think about it I feel Blessed. The more and more people I tell that 35 people are coming to my home the more I understand that this is not normal. Growing up we all tried to always celebrate holidays together and over the years as we all have gotten married we just have added more family members to the madness of the holidays. I know that I sound silly, but I thought all families did this. But like I said I am quickly realizing that this is not the case. You do not have to come from the same blood line to be family. So to the Buchanan, Kenyon, Gonzales, Rutkosky, Rutkosky, Roggenkamp and Orcutt clans; Rex, Ry and I would like you all to know on this Thanksgiving the thing that we are most thankful for is all of you. I know that I say this often, but we would not be the people we are today with out all of you. The best part is that we as parents get to share all of you with our son.

The simple things

Life can get so crazy that sometime we all need a reminder to slow down. Yesterday was my reminder. Mom called us early in the morning, she had made french toast-my favorite but only when my mom makes it. It is no secret that I love to spend time with my family every chance I get. But yesterday seemed extra special for some reason. Julie and the girls stayed the night so they were already at Mom and Dad's. So we packed up and all went over in our pj's.
We showed up to Johanna in her undies, Elisha fully dressed everyone else in their pj's and Julie and Grandpa Ralph still asleep. We ate a wonderful breakfast. I was enjoying my french toast and I looked over and both my parents are sitting around this little pink table with their Granddaughters. It was the cutest thing to see my Father sitting at a little pink table. The funny thing was that this is normal. My parents are amazing Grandparents, to all of the grandchildren. They love all of them and have special relationships with each individual child.
It always is amazing that my mother's sparkly house turns into a mad house with stuff everywhere when we are all there. She does not even blink an eye. They have every toy and everything there so we are all comfortable. Leroy showed up after work. We just had a great relaxing day with family. My favorite part was bath time. All three grandchildren took a bath in my parent's big tub. Which us kids us to do. After that it was the bed time routine. Lotion and pj's. Johanna turned up the music, and everyone danced and laughed. Well some of us cried- only because it was so amazing to step back and see the innocence of all three children. The room was filled with little giggles and all of the children trying to sing. Ry even tries to keep up with his cousins. At Gram's house the kids get to jump on beds and stay up late. They even get extra treats and tons of hugs and kisses. I guess what I am trying to say is that, family is family. And simple Sundays are so important to have. Life goes by so fast. I remember when it was Julie, Brian and I in that big tub in my parent's room. And now my son is in there with his cousins. WE ARE SO BLESSED-what else can I say.

Daddy and Ryan

I always love when Rex has time with Ryan, just the two boys. This is a picture of Ryan in Rex's Yamaha sweatshirt. This picture reminds me of me when I was little. He is all snugly in a sweatshirt that is way to big. Rex and Ry spent the morning together. I took Grandpa Ralph Christmas shopping. It was really nice to spend one on one time with him.

Morning Tea

I have decided that my favorite time with Ryan is in the morning. He usually wakes me up-big surprise. I can hear him playing in his crib or talking to his doll. Than I try to get him to come and snuggle with me in bed, this never works anymore. Ryan hits the ground running when he wakes up. So we wake up and walk around the house and open the blinds saying good morning to the sun. Than I put him in his highchair and I start breakfast. I usually have a cup of tea, toast and banana and he usually has his baby food. Lately he has been eating almost half my banana and today he had a bit of my whole wheat toast. The days of having a nice quite breakfast are over. I do not consider myself a morning person, but Ryan makes me want to get up. Everything is new to him and he seems so excited to wake up and start a new day. I love having my son as a date for breakfast. We are always in our pajamas and nothing else in the world seems to matter.

Rex has been tagged

1. I never thought I would be a singer, but I sing to my son every chance I get.

2. I wear boxers at home and boxer-briefs at work. :)

3. I love to do all of those honey-dos around the house.

4. Every time I get a hair cut, I take another shirt to change into because I hate all of the hair on me.

5. I secretly want to be a photographer, I love to take pictures.

6. I love new shoes, especially new tennis shoes.

7. I still have and wear a shirt from 6 grade baseball- Go Braves!!!

I have been tagged

How Fun, I have been tagged, by my Sister Julie. I am tagged and supposed to share 7 things that you don't know about me.

1. I am done wrapping my Christmas presents!!

2. I cry almost every night when I watch my little boy sleep. There is something so special about the innocence of a child.

3. I cannot sleep if my house is messy. (Thanks mom)

4. I love to cook and bake for others, I always have a meal on hand in case anyone stops by for a visit. So please stop by anytime if you are hungry :)

5. I love to organize and have a place for everything. I am a nerd at heart.

6. I want to adopt at least 2 children.

7. This is new-I love to cut coupons and find sales. It is kind of addicting.

I hope that you learned something new about me!

Trying to escape

Last night Rex and I laid Ry down for the night. About 20 minutes latter we could hear him in there moving around. He likes to roll over and play with his toy that is connected to the crib. He has figure out that if he kicks it or hits it the music will stop and start again. He also has a doll that he sleeps with that his Aunty Niea sent him all the way from Germany. Anyway last night we both went to check on him and it looked like he was trying to escape. He had pulled down the bumper and was reaching his arms out of the rails of the crib. It was cute that we had to take a picture. We were laughing so hard. I think it is one of those things that is only funny to the parents but I thought I would share.

Little Man

I love this picture. Ryan just woke up and Rex had just changed him. His hair has a mind of its own. I love that he has rosy cheeks when he wakes up. It reminds me of Grandpa Ralph. Two nights ago Ryan had whole wheat noodles for the first time. He loved them. I cannot believe he is seven in half months old. He is crawling better each day. It is pretty funny to watch. He officially has a play room. Our extra room is now an office and play room for the kids. It has turned out really cute.

My Amazing Husband

Yesterday I was taking a nap because I had a terrible migraine. Rexer had a work meeting so he was out and about. Instead of waking to a crying baby I awoke to a beautiful bouquet of Lilly's and roses. It was a nice change. Rexer always has a way of making me feel loved, appreciated and beautiful. I am thankful for my amazing husband and honestly really wanted to share.

P.S He also spent way to much on these flowers so I wanted others to enjoy them.

We are done Christmas shopping!!!!

Bump on the head

My cute little boy has a big bump on his forehead. I was running around this morning trying to get ready to leave the house and I set Ryan down by some of his toys. I ran upstairs and I heard a thump followed by him screaming. I ran down stairs like a mad woman to see my little boy crying and smiling at the same time. He has a beautiful wooden fire truck that we found at a second hand store. He always wants to pay with it, it all comes apart and he can undo some of the big wooden pieces. He crawled over to it and seriously bumped his head. I think he was proud of himself that he made it to the fire truck, but he was really hurt. He has a huge bump on his head that is all red. Of course we went to go show Daddy and Rex did not even notice it. It was so traumatic for me. It is always amazing to me that when anything happens to your child everything seems to matter and everything is worse case scenario. Ryan is fine, it was me that I think that Rex was worried about. But how can I help it that is my little boy. I always knew that I would love my son, but I never thought I would be in love with him. As all mothers understand the love that you have for your children is unlike anything you could ever express. Here is a picture of the HUGE BUMP on Ryan's forehead. -yes I know you can hardly see it.

Shower time

So I have to share my funny shower story. Today I was taking a shower and trying to shave my legs for like the third day in a row. But as all of you moms know there is not such thing as an uninterrupted shower once you have children. I looked over at Ryan and he was about to put Rexers boxers in his mouth. When I take a shower if Ry is not asleep than I set up a blanket and several toys in our bathroom for him to play with. Well Ryan was apparently not interested in the toys and went straight for the dirty clothes. He is not fully crawling, but he is so close. He can crawl backwards and I am assuming that is how he got to the dirty clothes. I was laughing so hard, he never got them in his mouth. Ryan thought it was pretty funny that Mommy jumped out of the shower and ran over to him laughing and waving my arms. I yet again did not get to shave my legs-well I guess I will try tomorrow.

Pancake Feed

On December 6th is the 12 annual Pancake feed at the Fire Department. This will be the third year that Rex and I will be the main organizers. It will be at the Sumner Station from 9-12.

Rexer goes back to work

On November 30 Rex will be returining to shift work. We are thrilled. He has been on light duty for the past 6 months. He tore his ACL May 1st and had surgery on June 16th. I am really excited, but I have not been alone in our new home yet. I am a little nervous, but I have a great support system all within 5 miles north and south of me. He is counting down the days until he gets back on shift work. The fire department has been amazing and totally taken care of us.

Our first blog

My amazing sister has inspired us to do a Blog. I thought that it was cheesy at first, but I have loved reading her blog. Also I think it is a great way for people to get updates about our family. So I hope that our blog will Bless you all as my sister's has Blessed me.