Ryan's new blanket

Ryan has recently realized that we are separate people. Such actions as leaving the room (even while Jesse is holding him) elicits anger and un-soothe able crying It has also made bedtime a whole lot more difficult. So I decided to make him a blanket. Hopefully said blanket will help him to feel comforted when against; bedtime, gas and the garbage truck (it terrifies him).
If you want to make them they are really easy. Just let me know.

In other news...

Jesse when on a trip to Salt Lake today to meet the company that is sponsoring his capstone project. And he came home with a new addition to our liar's club items.

Is it a nose guard?

Maybe a snoot/drool catcher... you will have to make some guess and perhaps we will tell you ;)

Kicking

Yesterday Ryan discovered that he could make the elephant jingle by kicking it. It is now one of his favorite things to do while in the swing. Again no sound... Jesse's camera is missing the necessary software to allow the sound to upload :P Maybe a driver will help the problem...

Big kicking... soccer player maybe? Then it looks like he gets plan scared of the rattle. LOL

Dreams come true...

Well today ends my first week as a stay at home mom in my own house. And although I am rather sleep deprived life could not be better.This is the Father's Day card I gave to Jesse. It is right dreams really do come true.





Here are 10 things that make me happy (in no particular order)...

1. Rocking my baby to sleep
2. The smile Ryan gave me this morning when I laid him on my lap before nursing him.
3. Falling asleep snuggled up next to Jesse
4. Dancing to the car radio with Jesse
5. Good produce... especially when it's cheap :)
6. Having a full pantry and freezer
7. Hearing Ryan gulp as he nurses
8. Jesse's goofy antics
9. A shower without baby interruptions
10. Sitting in sacrament surrounded by my family and friends and hearing them sing the hymns.

Diaper Changes

Some kids enjoy diaper changes, like Ryan's cousin Emma. She hates being wet and starts to giggle when she realizes that her diaper is about to be changed. Not Ryan... he usually screams through the whole experience.

Now I debated on the appropriateness of this post. If you do not like descriptions of diaper changes or think that poop is gross do not continue reading. If you are a mom or would like to laugh at me please continue.

It started out as a very calm diaper change which is a rare thing in our house. I apparently should have waited about 5 minutes before I started this one...
... So I lay Ryan down and start the normal diaper change. I am wiping him off when he starts to poop. Thinking it would just be a little gas I try to catch it in the wipe... quickly realizing that my wipe is very insufficient I reach for a cloth diaper and stick it under him. Having recently moved back to our apartment we do not have a garbage can in the baby room (why I have no idea). And the wipe is so dirty I don't want to put it down.
I sprint to the kitchen garbage and throw the wipe in. I get back to Ryan and see that his face is a little wet. Thinking it is just spit up I reach for our last newborn sized diaper. It was then I realize that it was pee, not spit-up and indeed he had gotten everything in the pack-and-play (where I was changing him) wet, including himself. I grab the pack of ones and fish one out of the plastic casing and notice that it is very big on him.
After wrestling with it for a second I realize the back is slimy. I had not gotten all of the poop off of the changing area and the back of the diaper is now covered in it. Off the diaper comes and at this point Ryan has had enough and starts screaming. Finally two disposable and two cloth diapers later he is ready for the day. (Amazingly the outfit I had laid out never got dirty)

After we get back from the doctor's I will find a garbage can for that room.

Rolling Take Two

Alright so I finally got him on camera. My camera is a little lame and has no sound.

After he rolls over, he gets really angry. I am not sure why.

So I ask myself... how is he suppose to have tummy time when he won't stay on his tummy? I suppose he is trying really hard to learn how to roll from his back to his tummy.

Rolling

Yesterday night I set Ryan down on his tummy on the Mobile Merry Monkey Mat, while Jesse and I were getting dinner ready. I came back and notice the Ryan had turn himself 90 degrees and had rolled onto his back. To insure that this was not simply the aligning of the stars we again put him on his tummy (this time on a blanket) and he rolled again. He managed to do it one more time last night before passing out on the blanket. He either rolls best when upset or he gets upset while trying to roll.


This morning he rolled a 3/4 roll on our bed. He would have made it all the way but he got tangled up in our sheet. Of course every time I was ready with the camera to watch him roll he wouldn't do it. So here is a picture of him passed out after all of his hard work.

Back in Provo

Well here we are back in Provo. I will catch up on my summer blogging. Really.
We came back to new carpet, our furniture all out of place and no hot water! Thankfully Lauren was kind enough to air out our house while we were gone and the new carpet smell was all but gone. Jesse, Lauren and Jake made quick work of getting the furniture back into place. It is great to be home again.

Ryan is adjusting to his new home and the new time zone. Jesse is starting his new semester of classes and getting ready to take the GRE in a few weeks. I am trying to get our house back in order and adjusting to being a stay at home mom.