First Ultrasound

So we had our first ultrasound today. It was really exciting. You can't see much in the pictures because the baby just kept moving. The doctor said it's a very active baby. That scares me a little because I already have one very active baby! The whole time I was pregnant with Ryan my stomach always had some awkward bulge that wouldn't stay still. So the official due date is January 14th. We are super excited and are kind of hoping for another boy, but we'll take what ever we are given!



Also, I know everyone is probably sick of hearing me say this, but I am participating in the Relay for Life. It is a fundraiser to raise money to help fight cancer. Each participant is encouraged to raise $100. Both of my grandpa's have had cancer and one passed away because of it. I'm sure everyone has been affected by it. I am way excited to be a part of this. If you would like to donate you can do it really easy online, and it's safe. You just go to this website and click on my name
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=14702&team_id=431831. Any size of donation is great no matter how big or small. (I think if you do it online the minimum donation is $5 so if you want to do less you can just give it to me.) The race is July 10th and 11th, so they would prefer getting the money by then, but they will accept donations until August. Thank you so much for your help!

If you haven't already heard....

Dax and I are expecting baby #2! I guess if I posted about it on my other blog, I better do it on this one too! We are way excited! I'm a little nervous because my one already keeps me very busy! It will be a lot of fun though. It will be coming in January. It would be nice if the baby came a couple of weeks early and then it would be on our tax returns :) Totally kidding, but it has crossed my mind. (Is it bad to call my baby an "it"? What is the right thing to say anyways?)

I have been pretty sick with this one too, but I am hoping it won't last much longer. Poor Ryan could probably tell you what show is next on PBS, since I don't feel like doing much. I do manage to get him outside almost everyday, which I know he loves. He really is a good kid and I can't wait to see him playing with a sibling.

We have an ultrasound on Monday and I am already getting anxious. It's killing me to not know what we are having yet either because there are so many killer sales right now! I guess I better just stock up on things for both genders right?

This photo contest ends today so I am probably too late, but hey it's worth a try. I was gone for a week and was just catching up on everyone's blog since I woke up at 6:30 and just barely read about it. So here is the address of the website http://sweetlillyphoto.com/wordpress/. She takes really good pictures!

Fun with Photos

So since I have been trying to keep up with my new blog I have kind of slacked with this one. Well I have been playing with this photo editing program that I just downloaded and you can even make collages. So here is the cute collage that I made with it. If you want to know the fun thing I downloaded to do it just check my other blog tomorrow and I will tell how you do it. I just don't want to type it twice. You can click on it to see it bigger.

I Need Advice

Ok moms out there, I need some advice before Ryan drives me crazy. He has started gagging himself to the point that he throws up. It is only when we are in the car. I try to stop him but I can't reach him and when I give him toys to distract him he usually throws them and starts doing it again. It makes me sick to sit and listen to him gag himself! Not to mention that his clothes smell like barf! Has any one else had this problem? What did you do? Thanks for any advice. Maybe I will post something a little more light hearted soon :)

New Blog

Hey I just wanted to let everyone know I started a new blog called Simple and Sensible. I am always looking for ways to make life easier so I thought I would start a blog sharing everything I have learned. It's just going to be simple ideas for cooking, activities with kids, money saving ideas and so on. Please share this with anyone you think would like it. The address is simpleandsensible.blogspot.com. I am going to try to put up a new idea every day. We'll see how long I can keep it up.

Keep scrolling down, there is another new post about my cute little guy!

Lot's of Fun

Well for Easter Ryan got cute outfit from Grandpa and Grandma Larsen, and a Chocolate bunny from Grandpa and Grandma Wood. So here are a few pictures with both. He wanted to share his chocolate bunny with everyone, but it was kinda slimy. Poor Amber has to always put up with him sharing everything. I"m glad he likes to share, but I don't care for ABC (already been chewed) food! Also, we have been going to the park by our house and Ryan loves it. His favorite is the tube slide. He even climbs up and goes down by himself. He is growing up way too fast!









Speaking of growing up too fast, my baby started nursery on Sunday. They said he did pretty well. He cried when other kids cried though. The only had to bring him to me once and that was because he needed his bum changed. Yay for being able to listen at church again. This little outfit was his Easter one, but I didn't get any pictures on Easter Sunday. It was kind of a busy day. But I think he looks like a stud in them. I am trying to learn how to take pictures, I hate paying sooo much money for something that I could easily learn. So if you have any pointers on how to take amazing pictures I would love to hear them. Oh and there some cute pictures of him playing with bubbles too. I was trying to get some good pictures of him but he wouldn't look at me so my sister had to break out the bubbles. But we got some really fun pictures of him.








I love how he always runs with his little tongue out now!


This one is one of my favorites...he just looks like he is imagining he is going to fly away or something. Really, he was closing his eyes because bubbles were falling down on him.

I Love Baby Steals!

So for any of you moms who don't already know about this website, it is the coolest (yet most dangerous on the budget). It is called babysteals.com. Everyday at 9 am they put up a new baby or mommy item that is a lot cheaper than usual. It's like 50-80% off. Amazing! I have bought some awesome things and just wanted to share it with you. Of course I have ulterior motives, they are having a contest where you can win $150. So feel free to post about it so you can win too! I hate to admit it but I have become quite addicted to it. Everyday at 9, no matter what I am doing, I race back to the computer so that I can beat everyone else to the steal. One time they even put a wrong price on an item and they still gave it to me for that price. I got an $80 blanket for under $20. It was a lucky day! Anyways, they really have great stuff so if your budget and husband are ok with it...then check it. (They are here in Utah but they ship stuff any where in the U.S.)

Guess What I Found

So for Christmas I got a new camera and completely forgot about my old one. I found a roll of film that was done from a few months ago. So the pictures are old but still cute! I will have to add a few more later because I need to rotate them and it's not letting me so I am going to have to figure it out first.

Here's Ryan's first time in the snow. He loved it! He would just giggle when we went outside and it was snowing. Most of the time he just sits in the snow and eats it.


Ryan LOVES bananas. He eats a whole one every morning for breakfast. No wonder he looked so natural in his Halloween costume below!


Dax's mom gave Ryan a little bunny for Easter last year. It plays music and he loves it. Well one day I heard him getting mad and came out to see the he had managed to force the head of the bunny through the gate while trying to get it from the other side. It was pretty funny.


Trick-or-Treating wore this little monkey right out!


I made this costume for him and I was worried he was going to hate it. He actually did okay with it and I manged to catch a few pictures with him actually wearing the ears. He sure made a cute little monkey.

Sewing Class Anyone?

Hey if anyone is interested, I am taking a sewing class and don't want to do it by myself. It's going to be super fun. It is only one night (April 23) from 6 pm to 10 pm. It is only 10 bucks and all you have to bring is 2 yards of fabric and a matching 7 inch zipper to make a cute skirt. The class is through Bridgerland ATC and it only holds 10 people. Last I heard there were only 3 people (including me) registered. So if there is a few people who want to do that would be great. Just let me know if you want to and I will get you the rest of the information. Just think of it as a night that your husband gets to spend with the kids :) Don't our husbands need more time with their kids anyways?

It's About Time!

I'm being a slacker again. I check to see if anyone has updated their blog everyday, but I never update my own. It's pretty much because I am lazy. Anyways, last week was a fun one. It was our Anniversary so Dax took 3 days off of work. He wouldn't usually just take 3 days off for our Anniversary, but it just so happens that it is over Spring Break, and he needed a break. So on Monday morning he and a bunch of guys got together to play X-Box. And since my life is so exciting, I tagged along. It was fun though because Paola came with her husband and little girl. It was snowing like crazy that day so we decided to take them for a ride in the sled. It was really cute, but Ryan wasn't to happy when we would start pulling the sled and Lucia would fall back on him (as you can tell by some of his facial expressions).





Later after Lucia had left Ryan's other friend Landon came over. It was so funny to watch them play together. We took Ryan's little firetruck with us and he would go sit on it, then Landon would push him around. The funny part is that Ryan is bigger than Landon. Eventually i made him switch places, but they had fun with that too.


Anyways, the rest of the time that Dax had off we were pretty lazy, but it was nice to just be together. Dax let me go shopping and get a new shirt on our Anniversary. And he got to go buy another controller for is Playstation. Then my sister, who is always so nice to babysit, came over and Dax and I went out for dinner. Then we all watched a movie. It was fun. I can't beleive its been 3 years already. It's been a great three years. I love Dax and he is a great husband and father. Lately Ryan has liked Dax a lot and always wants to cuddle with him. It stinks that I have to compete to get cuddle time with him. Dax works really hard keeping us all healthy and happy. He really is a wonderful husband and both me and Ryan are lucky to have him. We LOVE you!!



Look how young (and skinny) we were! I tried on my wedding dress, just for fun, and it totally doesn't fit. Thanks Ryan!

Catch Up!

So it's been a little while since I have shown of the cutest kid ever. So brace yourself...I am going to post lots of pictures.

A while back I went with my mom to the wet pack cannery in Ogden to get some frozen fruit. It's been great to have raspberries and strawberries always on hand...but I couldn't figure out what to do with all of those blueberries. Well I thought I would let Ryan try them...and as you can tell from the pictures we now have a new favorite food. Warning to all mothers...after feeding your child lots of blueberries be prepared for what will come out the other end! Not pleasant!


This is to show how many he ate...it stained his little fingers blue!

When you can't get enough with your hands, you just dump them in


He is trying to eat them without using any hands...silly goose!


Notice the little blue stained mouth...hehehe

This next little bit Dax isn't too proud of...but it's so cute. It's a good thing he doesn't read our blog or he would kill me for showing everyone this. I was making a tutu just for fun to see if I could and I had good intentions on giving it to someone with a little girl. I wasn't sure what size it turned out to be so I thought I would just try it on Ryan to see. I figured he would just tear it off like he does with anything I put on him....but I was surprised. He loved it and just ran around the house smiling. I finally had to hide it because if he saw it he would just cry to wear it. These are definitely pictures that we are going to show a future wife :)


Look how happy he is!



This is what happened when I took it off! Hilarious! And yes I put it back on...could you say no to that face?

(So, I think I need to send this cute little tutu home with my niece)

Ok so this will be the last batch. Ryan's new thing is to sit on me or Dax whenever we are laying down. He loves to ride or even just sit and bounce on our backs. In these pictures Dax was trying to take a nap...and I am such a nice wife, instead of taking Ryan of and letting him rest i just grab the camera and giggle. The only bad thing about this is that I had a friend over who's baby was laying on her tummy playing and Ryan went over and tried to ride on her back...so now I guess we need to teach who he can and can't sit on! Also, he likes to go and sit on Dax's lap and bounce while he is trying to play his video games. Dax can't usually play when Ryan is around because he is climbing all over him...I love it!


Poor Dad!


Ok...I know I said the last little bit was the last but then I saw this picture and wanted to show it. I gave Ryan a little hair cut...mostly just so he would look like Grandpa Munster. Afterwards, I decided to give him a cute little style. The mowhawk was a little strange so now I just style it like his dads...will a little spiky thing in the front...I'm not sure what it is called...but he looks dang cute...I will definitely post a picture!



I hope all is going well for everyone. I love reading your blogs...I check them everyday...sometimes more than once, so keep me busy and keep updating them.

Giveaway!

I go this off Amber's blog. So go check it out. It's a giveaway for a free photographs. I checked out her blog and she takes really good pictures! http://sweetshotsphoto.blogspot.com/

You Can Win!!

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It'll be done this year. {might be a little while}
4. You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry or maybe even some creation I haven't even invented yet (but Heaven knows it will most likely be super shiny or look like it got attacked by a bedazzler). I may draw or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!

*Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!*

Late 1st Birthday

I know his birthday was over 3 months ago, but I was finally cleaning my house and found some pictures that my parents had taken. (Maybe this will motivate me to clean my house more often...probably not...but maybe) We forgot our camera, which is not uncommon, so my brother and parents took some pictures for us. Which reminds me...I still haven't asked my brother for those pictures. Anyways, I made Ryan a little mini bumble bee cake to let him all my himself. It was so funny, at first he was looking at us like "Are you really letting me do this?". Eventually he got totally into it and had cake everyone. Drew, my little nephew was so grossed out by him and told him to stay away. It was a lot of fun. I can't believe how much my baby has grown up. I am starting to feel old. (I drive a van so that doesn't help. For some reason I always pictured older people with vans.) Well here are the pictures. I love the one of him opening his present...he looks so excited.









So I started cleaning again after I posted and found another cute picture that is from Halloween. Hey maybe eventually I will even get Christmas ones up.....
Anyways, here is the monkey costume I made for him.

Coolest Shoes Ever!

This is extremely late, but life has been a little crazy and I have been very lazy. For Christmas, Dax's brother gave us a gift card to amazon.com. Part of the money went to buying Ryan the coolest shoes ever. I never lose him when he has them on. But they are definitely outside shoes. I about went crazy the first day he had them on inside. This video isn't the best, at first he was just going crazy in them, but by the time I found the camera he was being pretty normal. Thanks Danny for the gift card. Also, thanks everyone for the support with me going on TV. I was extremely nervous, if you saw the show you could probably tell. Anyways, they are going to send me a copy of the show so when I get I will think about posting it for those who didn't see it.

I'm going to be on TV!!! AHHHH!

Holy Cow! This morning I was taking a nap and got an awesome phone call! I watch Studio 5 almost everyday. For those of you outside of Utah you probably have no idea what this is. It's a show that they show you craft ideas, recipes, exercise tips, and tons more. Anyways, they are doing a segment about making unhealthy recipes healthy. So I decided to send one in just for fun. I never win anything so I figured nothing would happen. So that phone call was the producer or something calling to tell me that they picked my recipe! I am going to be on the show on Friday at 11 am! I can't believe it! I am still shaking with excitement and nervousness! I have never been on TV except to sing for the YW General meeting. I told Dax I need to go on a shopping spree now...you have to look good for TV!

Sledding, Dancing, Eating

Sledding:
For Christmas Ryan got snow boots and a sled from Grandma and Grandpa Wood. His first experience sledding wasn't the best. As soon as we set him in the snow he fell and face planted into the snow. That kind of ticked him off so he was a little grumpy. His favorite thing to do is just eat the snow, or watch it fall from the sky....he thinks that is quite funny.





Dancing:
We have quite the little dancer. It started out as just him standing, holding on to something and moving back and forth. But as you can see from the video his dancing has changed quite a bit...thanks to Dad's example.


Eating:
I don't like when Ryan gets messy when eating so usually I just feed him or give him things that aren't too messy, but I have decided he really needs to learn to feed himself no matter how hard it is for me to watch. Anyways, I gave him a fork and bowl of Mac & Cheese. I showed him how to scoop it out but he still just held the fork and then used his fingers to eat. Once he couldn't reach the food in the corner of the bowl this is what he did....

Giveaway!

There is an awesome giveaway (Thanks Camille). Just go here http://sunshineandlemonade.blogspot.com/. Good Luck!

Check out the cute pictures below too!

Like Father, Like Son

I think most people know that Dax loves video games. I think it must be a gene. Ryan absolutley loves them too. I don't like that he likes them so much, but Dax loves it. He always says how fun it will be to play video games with his son. Anways, Ryan knows how to turn the Xbox on and he knows to push buttons and move the toggles on the controllers. So here are my two gamers playing together.




Dax and I are doing a little side job for a friend of his to earn some extra money, but it requires some traveling and Ryan isn't the best at riding in the car. He is not one to hold still for long periods of time. If you've been around him you have probably noticed that he never stops. Anyways, towards the end of our long car ride Ryan was getting a little bored and when he gets bored he gets loud. So I tried giving him a bunch of different toys but nothing was working. So finally I handed him a little doll that Dax's aunt gave him for Christmas and all of the sudden he was quiet. He loves the doll! His favorite thing is to sit and tickle his own face with its crazy hair. After he tickles his face there is always a little giggle. Anyways, that doll saved us from going crazy...Thanks Aunt Deanne!