a little catchin' up

These are a few of my favorite pics from the last few weeks

Grass, pickles, and Grandpa

We decided to have a picnic one Sunday dinner at
Grandpa and Grandma's, but decided it was a little
too cold so we had one inside in the floor. It was way
fun. The food we ate made it really seem like a summer
picnic. Ryker got to taste lots of yummy new foods and
decided he liked the PICKLES the best. No sour face,
he really loved them.









I just thought these were pretty cute pictures.
He loved feeling the cool grass on his toes





Ryker and Grandpa playing with a magnifying glass

WOW!!! This last few weeks have been total chaos. We arrived home from our vacation on a Sunday night, then Jesse got laid off on Monday. We were in total shock for a day or two, then mad, but then we both had a sense of peace about it. I am not sure how I can feel so calm about it all just having bought a house and all. Sometimes the things that we think would be the worst things in the world actually turn out pretty good. I am not sure how all this will end, but I do know that it has brought Jesse and I closer, helped us refocus on what is really important and strengthened my testimony of tithing, prayer, and food storage. We have great families who will help us through this and I am very thankful for them.



We are officially moved into our new house as of Saturday. It feels so good to be living there even though it is a total disaster. We are laying tile(well Jesse is ) and got brand new carpet. I thought it would be so stressful doing so many repairs on the house, but it has actually been pretty fun so far.

Ryker is nine months old now and trying so hard to crawl. We think it will be any day now. Goodbye freedom of having an immobile baby, hello babyproofing. He got pretty sick during our vacation and it turned into two ear infections. He is doing much better now though. We have a park and a bike path right next door that we are excited to put to use as soon as he is better and this DANG March wind stops.

Well who knows where my camera is or the cable for the computer so I will post some new pictures soon.

San Diego

We had such a fun time in San Diego. We went to the zoo, seaworld, played on the beach and just hung out. One day I rented a beach cruiser bike with a baby seat on the back. Ryker loved it. We cruised around Mission beach.

8 mOnThS oLd

Wow, another month has come and gone. I love this little guy so much. He is so fun. He is growing so fast I can't stand it. I try to enjoy every single day. He is my life.

Rykers first trick

We have been working on this for a while and now he always does it. It is so cute and I love being able to watch him learn.

A little catching up

We have been computerless for a while so we are pretty behind on the blog. Here is a little recap of some of the latest
Ryker is now 8 months old.
He is really starting to try to scoot around.
We still haven't closed on our house
We hope to be closing on our house on the 13 of March

Now here a couple cute videos and pictures.

I'm 7 months old!!!

I love peas
I refuse to roll over
I eat everything I can get my hands on
I like sleeping with my mommy and daddy
I like to eat rice krispies
bath time is the funnest time of day
I will smile at you even if I am mad
I love to go on walks in my stroller
My mom is my favorite person
My favorite toys are measuring spoons and a toothbrush(and my new jungle train at grandma's house)
I LOVE to jump in my jumperoo

Ok so as most of you know Jesse and I are currently in the process of buying our first home. Well I am beginning to think its like some sort of right of passage into adulthood or a form of hazing. I am starting to loose hope. Just when we think we are about to close, we find out it is pushed back a few more days. We were supposed to close a week ago but ran in some glitches and thought we weren't getting it then found some good news and now we haven't heard from anyone today. BooHoo poor me I know but see we moved almost all our stuff over to the garage of the new house a couple hours before closing on Friday. Then we didn't close. So There is nothing in my current house except our mattress and some clothes. I think its going to be a long week.

Visit from Grandpa

Last Sunday my Grandpa Bourne came to visit. It was a surprise and we had a great visit. It was so neat to have Ryker meet his Great Grandpa..

Who needs a playpen......

when you have a perfectly good box??

This might help me get through the rest of winter...

Just looking at it makes me think of spring

Hmm...I don't have anything to match. I guess I will have to go buy a new outfit.