Our Lunch Date

Ryder has a lunch date with Mommy every day when I go visit him at the babysitters on my lunch break. Today Ryder was playing on the floor when I got there, being as cute as ever. He was kicking his legs really hard, and would sometimes get the momentum to start turning to the side, as if he were going to roll over. I'm sure it will still be a while before he figures that one out, but today is the first day that I've even seen him try! This was a big event so we were all crowded around cheering him on!

Aunt Vicky saying "Come on Ryder, you can do it!"

Cody & Cameron had to get in on the action, but Ryder was more worried about watching them than trying to roll over. He wants to get up and play with the boys!

Read the shirt, this is a true statement!

And how much time do you think Ryder will spend in this little chair?? NO...not my angel!!

One Word Wednesday

*Leading*

A Few Updates

When Ryder woke up on Friday his eyes were swollen and he was acting like he didn't feel very good, so I decided to call the doctor and take him in. She assured me that it was just clogged tear ducts - nothing to worry about, I just have to massage them often to try to clear them out. While we were there, Ryder got weighed....are you ready....10 POUNDS 10 OUNCES! That's over a pound in just a week and a half (he finally caught up to my birthweight!). He must've been wore out because when we got home he laid on Daddy's lap and fell right asleep.

Also, both nights this weekend Ryder has gone to sleep at 9:30 and not woke up until 5:00! I can't believe it, but I'm so happy! It has been nice for both of us to get some much needed rest. Hopefully he'll stay on this schedule, pretty please?!

Playtime

Yaya bought Ryder a new toy, since he loves to kick his feet and move his arms now, she got him an activity gym to play with. I was so excited all day to come home and play! I tried to take pictures of my boy in action, but of course every time I went to snap a picture he would look at me instead of the toy. Oh well, he's still cute :)

Alright, no more pictures mom!

One Word Wednesday

*Expressions*

Sleeping Through the Night?

Not yet! I wish! The night before my first day back at work, Ryder surprised me and skipped his midnight feeding. When he woke up and the clock said 3:00 am, I was shocked! He picked the perfect night to decide to go a few extra hours without eating, Mommy was very happy about that long stretch of sleep. It has been about 13 nights since then and 11 of those he has done the same thing, bottle around 9 or 10 then sleep until 3. That schedule is nice because I have to wake Alan up at 3 anyway, so I feed Ryder, we go back to sleep for a few hours, then I wake back up at 5:30 to get ready for work, feed him again at 6, then we're out the door by 6:30. I love that I get to feed him two bottles in the morning, it's nice to spend a little QT with him before we have to rush out the door, but whenever he decides to skip the 3am feeding I won't be too upset to get the extra sleep.

Last night was one of the two nights that he went off schedule and decided to be up and hungry about every hour. As I sit here drinking my 3rd cup of coffee, still yawning, I'm hoping he's just going through a growth spurt and that we'll be back on our schedule in no time! Please God, have mercy on me, it's only Tuesday!

The shirt says it all, if I would just rock him all night long, he would sleep great!!!

Happy Father's Day!

If there's one thing that I've learned about the Marsh men, it's that the apples really don't fall far from the trees! From looks to personality to demeanor...even down to thoughts and simple movements, they just have so much in common. Alan and his Dad have a great relationship, and I'm positive that will follow suit with Ryder. If I had to guess some of the best life lessons that Alan learned from his Dad over the years they would be: Nothing in life is free, you work for the things you want/need. You must have respect to get respect. You can always find a little bit of humor in any situation. And best of all, sometimes the worst punishment comes from the simple statement "Just wait until your Father gets home!" Again, I expect all of this to be passed on to Ryder. Thank you Poppy for being such a great Father to Alan and Grandfather to Ryder! Poppy has been given the nickname "Swipe" by his friends, they seem to think that anything Ryder wants can be given to him with just a swipe of Poppy's credit card (there has even been talk of how much Ryder needs a Harley Davidson "TOYSTER"...the boy can't even walk yet!) I look forward to all the fun things Poppy, Alan, and Ryder will get themselves into in the coming years.


Happy VERY FIRST Father's Day Alan! Thank you for giving me a beautiful son (if I didn't give birth to him, you would think I didn't have much to do with it at all!) We love you so much. One day Ryder will read this post and realize how lucky he is to have such great men in his life!
Some of my favorite pictures of Alan with Ryder:

Evidence of how many diapers we changed the first week!!