Katie's Cupcakes

My dear friend Katie made the most beautiful and delicious cupcakes for Ryan's blessing dinner. They were amazing and I had to make a special post just for her. Thanks Katie!!

Ryan's Blessing

March 7th:

Ryan's blessing day turned out great. Kent gave him a really nice blessing. We were so thankful to have all of our best friends there. After church we had dinner at Pete and Julie's house (big thanks to them for hosting us). I did most of the food, which was a little stressful, but not too bad. I owe a big thanks to all our friends for bringing the food they did and helping me get it all ready. I kind of felt all grown-up, arranging it all on my own. We had a fun evening talking. The star of the day (Ryan) was asleep in a back room during most of the night. We love Ryan so much and are so thankful he is apart of our family.





March 7th:

Rya

More of our little (but quickly growing) Ryan

Ryan is getting big! My guess is that he is 13lbs. He seems to be doing better. He still throws-up a lot and seems a little fussy after he eats, but he definitely seems happier. In fact, he's smiling now! I kind of caught one of him smiling in that picture of him and Jordan on the floor. More pictures of Ryan's blessing day to come...

Ryan update

I can't believe Ryan is already 3 weeks old. Time has flown by. We enjoyed two weeks of visits from my parents and Kent's parents. They were so much help. Jack and Jordan cried both times when each set of grandparents left. I'm a little nervous for this next week when I go at it alone. Ryan is such a sweetie...most of the time. I will admit that he is my hardest baby so far. He cries more than I remember the other two crying. He just seems to have a bellyache or gas or air in his belly. We're starting to figure him out though and we had our first 4 hour stretch at night last night :) He typically is up every 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Which means at 9:35pm I should be in bed sleeping instead of blogging. We love him so much and he makes us all laugh with his funny noises, cross eyes, and gassy smiles. He is already packing on the pounds and becoming my little chunky monkey. So far some nicknames that we have for him are: baby Ry, Ry dog, mister man, bugger, baby bear, and buddy.

Baby Ryan is here!

Finally! We are so happy Ryan is here safe and sound. We are just soaking him in and enjoying the first few magical days of having a newborn. We think he knew exactly what he was doing coming when he did. First, he was thinking of me and didn't come on my birthday. Second, he was thinking of Kent and came on a weekend so that he wouldn't have to ask for too much time off work and we would have a full week with Kent next week. And third, he was thinking of the kids because as of January 21st the hospital where I delivered lifted an age restriction that said that no kids under 14 yrs old could visit at the hospital, so the kids got to come and see us and have that special moment. It was so sweet to see how the kids loved him at first sight and had to take turns holding him over and over and over.

Here are his stats:
born: January 22nd at 7:44am
weight: 8lbs 6ozs
length: 21 inches

I wish I had some digital copies of the pictures of when Jack was a baby (we were old school then and just had a film), but we think they look SO much alike. Oh, and his offical name is: Ryan Morris Taylor. Morris is Kent's middle name, Kent's dad's middle name, and Kent's grandpa's name. We love him so much and are so thankful for him!

O.K. You Asked For It!!!

Alright, here is to hoping that no weirdos, strangers or just that very few people actually look at this blog. After having gone through two pregnancies and not having a single picture of my big 9 month pregnant belly, I decided that like it or not, it had to be done. Hopefully no one is sickened or offended by the skin picture! (mom or dad!!!) Still no baby, but I'm relieved that it won't be on my birthday. Here's to hoping for tomorrow :)