Coming Home

We get to come home for a few days during Thanksgiving. We are super excited! It is about a 10 hour drive, so hopefully Ryker will do good. I have to work the Tuesday night, so when I get home Wed morning I will change and we will be on our way! YAY! I am hoping to get a little bit of sleep in the car. We will have to come back on Sunday. Dustin's mom is planning to come back with us for a few weeks to help take care of Ryker while I am at work. Dustin will be busy trying to study for finals, and so his mom graciously agreed to come help. We are grateful for that. Then December 12 or 13 we will be on our way back to Idaho again! That will be our 1/4 of the way done in Yak-a-hole mark. YAY!

My Sweet Baby

These pics are just a few Dustin took one night when I was at work. Dustin said that Ryker was on the floor playing with his toys while he was studying. All the sudden he hears Ryker batting at what sounded like a plastic bottle. Well, Ryker had gotten himself close enough to an old milk jug that was on the floor and he was hitting it. What a funny little baby! He is starting to get mobile now, so I guess we get to learn how to baby-proof our home now. :)


The next few pics were taken on November 9, Ryker's 7 month-old bday. I guess all parents feel this way, but I can't hardly believe that he is already so old! He is growing and learning so fast. I really love being able to take care of him.

Sleeping with daddy

This was too cute! One morning when I got home from work Ryker was in bed with Dustin. They were both sleeping all cuddled together. Ryker opened his eyes right as I took the pic, he must have heard me. I love coming home to my baby in the mornings!

Halloween

I know this is really late, but here is a few pics of our cute little frog! I was Sarah Palin. Dustin was, well, Dustin. Ryker looked adorable in his little frog outfit.



He also got a skeleton shirt from Grandma Z and Aunt Mike.
We had a fun night. We went to some friends house and watched Prom Night. It wasn't too scary, just a few parts that startled me enough to get a little scream. I wasn't the only one who jumped though, so it was ok :)

The Package

Aunt Mike and Grandma Z sent little Ryker his first care-package for Halloween. (They sent some good candy for me and Dustin too:) ) He liked pounding on the box before we opened it, and he loved playing with the stuff inside of it too. His little eyes lit up and got big as we pulled each item out of the box.




He even got his first taste of real candy. We let him suck on a sucker, but he was too interested in it. Mom doesn't mind that though :)



He really loves books. He would steal all of daddy's text books if we would let hime :)


There was a little bucket for him and he loved holding on to the handle and shaking it around.

Thanks Grandma and Aunt Mike for all the goodies!

My sister's visit!

It was so much fun to have my sister and her three kiddos come visit us in October! I was very sad to see them leave, but we had a good time while they were here. It surely made me miss Boise even more though, if that is possible. :)
Here are a few of the pics I took while they were here.

Poor little Braden's face...not more than an hour after they got here we were outside playing and he fell right into a 2x4 on our fence in the back yard. He was quite swollen and bruised the whole time they were here.


Brianna and Ryker became good buddies while they were here. Steph and I decided to do some canning while they were here. (17 quarts of applesauce and 22 quarts of apple chunks, so maybe it was a LOT of canning!) Brie took care of Ryker for us while we worked. It was fun for both of them!


My sister is so beautiful! I got some really good shots of her and Ryker while she wasn't watching. :)



This picture cracked us up! Ryker is sitting there with the rest of them...all of them being little couch potatoes! He loves to watch tv. Silly baby!

We get to go back to Idaho for Thanksgiving! I am so excited. I can't wait! It will be a quick trip, 1 day on the road each way, and 3 days there, but it will be so fun! It is crazy how much I have missed home since we moved to Washington. My sister told me that she will help me fix my blog or at least learn how to run it while we are there. That will be nice, because there are some really cool things that I have seen done, but I haven't really spent the time to figure out how to do them yet.
Anyway, school seems to be going ok for Dustin. He doesn't seem to get much, if any, homework done on the nights when I have to work...Ryker likes to have his undivided attention. LOL. Work is going good. I love working with kids...so much better than adults - no offense to all you adults out there. They are just smaller, cuter, less stinky, cleaner, less germy...the list goes on and on!
Little Ryker is doing great! He is such a cute little stinker! I hate leaving him when I have to come to work. Last night before I came to work he started scooting backwards on his belly...yikes! My fear is becoming a reality!!! I will have a mobile monster before long I am afraid. Guess it is time to start baby-proofing.
Well, that is all for now.

So I started work now, it is going good.
We don't have internet access at home right now, so I will update my blog when we get it back again...soon I hope :)

My sister is coming this upcoming week! I am super excited. This is the furthest I have lived away from home, and it has been kind of hard, having a little guy has made it even harder. I want him to grow up knowing his family! But, he is growing up fast none-the-less. I am so happy that my sis and her kids will be able to visit for a few days. Then we are hoping to go back for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
I had borrowed my sister's bassinet when Ryker was born, and I will be sending it back with her to Idaho when she comes. It makes me sad because that means Ryker is not my brand new baby anymore! He had his 6 month bday yesterday...crazy how fast time passes! We love him so much. He is such a fun little guy!

So I guess I finally got myself a blog. I don't really know how this works yet, but I guess I will figure it out! This is a pic from Dustin's White Coat Ceremony, a ritual for all first year med students. I will post more pics later.

Dustin is doing well in school. It keeps him very busy! Ryker and I hang out at home, go for walks with other spouses and moms, and hang out. He is such a sweet little baby boy!

We are hoping to go back to Idaho for Thanksgiving and Christmas, so that is super exciting! I start work next week, so that way we will have money to come :)

I guess that is all for now.