I have ONCE AGAIN been talked into something by my BF, Lacey Pease! LIKE I NEED TO TAKE ON SOMETHING ELSE! Because of her I can not only add PINTEREST ADDICT to my resume but now BLOGGER!?!?! I have been wanting to start one for a while, not to whine about the world or how I hate things I can't change but to merely document my life and sort of use this as a Baby Book for my sweet angel RYDER! He may be 15 months but I guess it's a better time than any, besides the first year would have been boring to any reader- LOTS of PUKING, CRYING and POOPY CHANGES. They were all experienced with love and admiration though. Wouldn't have changed a thing. SOOOO if you are annoyed with my constant statutes on Facebook about Ryder and how wonderful he is than maybe you should not follow this. HAHAHA, it's mainly something for me to look back on years down the road when he wants nothing to do with me bc of sports and girls. 15 years down the road this will be my cue to cry......
First, I want to thank Jamie Mays for giving me a little inspiration on how I want to layout my blog. LOVED your "bullet" style points on what you and your family are doing week by week. I am totally stealing that idea from you! :-) Thanks! P.S. I MUST GET THAT WALKER BACK TO YOU. If I turn my back for a second Ryder has turned into a secret Ninja and climbed in it while SCREAMING bc he can't get out. It's exhausting! You would think he has chopped a finger off in the paper shredder or poked his eye out with his toothbrush. NO, he is stuck in the walker......
- What's new with me!?!?!?! I am seriously busier than ever but it's a good thing. When people ask how I am and I say BUSY with this exhausting SIGH I get the same reaction, "Well, that's a good thing!" SO I know beat them to the punch! IT'S A GOOD THING! Work is NUTS (but it's a good thing, hehe). I am always very thankful and feel extremely blessed for the success JRB is experiencing. It's turned into "Never A Dull Moment" kind of thing but I'll take it. Nothing worse than being BORED! Special shout out to Mark Zuckerburg, FB has changed the way our business runs.
On top of working, working, working I am juggling the most important role- BEING A MOMMY to Baby (not a baby anymore but it just flows so well with his name) Ryder. He is my WORLD. Sometimes I wonder how I am doing it everyday but God isn't throwing me anything I can't handle. Being a working mother is the toughest job in the world but it's what I have to do and I'm blessed. I know we are able to do the things we can do because me and Travis bust our butts everyday for our family. God is rewarding us with this wonderful life. PRAISE GOD! I do have a once-a-month breakdown but I just have to suck it up, wipe the tears and know my mother and father were hard workers and that is rubbing off on me. I turned out fine and Ryder will appreciate his mother being a provider just like daddy! Plus, I'm blessed with my other BF, Stephanie Bennett, who I seriously talk to DAILY! It is something I can not explain. Being able to talk to someone who completely understands what you're going through and has a sweet baby pretty much the same age sometimes helps me make it through life. It's also a great feeling to know I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE! Things could be worse and I'm not naive to believe something could change tomorrow that could be devastating but trusting in God is what it's about.
OK, enough with me! LOL.
-Ryder is about a week shy of turning 15 months and HAS TURNED INTO SUCH A LITTLE BOY! He seriously makes me laugh and worry everyday! We are probably on our 5th busted lip, 3rd Skinned Knee and 2nd busted nose. Sounds like I'm negligent or beat him but there is just NO STOPPING this wild man. I do love it though, nothing better than a little kid with "personality". Thought it would be fun to look back on what his obsession is this week/month down the road:
1. DORA- as cute as it was in the beginning it's becoming a slight problem! I do let him watch it for 30 minutes in the morning while I'm getting ready or at night when I'm cooking (not gonna lie, it's usually Travis doing all the cooking now) but it was getting to the point where he would eat breakfast and point to the TV or find the remote, shove it in my face and whine. He is IN LOVE with this chick. He can spot her anywhere and it just makes him happy. We have knocked it down a little and only let him watch it while we are super busy. He has finally kicked the begging! It is cute to see how excited he gets when the theme song comes on though. His interpretation is: DO, DO, DO, DO, DO, DOR AAAGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE IT!
Ryder watching Dora in Trav's old chair! HOW SWEET IS THAT!?!?!
2. TOOTHBRUSHES- Lord, HELP ME! When I am in the bathroom he literally stands under the sink cabinet and tries to reach for the counter to get this Spongebob toothbrush! I guess this is a good thing and I will remember this one day when I CAN'T get him to brush his teeth! When it's time to do our morning/nightly routine I say, "Let's go brush our teeth!" His eyes light up and seriously RUNS to the bathroom! He has to hold me and Trav's toothbrush while I brush his. Sometimes he tries to brush mine while I brush his. It MELTS MY HEART! He thinks it's SO funny! BUT then it turns into a nightmare. As soon as those little teeth cleaning devices gets ripped from his tiny, sweet hands the meltdown occurs. You would think something DEVASTATING just happened. He also wants to run around with them but we all know how that will end. NOT PLEASANT!
3. INDEPENDENCE- ALREADY!?!?!?! I did not get the memo! Is this already supposed to be happening?!?! I am a freak about messes so I would much rather give him finger foods. If he sees us eating with a spoon or fork HE HAS to eat with a spoon or fork! He is actually really good at it. I should be excited that he is wanting to learn all these "adult" like things but it's too much for me. HAHA! I have wondered if I should start using a sippy so he will not CRY to use my cup. He ONLY wants me and daddy's cup when he SEES it. He has transitioned GREAT to a sippy with cold milk but the world stops when he sees us drinking from cups! He is DYING to be a BIG KID!
4. DOGS- My sweet boy already has such a big spot in his heart for puppies which makes me happy! He will bark at ANYTHING that is an animal with a tail! We are working on that too! Can't have him running around barking at anything and everything! We have finally learned to ROAR like a Lion which is precious! His favorite little DOG book that we keep in his crib has withered into a disaster. The puppies heads and body parts have all been ripped off, the binding is gone and the ONE book has now become TWO. He LOVES THAT BOOK! I think we are going to keep it so we can show him one day how much he played with that thing. I think I will be a HOT MESS the day Samson leaves us. He is so sweet with Ryder and pretty much lets him do WHATEVER he wants to him. He just lays there like a good boy and is Ryder's little "Jungle Gym". I could watch them play ALL DAY!
This used to be ONE book!
So those are a few things that gets my boy giggling! Everyday is different so hopefully I will be able to have lots of new, funny obsessions up soon!
October is around the corner which means Halloween and decorating for the holidays! I can NOT explain how excited I am! This year will be SO much fun since he is MOBILE!
We went to the FAIR this past week and think we waited too long after his nap to go. He was a tad fussy but somewhat enjoyed the rides. All he wanted to really do was run around like a maniac and play with a golf cart he spotted. HUGE, EMBARASSING MELTDOWN ensued when I had to peel his lil fingers from the POLICE OFFICERS CART! Rides, Games, Colors and Lights EVERYWHERE and my boy is enthralled with a GOLF CART! CRAZY..... He, OF COURSE, loved the petting zoo. He barked at EVERYTHING and wanted to attack any animal that stuck their head out of a fence. He just doesn't understand not every animal is as patient and loving as Samson!
We had to cut our adventure short when he peed on himself after sliding down a MASSIVE slide! I'm sure it was the massive cup of milk then tea that caused his rare accident. I was so confused why I was soaking wet! Poor baby, guess that fast, huge slide scared him to death! HAHA!
AND so there ya go! My 1st Blog post is up! I can't wait to read this a year or so down the road and laugh at what my lil monkey is doing! Hopefully this will be a good way for my close friends and family to see how we are doing and watch me Raise A Russell.....
