Sitting up by himself

9 Months

I can't believe my little man is already 9 months. He's growing up soo fast! Official stats from the Dr.: 28 inches long, 21 lbs 13 oz. and doing absolutely AWESOME!!

The New Phone

I think I have the worst luck ever... The other night I was just innocently getting out of my car and in the process of slamming my car door my phone falls out of my pocket, and boom ... bye bye Backflip.  It couldn't have just bounced off the car door or hit the pavement, it had to get smashed. But I have to say I LOVE the guys at the Sping AT&T wireless store on 1600 N in Orem. They fixed my account so we used the cell phone upgrade for my mom on my new phone. That way I only hade to pay $250 for a new one instead of $500. And they didn't even yell at me when I broke their display for cell phone insurance. Needless to say I did sign up for the insurance prior to breaking the glass dispaly case, but if I hadn't it sure would have convinced me to sign up for it. Anyways I now have the HTC Aria, its still a Droid phone so I have to say I'm liking it alot so far. Thankfully all my cute pics of Ryder-man were on my memory card so I didn't loose any of them.

The Sixth Month Mark

Well my little man is 6 months old now. Crazy how much he's grown into such a little man. He absolutely LOVES to laugh and does so all of the time. He's just now starting to roll over, however as soon as he gets on his belly he lifts up his little butt and tries to scoot, so I'm sure crawling isn't too far behind now. I'm sure it's just because he wants to chase after Jasper, he watches him ALL the time and absolutely LOVES his puppy, see video from previous blog.

Official stats at 6 months: 18 lbs & 25.5 inches long. I know it looks like he hasn't grown any taller, but the Dr. thinks we just stretched him too much last time.  He's still in the 75th percentile for weight & 50th for height. Dr. Spencer says he's doing really well, and we don't even look at his premie curve at all anymore.

My neighbor recently did a photoshoot of Ryder-man and I here are some of the pics. Aren't they just awesome!! Check out her blog leetaylorphotography.com

 

 

 

Ryder Laughing at Jasper

"Brotherly" Love

Well my little man is 5 months old now. It's crazy how it seems like he's been her for only a couple of weeks and then forever all at the same time. I haven't yet taken a picture of Ryder in his hat for 5 months, but I will soon, and to report he has moved up to the next size. At his Dr. appointment last week I got undeniable proof that he is growing just way too fast. Ryder has gone from the 5th percentile at his 2 month appointment to the 75th percentile last week. The official stats: 15 lbs 11 oz & 25 1/2 inchs long. He more than doubled his weight (had been 7lbs 10 oz). He's such a little charmer always smiling, laughing and he loves to "talk" and tell me stories in his own little language everyday when I pick him up from Grandma's house. He almost rolls over, he gets to his side and then just refuses to kick his leg over to go all the way, it's like he knows that he's not going to like being on his tummy so he just hangs out on his side :) Ryder also loves to sit up, he still has a little bit of a weeble, wobble look about him when he does, but he loves it!

Ryder is also starting to love to watch his "Brother" Jasper. He'll follow Jasper with his eyes as Jasper walks around. He also loves to touch Jasper. When Jasper cuddles at his feet, he'll actually flex his toes into Jaspers fur. Jasper is also really patient with him, except when Ryder tries to grab his beard and/or eye brows, the Jasper gets very unpatient for you to untangle Ryder's fingers.  The two of them have already started to conspire against me. Ryder will fuss just enough to get me to put my plate of food down, and as soon as I do Jasper swoops in and steals some food, I then yell at Jasper, which apparently is Ryder's cue to smile and giggle like that was the plan all along! Why do I have a feeling this is only the start of the trouble the 2 of them will get in together :)

The Hat continued ...

Ryder is 4 months old this week, which means another picture of him in his hat to show how much he's grown. He's still wearing the 0-3 month size but as you can see it's starting to look a little small.

On an unrelated note, can I just say how much I love Dr. Brown bottles. Since birth Ryder has had a problem with spitting up, and I mean ALOT. After eating he'd easily spit up 1-2 oz before his next feeding. I had tried everything, different kinds of formula, different acid medication, seriously everything. Then I just happened across the Dr. Brown bottles on Amazon started reading the customer reviews, one said that they couldn't believe how much difference they made in their baby spitting up. So I figured hey I guess it's worth a shot, and she was right. They made a HUGE diffrence, after the first feeding Ryder didn't spit up at all. He's been using them ever since, and only spits up like a normal baby now (after big belches). Dr. Brown gets 5 stars in my book and I highly recommend them.

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The Hat

Today is Ryder is 3 months old and I can't believe how much my life has changed for the better. I am back at work now, which is different and the same all at once. I do miss Ryder during my shifts, but thankfully I really love my job and it normally stays busy enough I don't have time to miss him too much. But when I get off  I love how Ryder just can't take his eyes off of me when I pick him up at grandma's and he just smiles and giggles the whole time.

I think its great and sad at the same time that Jasper has turned his loyalties over to Ryder instead of me. When Ryder and I come home from the store or wherever we happen to go with out him, Jasper won't even greet me until he sees and sniffs Ryder first to make sure he's okay.

And now for the title of this post, " The Hat" .. Ryder is now in the double digits with weight (a whole TEN pounds), I know it doesn't seem like alot, but he's almost doubled his birth weight. The pictures below really show his growth, here's Ryder in his little newsie hat ...

Ryder at about 1 month (NO FLASH MOM...GEEZ)

And at 2 months

And this is Ryder now at 3 months. See I told ya he's grown!

YAY!! He's finally growing into it, and yes he likes it. A good thing too since I thought the hat was so cute I bought the same one in 3 different sizes so he can still be a cute newsie even as he grows bigger :)

The Blessing

Ryder was blessed by his Grandpa Willden on April 11, 2010. His uncle Mike, great-uncle Randy, Bishop Wernli and Mark Christiansen all participated. It was such a sweet experience hearing my dad give my son a blessing. I had a mini-flashback to when he gave my oldest nephew his when he was Ryder's age. I can't believe it's been almost 18 years since that happened. Colby has grown up to be such a great guy, I'm glad Ryder has someone like him & all those that participated in the blessing  to look up to.

 I forgot to take pictures of the family luncheon after church but here are some pictures of Ryder in his blessing outfit.

His Elvis lip curl... he seems to do this when he's annoyed :)

                                                                    Smiles

Ryder & Jasper

His GQ model pose :)

The Amateur Photo Shoot