Bath Time

Last week was pretty uneventful. Another week of work went by FAST! Tim played in 2 golf tournaments over the weekend. One for church on Saturday. One for work on Sunday. Ryan and I got to spend a lot of quality time on the couch snuggling. Ryan is growing so fast and changing everyday. He LOVES his bath! Which makes us very happy. I'm not sure what we would do with a baby that didn't like the water!! He's still getting up about 2 to 3 times a night. He goes to bed early, around 7, and by about 3 am he starts to squirm. I still don't know how I'm making it everyday with so much energy with so little sleep. I guess his cute smile makes it all worth it! His favorite animal sound is the moo that a cow makes...I sometimes get a laugh out of him with that one anyway. He's also starting to reach and "bat" at objects.

Oktoberfest and Tailgating

Our friends, Heath and Julie, have an Oktoberfest party each year. Oktoberfest is a 16 day celebration that typically ends the first week in October. This year Oktoberfest started September 18 ending October 3rd. They had their party on September 18th. They make homemade brats, pretzels, German potatoes, etc. They also have a keg of Erdinger Hefe-Weis beer. We can't forget the cornhole tournament! Neither Tim or I have been on a winning team yet:)

The pictures are from Oktoberfest (Sept 18-Sara Stoffel and me with our mugs of beer) and Tailgating at the Murray State football game the weekend before (Sept 11-Heath and Julie with Ryan)

Boo Hoo and 2

This week I returned to work and Ryan turned 2 months old. Sunday before I returned to work Tim and I discussed the pros and cons of me returning to work ALL day long. I hate to leave Ryan at daycare but I really enjoy my job. After the first week I can say it's going fairly well. It may sound crazy but it works perfect if Ryan wakes up at 4am! Tim and I can get up, get Ryan ready and still have some time to play with him before heading off to work. Tim drops Ryan off at daycare at 6am so he gets extra special attention for a couple of hours before the rest of the kids arrive. Tim says there are two other kids there that early. Another infant and a 3 year old. I pick Ryan up at 2:30 so we still have the afternoon together.

Ryan's two month milestones: Lots of smiles and sometimes a giggle! He's really "talking" to us a lot. He loves to kick his legs and wave his arms. His favorite thing to do on the weekend is to watch football...go Huskers!

A+

Tim earns an A+ (++++) for being an awesome dad (and husband).

1.)Doctor's appointment: Yesterday was Ryan's 2 month doctor's appointment. I was called in to work short notice for half a day (my first day was supposed to be Sept. 13th). So Tim had to take the morning off and take Ryan to his doctor's appointment...which at 2 months means the first round of immunizations!!! I have to admit I wasn't too sad about not being there to see Ryan get his shots. I think it would have broke my heart!

2.)Taking a temperature: So yesterday afternoon Ryan had a little fever which I checked each time I changed his diaper. It continued to increase all afternoon but did not reach a temperature that was considered too high. Last night when Tim got home from work he was changing Ryan's diaper so I asked him to check his temp and without any resistance he did it. I know taking a temperature doesn't sound like a big deal but considering it was with the rectal thermometer I thought for sure Tim want to do it.

3.) Projectile vomit: There isn't much that makes Tim flinch when it comes to dealing with all the fun things that happen when having a baby. It might be because he was 14 when his little brother, Mike, came along. Earlier in the week we were in the kitchen I was handing Ryan to Tim when out of no where Ryan started throwing up. I have heard people talk about projectile vomit but until you experience it yourself it's something I would not believe could happen! It was like someone turned on a garden hose...how could a small baby produce so much, so forcefully?!?! I freaked out a little but it didn't phase Tim. He said it would happen all the time when his brother was a baby.

4.) Daycare drop off: Because the daycare is so close to Tim's work and my schedule is 6am to 2:30pm and Tim works 6am to ??, Tim will be dropping Ryan off at daycare in the morning and I'll get be pick him up when I get off work at 2:30. I hope this makes going back to work!

Labor Day weekend and Ryan's baptism

Ryan's baptism was this last weekend. Tom, Vicki, Mike (Gesell) and Lucille along with Ray, Nicole and Addison arrived late Friday night. Mom, Dave and Mike (Wiltse) arrived around noon on Saturday. Saturday we set up the back yard for the lunch we were having after the baptism, Sunday was the church service. Ray and Nicole, Mike Gesell and Mike Wiltse are Ryan's sponsors. After the church service we had friends and family over for a lunch that our friends Heath and Julie cooked on their smoker. We had ribs, chicken, green beans, potato casserole, slaw and bread pudding. Sunday afternoon we headed to the lake. The grandmas were able to watch Ryan and Addison was able to come out on the boat with us. Monday we leftovers from the baptism and headed to the lake again. It's always sad when everyone leaves...it's too quite!

First Boat Ride. Aug 28, 2010

Ryan's 1st boat ride!