Half Marathon (September 4)

So Mom decided the beginning of 2010 that she wanted to run a half marathon and Dad decided to train with her.  So the big day was on September 4 and Jana ran with them as well.  I wish I had gotten my act together so I could have run with them, but it didn't happen.  I decided I couldn't miss the event though and surprised them by showing up that weekend.  It was so fun to be on the other end and actually be the one showing my support. :)  They did a great job and I'm so proud of them.  I know running didn't end up being Mom's favorite thing to do and was proud of her for sticking it out.  Here are some pictures of them with the decorated car and some signs.  Mom and Dad also have a tradition of a high five for each mile so they did 13 of them!  I'm so proud and was so happy I was able to be able to be there with them.

Ryan's Birthday (August 31)

So I'm obviously still playing a lot of catch up since I'm blogging for the end of August.  Here are a couple of pictures from Ryan's birthday.  He always picks pumpkin squares as his treat for the occassion.  We also treated ourselves to a date night and always enjoy a night out for dinner and a movie.  Happy birthday Ryan.  Nyah thinks it's cool that she is 3 and he is 33. :)

Summer Camping Trip (August 27-28)

Nyah loves camping and kept telling us "once Ryker is born and is older, can we go camping?"  So we decided to try it out for one night the end of this summer and it went really well.  We were lucky to end up with a camping spot. At the campground we chose, the spots are apparently reserved months in advance.  I guess it's not really like the camping situation in Idaho. :)  Now we know.  Anyway, we just stayed the one night and both of the kids did great.  We went to Golden Canyon State Park and it was beautiful.  Plus, there were flush toilets and even showers.  That is my kind of camping!  You will see from one of the pictures that Nyah had an "incident".  She was running with Toby and tripped...  Luckily she didn't get hurt too bad since we were so far from a hospital.  Then it was hilarious to see what she did to her "owie" the next day during nap time.

Nyah's First "Haircut" (August 25)

So a few months ago I started to mention to Ryan that I thought it was time to at least trim Nyah's hair.  I insisted that it would look healthier and we would only cut off an inch or two.  He was sure we would end up somewhere getting it cut and they would cut it all off.  He was not excited about the idea, so I decided if he did it, maybe he would feel confident that it would only be an inch or two.  Here are some pictures to document the event.  He was so sentimental about cutting her hair and it was cute to watch. :)

You can see it really did end up being only a couple of inches and she still has very long hair. :)

Ryker's 2 Month Update

I'm obviously way behind and am hoping to do some major catching up over the next few days.  We'll see if I can make it happen. :)  This was one of Ryker's first times in the jumper and was just over 2 months old at this point.  You can see he liked it from the beginning.

What a sad face but it's so adorable! The frown was first and then the next face so you can see he was happy again in no time!

This was after his 2 month appointment with band-aids all over his legs from his shots.  You can see he was a pretty good sport about it. At 2 months he was 24 1/4" (90th percentile), 11 pounds 9 ounces (50th percentile) and 15 3/4" head circumfrence (50th percentile).  He spends tons of time smiling and we just love it!

Here are some other things about Ryker at two months:

1. He loves to snuggle (and so do I)
2. He likes to suck on all of his fingers (as you can see in the picture above)
3. LOVES to be held
4. Likes his swing and sometimes sleeps in it all night (we'll see if I regret this later when he doesn't want to sleep in his crib)
5. His longest stretch of sleeping was six hours but typically four at night.
6. Smiles and laughs all of the time
7. Loves his big sister and gives her great smiles.
8. His favorite songs are "I Am a Child of God" and the lullaby song on the VIP CD.  We can play this song and sing and he calms right down even if he's super tired of being in his car seat on a long trip.
9. His very first time in the jumper was actually on August 10 and the picture above was his second time.