Mother's Day

This is us on our way to church on Mother's Day. I was so very proud. You might notice I'm wearing a sock on my hand. That's because your body not only is not your own any more when you give birth it's never the same. I've apparently developed exczema and got huge blisters on my hand. It was not fun. They're going away now, though.


Ryan is getting better and better at eating which is a relief. I don't know what I would have done if it continued to take him an hour just to eat. I'm convinced he's smiled at me already. He will look me in the eye for longer periods of time now, and there have been a couple of times he's smiled back at me. This has to be true even though babies don't usually smile socially until they're six or eight weeks old. Ryan is advanced, don't you know? :)

First Time to Church

We went to church for the first time when Ryan was two weeks old. I was actually really nervous because one, I hadn't been in two months myself, and two, now I had this little human that I had to take care of and make sure nobody got germs on!! It was really fun seeing everyone though. What a blessing we have in Park Plaza.

I made a onesie with a tie for Ryan to wear on his first Sunday at church and David decided that this once he could wear a tie to church too. They we both very handsome.

Cutest Baby

One Week Old

Okay, so he's 3 1/2 weeks old now, but this is a cute picture. :)

The Truth About the Tooth

Okay, so in the hospital we were told that Ryan's tooth was something that all babies have and that it just didn't fall out and he'll have his normal set of baby and adult teeth. Well...we went to a pediatric dentist to have it removed so he wouldn't swallow it and the dentist told us that indeed that tooth was his baby tooth and he would not have another in that spot until his adult tooth came in. I cried. My poor baby is going to have a big gap in his smile until he's like 8 years old!! The dentist actuall said that the other teeth will probably crowd in around and he'll have to get braces. THEN we joke with a friend of ours who is an orthodontist that we'll be coming to see him in a few years, and he tells us that he may still have a baby tooth in that spot. So we have NO IDEA what's going to happen with our son's dental health. Only God knows, and that's okay with me.