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.

Home from the hospital

Well, we're home now from the hospital, and have been for a couple days. You are now four days old. You're so perfect and beautiful. God has surely blessed us!! Everything went well with the delivery...definitely an experience.

You were 7lbs 3oz and 19 1/2 inches when you were born. You have light brown hair and blue-ish green eyes. You're perfect.

We're on our fourth day as a family and loving every minute of it. David and I are both exhausted, but it's worth it. Yesterday you looked at me straight in the eyes for the first time. You would have thought I won the lottery.

We gave you your first bath before he went for his first doctor's visit today. Hopefully we're doing it right. You screamed almost the entire time.



You were born with a "neonatal" tooth. I'm not sure that's the right term. You have a little tooth right in the front. All babies have them in the womb, but most fall out before they're born. This one didn't. We'll go to a pediatric dentist to see about having it taken out so you don't choke on it when it decides to come out on its own.

The doctor is a little concerned about the jaundice that you are having. You've been poked more times than I like, but we want to make sure you're healthy. We go again tomorrow to do another blood test. Meanwhile, we make sure you eat a lot and lay in the sun whenever possible. You've lost a little weight since birth. I pray that since you're eating better you'll put it back on quickly.

That's you, our boy, and we love you so very much!

Before you were born

Watch you grow from a speck, to a turtle (which is what my students thought it was when I showed them the ultrasound picture), to a real live boy!!

6 weeks

12 weeks

33 weeks

Here we go!

6 Month Belly

7 Month Belly

8 Month Belly

9 Month Belly

Okay, so we're going to try to do a journal for you so that family and friends who aren't near us can keep up to date. Hopefully I'll keep up with it myself. Just three more days until the doctor induces labor and (fingers crossed) Ryan will come that same day! Here are just a few pictures of what life has been like leading up to April 7th, 2008.