6 months old!

I can't believe it but our baby is now 6 months old. We went and got his pictures taken at Kiddy Kandids. I think the ugliest guy on earth took his pictures. He looked like some rapist or something and Ryder hated him! I thought that the pictures were going to be horrible, cause Ryder wouldn't stop crying, then all of a sudden he started to smile. I think either the guy's ugliness grew on him or he thought it was funny. Anyways the pictures turned out good and I am so happy with them.
Ryder is such a good boy! He eats great, he sleeps for 12 hours through the night and he is just content and happy 99% of the time. He has been a challenge however with the Christmas tree and presents. I think he learned how to crawl just so he could destroy my tree. He crawls so stinking fast and can get anywhere. He also is really good at sitting and the other day he went from laying to sitting all by his self. He also can walk along the couch. I don't think its going to be long before we have our hands completely full. He is such a busy body and always on the go! We love our little boy so much! He is the light of my life.

This Cowboys Hat!

Note the wet shirt from all his drool! He drools non-stop and no he's not teething!

The other day Jarrett was getting Ryder dressed so we could run to Richfield, and Ryder's boots didn't fit. Jarrett was just beside himself, so on the way out we had to stop at Burn's to get new boots. We got cute new boots and Jarrett just had to get this hat. It is so big! But it's cute and it makes Ryder's dad so proud. We love our little cowboy!

Haloween!

Ashtyn, Ryder, Stockton and Bryndee

My fire breathing Dragon!

I know that Halloween was forever ago, but I figure better late than never. Plus my camera got stolen right after Halloween so I had to wait and get pictures from my mom.

For Halloween Ryder was a dragon, and he hated it. The head part drove him nuts, so it was really hard to get a good picture of him. He was so stinking cute though! We didn't do anything exciting cause I had to work that night so we had just enough time to snap a few shots and visit a few people.

All About Baby!

Such a fun tag!!
1- Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant? At my house.
2- Who was with you? I had just got home from work early one morning.
3- How did you find out that you were pregnant? Home pregnancy Test.
4- What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? I freaking crapped my pants, but I knew it already.
5- Who was the first person you told? I called Jarrett and woke him up bright and early at 5 am
6-Did you plan to get pregnant? No!
7- Did you tell everyone else right away? Ya Jarrett told everyone he knew that day.
8-Was everybody happy for you? Not at first. It was a major shock
9- Did you go out and celebrate? No Jarrett had to take a load of cows to California that night and I went with his mom and sister to the Taste of Homes Cooking Show.
10- Did you want to find out the sex? Of course. I had to have everything prefectly prepared.
11- What was the sex? BOY!! Jarrett was so excited he couldn't stand it!
12-Did anyone throw you a baby shower? yes
13- If yes, who? My mom and Aunt Anne. My aunts also had a shower for me during a family party.
14- Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you weren't going to put on your baby? No, they were all way cute.
15- How much weight did you gain? about 40lbs (Rude question!) Tons of water weight after 40 weeks
16- Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? Yea, but I'm still flabby around the mid-section
17- Did you get a lot of stretch marks? Tons of them!
18- What did you crave the most? I ate so much icecream. Gallons and gallons of Mint Chocolate Chip Icream!
19- Did you crave anything crazy? No not really.
20- Who or what got on your nerves the most? Well just when people would say "Your not very big" I felt huge!
21- Were you married at the time? No
22- Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Not really. Around 34-36 weeks they thought that I had really bad IUGR and had to go to Provo to see a speacialist, but she said everything looked ok and it was!
23- Where were you when you went into labor?I never really went into labor!
24- Did your water break? Not by myself!
25- Who drove you to the hospital? Jarrett and I actually walked over the day I was induced
26- Did you go early or late? LATE! I was exactly 41 weeks!
27- Who was in the room with you when you gave birth? Jarrett, RN, scrub nurse, Respiratory Therapy and 3 Doctors!
28- How long were you in labor for? Forever! I was started on Sunday and didn't have him until Tuesday Night!
29- Did you have any drugs for the pain? Ya I had 3 different epidurals!
30-Did you go Natural or have a c-section? C- Section
31- What was your first reaction after giving birth? I just wanted to know if he had blond hair and who he looked like. I could hear him cry so I knew he was ok. I could see anything cause my eyes were pretty much swollen shut!
32- How big was the baby(s)? 6lb 12oz. 21 inches long.
33- Did your Husband cry? Ya he did! He started crying the when we headed back to the OR. He was so nervous I kept telling him it was going to be ok instead of the other way around.
34- What did you name the baby(s)? Ryder D. Coates
35- Does his name have any significant meaning? Jarrett was dead set on the name from the minute we found out he was a boy and D. is Jarrett's middle name. Nothing else really went with Ryder.
36- Did you have any visitors? Yep, lots of family, friends and all my co-workers dropped in!
37- Did the baby(s) have any complications? No, thank goodness!
38- How old is your baby today? 5 months and 24 days.
39- When is the next one(s) coming? Who knows... Not for quite awhile though!
40-If you could, would you do it all over again? Yes, of course. I had the easiest pregnancy ever. No morning sickness ( I didn't throw up once), No compilcations and I could work up to the day I had him. And he is so worth it!
41- tag 5: Marci, Jodi, Cheryl, Andy, Wendy

Jarrett's wardrobe choices!

The other night I had to work and Jarrett got off work early, but had to go get some cows in or something so Cheryl said that she would watch Ryder for a little bit (she is always so great to help me out!). I was running behind like usual and I wanted to hurry and vote before going to work, so Jarrett stopped by the house to help me get things ready. I had him change Ryder's clothes. He came out with a onesie that he had bought that says, "My Pee Pee's Bigger Than Yours." I told him that Ryder could not wear that and to get a different one, but Jarrett assured me that it was alright cause he would have his sweatshirt over the top. I didn't have time to argue so away we went.
Well Cheryl had to take Ryder with to a viewing and like always Ryder spit up on himself. When he did this his sweatshirt had to come off, exposing his graphic onesie for all to see! Not the most appropriate outfit for a viewing. I'm so embarrassed I can't believe I'm repeating this story! Cheryl probably is too! Never the less Jarrett is in trouble for that one and will no longer get to choose what Ryder wears out in public.

I'd post a picture of the pretty onesie, but my camera has come up missing!

Finally!

On Friday Jarrett and I finally closed on our house. It has been the longest process in the world. We started working on buying this house in June, but quickly found out that we were dealing with a very dishonest guy.
We closed on it once in August. It needed a lot of work so we started frantically working on it to have it all done before the wedding. We got the master bedroom painted and the new carpet laid and Ryder's room painted. The day before the wedding we moved our bed in and a few clothes, then later that night we found out that the title company had screwed up and the guy owed more than we bought it for and he wasn't going to pay the difference.
We had no where else to go so we have been half way living there (we sleep there, but spend most of our time at my parents house). We had to go about buying it a different way. We have run into problem after problem, but on Friday it finally became ours (hopefully!). I'm still a little nervous that they are going to say there are more problems. I can't wait until it is all done and we have more furniture than our bed and a few lawn chairs and when we can watch something besides a DVD and I can cook, clean and do laundry at my own house! I can't wait!

Halloween Party!

Jarrett and I went to a couples Halloween party. A lot of the couples in our ward were there. We ate and played games. We went as Bret Micheals and Cyndi Lauper. This picture isn't the best but Jarrett looked really 80's! You also can't see my killer leg warmers! We had really good time! It was really fun to get dressed up!

Honeymoon!

For our honeymoon, Jarrett planned a nice little trip up to Jackson Hole. We stayed at the Four Seasons Resort. It was so stinking nice and wonderful. We rode up through Grand Teatons and Yellow Stone.

One evening we went up to Mammoth Hot Springs to watch the elk rut. We were eating dinner and noticed a bunch of cows come down the hill, then a big bull came down. He walked about three feet in front of Ryder and I (it was a little scarey!). Then he started bugeling and all of a sudden another big bull came down the hill. It was really neat to watch these two big bulls fight over the cows and bugle at each other. They never physically fought but it was really neat to see.

On our way back that night all of a sudden I could see hundreds of eyes. We had drove right in the middle of a huge herd of buffalo. It was crazy! They were everywhere. They are such huge animals and could careless that we were there.

We had a nice little trip. It was a much needed vacation!

Ryder's Blessing

Ryder was blessed Spetember 7th. He was blessed in Gunnison then we went to the park to eat. Most of the family was all still here from the wedding so there was a nice crowd. It was really nice to see all the love and support that this little boy has. One really neat thing is that Ryder is a 5 generation. So we took the opportunity to get a picture with his great, great grandma Sorenson. Ryder is such a sweet little boy. We love him so much and I am truly blessed to have him in my life!

Wedding

I've had a hard time finding time to update my blog, but I've had a few days off so I decided that today was the day to catch up. I still haven't got my wedding pictures back yet, and I can't figure out how to get them to work by pulling them off web so if you want to check them out I have a link to them.
The wedding was wonderful and so much fun. Jarrett and I got married Sept. 6th. We got married in my parents yard. It turned out really cute. My colors were pink and black polka-dots. My bridesmaids were Angie Jensen (friends since 3rd grade), Amber Mowers (friend from nursing school) and Kami Coates (now my little sis). I had four little flower girls Kodi and Jacie (Jarrett's neices) and Ashtyn and Bryndee (my little cousins). They looked so cute in their pink poka- dot dresses.
We found about 25 old doors and used those and old windows as the back drop and behind lots of things. My aunt Caroline did my cake and she did such a great job. The tables were decorated with black table clothes and old milk buckets with a pillar candle in the middle. We had a candy buffet and served hamburgers, watermelon, chips and brownies. My uncles were on the spot flipping burgers. We also had a live band and danced the night away. They weren't your typical wedding band, they played a lot of Lynard Skynard and ACDC. It was a lot of fun! Everything went well and it was a wonderful day!

Bridals

It was such a busy summer trying to plan a wedding (and all the many preparations that involves), get the yard ready, help remodel my parents house, buy and remodel a house for Jarrett and I, working on getting rid of my baby weight, going back to work at the end of the summer and being a mom, I kind of forgot about my bridal, plus I was worried about fitting into my dress cause I bought it last fall. So about 10 days before my wedding, my mom and I went out to Becks Mini Golf Course and took some pics. I was happy with the way they turned out and I had tons to choose from. My mom worked some magic with them on the computer and they were as great as ever. Here's a few for your viewing pleasure!