Ava is One Month!

Ava is One month old! It seriously flew by! She slept quiet a bit her first month. She hates binkys, will gag if I try to get her to take one. She has been a pretty easy baby so far, but has started getting a little fussy. We love having her here. 

I tried to get some photos but it was pretty difficult haha She wasn't super happy and Ryker wanted to be in all of them. And I haven't had time to tough them up or edit them, oh well!

Ryker wanted a turn haha

Ryker is Two!!!

Ryker is TWO!!!TWO?!?! I can't believe it! He is SO much fun and SUCH a handful haha. He has so much attitude, knows exactly what he wants, and is quiet stubborn. He LOVES animals! And is always making animal noises. He LOVES being outside..ALL THE TIME! It is so difficult to keep him inside. If he says something and I don't respond he says, "mom", "mom", "mom" until I acknowledge that he said something haha. If he get hurt he will cry and run to me or Kev. As soon as we acknowledge that he got hurt and ask if he is ok, he will say "Ya" and run off. He says "Ya" all the time..unless he understands what we are telling him and disagrees, then it is a very defiant "No". He loves to push things around, cars, his lawnmower, basically anything that can be pushed. He still loves his binky :/ He has gotten to the point where if he is tired he will ask to go 'night night' and ask for his binky for a nap - which is pretty awesome. He loves to help us do whatever we are doing. He loves to help do the dishes, will push the chair over to the counter next to us. Will also push the chair over to where we are cooking. Loves to help clean. If he sees that I am going to clean the bathrooms he will run and get a rag and ask to get it wet, to help out. He somehow knows what shoes to get out of the closet for us, without us even asking. He will set the shoes down next to us and say "Thank you" haha. If we leave a bowl on the table he will run, grab the bowl, bring it back to us and yell "ooh-oh". If I leave the front door unlocked he somehow always knows and makes a run for it. If he sees a food he is excited about he yells "oh-ohoh-oh". Kev taught him that and it is pretty dang cute and funny - especially when we see donuts at the store! He will also say "oh, ya, ynummy, wow, nummy" when he likes the food - which we love.

For his birthday we didn't do anything too special with Ava being so young. We took him to Chick-fil-A for lunch. Then that night my mom and Maddy came over for cake and played outside with Ryker. 

We gave Ryker a bike. He always gets so excited when he sees a bike. He's probably a little young for it but hopefully he will learn quickly :)

Kev tried to teach him and he kept saying "No" and getting off and pushing it haha

May

Our May in pictures:

Ryker has started to really love Maddy and cuddling with her. Other times he gets really annoyed with her because she is trying to hug him, or touch him, or do something annoying to him haha

The week we brought Ava home Kev was outside with Ryker like 24/7, so Kev decided we needed a swing set. It came in a million pieces and it took Kev quiet awhile. We ended up with some parts in the wrong spot but it works and Ryker loves it! Kev's parents came over to help set it up one night. Sandy went and started planting Raspberry starts and Ryker loved helping her. 

Ava looks so much like Kev. We now both have our own mini-me's haha

He loves being able to look into the neighbor's yard and say 'hi' to their dogs, chickens and turkeys 

My mom took us to the Zoo one day. We thought Ryker would be so excited to see all the animals. He was more excited about sitting in the wagon haha. We would show him the animals and he would sit back down, ready to move on. Later on he just wanted to push the wagon all over. He eventually got excited about the animals and telling them hi. He loved petting the goats. When we went back to the monkeys he kept hitting the glass and laughing, little stinker.

He reminded me of my Grandpa Cook for some reason with his hat like that.

Ryker LOVES laying right next to "Aya". And it's so cute...and so terrifying!!! He loves to give her kisses and pet her with one finger :) He has also tried to feed her crackers and gold fish, by laying them next to her. So thoughtful!

Mozzie has started to trust Ryker a little more :) They have become pretty good friends now that they are outside playing together all day long.

Future Uncle Ryan

This little stinker, has come into the room while I have been feeding Ava without a diaper on twice! It is terrifying haha I have no idea how long he had had it off, I know he had gone outside with out it - I'm sure the neighbors loved that. I couldn't find his diaper anywhere, but both times he had actually thrown it away, so that was good of him :)

I had come out of the bathroom, after just taking a shower, and found Ryker on my bed with a container of Vaseline ALL OVER HIS FACE. It was pretty frustrating but kind of funny.

Trying on the dress for Caitlin's wedding - she was thrilled haha