month 9 & 10

Ryder-

Ten months! I can't believe how time has flown! The last couple months have been hectic, so I'm combining month 9 and 10.

Just after I did your 8 month post you started sleeping through the night without waking up for a bottle between 3 and 5am. You now sleep from about 8:30-7. It is so nice to be able to get a good nights rest. We are very thankful for this! You still don’t nap real long, but that’s ok, I’ll take long nights over naps.

You had your 9 month appointment and you are right on track. You weigh 19lbs 10oz and are in the 49^th percentile for weight and you are 29in tall, in the 77^th percentile for height. You now wear 9-12 month clothes. Your head is still in the 99^th percentile, but it has started to down curve on the chart. One day you will grow into that noggin! 

You have started army crawling and are all over the place! Although you love that you can get around, you would rather walk. You always want to hold our hand and walk everywhere. You have started pulling yourself up on things and have even turned around and let go a few times. I hope you walk soon.

You still continue to eat anything we put on your tray. I haven’t found one thing that you wont eat. Some of your favorites are blueberries and cheese, just like your sister. You love to eat. Sometimes I have to cut you off because you will sit and eat as long as I keep giving you food. I’m glad you are a good eater. Hopefully you stay this way.

You are so much fun Ryder. Brady and I miss interacting with a toddler and are getting really excited as you are starting to interact more. I always pay attention to the tiniest details and am picking up on some cute little traits that I adore about you.....

You cross your feet a lot when you sit and almost always when you drink a bottle. When I hold you and rock you at night while you drink your bottle your right hand is always wondering, rubbing my arm, pulling your shirt, grabbing your binkie or hitting your bottle. It’s cute. You love your softie. You love balls and stacking cups. You love baths and dirt. You love to swing and you love the dogs. When you see them you say woof woof. You like to cover your face with your softie or a stuffed animal when you sleep.  You also rub your softie on your face when you are tired, or anything else you can grab. You are kind of feisty. When you are doing something you shouldn’t and I continuously tell you no (like eating rocks) you get so mad and squeal and throw yourself forward and throw a little fit. I think you are going to have a temper. You have chunky hands and big, chunky feet. They are almost as big as Quincy’s ever were. You bang things, you kick things, you scream, you grunt, you hit, you poke, you clap, you point. And you whistle.

You are lovable. You are cuddly. You have an adorable giggle. You look me in the eye. You have a sweet, simple smile. You are a good boy Ryder. You are my boy.

Please stay forever.

Love you lots.

making memories

I have always been on the go. I like to be busy. I almost always have something planned and am comstantly running to fit everything in. Since Brady and I have been married we have filled our time working, playing and trying to enjoy life. We love to be spontanious and do things on a whim. We aren't rich, but we agree that life is to be enjoyed and a mind full of memories is far better than a bank account full of money. We work hard so we can play hard.

When we had Quincy nothing changed. In her short 20 months with us we took her all over and enjoyed letting her experience as much as she could. We loved to watch her be a part of and learn new things. We took her camping, swimming, boating, hiking, on 4 wheeler rides, jeep rides, horse rides, we went to the zoo, movies, St George, Zions, Bryce Canyon, Idaho, Nevada, we played with puzzles, babies, chalk and magnets. We tried to soak up every experience, every minute, every second that we could.

When Quincy passed away I was so very thankful we made the most of our time with her. We had no idea our time would be so short. Way too short. Since that day we have tried to focus even more on living every day to the fullest. Every single one. We never know when our last day will be and we are so very aware of this now.

We have lost some ambition since Q left us, but have been trying so hard to continue to live on and move forward and make memories with our sweet little Ryder. Poor guy came at such a fragile time and it is so easy to get completely comsumed in the sorrow that is always looming over us. It is hard for me to admit that sometiems I have to force myself to want to do things. To want to make plans. To want to have fun. To want to make memories. Every new memory we make is another memory without Q. It breaks my heart. I want to be energetic and ambitious like I used to be, but it's just so different now.

The last few months we have been trying to make up for lost time. We have made some unforgetable memories with Ryder and as we do we are falling more and more in love with our sweet little boy. Our memories are all we have left of our precious Quincy and we treasure them more than anything. Every single moment counts.

Memories build. Memories bond. Memories are forever.

Yellowstone

Yellowstone

Yellowstone



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