August 29, 2010

August 29th will mark one year since Butch and I lost what would have been our second child to a miscarriage at 8 weeks. That was one of the hardest things we have ever went through as husband/wife and parents. We were scheduled to have our first ultrasound to hear the heartbeat on August 30th. Instead, we had the ultrasound and saw nothing. Our hearts were in a million pieces. We already had such high hopes and dreams about what it was going to be like having another baby in the family. We had begun to prepare Rylan for being a big brother and telling him about the baby in Mommy's tummy. Of course, he wasn't understanding all of it yet (which was for the best). God only knows whether it would have been a boy or girl. My only comfort is in knowing that he/she is surrounded by a Heavenly host of angels and the one true living God. God had a reason and plan for us - we don't always understand at the time, but He knows best.

Baby, you will forever be in our hearts!

Just some Pics

He had to take a nap with his horse.

He absolutely LOVES to swim in the pool

Little Redneck Rylan...shorts and boots..haha

His love for horses is amazing...but he didn't have a chance. Both grandfathers and his daddy have always had a love for them too. :)

Ry loves to smile and laugh!

My handsome hubby and little man

It's Been a While...

Wow, looking back at this blog brings back so many memories. My only regret is not keeping up with it after Rylan turned 1. He is now the BIG 2 and I have a whole year with no funny stories, mile stones, or new words written down. How depressing...

BUT - I'm going to start it up again. I may have missed out on the past year, but I'm going to try and catch it up! Rylan is such a joy and I want to share him with everyone

Rylan turned 2 on April 24th, which happened to be Easter this year. We didn't have a big party for him. There was so much going on and something scheduled every weekend! But Grandma made him a cake and we celebrated him =)

There are so many things I've learned about him. He LOVES horses...he can't get enough of them. If you meet him for the first time, he will definitely saying something about horses. He hates it when his hands are dirty; he may even wipe his hands on you just to get his clean! Swimming is a real big winner with him. He has absolutely no fear and will jump in and have the biggest smile when he comes up out of the water. When I'm singing, he will try to sing louder than me...maybe he's trying to cover up the bad noise he hears from me, I don't know! LOL. He still doesn't particularly like to be in his carseat unless he has a DVD to watch. He loves to just talk and jabber about everyone he knows. He will go through everyone's names and say them - it's hilarious! He thinks that all elderly people are Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw's. He knows when you are hurt cause he says "You otay?" He also can sense when you need a hug and he is the best hugger in the world!

I will continue to share with you some things here and there about the best little boy ever!

The pictures are from our family vacation in Destin this month. We had a great time, but I think Rylan enjoyed it more than any of us. So long for now.

Finally - portraits

We went this past Saturday and finally got some portraits done of Rylan. We did the 1 year old and some other fun ones! I usually just take my own with my camera but I wanted to get some "real professional" ones done. They turned out real well and I was very pleased with them! Rylan did real well until he got tired in the last few with the suit. I hope you all enjoy them!!!

Big Birthday Boy

This past year has went by so fast. On April 24, Ry turned the BIG 1! It seems like I just had Rylan put in my arms after he was born. I've looked at our photo albums of the Rylan's debut into this world over and over again. That day changed my entire life. I could have never imagined a better year than this past one. The time just flies and it's such an amazing journey. Butch and I have watched him grow and learn so many things. God really has blessed us with an amazing baby boy! We couldn't imagine our lives without him.

We had his birthday party planned to be at the park, but I don't know if you remember much about that Saturday, BUT...it rained, stormed and several tornadoes touched down around Alabama. So needless to say, we celebrated his birthday inside...at Pizza Hut. We reserved a room and had a great time. His party was a cowboy/western theme - of course! He was dressed in some blue jeans, plaid shirt and had a cowboy hat that his Gappy had bought for him. He wouldn't wear it for very long, but we got some cute pictures of him. We had about 25 people come and get in on the fun! Rylan had a great time digging into his cake. He would have ate the whole thing if we had let him! He definitely made a big mess, but that's part of it! We had a lot of fun watching him. Everyone was cheering him on when he would pick the cake up and act like he was going to smash it in his face...but he never did it. (Thankfully!)

We took hundreds of pictures and there is no way I could upload them all - so I've chosen a few of them I thought you'd enjoy.

More March

Little Kaydence came to the park with us.

Rylan hated the grass! He completely flipped out!

KK wanted to get in with Rylan and play with him. I babysat her this past Saturday and we had a really good time. Butch and I took the babies to the park and let them swing, see-saw and slide. I took their pictures and had a great time myself. It was a lot of fun!

Ry's first BIG booboo! He had a swollen upper lip and a knot between the eyes!

His typical tantrum!

Rylan has grown so much and it's so hard to believe how fast it's all happened! I'm looking at the calendar thinking "where did the time go?" It's hard to fathom that this time last year I was getting very close to having him in my arms for the first time. He was such a tiny thing and now he is triple the size he was at birth. He's talking and saying things like Ma-ma, No No, Bye bye, and sometimes da-da. He waves when you say bye and he knows how to blow kisses. Rylan is still an excellent sleeper. He doesn't wake up until I get him up during the week and on the weekends he sleeps til about 8. Rylan is crawling everywhere and he is pulling up on everything. He can walk or travel down the couch holding on so I don't think it will be long before he is actually walking. I'm not rushing for him to do that though because then he will really be into everything! My baby is almost one...wow, where does the time fly?

Last night he fell asleep in our bed and I got up to put him in his bed and I told Butch how much I missed him sleeping with us when he was a little baby. Butch said to let him sleep with us even though we would probably be up all night because Ry was snoring...lol. We were just reminiscing about Rylan being born and how small he was and how amazed we were at how he had grown into a little boy....ALMOST. We're still claiming him as our little baby boy..and probably always will. God has blessed us so much. Nothing compares with being a Mother. It's just simply amazing.

Feb-Mar 2010