2 Months

Ryker turned 2 months old last Monday and he can now:

• He measured 24 1/2 inches and only 11 lbs.
• He is smiling when he sees me, Matt, or Reagan
• He is now laughing when we tickle him or get him excited
• is eating about 6oz every 4 hours but sleeping all night and even sleeping in sometimes later than Reagan.
• Is taking 3 long naps during the day
• takes a nap when Reagan does and goes to bed when Reagan does. He is so easy and adapted to Reagan's schedule right away.
• Went on his first camping trip

He is an even easier baby than Reagan was and has been sleeping through the night pretty much since he came out. I can't stress enough how grateful I am for that. He is the happiest baby ever. We all love him so much and I feel so grateful that he is a part of our family. I don't have any new pictures of him put I will take some this weekend and post some in another blog.

never perfect

So when I took Ryker to the dr when he was 2 weeks old he was in the 90th percentile for height and weight. The dr said we were feeding him to much and that we needed to feed him 3 oz every 4 hours and we will see how he is doing at the 2 month appointment. Well that 2 month check up was today and Ryker is now in the 90th for height and 25th for weight. The dr said that I am not feeding him enough and that I need to feed him more because he hasn't gained much weight since his 2 week appointment. The same thing happened with Reagan when we were in the hospital. I think I just need to go with my mothers instinct and feed them what I know they need because the dr's are always wrong. I just had to vent on this one because now I feel like I have been starving my baby. So now Ryker gets to eat for as long as he is awake. I wish I could be on that diet.

4th of July

Ryker celebrated his first 4th this last weekend. Grandma and Grandpa Stout came down to celebrate Ryker's baby blessing. Matt did a great job and said a very nice blessing. We were glad that our friends and family could be there for the blessing. Unfortunately I forgot to take more pictures with everyone that was there and was sad I didn't take a picture of our new little family. Here is the only pictures I did take.

On the 4th we headed down to the grandparents hotel for a day of swimming and cards. Reagan had so much fun swimming and she is getting so good at it. She kept telling Matt to go away so she could swim or jump in by herself. Ryker and I couldn't go swimming so we sat on the side and watched Reagan and Matt. Ryker was in such a good mood and here are some pictures that I got of him smiling.

He is an amazingly good baby he has been sleeping through the night for about 2 or 3 weeks now. I LOVE IT!!! I have not lost any sleep. Reagan is a crack up as always. She and grandma were out shopping and all the sudden Reagan started doing her model walk. This is where she will swing her hips as she walks. It is hilarious I need to video tape it and post it on here soon. She is getting to be as funny as her father. She came up to me the other day and said, "mom i'm hungry so......um......" like so what are you gonna do about this problem mom. I laughed so hard. Here are some pictures of them on Fathers day.

I had my surgery about a week and a half ago and it has been a fast recovery (thank goodness) and Matt has been so helpful and took over the kids by himself so that I could rest and recover. I bet that is why I am recovering so fast. I still can't lift up anything over 10 pounds so he is still helping out so much. I feel so blesses to have an amazing husband that is so willing to help anytime I need help sick or not.