{Little Moments}

Today I held you while I was vacuuming. The motion of moving forward and back and the humming sound put you right out. I love little moments like this.

Wow, I am....

The BIG 25!
On the Monday night before my birthday, Dave tidied and vacuumed the living room & kitchen. I was so surprised. He says, "since I will not here in the morning to bring you breakfast in bed, I will do this instead." I was so excited because I prefer that over the breakfast in bed.
Tuesday was a wonderful day. I spent the morning with Ryker, then Ryker and I headed to Dave's work to pick him up early and we went to Tucanos. My favorite thing there is the fried bananas. Ryker was a good little boy, he was content with me holding him.
Afterwords, Dave had us do errands, we headed to the post office, Walgreen's to get teething tablets, and to Costco. We finally got home around 6:30 and when I opened the door I noticed that the handle was locked along with the dead bolt. I didn't lock the handle and I was getting scared. Once I was inside I noticed Britnie's purse and Spencer's coat, but all the lights were off and the bathroom door was closed. So, I thought they were in the bathroom and were going to come out any minute. Dave started to push me to the kitchen and right when I turned on the light I got "SURPRISE!" from my family and friends. I was not expecting that, I was just expecting Britnie and Spencer. We had the yummiest dessert, Coconut and Pineapple torte which I had for my last birthday (from Deseret book's Lion House). I enjoyed the rest of the evening visiting with my family, Kris and Chelsey Sorenson, and Audrey Pedderson.

Side note, my mom called me the next day and asked, "did you know that you were 24 on the 24th and 25 on the 25th? It's never going to happen again."

{3 Months}

Words can't say what I feel about you. I love you to the moon and back. You bring me so much joy. It always amazes me that just 3 months ago you came to me to teach me patience and everlasting love. I am so blessed to have you in my life.

* You are starting to teeth and always drooling
* You love to sit in your bumbo and watch mom clean the kitchen and cook
* You love it when I sing 'Skid-a-marink-a-dink' you get the biggest smile and start cooing with me
* When you smile, you have 1 tiny dimple on the left side by your mouth
* You are now wearing 3-6 month clothes
* You are sleeping at least 9-12 hours a night and sleeping less during the day.
* You always have your hands in the praying position
* You insist on being held so you can be involved in what mom and dad are doing
* You love to hold my fingers
* You have a lot to say, always cooing and cawing

{Great-Grandma and Grandpa Sefcik}

*10 Weeks old*

{Nana and Gramps}

*8 Weeks old*

{You and Daddy}

I love that your daddy loves to dress you just like him. Dad calls you "mini me". Of course you look a lot like him.

Christmas *2010*

Seeing Santa for the fist time at East Shore High School.

Dave at the VMT Christmas party.


We spent Christmas in Canada. We left December 23rd, Ryker did really well on the flight, he didn't cry and had only one dirty diaper. But, of course we had to change right when people were boarding the plane. The bathroom is really small on those 737 jests, so we had to convert the trey's into a changing table.
During take off, I had Ryker suck on his soother while I occasionally tugged on his ears so they would pop.
We landed in Calgary at 10:30pm.
Ben (Dave's oldest brother) came and picked us up. I believe it was below freezing and once we steeped outside we couldn't feel our faces or hands. We arrived at Ben's house around 11:30pm and said our "Hi's" and went to bed. Our little guy would not sleep, he was up every hour crying. We tried everything and nothing worked so around 6:30am Dave got his car seat and we stuck him in there and we were able to sleep until 9:30am.
(Christmas Eve) Doug and Blanche came around 12pm to pick us up and head off to Edmonton to have Christmas at the Shipley's. Before we left we opened one of our presents from Ben's family and it was a wonderful new digital camera. Oh, we were so excited because we've been needing a new one. And we forgot to charge the camera we brought so it worked out great.
Ryker slept the whole 3 hour drive to Edmonton. We arrived at Richard and Ginamarie's (Dave's older brother)house to get Ryker's baby gift and to see the kids. Afterwords we headed to Heather's to have fondue and we spent the evening talking and wrapping presents.
(Christmas Day)Ryker had a better night sleep and he was up at 8am so we headed up stairs to have breakfast and then we all gathered around the Christmas tree to open presents. At noon my brother called and I was able to listen and talk to him for an hour. After we said our good-byes, we couldn't believe that the next time we will talk to him, it will be at the airport greeting him home. Crazy. At 4pm we headed to the church to have a turkey dinner with everyone(The Anderton Family, Richard and Ginamarie's Family, The Shipley's ,and Nana and Papa) including the missionaries. We had a wonderful time spending the evening with family that we don't see often. That evening we packed up from Heather's and headed to Cindy's to spend the night. Well that night I got sick from what might of been food poison. I was up all night and all day throwing up and visiting the restroom with diarrhea. I was so grateful that this happened when Dave was around to help out with Ryker. Well, that was basically Sunday.
On Monday we headed back to Calgary. What we did for the rest of the week:
-It was cold and snowy, so we did a lot of relaxing and visiting indoors.
-Dave had VMT meetings on Tuesday with his dad in the morning and afternoon.
-Heather and Dan and there 2 kids came down from Edmonton on Tuesday Night to spend more time with us.
-Wednesday we had another turkey dinner with family and friends.(Amy, Brady, Heather, Dan, Maddie, Landon, Doug, Blanche, Ben, Linda, Joshua, Kate, Decker, Max, Blanches' friend and her husband and their 3 kids and finally Dave, Ryker ,and I) It's what you call, blowing out of the seams, but the night was full of laughter and talking.
-Went to eat out with Ryan and Katya (Dave's cousin and wife) a couple of times. We went to Smugglers (a must hit when in Calgary. Steak soup. Yum) and the Cheesecake Cafe.
-Friday night we went on a double date with Heather and Dan to Moxies and of course we had there delicious white chocolate brownie.
-New year's eve we hung out with Doug and Blanche and watched the movie Salt and ate Chinese food.
-Ate homemade chocolates everyday. We were done with chocolate by the time it was time for us to head home. We only get it once a year and what the heck might as well enjoy them!

Ryker news...
-he started to blow bubbles with his mouth
-he started sleeping through the night on New year's Eve and has kept it up.

We arrived home January 1st at 7pm. It always fun to go to Canada ,but it is so nice to be home and into our own routine and beds. Nothing like a good night sleep.

Hanging out with Papa on Christmas morning.

Maddie loves you to death. She loves you so much she named her doll after you.


Our little Christmas gift.



2 months and 2 days old.


This is the view that we had while heading home. It was absolutely breath taking.

{8 week pictures}

{2 months}

On 1-4-11 Ryker was;
Length: 23" -- 35%(percentile)
Weight 10 Lbs and 7 Oz -- 11%
Head Circumference: 37.4 cm -- 3%

You are now:
*standing up with mom's help
*holding up your head
*blowing bubbles with your mouth
*always cooing
*smiling, but you prefer your serious face. Just like your father.
*loves the sound of mommy's voice. You will turn your head when you hear it
*You are wanting to be held when you are awake and watching what mommy does. Along with watching the television every chance you get.
*On New Year's Eve you started to sleep through the night up to 7-8 hours
*You are still a very easy baby, only crying when you are hungry, gassy, or tired. Hey, also just like your daddy. :)
*You still have that "Heaven sent" smell. Which I love kissing every single day.
*Getting hair on top of your head which is coming in brown.