what's been happening in our lives !

In August we bought a house. We moved in to our new house labor day weekend.Our house is located in hurricane, near the hurricane Walmart. We love being home owners. Labor day weekend we announced to friends and family that we were expecting baby number 2.on October 19th we found out that baby number 2 is a boy. We are excited to have 2 little boys. sometime towards the end of November we decided baby boy number 2's name will be Ruston Hatch Robinson. This pregnancy has been a little rough. I've been very sick and it doesn't seem to be getting any better? I am now 26 Weeks along. Since 22 Weeks I've been getting progesterone shots every week.we are hoping they prevent pre term labor. Hopefully it works because the shots are very unpleasant... Ruston moves constantly every day. I love feeling him move. We are excited for all the changes in our lives this year. It is kind of strange for me to imagine a life surrounded by boys when I grew up without any boys in my life. Lol

Ryder is ONE!!!!!

Ryder is One!!! I can't believe its been a whole year since he was born! He is much fun! He crawls and army crawls and pulls himself up to everything. He hasn't seemed too interested in walking yet. He is quite the talker though. He says: mom dad uh oh ball bye bye hi hello (when he's pretending to be on the phone) more (when he wants more food) thank you (when we give him anything) all gone I'm sure there are a few more that i can't think of right now. He watches us so closely and imitates everything he sees. I can't believe how smart he is. At his One year check up his stats were: 25.8 pounds 32 inches tall I've been looking forward to his birthday Party for months. The theme was his "Rookie Year" We incorporated basketball, baseball, soccer, and football in the planning and decorating. His party was so fun!! Ryder loved his basketball cake! He loved having people over for his party,and we all had so much fun celebrating his "rookie Year" He loved his balloons he still plays with one every day! lol

Ryder is 9 months old! I can't believe it. He loves to clap and play patty cake and peek A boo. He says mom Dad and ball he's been sitting up wonderfully for months! He is being stubborn about crawling...oh well it will happen someday. He is 29 inches tall and 20 pounds. We are no longer owners of a dog. I am ecstatic about it, but I think it makes Rob sad so I try not to show how happy I am.i love not having dog hair everywhere, I love not worrying about choncho barking and waking up Ryder, I love not having to worry about choncho being too close to Ryder? With a small child in the house I just don't think it's a good idea to have a big dog. As far as our new calling goes it's been a fun adventure! the next sport we are doing is futsol, something I have never heard of? So I will have to.do some research! Last week my sister Jan came down for a few days it was so fun to spend time with her and her kids! I wish we lived closer to each other! I'm glad I am so close to my sister even though we don't live near each other

our new calling!

Since Rob and I have been married we have had a few different callings. the near thing is every calling we have had has been a joint calling where both of us get to serve together in the same calling. We have been Sunday school teachers - primary teachers- pfr's and now our newest calling is cooridinators of the coed youth sports program in our stake. I have never had a stake calling before. At first I was super worried. I had no idea what was expected of us our what our responsibilities were- but after a couple of meetings a few emails and being set apart I feel much better about this new calling! We get to interact with the youth of our stake and plan and attend coed youth sports activities. If you know me very well you know I know nothing of sports nor am I very sporty- but with Rob by my side I think I will learn alot and have a lot of fun on this new adventure of ours.

Ryder: 8 months

Ryder is 8 months old! I can hardly believe it! He is getting so big so fast! He is the cutest smiley baby ever! We have been so blessed to have such a happy easy going baby! He spends his days giggling at everything he sees. He loves when Gwen comes to our house to play! He kicks and laughs and gets so happy every day that she comes. His Daddy is his favorite person. "Dad" was of course his first word. He occasionally says "mom"  just to make me smile!

• He sleeps great at nights. I just wrap him up and put him in his crib around 7:30pm and he sleeps til 7:30 Am. Nap times used to be as easy but lately he fights nap time but still takes 2-3 naps a day.
•  Ryder loves to sit up but hasn't figured out how to get down so he just flops down and hits his head most of the time, it makes me super nervous so I have to watch him like a hawk so he doesn't get hurt. 
• Ryder loves his exersaucer he loves playing with all the toys and spinning around and around
• He loves bath time. He gets sad when its time to get out.
• He loves going on walks, he sits in the stroller and takes everything in stride
• his favorite toys are his football and his keys

Rob and I sure enjoy having Ryder in our lives he is our entertainment he makes us laugh constantly! I love being his mom!

Grateful

The last 6 months have probably been the hardest of my life so far. At times I have felt sorry for myself and wondered why I had to go through the trials I have been experiencing, but today as I was in the Truck with my husband Rob and my baby Ryder I looked over at Rob as we were driving down the road and it just randomly hit me-how much I have to be grateful for I began to feel so blessed as I thought of all that I have.

• I have a handsome husband who loves me and would do anything for me
• I have a son who is adorable, strong, smart, hilarious, happy and who makes every day a great day!
• I have a great place to live
• I have wonderful hair clients
• I tend an adorable little girl 5 days a week
• I have a dependable car
• I have a phone that allows me instant access to scriptures, conference talks, lesson manuals, etc
• I have family whom I am in contact with daily
• I have friends that have taught me to coupon and have taught me how to spreadsheet a budget
• I have friends who care about me, who text and call me just to see how I'm doing
• I am in a wonderful ward full of friends
• I am grateful for the temple and the peace and answers I can find there
• I am grateful for the gospel and all it brings to my life
• I am grateful for all the opportunities life provides

I could probably go on and on but the point is this too shall pass.... In this lifetime we have hard times and good times and everything in between. I may be going through a rough time now, but things will get better someday and in the meantime I have a whole lot to be grateful for! I am so blessed and grateful for all I have. I love being able to be home with my Ryder. He is getting bigger and cuter and learning more and doing more each day! Being a mom is the best job ever!

five months!

I can't believe that Ryder is five months old! He is growing up so fast. He loves to laugh and smile. He has been such a good baby. We started giving him rice cereal a couple Weeks ago, and he loves it. It is so fun to feed him and watch how excited he gets about it.

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Ryder our favorite!

This last weekend we had the opportunity to go up north. We went up Thursday after rob got off work. We stayed with my sister in Payson. On Friday we were able to hang out with our friends Alyssa and Shyrel and on Saturday we went to pizza pie cafe. We love pizza pie cafe, it has all you can eat pizza and pasta and salad. It has amazing desserts and it is pretty good price for all the great quality food you get.

It was so fun to hang out with my sister and her kids. They loved having little Ryder around! We went to Cabella's on Saturday and after that hung out with Some of Rob's family for the rest of Saturday. On Sunday we went to Rob's Uncle and Aunt's homecoming from their mission in southern Africa.

Four months!

I can't believe Ryder is four months old! I have been a mom for four months! Crazy! I love being a mom! I love my little Ryder. Every day with him is a new adventure! He is getting so big so fast. He loves to kick in the bath he loves to kick toys and he loves to kick when being held, he just loves to kick! He likes sitting in his bumbo and sitting in his swing , but his favorite place to be is on the floor so he can kick and play, he does this silly scooting thing on his back, he can turn in circles and move a couple feet up or down all while on his back! He loves to laugh and laughs all day long every day. He loves his little squeaky shoes especially when dad has him jump up and down in them and he jumps faster to make it squeak more!! He sure is a talker! Loves to be social and tell baby stories in gibberish! At his four month well child appointment he was 15 lbs 14 oz and 27 inches tall! A big boy for only four months!! you would never guess he was a premie! For the past two months he has slept through the night he goes to bed between 730-830 and wakes up around 7. He hardly ever cries and mostly has a pretty chill personality alot like his dad but he loves to be social like his mom! I will hopefully post cute pictures of him this weekend!

Ryder's blessing day

Ryder was blessed on August 7, 2011. Even though he was born in May we waited until August to bless him because we were advised to keep him home for 2-3 months because of his prematurity. Now at 3 1/2 months old he is thriving. You would never know he was a premie. He is a strong happy big boy! We love every day with our little Ryder! He is a very verbal baby. He loves to play on the floor with toys or be held. He now sleeps through the night. Starting a few weeks ago he eats at 8:30 then goes to sleep until 6:30-7am! It is fabulous. We like getting more sleep now. He is a generally happy baby. He loves to eat his hands and laugh. We sure are proud parents!