Crazy life!

Sorry, still no pictures. Just as I got my computer set-up I decided to take a trip up to mom's house. Now I have a million more pictures to post but I have to wait until I get the internet set-up on my computer. Here is just a few ideas of what to expect when I get up and running on my own computer:
Rayden playing dress up with the Hunt cousins. They went a little overboard on the make-up!
The Bytheway cousins stripping down to their nothings outside on the tramp. (don't worry the pictures turned out dark and I took it as they were all getting dressed again)
Swimming at the Salina pool.
Family pictures! (very crazy when there are more children than adults)
Ryker's baby blessing - He was soooo cute in his little outfit but I was so busy that I didn't get very good pictures of just him.
Trip to Bear Lake

Yah it has been pretty crazy! We have had a lot of fun since moving out to Utah but it has also been pretty stressful. Ryker finally got some medicine for his puking problem. It's amazing how big he has gotten in just a week of keeping down some food. Rayden is also getting pretty big! I need to take him clothes shopping with his birthday money because he will be needing some new clothes for school. He starts pre-school on Tuesday and I am just so excited, I'm sure he is too! In fact, today I am heading back down to Richfield for his pre-school screening to see if he qualifies for speech therapy. I haven't decided if I am coming back to mom's for the holiday weekend. I think I will because Randy' works all weekend and all my family will be having a party. I just wish gas wasn't so expensive! Even my prius costs so much to fill up! I can't imagine what it would be like if I didn't have my hybrid. I guess I better not get pregnant again for a while so I don't have to get a bigger car! Ha Ha, as if I have control over that!

Hopefully in the next week or so I will be back to a normal schedule! I can't wait to finally get settled so I can find a routine that works with the little baby! The poor thing has been through a lot!

Getting settled

Randy finally made it out here with the rest of our stuff! Now we just need to find a storage shed for all of our junk and we will be set! Randy started his first day today. He will be training all week so I'll have to let you know how it goes. I have so many pictures to post of the last week but I'm waiting to get my computer set up. Rayden has had so much fun playing with cousins. All the girls dress him up and put make-up on him it is so funny. They also went to the county fair and participated in the kid rodeo. I couldn't get Rayden to do much but he did like the boot run. I'll post the pictures later. Right now I got to get back to work getting moving stuff done.

Yahoo!!

We finally have moved back to Utah. I have been so busy packing and moving that I haven't had a chance to post anything. I don't even have all of my stuff moved out here yet and my computer is still in Missouri. Randy is coming out next weekend with the rest of our stuff. Anyway, Randy got a job offer here and we decided it was time for a change and that we wanted to be close to family. Randy's parents were going out to Missouri to pick me up and bring me to Utah for a long visit and it just happened to work out that they were able to bring a truck and trailer and move a lot of our stuff for us! So, I basically had to pack my whole house in about two days! It was crazy!!!!

While I am excited to be here, I miss a lot of people back in Missouri. Since I moved so quick I didn't get a chance to say good-bye to anyone in Missouri. I guess I will have to call some of my closer friends. Anyway, it's good to be back and Rayden is having soooo much fun with all of his cousins. I guess that is all for now, I have so much to do still with all the moving so I better get to work!

Sleeping through the night

For the last two nights Ryker has slept from about 10:00 pm to 6:00 am. It has been pretty nice. He is still a little fussy and has puked all over me a couple time in the last two days but other than that he is doing good. He is starting to get some fat rolls on his legs and his cheeks keep getting chubbier! I'm so excited to go out to Utah next week so some of you all can finally see him! Pictures just do not do this kid justice. He is just "so cute" as Rayden would say!

In other news, my face is getting a lot better. I still can't close my eye all the way and my top lip still can't move all the way. If I smile with my mouth closed you can't tell at all but once I try and do a big cheesy smile it still looks a little funny.

Randy was working hard in the garden picking all the beans for me. He and Rayden were having fun sticking them to their shirts and making designs. My friends came over and helped me bottle the beans. I didn't have a whole lot to bottle but it sure took us all afternoon. I ended up doing about 13 pints and 3 quarts. We only had one casualty. One of the jars burst and there were beans all over in the pressure cooker when we opened it up! Then I decided to bottle some more peaches. I did about 10 quarts. However, 1 quart burst and 1 quart I decided to just eat. I was thinking of doing some more this weekend but I probably won't because I have a lot of other more important things to do.

4 years old!

Okay, I know Rayden's birthday was a few days ago but I have been so busy I haven't been able to put some pictures up. We didn't really do much for his birthday this year. I was going to try and make a spiderman cake but as you all know, things never turn out the way you plan. The spiderman cake was a disaster and so we turned it into Sponge Bob Square Pants. That actually turned out better because little did I know, Randy had bought Sponge Bob wrapping paper and the cup cake holders I had were Sponge Bob. We had some friends come over to the park and eat cake and ice cream and the kids had a lot of fun!

Summer life

Randy and Rayden were having fun this morning putting mulch around all the trees in the yard. Rayden found a toy gun in the yard from the neighbors and was having fun playing. They also found some turtle eggs in the big pile of mulch!

I wanted to get a picture of Ryker in his cute summer outfit but I look like death in this picture. If you look close you can see my retarded face! I went to the doctor and they said it is most likely Bell's Palsy. They sent me over to the hospital to have an MRI just to make sure everything was okay. The MRI was negative so that is good. My doctor wanted me to see a Neurologist just in case because I am postpartum. The Neurologist just said it is a mild case of Bell's Palsy and should go away on it's own in a few weeks or months. They also drew some blood to run some tests just to check things out. I have to go back in two weeks for a follow-up. So I guess it's not so bad, I just feel really funny looking. It could be a lot worse so I'm trying to stay positive!

Here is some of our garden. It is pretty pathetic this year. We haven't gotten hardly anything so far except a few small tomatoes and a little squash and a little peas. Hopefully our beans will pull through and the cantaloupe and watermelon.

Freaky People

So my friend is always having weird things happen to her body such as sicknesses and rashes. Her sister calls her a Freaky People because of it. Well, I'm starting to think that I'm a Freaky People because I have been having a lot of crazy things happen to my body! The last couple days I have been noticing that my tongue feels funny and food has been tasting weird. Then, last night I realized that I can't smile on the right side of my face and I have started drooling and I can't close my right eye all the way and it just keeps watering! I started to freak out and thought that maybe I had a stroke or something but then I talked to mom and we think that it might be Bells Palsy. I guess I better go to the doctor tomorrow and find out why I am so freaky!!!

I also found out that the reason why Ryker might be so gassy and spitting up is because of the dairy products that I eat. I guess dairy products are really hard on babies. Sooooo, I am going to do an experiment and try not to eat any dairy products to see if that makes a difference. At this point I am willing to try anything. At church today he was such a little pill. He just screamed the whole time unless someone was holding him and patting his back. Maybe the root beer float I had yesterday was a bad idea. No more ice cream for me for a little while.

One other thing I should mention is that someone called on our house! However, we weren't home and they just left a message and we haven't been able to call them back. I will have Randy call them back tomorrow. Wish us luck!!! I'll keep you all posted!