caden xmas photo shoot

breakdown!

hold over pix

hey he's awake!

that's one way of doing it

cheers

haha  I don't blame you

playing with ben

reading my 'Twas the Night Before Christmas book from when i was little

christmas morning!

christmas afternoon

stuck.

decorating xmas cookies

drinking game during kristmas movie marathon day

milk coma

embarrassed by the hat i made him

oh boy

Wow!  Last night really blew.  Ryder was awake from 10pm-5am.  And all he wanted to do that entire time was eat, eat, and eat.  He didn't want to sleep at all.  So guess what, Little Nugget- - Mama & Dada are gonna keep you up today!

He's 15 days old, so this shall pass....hopefully.  Good thing we aren't going to have a third baby until a couple of years from now, so we can forget this part.

Today is the last day to enjoy time with the 4 of us all together before Jimmy goes back to work.  :(  That went by WAY too fast!

eh

Jimmy put Ryder to bed at around 12:15am.  He woke up at 3.  I was up for an hour with him.  I swaddled him up and put him into bed.  As soon as I got all comfortable, BOOM!  He started making noises.  Of course we ignored them and let him go.  He then woke up at 7:50.  So I guess that isn't that bad.  

Now he is resting on his Daddy's shoulder.  I'm just glad that he didn't wake up Caden in the middle of the night.  He did wake him up this morning, but then Caden fell back asleep.  

Well, hopefully I will get a lot done today.  I still only have nail polish on one hand.  Ugh.  Ya know it's bad when you it's been a day or two and you only had time to paint one hand.  

*fingers crossed that he sleeps even better tonight!!

13 days....

Well, those 2 weeks sure went by fast.  Just as I knew they would.  The first night home was the toughest.  Ryder and I didn't sleep a wink.  Eh, I chose to breastfeed, so I have no one to blame.  lol  The rest of the nights could only get better and they did.

At this point, he goes to sleep around 11, gets up btwn 3-4, then gets up again at 8:30.  We can't complain about that.

BUT, the past couple of nights have been rough.  He doesn't want to go to bed, so poor Jimmy stays up with him until about 1.  Then I get up around 4 to feed him.  I'm up for an hour with that.

We decided that tonight is the night that he will attempt to sleep in his crib for the first time.  *fingers crossed* I wake up to any little sound that he makes, so this should give me a better 3 hour's sleep than the past 12 nights.

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We've been super busy, and would really like to enjoy our last few days of Jimmy not being at work.  Kinda hard with the holidays coming up.  Doesn't leave much time for just the 4 of us.  : /  Don't get me wrong, I love the holidays!  Favorite time of the year.  Just want to soak up some time with just my guys before.


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Caden has been really great with Ryder.  He asks to hold him all of the time.  Tonight while he was eating dinner, he wanted Ryder to sit on his tray.  LOL.  He even puts his stuffed animals in the baby swing while Ryder isn't in there.

*Random Fact: the cord stump fell off tonight.  That is just downright disgusting.  Also, Ryder made his first trip to Target tonight!

that about says it all.  a big yawn!

After I fold the laundry, I'm hitting the sack....hopefully.

Christmas Photo Shoot

I can't believe Christmas is almost here!  This is going by so fast!!!!

I also can't believe that Ryder is already 8 days old!!!  What the heck?!!!



I love Caden's expression in the 2nd one.  Mid-blink!








Reading one of Mommy's books from when she was little.  'Twas the Night Before Christmas











Cutie Pie.

Pictures with Santa

Our 2nd Annual visit to Santa's house!

Caden did really well.  Told Santa he wanted a monkey & a banana for Christmas.  Ryder just wanted to eat Santa's beard










High 5's & Hugs!

So cute!!!!

Let's Go Home!

So I decided that all of my kids will come home in this outfit:


Wow! That's a huge difference!




Caden loves his little brother







I love how he holds his head up



"DAHHHH Please no more pictures"



He hasn't found it again since then.  Hopefully soon.  A self-soothing baby is a happy baby!



Aunt Kim and her godson!

Baby Ryder is born!

Went in at 1 AM to be induced.  I "woke up" at 4:30 with horrible contractions lasting 2 minutes long.  Also my water broke! Yay!  Jimmy was asleep while all of this was happening.  I told him, "thanks for sleeping through the hardest part of this."  Haha.  On my bracelet it said 30Y  and I thought it stood for 3-OY!  or maybe I was having a BOY and part of the "B" was missing.





Ooohh!  another contraction.  haha

7AM  5cm dilated 80% effaced stationed at -1.  And it's epidural time!  :)





Kim walked in at 9:25AM.  I was telling her about Caden's birth and how the doctor woke up me to tell me that the baby was coming out.  As I was telling her this, my doctor was checking me for any progress.  He said, "Well the same thing in happening.  Are you ready to have this baby?  Bc it's go time!"  Oh GEEZ!  My body started to shake uncontrollably.  The nurse said that is part of labor.  I just figured it was because I was anxious & nervous that this was happening!!!!


I pushed through 3 contractions and 20 minutes later:









Ryder Hudson was born!

10:21 AM

8 lbs  14 oz (holy shit)

21 in




He's a brute!


With His Daddy & Mommy



His big bro meeting him for the first time!  So precious!






Me & my boys!



Uncle Michael & Grandma



Grandpap, Grandma & Aunt Whitney


(My dad, Uncle Scott, & Aunt Kim had to work)