*Romantic Ryker*

Ryker and I were sitting on the couch tonight watching Enchanted and it got to my favorite part: The ball at the end. I LOVE the song "So Close" when McDreamy and Giselle are dancing together. 

While I was enjoying the song, Ryker got up and grabbed my hand and pulled until I stood up. I thought he wanted me to get him something from the kitchen but he grabbed both my hands and started dancing with me! Oh my gosh, I started bawling. It was so cute!  

He swayed back and forth and I would spin him and then we would walk in a circle and he was singing and just being so adorable!

He danced with me until the song was over and then clapped at the end. 

Aw man, I can't wait until I can see that moment over again in Heaven.

The Crib is not the Limit

At 1:30 this morning I woke to our door slowly creaking open. I elbowed Nate in the ribs thinking that someone was breaking into our apartment (I had just woken up!) and watched the door open and couldn't see anyone coming in... Then we heard the giggling. That's right - Ryker has learned to proficiently scale the walls of his crib and open his bedroom door. 

Heaven Help Us.

Ryker's Summer 2012

Ryker has had a great summer! It's been way hot in  Logan but we still were able to play, play, play.

Ryker loves to be outside more than anything. 

We went to the Farmer's Market a couple of times and they had a band there with lots of instruments for the kids to play. We stayed for more than an hour. Ryker loved it.

 

There is a little irrigation stream that runs in our yard. Ryker could and often does spend hours playing in it. He likes to throw things in it too... Hopefully I haven't lost anything unknowingly to the stream.

We've played with the cousins as much as we could. Here we went to Rigby Lake. Ryker has no fear of water - which I don't like.

 Getting all cleaned up after Rigby Lake. Cute cousins!

We went repelling with our great friends Tiffany and Spencer Maughn and her sister Trudy who I went to High school with. It was fun to see her again. Ryker thought it was so cool that we were climbing down the rocks.

 We went camping a few times. Ryker LOVES dirt.

We made homemade pizza with Nate's friend Jarrett and his wife Sydney. Ryker helped a lot.

We got to go to the Hunter Reunion in Rexburg, ID and play at the water park and go on the merry go round. I thought Ryker would be scared... I'm so silly. He's not afraid of anything.

 Ryker has 4 cousins his age. They are all cute as can be! Ali isn't in this picture. She is on a big horse!

4th of July in Menan. It was fun to have a kid to celebrate with. It makes it that much more enjoyable.

We spent some time at Grandma Hunter's farm. She passed away in August but we got to be with her and know that she was the best grandma ever.

 As I said... Ryker is not afraid of anything- including huge horses. 

Last but not least, Ryker got to have hernia surgery! The doctor said it was more progressive than they thought so we were very happy we did the surgery when we did. Ryker was so cute to start out with but did NOT like waking up. Mommy won't forget that part. It didn't keep him down at all. We had to go to the park that day because he was jumping all over the place. So much for a recovering mild child.

Ryker is almost 2 years old and he's starting to show it. He throws some pretty good tantrums but we do our best to ignore it and reinforce his good behavior. He is super active and I'm happy when he can sit down and watch half a disney movie. He can get pretty demanding but can also be so sweet and helpful. When he wakes up in the morning he gets into bed with us and snuggles for about 30 seconds... It's always the greatest 30 seconds of my day. I love this kid with all my heart.