The Ryan's

well, since the last post (didn't realize it had been a freakin year!) we have moved to California. I think I have fallen in love! It is absolutely breathtakingly beautiful here. The weather is perfect almost everyday, sunny and 70's and everything grows here. I am constantly blown away by the beautiful varieties of hibiscus and birds of paradise blooming everywhere. Here's some pics from back in December :) yes, we can go to the beach in December here! LOVE


I can get used to this :)

So we recently moved to a bigger apartment! And here are the last few pictures we took at our old place.




When he was playing the other day, he found his old Binky. He NEVER liked any of the ones we bought so he probably didn't know what it was. The one he found was really soft and he thought it was fun to chew on :) good thing we are done breast feeding! haha

K so here's a video of Hunter giggling. He gets in these moods sometimes where anything is funny. Apparently he thought my foot was funny the day we did this. Every time I hear his little giggle it melts my heart. I never knew I could feel such joy in something so simple :) enjoy!

We got some photos of Hunter done the other day. I can't believe he is 6 months already! I feel like it was just yesterday when he was born. I miss that new born baby! But I really like the stages he is going through too :) he has started laughing a lot more and talking. He doesn't make any sense but he can say "da da" some times which melts Davin's heart... He loves to suck on his toes if he can see his bare feet when I take his socks off. He also rolls all around the floor. I constantly walk back into the room where he's playing only to find him on the other side of the room turned around and stuck against the couch. haha. It is pretty cute! We love this little boy!d

Here's some photos from Chad's wedding last month and his reception in Texas. We had a fun time. And Chad's wife Charisse is so sweet and we're so glad she's part of the family!

Since he was born, I've just been washing him in the shower with me. It's a lot easier and he has never cried. I don't like it when he cries... So this past week we tried him in the bath tub for the first time and he really liked it. :)
I just want to eat him up when he looks at me like this! He loves to suck on his fingers...

Well, here's some pics from Halloween. Yes, I know they are late... but better late then never right? I thought he made a pretty cute tigger :)

Now at around 6 weeks, Hunter loves to smile! Every time I lay him down on his changing table to change his diaper, this is what I see :) I LOVE IT!

So we showed up to the Orem hospital at 6 AM on August 6th. After filling out paper work, they started me on pitocin.



They checked me at 8 AM (which HURTS by the way! just so you know... becuase no one told me that and it was suprising!) and then they broke my water (very weird sensation by the way. it didn't hurt though. it was just weird...) I was doing good till about 9 AM. The contractions got so bad that my whole body was shaking and I thought I was going to die.
So they guy came in at 9:30 AM and gave me an epidural... They had me sit up and lean over a pillow to do it. Davin was right infront of me holding my hands so I had something to hold on to when the contractions came. They hurt so bad! The guy did a local shot of some numbing stuff and that hurt a little bit. Enough for me to say "ouch." Davin braced himself for the big needle but I didn't even feel it! The next thing I knew he was taping the cord up my back and I asked him when he was going to do the big shot and he said he already did it! haha It was WONDERFUL! After about three more contractions, I couldn't feel a thing! All I have to say is:
God Bless Epidurals!!! :) haha I have NO idea WHAT the heck I was thinking before. We live in a day and age where we are BLESSED with advanced medicine. We should use it! My advice to everyone... GET THE EPIDURAL!! LOL The whole thing was a breeze after that!

So at about noonish the nurse said I was fully dialated and they were going to let me "rest and drop" for an hour. This means I get to lay there and rest for a bit while the baby drops deeper into the birth canal so I don't have to push so much when the time comes. I got an extra dose of the epidural at 1 PM (very smart choice. it made labor so nice!) then I threw up because of all the medicine, but it didn't last long. I shouldn't have had Sonic for breakfast that morning LOL.

The Doctor took a little big longer getting there (he was coming from surgery at another hospital) and didn't show up until 2 PM. Then they had to move my whole room around so I was where the other bed was because it was infront of the huge lights the Dr needs to stich you up. So I didn't really feel much after this. I think he did an epesiotomy, but I didn't feel or see him do it, and then he got his forcepts out. The baby was facing sideways and he had to use them to wiggle him out. I didn't even have to push! I have no recolection of the placenta coming out either. The next thing I know they laid him in my arms. He was beautiful. That is definitly the Best feeling in the world. It is a little surreal. I totally cried. That's why my eyes are watery...
I thought he looked a little big when he came out and they informed me that he was 9 lbs 5 oz! OMG! I had no idea he would be that big! I asked my midwife if I would have a big baby and she said no. She was wrong! Can you imagine if I had him on my due date (one week later than this)? ah! he could have been over 10 lbs! scarey! ... But overall everything was great. The whole experience was wonderful. Granted, it wasn't a walk in the park, but compared to the horror stories I've heard, it was fine. The whole thing only lasted about 8 hours and only about two hours of it were painful... The whole labor thing was much better than being pregant too. I HATED being pregnant. And I'm so glad that is over with :) ... well at least for a few more years that is...

Davin LOVES this little guy :)

He has A TON of freakin hair!

So here's the story...

Last night I had contractions from 10 pm to 4 am. They were all about 5 minutes apart. I drank a ton of water and soaked in the tub to help calm them down if they were braxton-hix ones. It didn't help and they kept coming. So we packed everything and I took a shower. I called the hospital and they said not to come in until the contractions were 2-3 minutes apart and when I couldn't physically talk during my contractions. They NEVER got to that point and I ended up falling asleep around 4:30 am when the contractions slowed down.

The next morning I woke up and was so depressed. I'll admit I cried. It sucks waking up, expecting to have the baby the night before, and not have him. I had a Dr. appointment today and she checked me for the first time... and apparently it hurts! No one told me! It feels like someone is pinching you super hard. NOT FUN. But the good news was that I am 4 cm dialated! yay! She could see I was misserable from the night before and then asked when I was 39 weeks (tomorrow) and what insurance I had. Then said she'd was going to check something and would be right back. Then I heard her on the phone with the hospital giving them my information. Words cannot describe how happy I was! She came back in and told me she had scheduled an induction for tomorrow morning at 6 am. I gave her a huge hug and almost burst into tears. (Apparently all these hormones makes you cry a lot...)

I called Davin to tell him the good news. Apparently he wasn't expecting in and freaked out a little bit. haha. He came home early from work cause he couldn't concentrate. He's still freaking out. I think it's the fact that the actual birth day was always far away and "some day in the future sometime." Now that it's finally here it is really hitting him. I have a feeling I'll be the one calming him down in the labor room. LOL.

I still want to try and not do an epidural but from what I've heard it's almost impossible. When they induce you, it sends you into really intense and strong labor. It is usually more intense then normal labor. So I guess we will see. Davin thinks I'll cave in and get one. But I am pretty dang determined and I got to 4cm on my own...

So we are just waiting till tomorrow morning! I'll try to post some pics tomorrow or the next day depending on when we meet him and how everthing goes!