the zoo

graham and i went to the zoo
as a way to enjoy these
beautiful summer days

plus, what six-week-old doesn't
appreciate and love zoo animals?


ryker wearing the kickin' sunglasses
grandma robertson bought him


ryks and me by the elephants
(don't you love the zoo-appropriate onesie?)


ryks modeling by the bears


a tired ryks by the baby giraffe


comparing ryker to the size of an infant gorilla


dad and ryker in the turtle shell
(poor ryker - his parents make him do lame things)


family picture at the end of the day
ryker was exhausted!

family pictures

Sharon wanted Tony to take
updated photos of everyone
while he was in town.

It took a lot of pictures,
laughs, funny faces, and jokes...












but we finally got some good shots

many firsts

ryker is starting to smile.
just today he looked up at me and
gave me a huge, open-mouth smile.
it melts my heart every time.


graham and I went on our
first date without ryker.
we went with graham’s dad and brothers,
my brother and his girlfriend nichole
to the mls all-star vs. everton soccer game
(which was really fun because everton
is my father-in-law’s favorite team)


nichole, chris, me, graham


in preparation for leaving ryker
with my mom, dad, and sister
while we went to the soccer game,
we tried bottle feeding for the first time.
he didn’t mind the bottle but
seemed confused about dad feeding it to him




ryker has had an upset tummy after he eats
so we now burp him many times during each feeding.
he must be a quick learner because today
he stopped feeding, lifted his head, burped,
and went right back to eating.
i’m so proud.

a few weeks ago, we went with graham’s brothers
to the real salt lake soccer stadium.
doesn’t ryker look like a natural on the soccer field?


ellie and her friend at the soccer stadium


ryker also went swimming in my grandparents’ pool.
well...more like i put his legs in the pool.
he liked it just as much as taking a bath
and screamed the moment his toes touched the water




bye!

four things

1. ryker has found his voice and the kid can scream!
last week was a little challenging
(i called graham in tears because ryker wouldn’t stop crying)
but for my birthday, ryker didn’t cry when
i went to lunch with friends or family or
when graham took me out on a date.
ryker did cry/scream, however, at the nordstrom sale.
he was definitely the loudest baby in the store.
graham was proud to hear his son
hates shopping just as much as he does.

2. ryks is getting awesome at holding his head up.
he does great when he is on his stomach and
even lifts his head when he is on his back

3. ryker loves to sleep on his stomach.
at a few days old, he was already turning on his side
now, if he positions his arm just right, he can turn
on to his tummy – which isn’t great for breathing.
you can imagine our decrease in sleep as
we constantly check to make sure he can breathe
in whatever sleeping position he gets himself into.


4. ryker can better focus on things and people and
follows them when they move around.
I love to watch him look at everything;
to see what captures his attention.

Next up: smiling.
we think ryks is getting close to smiling
when he sees or hears us.
we’ll keep you all posted!

baby's best friends

several people have asked how the dogs
are dealing with having ryker around.



well, nigel is great with him.
anytime ryker cries,
nigel runs to his side.
graham and i
constantly have to stop
nigel from giving ryker
kisses on the face.

kylie has also been great with ryker.
but when he cries,
kylie runs outside.
she apparently doesn’t
like all the extra noise.

the dogs also seem to be
very tired lately.
i think it is because
they get up with us when
ryker cries during the night.

future

i was in the bra section at nordstrom’s
when a lady a few feet away yelled out
“come here ryker!”
a little boy about 6 years old
ran out of the rack of underwear next to me

on his way to his mother,
he stopped at a mannequin wearing
a sexy bra and underwear and shouted
“woo-woo!”

i’m convinced the name wasn’t a coincidence
and this will be something i get to look forward to!

first week

i can’t believe it has been a whole week since ryker was born.
here’s what’s been happening in our world.

ryker was born after 15 hours of labor
(14 hours after my water broke).
my body got tired after that long
and stopped having contractions.
at 9:45 pm, my doctor talked to
us about a c-section.
because ryker’s heart rate was going down
we decided to do the c-section.
(the recovery from the c-section
has been much easier than expected.
i’m convinced it is the better option
when it comes to having a baby)

graham got to watch the surgery
and loved seeing ryker being born.

graham taking ryker out of the operating room


and of course our family was there
to welcome ryker

the family with doctor yamashiro - the best doctor in the world!


ashley with ryker


chris r. with ryker


chris w. with ryker


ellie with her cousin
she has been so adorable with him.
she is excited that they share the same last name
and keeps talking about how she is going to read to him
and play tag with him when he is bigger


ryker had his first doctor appointment last week
and he is still doing great, of course!
he also had his first bath.
after his bath, we wrapped him
in his bathrobe but didn’t put the diaper on.
10 seconds after this
adorable picture was taken,
ryker pooped all over his dad.
we couldn’t stop laughing!


we are in love with this kid.
he is wonderful and so much fun.
here are just a couple more pictures
from his first week.
thank you everyone for all your
thoughts and prayers.
this is such an exciting time for us!

ryker james weddick

born june 22, 2009 at 10:05 pm
7 pounds 8 ounces
21.5 inches

he is healthy and perfect.
we are completely in love with him!

ready (or not)

what do you do when you know
you have one day left before you
become parents?

play soccer (graham only)

get a pedicure and manicure (anne only)

get haircut

clean house

do yard work

run and play with puppies

take a two hour nap

watch the first 80 minutes of marley and me (avoid a tear-filled ending)

laugh and cuddle

we (think we) are ready for tomorrow
we’ll keep everyone updated!

39 weeks

i haven't had any contractions.
he hasn't dropped.
my doctor tells me i am progressing
but i fear baby is going to
take a little longer than I want.
i just want to see the little guy!