Mikes BiRthDaY/St George,Vegas/Fathers Day!!

On June 19th was Mike's 29th birthday and fatehrs day was the next day. So to celebrate the 2 big occasions we decided to take a much needed vacation and headed down south! We went to St George and Vegas with our good friends, the Bells. They have a little girl 2 months younger than Ryker so was nice to go with someone who related to our situation. The first night in St George we saw Tarzan at Tuachan. It was amazing. It was a great night to be outside under the stars sitting in the warm weather! It was a windy at first but eventually stopped. The play was so much fun! I love the plays down there. I was a little worried about Ryks and how he would handle sitting for that amount of time and for the fact that the play would go later than his bed time. But...he did AWESOME! But kiddos did! He sat on my lap 3/4 of the play before falling asleep. He loved watching the flying monkeys and the flashing lights and loud noises. On Thursday we headed down to Vegas where we ate, shopped, swam, guys saw A Team us girls saw a Circue de Soleil show and shopped and ate some more! It was so nice to get away and spend time with our little fam and the Bells fam. Thank you for such a fun trip!

Stringham Family Pictures

For Christmas we gave my parents and Mikes parents a gift certificate to get our fam photos taken. A few weeks ago we had our pictures taken with Mikes family and I thought they turned out pretty good! Here are some of my favorites!





Thanks Melissa for taken our pictures, they turned out great! To check out more of Melissa's work go to melissabrynerphotography.blogspot

Mother's Day/Bearlake!

This was my official first year to celebrate Mother's Day as a mom! And I must say I loved it! I had such a fun day! To start the day off I had to speak in sacrament (NOT so fun) I really really really hate public speaking, but Im glad that I did it and its over with! :) We then took Ryk's on his first bike ride! He loved it! He wasnt to fond of his helmet, but besides that he loved the heck out of it! We then went to my grandmas where we celebrated Mother's Day and my mom and aunts birthday since they are twins! My aunt gave my mom a bike and she loves it! Im excited to go to Jordan Parkway and go on bikerides. My mom brought a pinata for the kids and we played some games! It was so much fun!!! We then headed up to Mikes grandparents where his family was and had dessert there. It was a wonderful day and I'm so thankful for the opportunity that i have to be a mom to Ryker!
This past weekend we headed up to Bearlake to get the dirt ready for sod. It was such a nice weekend up there. The weather was perfect! Ryker, my nephews, and Gabe loved playing in the dirt! Ryker loved it so much that he decided to eat some of it-gross! Brax found a worm and loved playing with it! Boys will be boys! Im excited to the memories that will be made this year at our family cabin! Now, just bring on the good weather!

9 Months!

9 Month Stats:
Weight: 19.36 lbs (31% percentile)
Length: 28.5 inces (60% percentile)
Head circumference: 17.9 inches (57% percentile)

Yep that's right, our little stink is 9 months! I cant beleive that he is as old as long as I was pregnant with him! How time flies when you are having fun!I love his sweet little personality that he has and is getting-he really is so sweet and is the best baby! At 9 months he lays on his back and scoots and rolls everywhere- he is not crawling yet. He is a big time cheese ball-loves showing off his 2 bottom teeth. He grabs for anything and everything! Learned how to do "motor boat" with his lips so when Im feeding him the food gets all over the both of us! He is babbling like crazy and is very very active! I can't believe how much love I have for this sweet little angel! He is my best bud and we have so much fun together! Happy 9 months my little Ryk's!!!

Vegas, Baby!

A few weeks ago we had the opportunity to head to Las Vegas! Mike, my dad, and brother were headed down there for the car races so the girls and kiddos decided to tag along! It was so much fun to get away and be in the warm, sunny weather! We had a great time swimming, shopping, walking the strip watching the shows, atending the dolphin exhibit and the guys enjoyed the races. I was a little worried with how Ryk's was going to do on the drive down and back and with his naps, but like the little champ he is he did awesome!










Thanks for a fun weekend mom and dad, we had a blast! Sure love you guys!!!

HoPpY Easter!!!

We have been busy having some fun this past month but for starters a little update on Ryker's surgery. He has recovered so well! This past monday marked his 2 week mark and I was able to take off the remaining tape strips. The scar looks a lot better than I had ever imagined! He had about 15-20 stitches and they were the disolvable ones so they are all gone! Its amazing the things these drs can do these days, Im so grateful for them!
Besides Rykers surgery we have been able to have some fun too! Tonight we took Ryker and our friends the Bells met us down at the mall to have our kiddos sit on the easter bunnys lap. Ryker did so good-he didnt even cry! Next year may be a different story! But we sure had fun posing them with the bunny and with the decoartions they had sitting the bunny station.
I've decided that every other week Im going to plan an AdVeNtUrE DaY for Ryker and friends! So if any of you would like to join us please let me know...more the merrier! The first one was last Wednesday and we headed to Gardner Village to walk the Jordan Parkway and hang out for Gardner Village for a few hours. It was a lot of fun to get out and have some adult conversation while Ryker enjoyed being outside and enjoyed watching the ducks!
On another day my mom and I decided to take Ryker and my nephews to Discovery Gateway. The kids loved it, but by the time we left we were all exhausted!
One of the many reasons that I love this time of year is to get together with family to do our yearly tradition of dying easter eggs. This year I was even more excited to do this because it was Rykers first time dying eggs! He had a fun time trying to eat the hard boil eggs and dropping and cracking them :) The kids had fun putting on bunny ears and smiling big for the camera!
I cant believe how big my little munchkin is getting! Everyday is such an adventure with him! We have so much fun together! He is at such a fun age! He can sit up all by himself, smiles and giggles all day long...which in return allows me to smile right along with him, says dadadada...(sad day that was :) ), loves jumping in his jumping johnny, still loves his tubbies and LoVes to get down and play play play! Very active little dude he already is! I feel so privledged to be his mom!