6 Months!

Well, here is the picture update for this month on Ry Ry.

As you can see he is getting bigger next to his little Tiger.

This is his attempt to sit up. He is actually pretty close to doing it by himself now. But for the most part he'd rather be crawling around getting into all the stuff mommy doesn't want him to get into!


In this picture his daddy is making him smile. That is why he's not looking at the camera. The rest of the time, he's pretty much memorized by the camera. I have to keep pushing him back or else he grabs on to it.

I had to get a few pics of him in a little hat.
I love his stare in his picture.






Ryan sucking on one of his favorite toys. Really he likes to suck on just about anything though.

Including his fingers.



This is of today. I found him getting into the clean laundry that I was working on putting away. He actually spit up all over the basket, thankfully very little made it to the actual clean clothes.


Well, there is an update on Ryan. As for myself.... I have been house hunting for Mike and I. I find the houses and then Mike and I go and look at them with my Mom. I think I really enjoy the real estate and maybe I will get into that more. We'll see. Well, Happy Thanksgiving ya'll.

The Zoo!

As a small child my dad would take me to the Utah Hoogle Zoo. I have a lot of wonderful memories there. Since last week had good weather I decided to take Ry to the Zoo with my dad, nephew, Jaxson and niece, Lexi.
Ryan had just woken up from his nap in the car and he was a little grumpy in this first picture.
Here's Lexi trying to get over a fence to chase after...

a beautiful peacock. I love that the birds just run wild around the zoo. It's so fun.


Here's Jax.

And Lexi. She really knows how to "cheese" it up. Can you tell that one of their Grandpa's is a farmer? I love their sweatshirts!
Ry and Edpa! Thanks for going to the zoo with us Dad!

We got to see a baby elephant. This reminded me of Africa. In some of the places that we stayed you could just look out from the eating area and see wild elephants. Often there would be 5-10 of them and always some babies.


Here's a self picture of Ry and me with the giraffe in the background.
Back in the stroller....Ryan is getting heavy and I am really not very buff.

The end of our zoo trip was the train ride. This is a much anticipated event for little Jaxson.


Big yawn. Mommy was tired too!
And a little something to eat.

Here is one other random picture of Ry Ry.

Drool....Mmmm Yumm....

Well, as you can see Ryan is now a little factory of drool because he cutting two teeth now. The other night we were visiting my parents and my dad was holding Ryan. Ry's whole shirt was covered with his drool.
Other than that, Ryan has been up on his all fours and then he continues to lunge forward.

Here we are at my parents house with cousin Lexi and Elsie.
Here is my extremely cute and hansom husband! I sure love this guy.
I love Ryan's face in this next picture. We went outside while the weather is still nice and Ry is investigating the leaves. By investigating I mean eating the leaves and dirt.

P.S. Anyone following me about this house we have put an offer in on. The bank finally got back to us yesterday and accepted our offer. We are now beginning the process of accepting the house, but Mike and I are so excited!

Happy Halloween!

Here are some pictures of our little Ry Guy!


Cousin Alex had a band concert and we went. Ryan enjoyed it until the last number which got a little loud and then he burst into tears and we went home.

Here he is hanging out with Mommy on the floor.




Finally, here is a preview of Christmas! Ryan is Santa Clause for Halloween! Isn't he cute?

5 Months Old!

Wow, I can't believe how quick it has gone! We love our little Ry Guy so much! Here are some happy pictures of him from this past month.
Of course we have to have the shot with him and his Tiger. But in the next one he is actually bending his legs! This is unusual for our little stiff guy.


Here he is getting a toy, except that the camera distracted him.

Ry and his cousin Jade in the background. It's so great that we get to hang out with them.


I like his big dark eyes in his picture.

Last, here is a video clip of Ryan eating his toes. This is a new favorite thing. He has also learned to now roll from his back to his front and he is getting closer every day to crawling! So far he just sticks his bum way up in the air and face plants it, but we cheer him on and he keeps trying.

Pills....

It seems that any ill we have now a days has a pill that we can take to cure it.

I went to the doctor's yesterday for a routine check up, while talking it came out that I am tired (nothing to do with a new baby being around) and I asked to have my iron checked. By the end of the conversation my doctor is trying to convince me that I have postpartum depression and that some anti-depressants will really help. (Apparently, he had just come from a conference that said 30% of all women have postpartum depression and even though I don't fit the "classic" case, I could probably get more energy by taking the drugs.)

So I asked my doctor if there was anything else I could do! He had a few suggestions but came back to the drugs. Just for everyone's information there is A LOT you can do besides drugs. For more information on the Depression Recovery Conference coming to SLC, this November 7 and 8, contact edfilajr@yahoo.com.

Anyway, slightly on the same note, check out the Parental Consent Act of 2009.

I Support It! You should too, for your children's safety.

Recent Family Pictures

So while Mike's dad was in town a few weeks ago we took advantage and got some more family pics. He also came and took pics of my whole family. Here is me with my parents.

And, here is the whole Fila family. 9 grandkids makes it hard to get a good one of everyone, but don't the kids look cute?!


More of Ry.

More family.

Ry likes to pull the blanket over his face. Silly boy.