The Ryan Family

It's a BOY!

2010-01-20T20:34:00.001-08:00

We found out last Monday that we are going to have a boy! After the shock wore off we picked the name Parker Steven Ryan for our little man. We couldn't be happier and are so excited to have him in our family! I even seemed to find bedding right away that I just fell in love with and to make it better it was on sale AND free shipping! Only 19 more weeks (or so) until he's here... so much to do... so much to sell... and so much to re-buy! If anyone knows anyone who is having a girl in the fall (probably wouldn't know that quite yet but if you find out) I have a TON of clothes that I'm going to be selling!!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

2009-12-28T20:16:00.000-08:00

I everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We were lucky enough to be joined by my Uncle Tom whom I haven't seen in years! It was so nice to see him and spend time with family. Kylie had a blast and is still asking for presents ha ha ha! We had a great Christmas but I'm glad it's done and we can move onto the New Year! 2010 I can't believe it! Wishing everyone a blessed 2010! I know we are looking forward to this new year.
On January 11th we will find out if this baby is a boy or girl. We have a few name ideas but are keeping them under wraps for now :). Once we know what we are having we can really start to get things ready!
Well... that's about it... I'll try to upload some pictures from Christmas soon but until then... GO DUCKS!!!!!!!

Baby #2 is on the way....

2009-11-02T20:43:00.000-08:00

Hi all SURPRISE! We're having another baby! I had an ultrasound today and got an official due date of June 3rd,2010! We are very excited and so relieved that everything looks perfect!

The New House

2009-08-04T21:58:00.000-07:00

I know... it's about dang time... Here are some before pictures...
So the first one is obvious... the second one is the bonus room over the garage, 3rd is the living room, and finally the kitchen... now for the after pictures...

Okay... the first couple are Steve painting the house, then the kitchen with new paint and lighting, then the dining room, then the living/dining room and finally Kylie's bathroom. We are finally starting to slow down a bit after a hectic few months!

Finally...

2009-05-22T13:52:00.000-07:00

We are finally in our house. We got the keys on the 12th and did some painting last Friday before moving all the big stuff in on Saturday night. It's so nice to be in our house! Kylie is loving it so much. I will post pictures soon! Thank you to everyone who prayed for us and who supported us through this crazy journey... I can honestly say that we will be staying put for a long time after that whole drama packed journey. We can't wait to have everyone over to see our new place!

ABC...

2009-05-04T21:44:00.000-07:00

After days and weeks of trying I finally got it on film!!! I had to be a little sneaky but I got it! This is the cutest thing you've ever seen! Enjoy!

She is so smart... she's been doing this for about a month now. She gets a little better all the time!

Moving week...

2009-05-03T20:37:00.001-07:00

Well, The week has finally come. We thought we would have been in our house by now but the bank (not ours) has been holding things up a bit. We have to be out of our house by this Friday so whether we are moving to our first place or to my parents has yet to be determined. Kylie knows something is going on but has no clue what is in store for her. We can't wait to get to the house and put all her toys in her playroom! Aahhh! One place for toys! I'm sure they'll still be scattered everywhere but oh well... we can try right :)
The only great thing about the delay has been that our mortgage guy was able to get us a lower interest rate than what we had locked in at! We are now down to a 4.62% interest rate which is AMAZING! When we started this journey we were thinking we would get about a 5.5% ... we're almost down a whole point!
I guess this week will determine a lot. We are praying that we have keys in our hands by at least Thursday! Wednesday would be better though!

We got the house!!!!

2009-04-09T21:11:00.000-07:00

The bank accepted our offer today! We couldn't be more excited! We got the call from our realtor at about 11am and by 4pm we had picked out paint colors for some of the rooms and put in our 30 day notice! Yippie! We are no longer renters!!!!! I'll post pictures when we get to go up again.

House Update... well... sort of...

2009-04-08T22:02:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to let those of you who are curious know that after 7 days we have still heard nothing about the house. Monday we found out there were 2 other offers and that the bank wanted all parties to come back with their best and final offers within 24 hours which would have put us at Tuesday morning. It is now Wednesday night and we still don't know if we got the house or if we have to go back to square one all over again for the 4th time. I think if we lose this one we will take a bit of a break. This past week has been really rough on both of us. Keep praying that we get it. Out of our list of things we wanted and didn't want there is only one thing that we didn't want and it isn't even that huge of a deal (or so Steve keeps trying to convince me of). I will update with more information as soon as I know anything.

New month... new adventures...

2009-04-03T22:40:00.001-07:00

So it's now April and a new month brings new adventures! We have been house hunting for a couple of months now and have put a couple offers on a couple houses and had a very strange experience. Wednesday however we received a phone call from our realtor and we ended up putting an offer on a bank owned property that we both absolutely fell in love with! I'm praying really hard that this is the one for us! I can see us staying there for a good long time and finally getting to make the place we live our home! I'm excited and nervous. Please say a prayer for us that we get this house! Hopefully we'll be celebrating soon. I'll keep you all posted!
Another new adventure for us starts tomorrow with Kylie's first swimming lesson! We'll see how she does since she's never been to the big pool before. After a month and a half of working 6 days a week Steve is finally taking a much needed break from work and will be off all next week so he'll be able to come to swimming lessons next week and take pictures :) Other than all that not much else is going on.
I'll post an update as soon as I know anything!

Where has time gone?

2009-03-01T20:39:00.000-08:00

So we all know that I'm horrible at keeping up this blog but I try :) Here's a little update on what we've been up to....
We are now working on week 3 of being binkie free! This weekend has been rough because Kylie is getting a few teeth (4) and the binkie was always there to soothe her and now it's gone.
Over the last month or so we've been very busy. Steve has been working 6 days a week to help us get rid of all our credit card debt and add to savings. We recently got pre-approved for a house which is super scary and exciting all at the same time. Now we just have to find the house for us! We have been very blessed to be able to have jobs that aren't very affected by this horrible economy... everyone still wants their cable :)
Kylie is quickly learning new things all the time. She says about 30-40 words quite clearly! She also knows about 25-50% of her alphabet! Oh and she can count to 3! She is really into her baby dolls right now and her blocks! She also loves to read anyone who will listen a book :)
We are really looking forward to the weather getting better so we can get outside and play.

Happy New Year!

2009-01-13T20:41:00.000-08:00

Where do I start? I can't believe it's 2009 already. It's been a wild and crazy couple of months for us. Kylie had an amazing Christmas and got everything she could ever want and then some....
She even got Elmo Live! Elmo has become her new best friend... she yells "Mo" from across the room when we walk in the door at night. It's pretty funny!
She did some lounging over the holiday...
And she did some things that surprised even us...Not only did she stand on it but she pushed it to the table... it's a 36pack of soda!
So needless to say the soda goes straight to the garage now.
Our baby is growing up! Hope you all enjoyed the pictures! Hope to add more soon but for now I must go and sleep :)

The Newest Soccer Mom on the block

2008-11-29T08:17:00.000-08:00

So we took the plung last night and bought..... yes.... a minivan. Who knew I would be so excited! It's so nice. Not that what we had before wasn't but this has so much more room and just fits our family perfectly. My mom kindly reminded me last night that 3 or so years ago I was saying that I would never own a minivan and here I am the very proud owner of a 2007 Toyota Sienna. It's very nice. We closed the car lot down but they didn't seem to mind. Now, not that we can afford to anymore ha ha ha), we can do some big time Costco shopping and not worry about checking our cart before we go to the checkout to make sure we have enough room. So I am offically part of the minivan drivin' soccer mom club.

I know it's been a long time so...

2008-09-19T20:25:00.000-07:00

Here are some updates...

Kylie is LOVING her new daycare. She loves it so much she screams almost everyday when we leave. Maybe that's because Denise give her a 1/2 of M&M when she leaves and she wants more... I don't know :)

She is becoming the master walker and her favorite thing to do is say "hi" to you back and forth. It's super cute! We can't believe how fast she is growing up. She will be 11 months old on Sunday. YIKES only a few more weeks and we will have a one year old! Time flies when your having fun I guess.

This is my current favorite picture!

We are getting ready for halloween and can't wait to take Kylie out trick or treating in her cute Kitty costume. Pictures to come later :)

Other than that we are just trying to stay on some sort of schedule during an extremely busy work season (thanks to political on my side and college students moving back to town on Steve's side). I will try to keep this more updated. Key word: TRY.... I will do my best :)

Kylie's Ultrasound

2008-08-12T21:41:00.000-07:00

So I have to laugh about it now and enjoy the fact that I was able to have a day off with my family but the ultrasound tech did all she could to hold back the laughing when we told her we were there because of uneven fat rolls on Kylie's legs. Yes you heard me... the poor girl has uneven fat rolls on her legs and for that had a very long 15 mintues this morning being held down for an ultrasound to check her hips for hip dysplasia (spelling?). We are very happy that everything looked perfect but we already knew that :)
On to the next hurdle :) I know there will be more :)

One small step for...

2008-08-02T13:28:00.000-07:00

Yep Kylie took her first steps last Wednesday! Such a big girl. I was able to get this little clip Thursday morning so you'll have to excuse the mess of toys, her hair and the fact that I turned the camera 1/2 way through... Here we go...

2008-07-06T16:30:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from Kylie's first trip to Seattle...

In front of the fountains down on the waterfront
On the Pier next to the aquarium that we went to. Kylie LOVED the fish!

At Kerry Park on Highland Drive (for those of you who don't know... this is where they take a lot of the postcard pictures from)

At Kerry Park with the Space Needle in the background

Playing with Great Auntie Jenny and Lucy!

Hanging out with Auntie Marianne!

Kylie did so well on our trip! She had so much fun and got totally spoiled while we were there. I'll have to take a picture of her with her special present from Great Uncle Tom... her Comfort Creature and matching blanket :) She loves them!

2008-06-22T13:58:00.000-07:00

Here is an update...

Kylie started her new daycare this week and LOVES it! I am so relieved that she is finally comfortable! She has made lots of new friends and loves hanging out with her buddy Connor. She is working on her climbing skills which has forced us to take one thing in particular away from her...

Needless to say we have done some major babyproofing to stop her from tearing the house apart :)

In about a week and a half we are going to take her to the big city (Seattle) to meet her Great Aunt Jenny and see her Auntie Marianne and maybe some other people :) I'll post pics when we get back. Other than that not much going on here. Kylie is growing faster than we can believe...8 months old already!

Quick Update...

2008-05-29T20:35:00.000-07:00

So I'm not doing very well at updating this...
Our little munchkin (Steve's nickname for her lately) has become a very fast crawler! Last week she figured out how to not only get up onto her knees but she learned how to pull herself up... as of the past couple days she has gotten a bit braver and has been letting go with one hand to reach for a toy (or whatever catches her eye). Needless to say... she has kept us on our toes. We are't used to it yet and I have a feeling it's not going to be long before she is walking. YIKES! I will try to update with new pictures soon.

I have added a new link...

2008-05-15T21:47:00.000-07:00

I heard about this story through another blog and it has touched my life so very deeply! We can get so caught up in life that we forget how quickly it (life) can be taken away. I have been following this blog for about a month now and read it everyday. I swore that I would never take any baby I had for granted after going through the horrible loss of our first baby but I got caught up in life and ended up doing it. I took it for granted that I was healthy and that Kylie was healthy and that we were a happy little family. I will NEVER do that again after following this blog. I just thought I would share it with you all if you care to look. Life is such a gift. Always kiss your babies goodnight and tell everyone you love that you love them. You never know what tomorrow holds.

Update...

2008-05-12T21:43:00.000-07:00

Kylie is mastering the art of crawling. Tonight is one of those night when I wished I had a video camera... she crawled to get my keys (we were trying to encourage her so my parents could see her in action)... She was playing with a toy (chewing on it actually) and instead of leaving that toy behind for the keys she bit down and carried it in her mouth while she crawled after my keys. It was the funniest thing I've ever seen. Too cute!

YIKES! We need to baby-proof!

2008-05-05T20:05:00.000-07:00

This is Kylie's newest trick! We were eating dinner at my parents house on yesterday and she finally figured it out... kind of... it won't be long now until she is a pro! I guess I better get the breakables put away! FAST!

Kylie's first trip to the park!

2008-05-05T19:57:00.000-07:00

And she loved it. We met Melissa, Dave, Andrew and Ellie Johnson there on Saturday afternoon and Kylie got to swing her heart out! She loved being in the swing as you can tell from the pictures! We can't wait for another nice day to go back to the park!

The doctor says she's PERFECT!

2008-04-28T20:00:00.000-07:00

So Kylie had her 6 month baby well check up today and she is PERFECT! Not a surprise to us but we are bias. She weighed in at a whoppin' 17lbs 13oz and she is 27inches tall! Those put her in the 86% for height and 80% for weight. She got the go ahead to move onto table food (as long as we stay away from meats for now). She screamed when she got her 3 shots but once she was in mommy's ares she was good to go again.

Silly Girl

2008-04-24T21:18:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday we had Kylie's picture taken and she wouldn't smile big for the lady but look at what she did when we got home. Little turkey! She smiles for the ones we don't have to pay for.

Who needs all those toys anyway?

2008-04-21T20:01:00.002-07:00

Who needs a living room full of toys when you can play with a bag? Kylie could have cared less about all the toys around her... she wanted to hear the bag crinkle! Crazy girl!

Mommy and Kylie

2008-04-21T19:51:00.000-07:00

Kylie and Mommy playing with the camera :)

We bought a new camera a month or so ago and we are still trying to learn all the fun features on it. Kylie loves to pose for the camera (unless we are paying someone to take pictures then she chooses to not smile at all... go figure).

Hi everyone! Let's try this!

2008-04-21T19:33:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone... I'm trying this for the first time so bear with me. Hopefully I will be able to keep up with this. Kylie has been keeping us very busy! Between teething and trying to crawl there hasn't been much "down time" around our house. We just had her picture taken yesterday so as soon as those come in I will post them. They turned out pretty cute! Thanks for reading and check back later for updates! I'll post some new pictures as soon as I figure this whole thing out :)