Irene vs Ryan

Irene has won for now! Ryan will not be baptized this Sunday and will have to remain our little evil son for a few more weeks. We will reschedule for September 18th.

I think Ryan knew this was going to happen, Aunt Wendy was talking about the hurricane and he just laughed!

We got some sleep!!!

The little bastard.....I mean adorable son was giving us some sleeping issues the last couple of weeks. We had moved him from his bassinet into his crib and that is when all the trouble started. He went from sleeping 5-6 hours a night to 2-3 hours a night!! It was not a good couple of days. Kari was exhausted and I was second guessing the decision to put him in the crib. We decided that we must stick it out and let him adjust. After about a week, Ryan started to increase the time he slept and now he is giving us 8-9 hours a night!! I realize that this could be short term, but we are enjoying every extra minute of sleep we can get.

Yesterday Ryan was 10 weeks old! We took him to the doctor and he weighed in at 13 pounds 12 ounces and 23 inches long. We are still hoping that he sets new family records and grows to a giant 5 foot 8 inches!!

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Surprise Bill!

We celebrated Bill's 60th birthday in grand style by throwing him a surprise birthday party last weekend!! Thanks to everyone who came out to wish Bill Happy Birthday. It was a nice hot day and the new pool got plenty of use!

Back Yard Party 60th

One big happy family

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We spent this past Saturday at Lisa and Jason's beautiful home to visit Alexis. She was a tiny little person! We had all of the grand children in one place and it was great to see them all together. Emily has her work cut out for her, but she will always be the first!

Ryan Laughing

I never thought I would be entertained by a baby laughing, but I am!  Enjoy.

Happy Happy Birthday

This past weekend, I celebrated my 34th birthday in grand fashion. To start off the day, I got a phone call from my mother telling me that Lisa was going into labor. After about 12 hours of Labor, she gave birth to my new niece Alexis Nicole Reckner! She was 6 lb. 4 oz. and 20 in. Go to www.recknerfamily.com for more details and pictures.


Alexis
My weekend then continued with a visit to my Uncle Tom's to celebrate Karissa's graduation.  It was a beautiful day and a great party.  Congratulations to Karissa!!

I ended the weekend with some dinner and cake with my parents.  Of course all of this was done with Ryan, the best gift I could ask for!

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1 month down, 30 years to go

Ryan Second Month 2011

Ryan is now entering his 2nd month and is getting bigger each and every day. We just spent the 4th of July at a BBQ with close friends and their children. It is amazing how times have changed.

Happy Birthday Bill!

Dinner 60th Birthday Big Bill

Bill turned 60 and we had the family over for a nice pasta dinner and finished it off with a nice helping of ice cream cake. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Father's Day

2011 Fathers Day

Sunday was my first father's day and we had the entire family over.  Both Grandpa's, Marc and myself celebrated Father's day with some BBQ on a nice sunny Sunday.

Ryan is growing each day and looks a little different every time I look at him.  

Ryan was also able to land a job at Richmond Elevator, he will be the official check cryer.  Every time my father writes a check, Ryan will cry for him.  This will save my father some time as his tears sometimes smear the ink on the check.

Cousins

Cousins

This week Ryan was able to meet his two older cousins: Nicholas and Emily!

Since Kari and I come from such big families, cousins are just like siblings.  So it was really nice to see Emily and Nicholas with Ryan.  This is just the beginning as there are a slew of new 2nd and 3rd cousins to meet...most recently, we welcome Brian James to world.  He was born on Thursday, June 9th.  He was 8lbs 1oz and 22 inches long.  All the best to Liz, Sean and Liam!

Cry if you want to

Ryan's First Bath

It has been an interesting week trying to figure out Ryan's feeding patterns and more importantly his sleeping patterns.  For the most part Ryan is giving us a solid 3 hours of sleep at night.  We had 1 or 2 nights where he woke us up, but otherwise has been great.

We decided it was time to give Ryan a little sponge bath and see how he liked that.  To sum it up, he hated it.  I captured some nice photos of him really testing his vocal range and came close to popping a few blood vessels.
  

Ryan's First Week Home

Ryan First Month 2011

We are home with Ryan and things are going very well, so far. He is feeding like an animal...we just got him up to 3 ounces and he was ready for more. He started to chew the pillow in the swing. Other than that, he has been great. We had family over on Monday and he hammed it up for the camera.

We took him for his first dog walk. Ryan was in the carriage and Puddles on the leash. Puddles did not seem to mind the extra guest on her walk. Both pooped.

We took him to the doctor today and he weighed in at 8lbs 3 ounces, no issues to report. Nice to have the Doctor down the block!!

Ryan met the neighbors today. Our neighbors sent us a card, which was very nice of them.

Will keep photos from this week posted here.