Hays and Dad hanging on the couch. I can't believe how big my little boy is.

Ok it is official I am a terrible blogger but I hope to redeem myself. This Mom stuff takes a lot of time, but I am into the routine now and I promise I am going to try and be better about blogging. I don't have pictures to update because I can't find my cord for my camera but I promise I will put some up very soon.

So enough about that I'm sure everyone wants to know about Hays, well he is 6 months old and so awesome. He is 27 inches long and weighs just about 17 pounds. He has the greatest personality and is always making Ryan and I laugh. He is eating all kinds of solids and loves them well he just loves to eat. He has two teeth, he can roll all over and he loves to sit up with a little help from mom and dad. He is so amazing we just love him and he is so dang cute ( if I do say so myself) I promise pictures soon.

THREE WEEKS OLD!!!!

I cannot believe that it has been three weeks since Hays made his debut the time has gone by so fast. He is such an amazing little man, he is already so tough. He really has a mind of his own. We are so glad that he joined our family, he is such a blessing.

HE'S HERE!!!!!!

Hays Ryan Richards has arrived. He made his debut on March 26, at 4:35 am. He was 6 lbs 14 oz and 19.5 inches long. We are so happy to have him here, he is so much fun!

BABY UPDATE

Here is the latest. Hays is going to be here a little sooner than we thought. The doctor is going to induce me on Wednesday March 24 if everything goes ok until then. I will be 37 weeks so hopefully Hays is strong and healthy. My dang blood pressure just likes to hover around that scary mark and the doctor doesn't want to take any chances. We are so excited to meet our little man and we just keep praying that he will be ok and not have any complications. Thanks everyone for you support and love.

UPDATE!!!!

I am such a slacker at blogging lately, I guess it's because we haven't really done anything to exciting. But I thought I should update anyway, we only have 5 more weeks to go until Hays gets here and I'll be honest I'm freaking out a little but I'm so excited. Everything is going great my blood pressure is still a little high and so the doc is watching and Hays may have to come a little early but so far so good. Ryan has been really busy with work, shoeing and trying to get Hays' dresser/changing table done, it's almost ready so I will post pictures soon. So as you can see nothing to exciting for us.

IT'S DONE!!!!!!!

Ryan finished the crib. He suprised me with it on Thursday, I came home and he had it all set up in the nursery. I am so excited these pictures don't even do it justice, it is so cool. Way to go babe!!!!

Ok so I might be biased but my husband is so talented. He has been working so hard for the last month to build the baby's crib. He just finished it and its the most amazing thing I have seen. I think I'm going to have to move the nursery out to my family room so everyone can see it. Nice job Ryan thanks for your hard work and talent.

Here is the side view he just finished the stain but I don't have pics yet.

He made the curves by hand because he didn't have a tool to do it. I love it!!!!

I am terrible, sorry that I have not posted for such a long time. I lost my camera and so I didn't take any pictures of the holidays, I was so sad. We had such a great holiday season though that I have to update. We spent a lot of time with our family and just hung out. I think that this year was one of the best Christmases I remember. The baby is growing and doing great, Ryan has been hard at work making his crib and I can't wait to show it off (I found my camera the other day of course). Life is so good, we couldn't ask for more.

IT'S A BOY!!!!!

We found out at the end of last week that our baby is a boy. We are both so excited, (I think Ryan more than me but he won't show it). Now I can finally start shopping for him. Can't wait 'til April.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYAN!!!!!!!

I love you so much thanks for all that you do for us, your the greatest. I hope that today is fabulous for you.

I love you

So as you can tell I haven't blogged for a while. I have a ton to catch up on so today is going to be filled with new posts. We have really big news we are having a baby. I am 16 weeks along and so excited. Hopefully soon we will know if its a girl or boy. Everything is going great. Ryan is over the moon, he can't wait to be a dad. We will keep everybody updated, I promise I will be better.

We just got back from Hot Springs, South Dakota for the opening of the pheasant hunt it was so much fun I had to really to some talking to get Ryan to come Home. We had a great time. Thanks to Darin's mom and dad for letting us stay at their house and hunt on their property.

Here's Ryan reloading after one of his many kills. He had such a good time.

Ryan looking for birds.

This is one of my favs, Ryan's brother Joe and his dog Ghost just hanging out on the hill waiting for everyone.

WOW! The summer is gone and I have been such a slacker lately. There has been so much going on. I'm not sure where to start. Ryan has been really busy, and I have become a hunters widow he has been gone most of August and September but he is home for a while now. In August we went with Ryan's family on a really fun pack trip to Alsop Lake in the Uintas. It was so fun.

Here are the boys packing our stuff

The ride in was 3 hours and it was so pretty well my view could have been a little better but that is a pretty cute mule bum that I got to ride behind.

We saw two bull moose just before we stopped to set up camp.

This is where we camped it was so pretty the horses grazed right along the river the whole time.

Me and my cute hubbs, it was really cold up there if you can tell from my rosy cheeks and nose. This was such a fun trip I hope that we make it an annual adventure.

On July 24th Ryan and I decided to go canoeing at Porcupine Dam. Well lets just say we will probably not do that again.

Our communication skills are not where they should be to doing something like canoeing. We just kept going around in circles. But we did have a good time. GREAT IDEA Ry.

Rush Valley Ranch Rodeo

Here is my amazing husband at his first ranch rodeo. He did so great. He roped with my brother Shane and nephew Tanner and a few of our friends. They did so great. WAY TO GO GUYS

So this is what came after the bump left. Two black eyes. I think I look like a pretty bad A girl. Man I look awesome :-)

Check out that goose egg. Well the hair leaves something to be desired too. Ryan and I got in a little horse wreck on Thursday. His rope got wrapped around my leg and then half hitched over his horn. Both of our horses got scared and went in different directions, well I went with his horse and landed on my head. I didn't get hurt just got a goose egg.

Yea! Our first garden and its growing. We are so excited. If anyone needs corn we are going to have so much. We got a little carried away. We planted 6 rows of corn , beets , potatoes, butternut squash, pumpkins, cantalope, zucchinni, and crook neck squash. It is going to be great. Thanks to Ryan he is the garden expert at our house.

This is Ryan's new toy. We just got it this weekend and we are so excited. It will be so nice to have a trailer of our own. We are already planning a few trips with it. Ryan is going to be in a ranch rodeo on July 10 in Rush Valley. SO EXCITED!!!