While in Utah we went to the Dinosaur Mueseum at Thanksgiving point. We had so much fun, and were so impressed with how big it was. There was so much to do. If you have kids, and if you're in Utah I recomend going to see it.

Christmas Morning!!

Ryan had fun with his cousins, Ethan and Kaylee. Kaylee loves "baby Ryan" and enjoyed helping out.

Eric was sweet and let Kristi go out to Utah a couple days early while he was finishing up finals. Here are a few pictures during that time with the Crumps.

Yesterday we took a scenic drive to one of our favorite places, Holy Hill. Unfortunately we went a little too late in the year and as a result most of the leaves had already fallen. Nevertheless, we still had a great time taking some pictures.

Happy Halloween!!
Kristi had the opportunity to fly out to Utah to visit family. Unfortunately Eric couldn't go because he was in the middle of tests. It was a pretty eventful week-and-a-half for Kristi's family. Kristi's little brother gave his talk in church prior to leaving for his mission to Kentucky. Kristi's side of the family had a Halloween party that unfortunately got interrupted with an emergency. As a result, Kristi didn't get many pictures from the party (only 1). It was also fun for Kristi to spend the evening with Eric's side of the family the night before Halloween.

In need of a haircut?

Ryan started losing his hair on the sides of his head so it looked a lot like a mohawk. We decide he needed a haircut.

We got Ryan's highchair out yesterday and he was loving it. We can't believe how big he is getting. Today was the first time he said "da". Every time he said it, Kristi would copy him and he just laughed and laughed. He seemed to think it was a pretty fun game. We are so proud of our little man.

We Love Fall!!

It's been such nice weather. Here are a few pictures that we took on our walk in a park near the lake.

Here are Ryan's current stats: Ht: 25 1/4 in. (70%), Wt: 11lb. 9oz. (4%), Head circ: 40 1/2 cm (10%). Because he is still such a little guy Ryan's Doctor has him on a higher calorie diet. He also gave us the okay to start trying solid foods. So far Ryan is doing great with rice cereal.

Friday we went to Cederburg to enjoy the beautiful weather and look in some cute shops. Poor little Ryan wasn't feeling the greatest from the shots he had earlier that day so we weren't able to stay very long.

Ryan had his cardiologist appointment last Wednesday and his second round of immunizations on Friday. He still seems to be handling his heart condition fine. In a couple months he will have an echo so they will have a better idea on how much the hole in his heart has closed. He has hit all of his developmental milestones.
He can roll over from his tummy to his back, laughs and smiles all the time and grabs everything within his reach(even mommy's hair!).

Wow...almost 4 months old!

Celebrating Eric's 26th Birthday.

They've gone country....

Kristi's parents moved out to the country a couple years ago and they now have 2 pigs, several chickens, had some lambs and calves. It was a lot of fun being out there and experiencing some country life. However, as you can see we also got to experience an unpleasant event...beheading a couple chickens.

Ryan's Blessing Day

Flying Nightmare!


Our flight our to Utah left from Milwaukee on Saturday, August 4th at 6:20 a.m. However, as crazy as it sounds both us and our rides alarm didn't go off and we overslept. We arrived at the airport at 6:00, too late to board our flight. From that point on everything that could go wrong went wrong. Here is a quick overview of what happened... We were on stand-by all day Saturday and finally got on a flight at 7:30 p.m. to Denver. When we arrived in Denver there were no connecting flights so we stayed the night in a hotel. We had no luggage that night because we were told that our luggage went on to Utah already. We got up the next morning and left to the airport a couple hours before our flight. We got to Utah and waited for over an hour to find out our luggage was in Seattle. We had to borrow clothes from our families so that we could go ahead with our plan to bless Ryan that day. Even though we had a rough start Ryan's blessing went well and we had a great time with our families.

Ryan had his two-month doctor visit and first round of vaccines today. As you can see, he was pretty wiped out after the fact. The poor little guy was either asleep or fussy practically all day. Other than that he is doing great.
Here are his stats today: 9 lbs 5 oz (10th percentile), 23 3/4 in long (80th percentile), and head circumference is 38 cm (10th percentile).

All of our friends here at Chambers Court had a great time barbecuing.

Today Ryan had another cardiology appointment, and it is amazing what they can tell about the heart just from listening to it. From what the cardiologist heard, it sounds like the hole in Ryan's heart is starting to close even more which is such a relief. The cardiologist says because Ryan is still doing well with his growth and breathing they will continue just to wait and see how he does. We don't have to go back for another cardiology appointment for a couple of months now.

Just in case you aren't sure where a VSD affects the heart here is a picture.


Ryan's current stats:
9 lbs 3 oz (The same as Eric's birth weight. Yes, Ryan's still our little peanut).

Got Milk?




We know when Ryan is hungry when he does the obvious, cries, but he will also sometimes pucker his lips to let us know he is ready for the bottle. When feeding Ryan we have to pay close attention to him; otherwise, the minute we look away he loses interest and stops sucking and swallowing. Before you know it, his mouth fills with milk which then drizzles all down his face. As long as we talk to him while he eats, he is a pretty clean eater. We've also noticed that sometimes he will, amazingly, suck vigorously on his bottle for 20 minutes or so when actually he hasn't drunk a thing! The milk in the bottle will be at the same level it was when we started. This is kind of funny during the day but not so funny when it's 3:00 a.m.! I don't know how he does it.

It's been so fun to see Ryan start to pay more attention to his surroundings. Just within the last couple weeks he's started to be entertained by the mobile on his swing and crib. YAY!! It's great when I'm trying to get some stuff done around the house.

Ryan had an upset tummy so we gave him a little medicine. He really liked the flavor but as you can see half of it ended up on his face.

Ryan adores his dad, he will just stare at him forever.
Here is Eric reading to Ryan

It's so fun...Ryan is starting to SMILE awake! He still doesn't do it very often so we felt lucky to catch this one on camera.



Ryan had his second doctors appointment with the cardiologist. They did an EKG and from what they could tell they think the hole in his heart is starting to close a little. So from here they will just monitor it for the next year.