We have a one year old!

Our little baby is growing up! It is hard to think that just a little over a year ago we were waiting to meet Ryker and now we can't imagine life without him. It is amazing how he fits into our lives so well. He gives us so much to look forward to. He is currently toddling all over the place, and can say mom, mama, dada, kitty, meow, hi, hello, and all kinds of other words we can't understand yet. He doesnt really care too much for shoes but is getting used to them. He loves our broom, swiffer, and vacuum, although I don't know why because I don't use them that much. Maybe he is telling me we need a cleaner house. Haha. He loves to play talk on our phones and will walk all over the house with it up to his ear babbling away. He gets super excited when it actually rings. He doesn't like to eat anything he can't feed himself. He has recently started loving cheese sticks. He loves stuffed animals lately and will hug and kiss them, it is so sweet. He has had a few play dates with his grandparents and he has had a lot of fun. He gets to go watch Tanner play baseball all the time and claps whenever they do something good. He no longer likes his swing and tries to wiggle out of it all the time. He has graduated to a big boy carseat and likes it a lot better. He makes the funniest giggle from his throat that he has ever since he was just little and it is so cute that he still does it. I think he did it before he even smiled. We have given him his first real hair cut while he was sleeping, just his bangs and his hair around his ears, and he can see now. Jk. I love his long hair but it was growing into his eyes. He got to go to the zoo for tr first time and liked it but seemed to like watching the other people there more. Another thing he likes is to find any cord, charger cord, vacuum cord, etc. and drape it around his neck and walk around the room. If you take it away, he gets very mad. We are not sure why but always have to watch him super carefully. Maybe it's because he had the umbilical cord around his neck. Just joking. Here are some pics from the last month.

Ryker's First Birthday

Ryker's first birthday came so fast! We had a Peter Rabbit themed party which fit really nicely into Easter weekend. Ryker had his family come to be with him on his special day and we all had a great time. I had a lot of fun planning the party. We had croissant sandwiches with potato salad, berries and fruit dip, veggies from Mr. Mcgregor's garden, a garden salad, "cabbage" Oreo truffles, carrot cake, garden themed cupcakes, carrot juice (peach lemonade) and delicious brownies my sister made. Ryker got spoiled with many nice gifts including a cars rocker, and his own little truck with foot pedals. His great grandparents were Lso able to visit which was very special. He got his own cake and had a good time making a mess of it.
For his actual birthday, he got to spend a quiet night at home and he got to feed himself which he prefers, and which resulted in an enormous mess everywhere. Jeremy and I got him his own play vacuum and lawn mower as well as a mega blocks John Deere truck. We can hardly believe we have a one year old!

On his birthday eating ravioli and cottage cheese, messy messy!

He wasn't as excited about his cake as I thought he would be

Happy 1st Birthday Ryker!

This hat did not last long at all

Uncle Taylor and Uncle Tanner

He loves the camera



The food spread



These cupcakes were pretty easy to make, and fun!  I also had a fun time designing his cake

Carrot juice (peach lemonade)

Great Grandpa and Grandma Ault

Dad and Grandpa Rusty

Aunt Marisa and Aunt Kylee

Grandpa and Grandma Ault

Great Grandma Ebell

Brady and Tatiana and Staley ( and future baby boy Burton)

Grandma Zimmerman