The Judkins Fam

family update

2010-05-15T21:23:00.000-07:00

Ryder has grown up so much over the last month or two.
He can now run at full speed without face planting it every three steps but that doesn't stop him from getting hurt ALL the time! He is such a boy, he loves to hang out with daddy and thinks its so cool when he lets him play with his tools and he cries whenever Austin leaves the house. He is such a little monkey and I find him climbing on everything!!! He loves to dance and has even started singing a little bit but he is VERY shy so I try to pretend I'm not watching him. He loves to do the actions to no more monkeys jumping on the bed but I think its his favorite because he likes to shake his finger no at people. He knows almost all of his body parts and loves to point to them and show you he knows it, you can tell he loves to be praised. He has mastered the stairs at the playground and no longer has to crawl up them although it still gives me a heart attack every time he does it. He is turning in to a little comedian. He loves to copy us and he consciously tries to make us laugh all day long. He can now climb on and off our bed without any help and thinks its hilarious to run to our room and climb on our freshly made bed with his dirty shoes. A big hug around the neck from my little man melts my heart. I can't believe my baby is growing up so fast!

We have been so busy lately it seems like we have hardly had time to breath but we did get to spend the day at this really cool park by our house and I'm pretty sure I have never seen Ryder have so much fun. Here are a few pictures from our little outing.

showing daddy where his eyebrow is. Funny that this is his favorite body part to point to right now

he thought it was so cool that he went down a big boy slide

oh this is my favorite feeling

silly boy!

about ten minutes after this he about broke his toe climbing on this

this is the motorcycle Austin used to ride when he was four! the people his family sold it to gave it to Austin the other day and Ryder thinks its so cool even if its thirty years old

wearing daddy's work boots

family pics

2010-04-20T15:16:00.001-07:00

It was so nice to have the whole family together for a while even though it was very short lived. It was so fun to see the kids play together and I only wish Ryder could have been a little less shy around everyone, but all in all it was a good trip. Here are some new family pictures I think they turned out great! Thanks Kass and Darren!

FISH

2010-02-10T09:57:00.000-08:00

So while its been raining Austin hasn't been able to work which sucks but it has allowed us to spend some family time together which is always fun. We had to be a little creative usually when Austin has a day off we take Ryder on his bike or go to the park but since we had to be inside we thought we would go to see the fish since Ryder is mesmerized by them. He loved it, he couldn't stop saying hi to the fish and all of the people around him.

This is Ryder getting dressed to go see the fish, Its quite the task these days that consists of me chasing him around the house a few times before we can even begin the process.

I tried to keep his mouth off the glass but he snuck a kiss in while I was taking pictures. He is such a lover these days!

After the fish we went to eat at one of our favorite places California Pizza Kitchen. Ryder had so much fun. He sat in a booster seat next to daddy, which he thought was pretty cool. He is turning in to austins little shadow, its so cute to see how much he loves his daddy. The other day I came home from the gym and they were just sorting out some tools and Ryder couldn't get enough of it. He cries almost every time he thinks his daddy is leaving its so cute.

Ryders Birthday!

2010-02-05T11:51:00.000-08:00

So I haven't been keeping up with the blog but Ryder turned one last week so I decided it was time. We had so much fun at his birthday party and we apreciate everyone who came to celebrate with us! Ryder is growing up so fast we can hardly keep up with him! He now not only walks but runs around the house. He has at least one goose egg on his head at all times and can't sit still for one min. He has figured out he can make us laugh and does so every chance he gets. He has started talking alot more and loves to tell me where everyones eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hair, head and toes are, its his favorite game chevy even gets included against his will. He trys to lift everything and grunts to us how tough he is. I can tell he is going to be a little austin because he copies him more and more and follows him from room to room. I could go on all day about all of the fun things he does but I stop at that. We are so thankful for our little family and can't imagine life anyother way. Here are some pictures from the big event for all of our friends and family that werent with us to enjoy his birthday.

we had to put this on here because it was our favorie part!

Learning To Ride

2009-12-22T08:09:00.000-08:00

Big smile and wave as he passes Christmas lights.

If you notice the red fingers it was so cold but he didn't want to stop.

Ryder's grandma Barbara got him this 4wheeler, and it is his new favorite toy. He has had it for the last month or two but has just started to have fun on it. He doesn't know how to push the button to make it go, or steer. So for the last while Austin has been walking along side it and holding down and steering him through grandma and grandpas house. It is very fun for him...and very tiring for dad. Last week Austin changed the wiring so that he we could flip a switch and the thing will just go until we turn it off. We still have to help him steer but it is more fun for both parties because he knows that we are not helping him go. The older he gets the more independent he wants to be and it has been both fun and challenging to let his independence grow. We can only imagine what he will discover from day to day and we are loving every minute of it. We cant wait to celebrate his 1st birthday in a month. In our eyes it marks the closing of the "baby" chapter and we are prepared to have our parenting skills put to the test as we try to figure out how to parent a toddler and he figures out how to manipulate adults.

Ryder is Walking!

2009-12-16T10:46:00.000-08:00

Ok so these aren't his very first steps and not evn his best this is just what we have caught on camera so far. We will put a new video up that doesn't look like a drunk sailor walking.

Lucky

2009-11-19T08:00:00.000-08:00

I just have to take a second to say how lucky I am. I have never been more happy then I am right now. I'm trying to hold on to my not so little baby as tight as a I can as he continues to grow into this silly little boy. He is quite the sneaky little fella and when he knows he is in trouble he either claps his hands or lifts them above his head to show you how big he is... he knows he is so cute, it makes telling him no almost impossible. He can now stand by himself and swing things in his hands, and his climbing obsession grows with every day. I can't tell you how many bumps and bruises he has on his head at any given time. His nickname around our house is DISTRUCTO! He is still a mommas boy but when daddy leaves in the morning he sometimes cries and I never see him move as fast as he does toward the door when daddy gets home, its our favorite part of the day! Chevy spends all day trying to stay away from Ryder and Ryder spends all day chasing Chevy, giggling, thinking that Chevy is playing with him.

Pumpkins,Jack-O-Lanterns & 1 cute Guitar

2009-11-02T10:25:00.000-08:00

Ok so here is the deal. we have way too many pictures to post to write about all of them so they say a picture says a thousand words..... and these ones definitely do. To add to it they are all out of order but we are taking care of a sick baby so this is the best we could do. We really loved the pictures Kari took for us! Thanks again Kari we cant wait to do some more, your awesome!!!

Ryder ate his first Oreo while we carved pumpkins

Our little man is standing all by himself. What a big boy

Claire for some reason loved me for a while. She is so dang cute

ryder likes to share these days

this is him flirting with himself before bath time

ryder sure loved his suckers

Ryder's cruisin

2009-10-23T18:45:00.000-07:00

Ryder is learning to WALK!!! We can't believe how fast this year has gone. Our baby is already almost nine months old and turning in to a silly little boy. I can't believe we are here already, I wish I could freeze time for just a little bit. Pretty soon I'll be chasing him everywhere... even more than I am already.

Ryder's latest adventures

2009-10-19T15:56:00.000-07:00

Our family has been pretty busy the last little while, between our trips to St.George, all of us being sick and me trying to keep up with Ryder I have had no time to post anything so here are a few pictures of the last little bit Ryder's favorite thing lately is this train! He rides it, climbs on it and this week he has started pushing it around. I cant believe my little baby is starting to walk wile pushing something! He is getting soooo big.

Here is Ryder clapping his hands on his train.

We went to Circus Circus with my little nieces and Ryder got to ride a few of the smaller rides. We got on one of the rides and it went a little faster that we expected and he got a little scared and started trying to climb out so we had to have the lady stop the whole ride for him.

My two cute boys on one of our many outings at the park feeding the ducks.

You might not be able to see but we put what little hair Ryder has in a Mohawk. I cant wait until he really has enough hair to do it.

He is so freaking spoiled!!!

Mr. Mechanic

2009-09-13T10:24:00.001-07:00

The Bug- The mini Mechanic

These are just some funny pics of Austin and Ryder working on the bike. Ryder loves tools and will play with any he can get his hands on. Although they are covered in grease, they go strait in his mouth, he loves it so we let him.

Labor Day and.....

2009-09-08T17:45:00.000-07:00

So about a week ago we went on a hike in red rock canyon. The bug got to try out his new hiking backpack which he absolutely loved! We had a blast until Chevy almost got trampled by a freaking donkey (I guess they roam wild out there.)
For labor day weekend we went camping at Panguitch lake. When Austin suggested the idea I was a little bit nervous about how Ryder would handle being in the wilderness. Camping has always been one of our favorite activities and we were very glad Ryder loved it just as much. He was such a trooper the whole time, he was fascinated by the trees, fire and the water. He even tried to sneak some of my smore when I wasn't looking. It was so fun to see our little bug all bundled up for a change and he didn't seem to mind the cold at all, in fact I'm pretty sure he stayed warmer then anyone this trip. The only thing he didn't like was not being able to crawl and climb on everything which is his new favorite thing to do. Ryder and I are so lucky Austin is so handy he makes camping seem effortless. While we were in Panguitch we took Ryder to take flowers to his grandpa Kens grave. I'm so blessed to have such a wonderful happy family, and I can't wait to spend many more vacations like this one with the two people who mean the world to me.

My birthday was about a week and a half ago. My mom took us to dinner and then we came back home for my favorite thing in the whole world CAKE! Ryder helped me blow out the candles:) My first birthday as a mom YAY! Austin had to work all day on my birthday but he still managed to make me feel like the most special woman in the world.

So Ryder had some new tricks he has been crawling a little bit here and there for about a month now but this week he took off. He has figured out how to get in to everything he isn't supposed to. My days are quite a bit more busy these days. Now that he crawls he also pull up and climbs on EVERYTHING including his crib. Its so fun to see him learn. Our seven month old little baby is quite the smarty pants, and through all of the climbing we have only experienced a handful of bonked heads.......so far!

These are just a bunch of random pictures of our cute little bug being the center of attention like always. Can you believe how light his hair is!

Ryder loves to see grandma Annelies, Fay and Grandpa Ronnie when the come to town.

SUNSET PARK

2009-08-25T12:08:00.000-07:00

Ryder is getting so big and every day is more fun then the last. His personality is really starting to come alive! This weekend Aunt Rach came to visit and he seemed to be showing off for her. It was so cute to see him with her. My sister and I are so lucky to have each other and on weeks when I get to spend time with her I realise just how much I miss having my best friend around. We spent a whole day while she was here shopping for my birthday, something Rachel does better then anyone I know :), and Austin and Ryder followed us around where ever we wanted with out even one complaint. While Rach was here there was a day with perfect weather, something that is very rare in Vegas in the summer and we took advantage of it and went to sunset park to feed the ducks. This is one of Ryder's favorite activities lately. The geese there are for the most part really friendly and eat cereal right out of your hands. It might have something to do with the fact that when Ryder gets excited he honks like a goose.

Ryders first word!

2009-08-14T18:23:00.000-07:00

So Ryder has been babbling for a while now but he is starting to say things that sound some what like the English language. So far he says maaam and no!

A Whole Lot of Random........

2009-08-04T07:54:00.000-07:00

Trip to the Park.

It seems like everyday Ryder gets that much more interested to do new things and alot of the time needs to get out of our house at least one time a day so all of us stay sane. We have this new park by our house that we love to take him and chevy to. He loves the slides, but loves just sitting under a tree with us the most.

Good Morning Daddy:)

So Ryders new thing is he wakes up super super early, but doesn't need any ones attention. just sits up in bed and hangs out. I leave to work between 4 and 5 and I am often finding him this way when I go to brush my teeth before I'm out the door. He is happy as can be, so its good he doesn't wake up and cry but he kicks and hits like a ufc fighter the whole time he's awake.

Pool Time

This chicken is such a water baby. loves the pool and his baths. When we took him to the pool the water was so cold it wasn't even funny, so we didn't know how he'd do. but he loved it and didn't care at all about the temp.

Let the Crawling Begin

OK so he isn't crawling yet. its more of a get to my knees and bounce type of deal but he tries to move legs and arms it's just a little off right now. Check back in two to thee weeks and he'll be going.

Night out

It was Kari's B-day this last weekend and so some friends made it down for a night on the town. everyone did the Vegas thing, dinner party, clubs, gambling. we made it through dinner and rushed home to our boy. we started missing him before we walked out of grandma Barbs house. but we had alot of fun and ate at the best place. Del Frisco's is what i think it was called.

you think I got this name by mistake?

2009-07-19T21:09:00.000-07:00

So we have had this outfit since before he was born, patiently waiting for him to fit into it and he looks just as cute as we imagined he would wearing it!

So we have tried every chair we could think of to keep the mess under control wile Ryder eats. We thought this chair would do the trick but he is just as crazy and into everything as he is in every other chair. Its so funny to watch him eat he is so eager to help pull the spoon in and move his mouth toward his food that he ends up with most of it under his double chin, but oh well boys this cute are allowed to be messy eaters.

We love when grandma comes to visit, even when its only over night.

This is what happens when daddy is in control of Ryder's outfits.

You cant really see his belt but although he is six months old we are still trying to hold up his three month shorts so daddy got creative like always and tied his skull bandanna through his belt loops. I'm sure many of you already know this but Austin isn't all that into fashion. You could put anything on either one of my boys and they would still look handsome.

Ryder's first time on his rocking bug. He was a little off balance at first but as you can tell by the picture above he became comfortable very quickly.

You think I got this name by mistake?

We thought Ryder would be timid around Austin's dirt bike but to our surprise he loved the sound of it. He love sitting 0n it even more.

Ryder grabbed on to the handle bars like a pro and was very interested in the vibrations. He was letting us know just how excited he was in this picture. Austin interpreted his excitement as a request for his own bike. He is a natural :)

Fourth of July 2009

2009-07-12T20:24:00.000-07:00

Getting ready to go swimming!
Splashing around in my very own pool.

Yeah he can sit by himself but I just couldn't let go.

One of the few pictures without Ryder in it since he was born.

We couldn't leave Chev out of the celebrations.

Blowing bubbles like a big boy!

Playing games with grandma

Ryder's new favorite thing to do, moms least favorite!

Playing dance dance revolution on dads shoulders.

Ryder showing all of us up.

Flag cake. YUMMY

Grandma Jana singing Ryder his favorite song.

Ryder watching sparklers

Ryder always makes this face at us so we decided we would make it too.

Every holiday since Ryder has been born seems to be a lot more fun. He was lucky enough to be surrounded by five grandparents who love and spoil the shit out of him. We are so blessed to have such a great family and to be able to blend both mine and Austins families together so effortlessly. We didn't do anything to spectacular for the 4Th but it was just fun to have our family together for games, dinner and fireworks. Ryder loved the sparklers and was even a trooper and stayed up past his bed time to watch the big fireworks at red rock, and of course even on the fourth of July Ryder gets presents. He loves his new pool! The only thing that could have made this weekend more fun would have been grandpa Ronnie, Aunt Rach, Aunt Kass and the kids. We miss you guys.

continued....

2009-07-04T07:28:00.001-07:00

(If we knew how to upload pictures in the order we

wanted them this would've been part of the last post...)

Ryder is getting so big! It seems like every day he does something new. Since he hasn't really had a chance to have very many bottles we never realized he could hold his own until the other day and we thought it was pretty neat!

Ryder's new favorite thing is chewing on fruit, so cute but also so messy :)

unlike most babies who suck their thumbs, Ryder decided one day after getting some sweet potatoes on them that he would suck his toes instead, now its an everyday thing.

We went to build a bear and made Ryder a monkey and ever since we have wanted to put him in the boxers that came with it. Doesn't he look like such a grown up?

Oh the many face of Ryder! I guess he has learned to roll his eyes like mommy.

2009-07-04T07:18:00.000-07:00

Our little bug is getting so big!

Ok so ya, he isnt even 6 months old yet, but when people tell you

that they grow up so fast............They mean it. We ate breakfast with Chase

& Niesha and their baby Aiden is 8 pounds. and is tiny. Then we think Ryder was under 5 pounds the day he came home.

Testing the blogspot waters.

2009-06-27T09:38:00.000-07:00

Fathers Day weekend 2009

Ryder and daddy just taking a little nap. You can tell Ryder is Austins son they both hold their hands when they sleep and if I would have waited to take the picture Ryder's mouth would have dropped open ever so slightly just like daddy's.

On Fathers day the only thing Austin really wanted was to do all the fun things with Ryder he sometimes misses out on when he is a work. Ryder is getting so fun at story time, his interest grows by the day, he even helps turn pages now.

I love to watch my boys together. It puts a smile on my face to see how Ryder lights up when he looks at his daddy. There is definitely something special about the bond between a father an a son.

So for fathers day we decided to make a little art project for daddy and right as we got the green paint out I started to reconsider things a bit. So the finished product is at the top of the page. Ryder loved playing in the paint, he had it all over his hands, feet and everywhere in between and a week later we are still digging it out of his toenails.

To tie all of the black furniture and the green bedding together, where better to go then the lovely craft store.

Ryder loves to listen to daddy sing to him.

Out of the blue we had a very rare Vegas down poor so we took our little bug out to show him the rain and I couldn't help but take a picture when i saw how tight Ryder was holding on to Austins neck. After a few minutes his grip loosened and started to enjoy the rain splattering him on his face. Its so fun to see how his little brain soaks every new experience in.

I know this has nothing to do with Fathers Day, but this post is for everyone who thought chevy wouldn't be good around a baby. We knew chev would love Ryder. He lets him pull and chew on his ears without even making a peep. We have to constantly remind Ryder to be soft with chevy but I think this is the beginning of a long friendship.