Oh Rosten...

This was lunch today, and every other minute of every other day. Oh I love my Rosten, but sometimes I tell you.

Oh, and we went to the doc today.  Baby sounds good.  I go again in 3 weeks, then start my every 2 week appointments.  Crazy!

Update....finally......a year later

It has been a long time since I last updated on our little family.  I'm not going to try and catch up on everything, but I'll give a little blurb about each of us..

Ryan

He's such a great husband and daddy.  He is working hard to provide for our family and going to school.  He started this semester at Weber State University and it studying Criminal Justice.  His ultimate goal is to get into the Secret Service.  He should be done in a couple years with the credits he earned in England before his mission.  He earned the equivalent of an Associate's degree over there, and several of the credits were able to transfer; lucky for him.  Since we moved into our house, we haven't done a lot of fixing up, and Ryan is very antsy to get it done.  We now have a plan in order to get going on things and make our house what it has the potential to be.  If I even hint at wanting to do something, he jumps on it and goes as far as I'll let him go.  He's so funny.  Rosten and I are so proud of him and all that he does for us.  We feel pretty lucky that he comes home to us each day. 

Tiffany

My beautiful grandma, Rosten, and me

Wow!  Big changes for me since the last time I wrote.  I finished my internship in April and the next day started a Social Services job at a nursing facility in Salt Lake, and graduated from University of Utah a few weeks later.  It was a lot of changes in a short time, but very exciting.  I worked a lot of hours and sacrificed a lot of time for the job, but I did love it.  Rosten went to daycare and he loved it, but I didn't.  I didn't like someone else raising him, so after a lot of talk, Ryan and I decided I would quit in September, and look for another job closer to home.  Rosten's behavior changed so much and we all loved me being home, so now I'm a stay at home momma.  It has it's moments, but for the most part I love it.  I wish I could work part time, but struggle giving up family time.  I was offered several full-time positions in Ogden and Layton, and another in Salt Lake but decided not to take them after much thought and prayer. Now my days consist of naps, snacks, cooking, occasional cleaning and laundry, and entertaining a toddler.  Quite the change from before, but it has it's perks.  I'm planning on going back to school at some point to get a degree in nursing.  I had often struggled back in forth between social work and nursing when I was in school, and decided on social work.  Now I realize what  a great benefit both degrees would be together and miss helping people, so nursing will happen one of these days.  My Grandma Sullivan passed away the 22nd of January, just a month ago.  It was something we were all expecting, but still sad.  I think about her daily, and know that she is happy again with my Grandpa.  She is amazing, and the reason I am who I am.  I love her so much, thus the reason of the picture with Grandma.

Rosten

Our little monkey is growing so much.  He is now 21 months old and talking like crazy.  He can be a monster at times, but we're so glad we've been blessed to have him in our lives.  He loves animals; the picture above is at the zoo this past week when it warmed up for a minute.  We decided to make a trip to the zoo that day after we went through his ABC animal book and named every animal (minus the urchin).  His best friend is his dog Wally, must to my dismay.  I would love to get rid of the dog, but I just don't have the heart with how much Rosten loves him.  Rosten loves Sesame Street and Mickey Mouse, and has a strange obsession with cars or anything with 4 wheels that is bigger than a car; specifically, tractors, forklifts, etc.  He is a momma's boy, and relies on me for everything.  The most common thing he'll say is, " Momma, hand," and stretch out his hand to lead me where he wants me to be whether to get his ball from under the couch or get him a snack. He's been in nursery for the last few months, and loves it.  I spoke with his nursery leaders, concerned he was causing them the same grief he causes me daily, and they told me he's a good helper, consoles the other kids when they cry, shares, and listens to their lessons.  My first thought was they were liars (sssshhhh....don't tell them I said that), but after a member of the Bishopric told me the same, I knew it had to be true, just hard to believe.  Rosten loves to look at books and pretend he's reading them, and he likes to climb on anything and everything.  We love our little guy so much!  

Baby Boy #2

That's right, baby #2 is on his way.  Sorry no picture provided.  Our last picture is over 4 weeks old, so I'm sure he's changed a lot by now.  We are 24 weeks 2 days, and so excited to get this baby here.  He is due on June 13th.  Rosten is so excited to be a big brother.  He loves to lift my shirt either pat or kiss my belly and say "bruder."  It is so cute.  We were not planning on having another this quick, but we're glad to have him on his way.  We haven't been able to agree on any names yet, but we do have a  middle name picked out.  It will be Winsper, after my Grandpa Sullivan.  It was his middle name and my great-grandmother's maiden name.  I have always loved the name and look forward to our son having the same middle name as my grandpa.  Baby boy, we can't wait for you to get here.  You have been so much fun so far, with all your kicking, and we can't wait to meet you and enjoy your presence.

 

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Finally an Update

It's been 5 months since my last post. I can't believe how fast the time has gone. Our baby boy is going to be 6 months a week from today. What a little sweetheart he is. We love being mommy and daddy to our little angel. He is such a good boy and growing up so fast. He already has a tooth coming in on the bottom, and the one right next to it is coming too. He seriously is the most handsome little guy I've ever seen. His big blue eyes and sweet little smile just make me melt. He has recently started sleeping the whole night, in the last two weeks. Before that he would go to bed at around 8pm them wake up at 4:30am and have a bottle. He now goes to bed at 8pm and gets up around 6am so say bye to mommy, then back to bed for a while. He still takes two or three naps a day, which allows mommy and daddy, whoever is with him to do homework and clean up the house. We really are lucky to have such a good boy.
Other news since the last post...we bought a house in July. It is so nice putting money towards a mortgage instead of someone else. It's perfect for us and we're so excited to do a bunch of little projects in it to make it even better for us. The best part for us, is we now have a back yard where Rosten and his sisters and brothers (whenever they come) have a place to play.
Ryan has plans with my brother and dad to close in the garage and make a little workshop in there. He is so excited. We're also going to redo the basement. It's not completely finished now, so we're going to add another bathroom and bedroom and close in the laundy room. It's so much fun to look forward to these things we can do together. We'll probably start next spring or summer, as we'll need to save for a while to get it done. I think before we do anything in the basement, we're going to put carpet in ours and Rosten's room and maybe the living room. We now have hardwood floor in those rooms, and I don't like it because I want Rosten to be able to crawl. We'll see...
I'm in my second to last semester of college. I'm so excited to finally graduate. I right now am going to school two days a week, with online class. Next semester I only have my internship. I'm a little nervous about it because I won't be working at all. I'm doing the internship full-time so I can be done in May and graduate. I'm so excited!!! Ryan and my dad both said I need to walk at graduation, so I will be walking. My dad says it's a huge accomplishment I need to celebrate, and Ryan said Rosten needs to see his parents do important things like that, so it is something he'll know is important. As much as I want to do in the future, all of my kids may see me graduate at one time or another.
Ryan was accepted at Weber State University here in Ogden. We are so proud of him. He is such an amazing daddy and hubby for Rosten and I. So far they have accepted all of his credits from his associates degree in England, and we're waiting to see if they'll accept them as actual criminal justice credits. If they do accept them as criminal justice credits, he should only have a few years left until he will graduate. He wants to work for the secret service, so whatever it takes for him to get in there we will do. I am so proud of how hard he is working and doing his school work. He spends all morning taking care of Rosten while I'm at work, and does homework at the same time, then he switches me and I take Rosten and he goes to work all afternoon and night. What a hard working man. It has definitely been a challenge for us to not see each other very often because we have chosen not to have Rosten go to a babysitter (except for a few hours on Mondays and Tuesdays when I'm in class), but it's very worth it to know that he is being taken care of by his parents who love him and would do anything to protect him. Needless to say, the few hours or days we get to spend together as a family here and there are precious!

Other news in the Wood family, we got a dog!!! For those of you who know me at all, know that is totally out of character for me. I don't do animals or animal waste! But we love our doggy. His name is Wally and he's a cocker spaniel. Rosten is getting to the point now where he just sits and watches him and laughs. It's pretty dang cute. Wally has been such a good dog. We got him when he was only 11 weeks old, so he is still just a puppy. He's growing like crazy though. Last week, we decided to cute his hair, and now he looks little again. It's a lot of fun to have him, but a lot of hard work. Our biggest reason for getting him was we wanted Rosten to grow up with a dog. After we got him we thought we should have started out with a fish or something, but we wouldn't change him now for anything.
Our little dumbo

Rosten and his amazing daddy
Blast from the past.....I'm working hard to get back to this size again. I'll keep everyone posted. So far, I've lost 15 pounds. Only another 25 to go. I guess being happily married and having a baby really does ruin your body. Wish me luck because the training has begun.

Lastest News

A lot has happened since the last post. First and most important is our little guy is growing so much. He is so cute and so much fun to be with. We had the opportunity, a few weeks back, to get some newborn pictures taken of him. We just got them back, so I'll post a few of those here. He is such a doll. I can't believe how much he's changed since they were taken. I took some more of him today, and he looks so much bigger. I guess that explains all of the eating he is doing. I think he spends 50% of his day eating. He's such a joy though. We also bought our first home. We're so excited to leave apartments and move to a house. It's going to be great! We cannot wait. We sign the final papers in a few weeks, then we'll start to move. We should be completely moved in by the beginning of August, at least we hope. We're hoping to bless Rosten in our new ward the first weekend in August. I don't have any pictures of our home right now, but as soon as I get some I'll post them. It's located in South Ogden, so it will be a little farther for both of us to travel, but I'll be done with school soon. I'm hoping that starting in January, I'll be able to just do my internship in Ogden and maybe find a job in Ogden so I don't have to drive to Salt Lake everyday. We'll see what happens. Ryan will continue to commute to his job in Salt Lake, and for this semester he'll go to SLCC this sememster, then hopefully he'll be able to transfer to Weber State University to finish up his degree. We have a lot of big plans...we'll see where is all turns up. That's all for now. I'll post more recent pictures of Rosten soon.

Rosten Parker Wood

Introducing Rosten Parker Wood... He was born on Thursday, May 21st at 10:34pm. He weighed 7 lbs. 11 oz. and was 20.5 inches long. He is the sweetest and cutest little boy ever and we love him so much. We're so happy to have this perfect little addition to our family. The pictures here are not in order (couldn't figure that out) but you'll see how cute he is and is still becoming each day.

Hadlee, Ely, Mackray, Rosten, and Kache...His cousins

from my side of the family (notice all boys)

My doctor with Rosten

My older brother Jared came down to meet little Rosten with

his family. His youngest, Ely, couldn't wait to meet his

new baby cousin, Rosten.

Ryan and Rosten relaxing in the rocker. Ryan is the

best daddy. He is so in love with his son. I'm so

lucky to have such a sweet husband and baby.

Our friends have this tradition, and we copied it...Ryan went to the

store on the day we left the hospital and picked out Rostens'

going home outfit. Isn't he a cutie!

Being a mommy is the greatest job/calling ever. This is the only

time in the hospital we were alone and I could really just

talk to Rosten and hold him and love him.

We got Rosten dressed in his own clothes at the

hospital because he was so cold and we wanted to

see how cute he was in his own clothes. Love him!

Daddy and his boy...this was after he told me he didn't want

to hold him because he was scared of how small Rosten was.

Our little family (sorry I'm half naked and scary looking, this is

literally about fifteen or twenty minutes after he was born)

Right after he came out. Ryan and I were both crying.

I don't think either Ryan or I have felt the spirit so strong in

either of our lives. What a blessing this little guy is and will

be for us!

Thank you to all of you that gave me so much advice and support leading up to the birth of our son. You were all right, it was all worth it!