How the heck did he do that?

Before I write this I must warn you, it is not for the weak stomach folks. So if you get grossed out easily, probably want to skip this one.

Quick post about a funny, gross thing Ryker did yesterday. He was in his new favorite toy (the jumping thing you hang up in a door way) happily playing away. Then he started getting a little fussy, so I went over there to check it out and before I reached him, I smelled the problem (since he started eating solids his poop is much stinkier). When I got to him I looked on the floor and saw a pile of orange baby poop (he had sweet potatoes for breakfast). I quickly grabbed him out of his jumper before he could jump in the poop some more and smear it all over himself and the floor. When I pulled him out I fully expected to see poop all over the seat, his onsie, and his diaper. I put him on the changing table and buckled him in so I could check out the damage, but I was totally surprised by what I found. Somehow Ryker managed to poop out of the side of his diaper, completely missing his onsie and the jumper seat, only getting a tiny bit on his diaper. I have no idea how he managed that! He must have pooped mid jump or at the end of his jump and it squirted out the side, onto the floor without hitting anything else. And then he didn't want to jump in it and managed to jump all around it, only getting a tiny bit on his toes. Whew, that was lucky. Dodged the bullet there!

Anyway, I think it's pretty funny that the first time I had to clean poop off of the carpet it was from my son, not my dogs. Go figure.

Good news, it didn't stain the carpet.

And for those of you that aren't grossed out yet, I couldn't resist taking a picture of the event. Just don't scroll down if you don't want to see it.

Ryker's Dr Appointment

Ryker had his 6 month doctor appointment today and it was not the most pleasant thing in the world. He has a GREAT pediatrician, so that wasn't the problem. Ryker apparently has a lot of hair in his ears (for a baby) and that is why he is accumulating a lot of ear wax. The poor doctor ( Dr. Tew) had to use a tiny ear tool to pull wax out of Ryker's ear because it was so clogged with wax he couldn't see into it. Once Dr. Tew got the wax out he was able to see that poor Ryker has an ear infection.

Another interesting thing Dr. Tew found is that what I thought was a top molar or canine tooth, is actually a cyst. Apparently it's pretty common for babies to get cysts in their mouth. Anyway, Ryker does now have two bottom teeth that look perfect, so that's good.

Our doctor appointment finished up with Ryker getting a couple shots. He was already pretty mad by that point because of the whole digging wax out of his ear thing, so by the time we left, I had one unhappy baby. The only good thing is that by the time we got home from picking up his anitbiotic prescription he wore himself out and has been sleeping ever since. I hope he feels better when he wakes up. Poor little guy.

On a good note, even with an ear infection and teething, he's overall a pretty happy kid. Just for fun here's a cute picture of him from this morning.


By the way, he is still a tiny baby and measures in at the 3 percentile in weight and head size. He weighs 14 pounds 5 ounces. His height is in the 25 percentile. He is now 26 inches long. Looks like I'm going to have a tall skinny boy. :)

6 months

I’m two weeks late on this post, but that’s because we have been on the road traveling. Anyway, Ryker learned and tried some new things this month (although some of these were just in the last two weeks).

He discovered his toes and how fun they are to play with!


He learned it’s fun to ride on Daddy’s shoulders.


He learned he prefers to hold his own bottle and feed himself.


He learned Daddy is still one of his favorite beds.


He learned he still small enough to fit in a bathroom sink (ok, so really Mommy learned that when trying to figure out where to give him a bath while out of state visiting the Hiatt family).


He flew on a plane for the first time.

(This was a cool certificate Southwest gives to kids flying for the first time. We got this on the way home, so technically this was his second time flying, but close enough.)

(It's hard to see, but we were actually on a Southwest plane in this picture)

He visited 5 new states (Nevada, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, and New Mexico). We flew to Alabama to go visit my sister April Hiatt’s family and be there for Livy’s baptism. On the way there we flew from SLC to Las Vegas. Then Vegas to Alabama. While there we drove to Atlanta, Georgia to visit the Coke factory (more on that later). Then on the way home we flew from Alabama to Houston, Texas to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and finally back to SLC.

(on the road in Alabama)

He met his Hiatt cousins for the first time and learned he sure loves them! Kiera even makes a great bed!


He also learned how to roll across and around the room in record time, and he’s really enjoying his new found mobility!


He learned he loves his new jumping toy! First time we put him in it he squealed with glee and jumped for 40 minutes straight.


He began eating solids. Bananas are his favorite, closely followed by sweet potatoes.



He learned that even though he likes eating solids, watching the dogs is still more interesting than eating.


He learned that if he's not careful (and if Mommy's not fast enough) he may end up with "help" getting that pesky food off of his face while admiring the dogs. Naughty Shady.



And finally, he cut his first tooth! I haven't been able to get a picture yet because that makes him very mad (his first tooth was on the top left. It's either a canine or a molar, weird. His second tooth made it's appearance yesterday and it's a normal bottom front tooth.)