Tell Tchaikovsky the News

Yesterday morning Ridley Dexter rolled from his back to his tummy for the first time! He did it again in the evening (see picture below), and twice so far today!!

Yay Ridley!!

Oh, the Weather Outside is Frightful

Due to the snowstorm today, I was given the option to go home early. Of course I did so I could spend some extra time with my adorable little man!

It was a year ago this past Tuesday that we found out we were expecting Ridley, and I can't believe how quickly the time has flown by! His presence in my life has been so amazing and so wonderful, even before he was born. 

Next week Ridley goes back to the doctor for his four-month check. I am excited to see how much he has grown. I'll be sure to update and let you all know too. 

Right now the Star Tribune is having a cute baby contest, and we submitted Ridley's adorable picture. Voting begins some time in March, so I'll also be updating here with information about how to go vote for him!

My Funny Valentine

Last Saturday, since Josh was working at a Valentine's-Day-crazy-busy
Punch Pizza, Ridley and I spent the day together. I did have to make a
quick run to work in the morning, but any day I get to spend more time
with Ridley than my co-workers is a good day!

We spent a lot of time playing with his silly monkey and his ring toy.
He also had a bath! Then I got to squeeze in a quick wii fit workout
before Grandpa Jeff, Nana and Auntie Char came over to visit and go to
Dinos with us.

Josh got home from work in time for us to watch SNL with Alec Baldwin
(and the Jonas brothers). I fell asleep halfway through.

Things Ridley Loves

Ridley loves bathtime. 

Ridley loves his Johnny Jump-Up

Ridley loves to eat his Johnny Jump-Up.

Ridley loves his ring toy and his silly monkey toy. 

Ridley loves to smile!

Oh what a happy boy!

E-Trade Baby?

This picture makes us laugh every time we look at it. Thought we'd share it. :)

Love and Loss

Ridley's great-grandmother, my sweet grandma, passed away on Saturday, January 31. 

She was a wonderful, loving person, and the warm memories I have of her could fill volumes. One of my favorites though, is of the look on her face when I told her Josh and I were expecting. 

Ridley got to meet his great-grandma several times, and for that, I will be forever grateful. 

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Week

This has been such a crazy week! Last weekend was pretty quiet, as I hoped/expected. Ridley and I spent most of the weekend at home, but Sunday evening the three of us went out to Stillwater to see my dad and Diane. Diane made delicious lettuce wraps, eggrolls and cream cheese puffs for dinner. I don't think my personal trainer (aka our wii fit) was very happy with me after eating that meal! But it was so delicious!

Our true crazy week of adventures started Monday. Now, let me preface this by stating that the area I am currently working in at the bank is so busy they authorized us to work overtime both last week and this upcoming week. So I went in at 7:00 every morning last week (I usually begin at 7:45). Of course this happens at a week that begins with below zero temperatures, which is just thrilling since my car has decided it doesn't like to do some fairly basic things when it's that cold out. Like run. 

Since I'd had similar issues the last time it was belowe zero, I took it in and there was nothing that they could find wrong with it. Good news: I didn't have to pay for expensive repairs. Bad news: no idea what happened with the car. Maybe it's just that my extreme distaste for cold and winter have rubbed off on it. 

This was my last "half day Tuesday," so Diane, Ridley and I all went to see Josh at work and have lunch. Mmmm.....pizza! Then Ridley and I came home and had a very nice afternoon and evening. Ridley started a new trend of going to bed between 9:15 - 9:30 Tuesday night as well! 

We took some time in the afternoon to take silly pictures using the funny effects on the computer too:

Wednesday not only did I go to work early, but I stayed late as well, which gave us a limited evening time. But we still finished the errands we needed to, and even got Ridley to bed on time!

Then Thursday things got really interesting. Josh was feeling quite ill and poor Ridley didn't seem to be feeling like himself either, so I left work mid-morning to go home and take care of my family. Ridley spent the day going back and forth between sleeping and screaming (not crying, screaming). Josh did the same. 

Just kidding. 

I checked Ridley's temperature many times throughout the day, and he never had a fever, but in the evening I saw him starting to grab at one of his ears, which can be a pretty tell-tale sign of an ear infection. So I left sick-Josh at home and Leann and I brought Ridley up to the pediatrican's office, where he smiled and giggled and acted like his normals self for the first time since right after I'd come home from work that morning. Figures. Silly baby. 

The doctor checked him out and he does not have an ear infection. He did, however, have a blocked tear duct that had gotten a little irritated, so she gave us some antibiotic drops to help with that. And Ridley now weighs 12 pounds, 8 ounces. At his last appointment, which was four weeks ago, he weighed 10 pounds, 11 ounces. And you thought we were kidding about those growth spurts ;)

And now it's Friday. We've reached the end of our crazy mad week. Ridley was completely back to acting like his normal self today. We have some errands to run tomorrow and we're debating watching the ads and the half-time show on Sunday, but otherwise looking forward to a quiet weekend. 

Well, as quiet as it can be with a nearly three-month-old baby and two crazy, silly cats.