Ryker Man!

All I can say is that he is just so stinkin CUTE!  I love him more every day.  He is so full of personality. He is very determined to do what he wants when he wants. I am constantly chasing him around the house, but I love that he keeps me on my toes! He is so smart too. He figures things out so fast! He is also a lover. He loves to cuddle first thing in the morning and he will crawl into my lap on the floor and give me kisses. I even got it on video! He also loves to laugh at everything. He has this little chuckle he does under his breath. It's so darn adorable! 

He can stand on his own now and getting stronger every day. He can walk and push the laundry basket around the floor. He loves to grab your hands and walk all over the house, where he wants to go of course!

He is eating and pooping much better too. For awhile he quit eating baby food, baby cereal, anything solid. He acted like he wanted it then I would go to feed him and he scrunches his face and covers his eyes with his hands. On Easter he decided to eat again! He ate cut up green beans, pork roast, and red potatoes! I couldn't believe all the food he scarfed down!! Ever since he's wanted what we eat for dinner. I guess he just doesn't want to be considered a baby anymore. He still won't touch the baby food. So he eats what I make for dinner! Works for me! Oh and he loves peeps and chocolate! Happy Late Easter!

Enjoy the pics and video!

 

House Stuff

We have been going back and forth on whether or not to buy/build a house. With the rates low and our little town booming right now, we decided to go for it. We've been looking at all kinds of houses and we determined that it is actually a better deal to build than buy here. Most resale homes are in foreclosure or are short sales and need lots of work. We don't want to deal with fixing something up, especially with Ryker around. So we are going to build. We finally decided on a lot and a house plan and wrote the offer last night with our Realtor!  We are so excited. The possibility of owning our own place that we can do whatever we want with is awesome! No more renting!!!  Our new place is tucked into the back of an older neighborhood. It is phase VI! Right now there is only one house built on the side street and no one is on our street. We will have an acre of land on a cul de sac. The area is full of trees and it feels like we are in the forest, yet less than 10 minutes to the store and Kiery's school! I drove down there again today and I really like the area. It feels cozy in the neighborhood.  There are also 2 large ponds that we will have access too for fishing and picnicking, not so sure about swimming. Both are walking distance!


Here is a picture of the lot:

Here is the layout of our house and then a larger view of the main floor:

 

We are going to have the plan flipped so the garage will be on the other side. 

We will hear back from the builder tomorrow afternoon about our extras and such. We probably won't go with all that we asked for, but we added it into the offer just to see what the price would be. Things such as extending the garage by 4 feet. Adding a door to the toilet/shower area, adding sound proof insulation between the wall in the laundry-bedroom and the living room wall - bedroom. 

Can't wait to pick colors!