Kanyon Likes Cookies

Kanyon's favorite thing to do is eat cookies with Daddy.
She likes to frost cookies...
She likes to eat the frosting...

She likes to put sprinkles on her cookies...

and share with Daddy!

She also LOVES Oreos.

First bite....

Sharing with Dad again...

So happy!!

A couple more pics

I like to think that he is screaming "GO GATORS" in this picture. :)

Little Drummer Girl

Here is another video of Kanyon. This time she is having fun playing the drums at Granny's house. We have invested in a "real" camcorder, however, this video was taken on a cell phone. It's hard to break old habits, haha....sorry about the quality of the video, but hopefully you get the idea.

Ridge Robert Christensen

Boys are trouble....it starts from the very beginning....



About a week before I was planning on delivering, Ridge still hadn't turned around to enter the birth canal. He had been laying horizontal across my belly for months and just didn't want to go the rest of the way. My doctor suggested that we try to manually flip this baby. So we went into the hospital, and externally, my doctor tried to flip this stubborn baby boy. After 15 minutes of pushing and pulling on my belly, the doctor decided it wasn't going to work. About a week later I went back to the doctor and we found out that the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck 3 times!! This made the cord too short to allow him to move all the way around. Poor little guy! My doctor said that there was a possibility that he could wiggle his way out of that mess and allow me to have a normal delivery, however, the possibility was low, unless he was an acrobat. We ended up deciding to schedule a C-Section. I felt better doing that than taking the chance of stressing the baby out in case he didn't "unravel".

So, my appointment was set for 6:00pm on Thursday, March 18th. This picture is of us on our way....









Here we are waiting to be admitted....

Jake's ready to go have this baby!

My procedure started at 6PM on the dot. Ridge Robert Christensen was born at 6:16PM, weighing in at 7lbs 6oz, measuring 19.5 inches long.

Kanyon is loving being a big sister (so far). She has such a great "motherly instinct" that she melts my heart everyday. She loves to hold the bottle for him and any time he cries she'll say "Don't cry Ridge". However, the way she says "Ridge" sounds more like "Roosh". Its super cute.

Kanyon liked to help push Ridge back to the nursery.

Let's go home!

Not sure why Kanyon isn't wearing any pants....this is what happens when she is left home alone. (Just Kidding!)

Mason loves his new cousin!

Bath time!

Nana & Ridge

I still don't understand why they only look like this when the sun is up....

Kanyon

I always like when Kate updates her blog with her kids favorite things. I thought that I might do that with Kanyon, now that she is getting a little personality and making her own choices.



Favorite people to play with: Mason & Logan (she calls them "may may" & "doe doe")


Favorite thing to do: Put all types of buckets on her head

Favorite thing to eat for breakfast: Grapes!

Favorite treat: Any sort of batter & Lollipops

Favorite toys: Her shopping cart, baby, purse, & cell phone

Favorite show: Word World...she loves "Duck"...this looks like the trance she goes into when she is watching it.

A Quick Catch-up...

For all of you who HAVE to see what a pregnant woman looks like, here are some pics. They were taken in January, so as you can imagine, I am about as big as a house now that my due date is only a couple weeks away.

On Feb 27th, Kate organized a fun baby shower for me. She even made this darling diaper cake for me & Ridge! Thanks to all that came and helped make it a memorable day for me!

We've been working on finishing up Ridge's bedroom. Its been fun to prepare for a boy.

Dare Devil

The quality on this video isn't so good since it was shot with a cell phone. (We SOOO need to invest in a good video camera). Looks like Kanyon has been watching too much Nitro Circus with her Dad.

Toilet Trouble

From this title, you are probably assuming that I am starting to toilet-train Kanyon...not the case. However, lately Kanyon has found the toilets, teaching me the hard way that I need to keep those bathroom doors closed.
I've haven't had a problem with her till recently. About a week ago I found her climbing on top of an open toilet bowl, however, she didn't play or get into the water. My first REAL experience of Kanyon in the toilet came on New Years Eve when we were celebrating at a friends house. We got talking to some friends and I happened to realize that Kanyon was being awfully quiet. So Jake went looking for her and all of a sudden we heard the recognizable sound of a toilet seat slamming closed. There she was. In the bathroom. Both feet were wet. Both arms were wet. And toilet paper was strung to all sides of the room, with some of it in the toilet. It was hard to yell at her 'cause we were all laughing about it. Luckily, I brought some PJ's for her to change into for the rest of the night.
Then my second experience with Kanyon and her fascination with toilets came today, New Years Day. Kind of the same scenario....Things were quiet and we wondered "Where is Kanyon?" We had learned to close the main bathroom door downstairs so she couldn't get in there. BUT...I didn't think about her going upstairs to play. I went looking for her and as I was going upstairs I could hear Kanyon saying "Baby. Baby." I checked her bathroom first...she wasn't there. I was relieved. However, I then realized the "Baby. Baby" sound was coming from MY bedroom!! I went in there and Kanyon was panicked because she couldn't get her baby out of the TOILET! So, I called Jake upstairs to fish Baby out and he threw her in the shower. Poor Kanyon had a fit. She was so upset that she couldn't hold Baby. So, I took Baby's clothes off her and threw them in the washer. I told Kanyon that she needed to give Baby a bath before she could play with her again. She did not hesitate to start to bathe her Baby. Here are the bath pics:

All clean!

Random December Pictures

These pictures are a quick reminder of what December brought. Enjoy.

Our Annual Florida Vacation