first family vacation

So our first family vacation with Raglan was a success! We loved getting away from home for a couple days and being out in June Lake. Our friend's family has a beautiful ranch we got to stay at and we are so grateful for them to invite us. The drive up was about 6 hours and Raglan was a trooper. We left very early in the morning and he slept most of the time. I am hoping that is a good sign of more road trips to come! It was fun to hang out with our friends and their little ones. Soon Raglan will be old enough to play and interact with the other kids.

scenery from the road

raglan checking out his friends

eagle door knobs

beautiful view from the ranch

The first thing we did was go on a hike in Mammoth. Raglan was also a trooper for this too. He mostly slept in the ergo carrier and then enjoyed being held to look around at nature as we explored on our hike.

sleepy baby on shuttle

devil's postpile

One of the mornings the dads watched the littles while moms went to get massages at the spa. Then when we got back we watched the littles while dads got to go fishing.

Of course you have to really time it right for picture opportunities with babies. I was pushing it a bit long with Raglan. You can tell by his sad little face. Don't worry, after these pictures were taken I fed him and put him right to sleep and he was a happy little boy.

see???? happy baby :)

Before we headed out on our last day Ryan wanted to take me and Raglan out to fish at the pond on the property. Raglan got to hang out with daddy while fishing. I'm looking forward when Raglan is big enough for Ryan to teach him how to fish.

my little fisher boy

first holiday

Raglan's first holiday was the 4th of July. We had a very mellow holiday since Raglan was only 1 week 5 days old. We went over to the Waldron's house for some yummy BBQ.

Then for fireworks we went back home and watched all the big illegal fireworks that all the houses around us were firing off. Raglan was such a trooper and slept through most of all the loud noise. Next year we will have to introduce him to the sparklers!

teeny tiny

The first week of Raglan's life was very emotional for me. I just could not stop looking at all of his little features and seeing me and Ryan in him. There are so many moments where he would just stare deeply into my eyes and I would just stop whatever I was doing and just take in the special moment of us just looking at each other. He totally knows who is momma is and he is so alert when he is awake.

4 days old

No one can ever prepare you for pregnancy, giving birth and then going home with the most perfect tiny little baby that is completely under your care. It is not easy but with how much my heart is filled with love for Raglan it is totally worth it. 

Raglan Hai Waldron

the past few weeks i have been recovering from giving birth to our sweet baby boy and getting the hang of being a new mother, so that would be the (very good) reason why i have not posted anything about baby till now. we are such proud parents and so in love him. 

here is our little guy.

just one day old.

raglan hai waldron

raglan is 5 1/2 weeks old now and already has grown so much since birth! i cannot believe how fast a baby can grow. we had decided shortly after finding out i was pregnant that i would have a natural birth... no pain meds or other drugs. we took a 12 week class with the bradley method so we had planned on laboring as long as i could at home. ryan is a certified doula and was a wonderful husband couch while i was laboring. i'm not much of a story teller but here are some details from the birth...

june 21 at 11:30pm i felt my first real contraction. i was able to sleep through my contractions till about 6am. ryan helped me with relaxation and getting through the contractions. about 8am the contractions started to get pretty strong as they came to the peak. i felt that a bath would help me out so ryan ran me a bath and i got in about 9am. after being in the bath for a short time i realized that i really could not relax through the contractions and that was when ryan said we needed to go to the hospital right away. i did the best i could to get dressed and head out the door with contractions that were doubled on top of each other and only seconds apart! that was not an easy thing to do (turns out i was holding the baby in... very painful and something we did not plan for). i was in a lot of pain and it really came on fast for me. the whole car ride there i kept telling ryan that the baby was coming and i was trying my best not to push. i really could have had the baby in the car, no joke. ryan drove as fast as he could down PCH to the hospital and we arrived at 10:15am. i got onto the delivery bed at 10:17am where the nurse checked to see how far along i was. she told us i had no cervix and was completely dilated! baby was coming now! things happened real fast at this point and my waters ruptured at 10:24am and after four pushes baby boy came out at 10:41am on june 22, 2013... 

20 inches long 7 pounds 5 ounces.

10 fingers 10 toes and as strong as an ox.

 alert, calm and healthy.

i felt so good after the birth and was wanting to walk to the recovery room, but hospital policy forced me to sit in a wheel chair while the nurse took us to the recovery floor and into our room. we only stayed for one evening and headed home with our perfect little baby.

now for some pictures :)

first family photo

raglan was born on my mom's birthday!
can you see the excitement on her face??

grandpa tolman

great grandma ninh

great grandpa tolman

great grandma tolman

grandma & grandpa waldron

first car ride home!

38 weeks

Baby boy can come any day now! Ryan and I are so excited to meet him. These next couple weeks will be a waiting game for us. I feel like just yesterday people could barely tell that I was pregnant.. Now my belly is huge and I'm sure will keep growing as long as he is in there. I haven't taken many photos during this pregnancy because I was either lazy or time flew by and I realized I'm full term. If baby doesn't come by next week I will do my best to get another shot of this growing belly.

Busy Bee

It has been a while (a very long while) since I have given any updates on the pregnancy. Ryan and I have been busy and getting our home ready for the new little addition to our family. The past few months have gone really well and doctor keeps saying that everything is going perfect. This little man is a mover! Now that he doesn't have much room to maneuver he spends a lot of time stretching than doing his usual aerobics. He gets hiccups often throughout the day. This baby is getting his lungs ready for that first breath of air. We can't wait to meet him!

baby belly at 35 weeks

A Little Update

So lots have happened with pregnancy in the past two weeks. I finally have a "bump", I felt baby move for the first time(!) and we found out baby is a BOY!

19 weeks

Babe in my belly

So I'm sure that whoever actually comes onto my blog are those close to me and already know this exciting news that Ryan and I have been so very happy with. We have a precious little baby coming this June! I am 17 week and 4 days today. We are expecting to go for another ultrasound towards the end of this month and will finally get to know if baby is a boy or girl. We have already had tons of people convinced already that baby will be a boy, just have to wait and see! We got the first ultrasound on December 12th and couldn't be more happy with how it turned out. Baby was dancing and showing off all its hands and feet to us on the screen. Even though baby was nonstop active the whole time, we were fortunate to get some nice still shots of baby for us to keep. I thought I'd share some of those pictures on here. Hope you enjoy :)

look at that tiny hand!

Spice Cake

October 1st was Ryan's birthday and I decided to try something new for his birthday cake. Spice cake! I used a recipe from my mother in law. It turned out so tasty that Ryan asked me to make him more a couple days after, but as cup cakes. So I did just that and they tasted just as delicious as the cake. My birthday is coming up and I might just have to request for some homemade spice cake. I am a sucker for baked sweets. That is what I love most about this time of year! 

Keepin' Cool

So on a hot sunny day I am usually begged by these little ones that I nanny to be hosed down in the front yard. The family conveniently lives right next door to us. The other day as Ryan pulled up from work he witnessed this. I promise I was not torturing them! They LOVE this.