Allie Grace

Introducing Allie Grace Richards

March 18, 2013

8:42 pm

8 lbs, 5 oz

20 1/2 inches

 

We have really enjoyed Allie these last 2 1/2 weeks. She loves to be held, especially by her big sister, Jenna.
Allie gained 13 oz in a period of 1 1/2 weeks, which we were so excited about.
Ryan and I couldn't be more grateful for our family.

Meeting Owen

Today the world welcomed Owen Todd Raymond. We had the great opportunity of meeting him tonight. The kids could not get enough! But with a perfect little one to be around, is it really possible to get enough?

Congratulations Jason and Brook! We are so excited for you and glad Owen is here safe and sound!

Look who's FOUR!

On January 20th, this handsome guy turned four! He loved his birthday and all the attention that came with it.

Happy Birthday, Logan, we sure love having you in our family!

Long Overdue

It has been way too long since I've updated the Richards' blog. Some of it was because I was sick for the first 16 weeks of being pregnant, then when I finally got the time and motivation to do an update, I couldn't get any pictures to upload and what is the point of doing an update if you don't have any pictures, right? I know I have left out so many things, but I also have been terrible about taking pictures. (I think I'll pull the pregnancy card on that one.)
I'm now 32 weeks along and I'm the biggest I've ever been! I've had a very hard pregnancy with being sick with morning sickness, bronchitis (first time I've ever had that), a sinus infection (haven't had one of those in years), other colds and problems I haven't had to deal with with my other pregnancies.
We've all had our share of illnesses this winter: Ryan had kidney stones, the norovirus and other medical problems.
Then you have the kids that seem to take their turns getting sick with one thing or another.
Yes, I'm so ready for Spring to come!
We are excited to have a new little girl in our family and although Jenna was very mad at first, she soon warmed up to the idea and can't wait to have a sister. Logan is consistent in calling the baby Kali (his babysitters name) and when we tell him that may not be her name, he just tells us that it is and continues to give "baby Kali" a hug and kiss and occasionally will sing her a song. Jenna and Adam want to name the baby Jessica, a name I think they heard on a TV show they like.

January 2013

We started out our January doing the Pine-Wood Derby, which meant that while Ryan took some time off work during Christmas and New Years, he was working hard on not only Adam's car, but since they had an "open house" where anyone in the ward could participate after the cub scouts raced their cars, Ryan had to make a car for Jenna and Logan too. He wasn't able to spend a lot of time on Jenna and Logan's car, but afterwards when Adam and Jenna had their cars race each other, Jenna's car won every time. Adam was a little upset. Jenna was so excited!

December 2012

Of course December was full of events and we tried to take the time to reflect on our Savior as we had so many other activities going on. Jenna got a new dress from Grammy and I know I'm biased, but she looks so darn cute in it.

We went to our ward Christmas Party. The theme was "The Polor Express" so the kids wore their pajamas, got to ride a "train" to see Santa and get a goody bag from Santa after they told him what they wanted for Christmas. Much to our surprise, Adam told Santa that he really wanted a kitten. Unfortunately for Adam, Santa doesn't carry kittens around with him on his sleigh.

We also had a school program for Jenna and Adam got recongized at his acheivement assembly for being the most self-disciplined. 

Adam had his first piano recital that he did so well at playing "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas." We were really proud of him, and even though he was super nervous, he did a fantastic job.

We had a wonderful Christmas! We had actually had an early Christmas with my parents earlier in the month and since Ryan's parents weren't in town for Christmas, we spent time with our little family and enjoyed it very much. The kids were a little sick, so it was probably a good thing we didn't get together with a lot of people. We are all about sharing, but not germs! Our kids are at such a fun age right now and seemed easy to please with Christmas gifts. :)

November 2012

November must have been a good month, although I don't know what we spent our time doing. However, on Thanksgiving Day we went to the Botanical Gardens Winter Garden Aglow. It was cold, but fun nonetheless.

 

Ryan has developed an allergy to real Christmas Trees. So for the last couple of years, we would go get a real tree, put it up, then a few days later, we'd have to take it down and put it outside so Ryan could breath. A few days before Christmas I would get really sad about not having a tree up, so Ryan would hose off the tree, bring it back in the house, redecorate it and we'd have to take it back down shortly after Christmas, again, so Ryan could breath. This year we got an artificial tree. And though it just isn't the same as a real tree, it does have it's perks. For example, we can now start a new tradition of putting up the tree the day after Thanksgiving and have it up until sometime after Christmas. Ryan can breath easily in his own home and we can enjoy the tree all season. Also, it really is nice not having to put the lights on the tree. :)