All Things Ryan

First Day of Pre-K


Been outside playing in the MUD.



Playing in the beet field

Hiding in the beet field

Play date

Playing ring around the rosies on the tramp.

He's Special

Catching bugs in full winter gear in 90 degree weather.

Grasshoppers

So cute

Getting himself dressed

Jumping on the bed

Eating lunch at the park.

Monkey, Airplane, Soldier

So earlier this summer Ryan took swimming lessons. The first couple of days he was not to sure about doing it and complained about the water being to cold. So I thought maybe if I just leave him there by himself he will not whine and just do what they say. Well I was wrong he cried the whole time I was gone. So the next morning in the car he said to me,"mom don't you ever leave me again." Eventually he started to got the hang of things and enjoyed going.

Robot Boy!

Ryan has such an imagintion. One afternoon I found him walking around with this storage container over him acting like a Robot. The things kids think of....

Listen to baby

Sweet Growing Baby of Mine....

Well, it has been a great 7 weeks so far. Our lil Jacks has just been such amazing addition to the family. He really is a happy, contintent baby. At his 6 week check-up he weighed 10 lb 12 oz and was 23 inch long, all ready I can't believe how fast he is growing. His lil cheeks are getting to be quite chunky now. LoVe, LoVe, LoVe

Listen to baby

Sneak Peak of our new lil man!

*Jackson Dee Stanger*

So I haven't had lots of time to post, so I thought I would just do a quick update. So after the long awaited arrival of our new addition he is finially here as of.....June 7, 2010.
My original due date was not till June 11, but I could not wait any longer I wanted him out. So the Dr. scheduled an induction for a couple days early. I went in at 7:00 Monday morning and they broke my water right then and got me hooked up to everything. Within a couple of hours I was not wanting to have him anymore. The contractions were horrible. Most of you know my thoughts about epidurals and there is a reason why we have them now. Anyways, once I got my epidural I was feeling great and things went really fast after that. By 12:30 I was ready to push and at 1:01 lil Jackson Dee Stanger became part of this crazy world. Weighing in at 6lb 15oz and 19" long. He has already been such an amazing baby and we could not be happier.

Coming Soon.....Jackson Dee Stanger

"Showering Baby Jackson"

So it is almost time for this lil guy to arrive, 4 weeks to go and I can't wait. It's no secret that I really don't enjoy being pregnant. The last couple of weeks have been spent tring to get everything in order as much as possible before his arrival. The nursery is almost complete just finishing up some last minute projects before I post pics. My good friend Mandi had a baby shower for Jackson a few weeks back and it helped out a ton. Even though I have so much boy stuff already it is always nice to get a few new things and an endless supply of diapers. So Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to all who came and helped me become a little more prepared for whats to come.

More fishing...

It has been a while since I have posted. So i'm now playing catch up. Here a couple photos from a Stanger family fishing trip down at Hagerman about a month ago. The kids always have fun together. They didn't catch any fish but still enjoyed catching water skippers and feeding the fish at the hatchery.

Easter Bunny Poop...

We had such a great Easter this year. It started out with decorating eggs the night before. I found this cute lil monster kit and Ryan had a blast making monster eggs with granny and papa. Then we were visited by the Easter Bunny the next morning. It was so funny the first thing Ryan said when he woke up that morning was "the Easter Bunny pooped on our stairs." Then he discovered that there was candy inside....that is one talented bunny. I was hoping he was going to get to play t-ball this year so the Easter bunny brought him a Batter Baseball. It has been a lot of fun both Matt and I love to play too. Later that morning my parents had planned an easter egg hunt at thier house . How great would it be to be the only child looking for all the eggs and prizes by yourself? Oh yeah, Ry loves it as you can tell in the pictures he gets so spoiled. Guess he better enj0y it since next year he will have to share with his lil bother.

Later that afternoon we went to Nan and Tracy's for another egg hunt with lots more kids and then just sat around and chatted with family the rest of the night.