Bro Code

These two. They are so cute together. Ryder LOVES TJ. I mean, he LOVESSSSS him. And I think TJ is ok with all the love. ☺ TJ is a great big brother to Ryder. Always has been. He plays with him and takes care of him and I love watching their brotherly love grow. They are so cute together! Watching them become big brothers to a little sister has been so wonderful. TJ fell in LOVE with Blakely the second he saw her. He’s always coming home from school and asking how she’s doing. Asking to hold her and cuddle her on the couch. The cutest. I’m so grateful for this family of mine. I love watching the relationships between all three kids and can’t wait to watch Blakely’s big brothers take care of her. They’ve got her back already! I hope the bond between all of them just gets better and deeper with age.

Here is a random selection of pictures of my boys. I love watching their brotherly bond grow. And watching them become big brothers to a little girl... The sweetest!

 These two. I mean, have you ever seen such cute dudes!? I sure do love them.
This photo was taken at Ryder's 1st Birthday shoot. Photo by Laura Murray Photography. I love this picture. This perfectly captures their love for each other!

This photo is by Kathleen Peachey Photography.
These photos were taken for our Christmas card last fall. Ryder is just over 1 year and as usual, he's cracking us up!

Ryder is always telling us "walk!" and that means "come with me... we're gonna go play together". LOL Watching TJ in his big brother roll is the cutest. He has the best heart and is so caring and loving towards Ryder. Even when Ryder is annoying! Ha!

I just LOVE this picture. STUDS!

This was the day Blakely was born. TJ fell in love with her the second he laid eyes on her. He's always saying "she's so cute!!" and "oh my gosh I don't want her to grow up! She can't get any cuter than this!" and it just puts a smile on my face to watch him love her. 

This was day two of Blakely's life. Day 1 Ryder wasn't too into her. LOL He didn't want to sit by her or take pictures with her. He didn't even have much interest in checking her out, either. But he did go in for one quick kiss. And that was that. He was over it after that one kiss for the day. Haha.

TJ's always asking to hold Blakely and loves to cuddle her. This is his favorite position. He wants her to be "cozy" and loves how her cheeks squish up. 

I just love these kids of mine and can't believe I have three kids. What?! How'd that happen? Being their mom is the best gift and I thank God for it every day. Please don't grow up too quickly, little babies! I want to capture all these moments and put them in my pocket! To say I feel blessed is 1. kinda cheesy and 2. an understatement (to say the least). I can never find the words to describe the love I feel for these babies. I just hope they know how loved they are!

              

Last Preggo Pics - 39 weeks

No, I’m no longer pregnant (thank heavens!). But we took some pics together a few days before we had Blakely. TJ wasn’t able to make it to our maternity photo shoot and I just wanted to get some pictures together with us 4. Even if it was just one good picture (whenever there is a toddler involved, it’s tough to get decent photos)!

I have the hardest time capturing Ryder. He sees the camera and takes off running in the other direction. LOL I’m always desperate to capture his personality and adorable face. My husband thinks my obsession with photos of him is really annoying. And strange. He doesn’t get it. But I have this desire to capture every expression, every moment. You think you’ll always remember the sweet faces, their tiny hands, funny things they say. But you don’t. I remember when TJ was about 4 years old and cracking up at the funny things he’d say. I thought “I’ll never forget this!!” but I did. You just do. Time passes and I already look back at younger pictures of Ryder and you forget how tiny they were.

I really wanted to get some last pictures together before this baby came. I knew our lives would be changed forever and I just wanted some of us 4. Even though I felt huge and SO uncomfortable at this point in pregnancy. I figured some day I’d look back fondly on being pregnant and smile while I remember feeling her twisting and turning in my belly. I love that feeling!

We went up to the Highlands Ranch Mansion to take these. We also did our gender reveal for this pregnancy at the HR Mansion, so this place will always have wonderful memories for Tim and I. How handsome are my boys?! :)

I guess my hubby knows how to get at a good angle to make my belly look small? Because I swear it was MUCH bigger than this picture makes it look. LOL I can't believe this was just 6 weeks ago! I remember missing my bump after Ryder was born. Missing feeling him move around there. I thought I would feel the same way this time around, but I don't! I felt SO big and was so over being pregnant at the end. I am so happy to have my baby girl here and snuggle her! :)

I just love this family of mine. I know it's so cheesyyyyyy... But I'm so blessed to call them mine.

I just love this little goofball. I remember feeling the need to soak up every possible moment with him before his baby sister got here. And I'm glad I did! Since Blakely was born I haven't been able to spend very much one on one time with my Ryder man. Even though I'm with him every day, I miss him! 

We're in trouble...

Since we took these pictures, TJ got his braces off. Which makes him look even older. I can't believe how fast the time is flying by. I swear he was 4 years old one week ago and we were talking about dinosaurs!

Love this little dude so much! And those loafers KILL me :)

Ryder is always saying "hold you" and it just melts me. He loves to be carried. Which was extremely difficult being very pregnant. But someday when he turns down being carried, I'll miss this.

My three dudes. Love them!

This picture is one of my favs!

This stud! I can't believe he's already 11 years old!