The Perkins

The Last Year!!

2012-01-26T20:34:00.001-08:00

Here are some pictures from this last year. I know that I have been so bad at updating the blog but I'm having a lazy night so I will update it. Things are the same here at the Perkins house except for the fact that we have a new addition to our little family. Kaitlyn Elisabeth Perkins should be coming around May 7th. We are very exited to have a little girl at our house. Ryder is excited for the baby. He likes to pretend to take her out of my stomach and hold her and kiss her. Sometimes he does drop her but he always kisses her better. I can't believe that they have started fighting already. At church on Sunday he put his head on my stomach and she kicked him. He didn't think that was very nice to his punched my stomach very softly and told her to be nice. I can't believe how big my little boy is getting. He is still very much into all kinds of sports. He is NOT a fan of sleeping in his own bed but we are working on that.

Here is Ryder with his cousins Addison and Shea Shae and Hunter.

Here are the cute girls watching the elephants.

Ryder and his cousin Brayden wanting to go on rides at the carnival. They LOVE playing together and are SO funny.

Here are my cute boys making root beer at Grandma Connie's house for Halloween. This is what happens when they don't shave.

Here is Ryder and POOH POOH cleaning the house. I am a mean Mom and make them clean.

SNOWMOBILES!!!

2011-03-15T19:08:00.001-07:00

This is Shae Shae going up a big hill with Uncle Mitch. She had so much fun.

She looks so cute in her snowmobiling stuff.

Here is Ryder on a ride with me. Doesn't he look comfy?

He looks so small on the snowmobile. He may not talk a lot but he has a sound effect for the snowmobiles that is very good and its is NOT the same sound as motorcycles or trucks. They all have there own sounds.

OMG can you believe that I saw HANNAH MONTANA!!! I was so excited to see that she was up snowmobiling. I went to ask for her autograph and then I realized that it was just Addison. When I asked her if she was Hannah Montana she informed me that it was just the glasses. She is SO funny. You never have a dull moment with little Addison. She is SO excited to big a big sister in May. She hopes that the baby is going to be pretty and white!! If only we could spend a minute in her mind so see what she is thinking.

Here is Ryder trying to see what his Dad is doing on the snowmobiles. He just had to know everything that was going on with them. While we were getting the snowmobiles ready to go we only had one snowmobile running and Ryder HAD to be on that snowmobile. He is just like his Dad.

All weekend whenever Ryder saw a helmet he had to wear one. I personally think that a diaper goes really well with a helmet.

This is Ryder after a nice long ride. As you can tell from this picture and many more of him is that snowmobiling puts him right to sleep. He couldn't stay away for more then 5 minutes on one. Now if I could only figure out how to have one handy for when he doesn't want to sleep in the middle of the night at home.

Here he is sleeping again on a ride. It was hard to ride with a little boy so tired.

He was made for snowmobiling.

My Cute PUPPY!!

2010-11-03T18:57:00.000-07:00

Ryder was a very cute puppy for Halloween. He loved going trick or treating because he loves candy. He is just getting so big. He's starting to say more words instead of just grunting.

Grandma & Grandpa Idaho

2010-09-30T20:34:00.000-07:00

Grandma and Grandpa Idaho were they best. The first time that I met Mitch's Grandpa (right after Mitch got home from his mission) he ask for a grandson. After we got married he made me promise to give him a grandson to pass on the family name. You have no idea how excited I was to tell him that we were having a boy. I think he was just so happy. In the picture of him holding Ryder after the blessing he got a little choked up looking at Ryder. I will always remember how much he loved Ryder.

I'm really going to missing going up to Idaho and spending time with them. Yes I will even miss all of the long stories they use to tell. They were the best people ever. They excepted me with no questions asked. I love them so much and am so blessed that I was able to know them. They will forever be watching over all of there family. I know how special we all were to them.

BOY can this BOY eat!!!

2010-07-29T22:53:00.000-07:00

It's so much fun because Ryder is getting to the point that he smiles for the camera.

He likes to pose as you can tell.

I let Ryder have some Red Vines on our way up to Idaho.

NOT the best idea as I realized soon what a big mess he would make.

This boy LOVES ice cream so very much. I don't know how he stays so clean

He's posing again

His favorite thing to eat is anything healthy. He loves fruit and Veggies. Olives are his favorite food to eat because they fit perfectly onto his fingers.

Ryder's Birthday

2010-07-07T19:38:00.000-07:00

Here are all of Ryder's cute cousin's that came to his birthday party.

Ryder LOVES his cousins so much

Ryder didn't understand why he couldn't just go play with all of his new toys.

This is him opening up his present from Grandpa and Grandma Butterfield

Ryder LOVED his present from the Selmans. He loved that it came with balls to play with and it made lots of noise.

This is Ryder thinking he's so funny.

Yummy ice cream!!!

Ryder and Grandpa eating cake.

Why can't someone hold him. His life is so hard. I just love that crazy boy

Yummy Yummy baseball cake!!!

It's been so much fun to watch Ryder grow. I can't believe that he is already walking all around the house. He is growing up so fast. I love getting to know his little personality more and more all of the time. He loves to laugh and be with his Mom and Dad. He loves to dance to music now and its funny to watch him trying to dance.

Birthday Boy!!!

2010-06-07T22:39:00.001-07:00

This is me a couple of weeks before I had Ryder. I loved being pregnant.

I loved feeling that little boy move inside of me.

This is my sweet little boy right after I had him. It was the best moment to hear him cry. He still as the sweetest little cry. It brakes my heart when he cries.

My BIG baby boy. He was 17 1/2 inches long and 6 pounds 1.3 ounces.

He has always been small but I will not complain. He doesn't grow out of his clothes as fast and he's easy to carry. Even though he's small, he's super fast and full of energy.

Our first family picture. Look how cute my boys are.

I love them so much and I don't know what I would do without them.

My boys taking a nap at the hospital. Mitch is such a sweet dad. I love watching him with Ryder. Ryder loves his Dad SO much. Ryder says Dada all of the time and I'll say "Say Mama", Ryder will then look at me and smile and say "Dada". He is already such a tease.

Here is a picture from Ryder's baby blessing. Ryder is wearing his Dad's shoes. That is definately the way Ryder is, he sleeps just like his Mommy.

Ryder and his Dad in Idaho working on the snowmobiles.

Snowmobiling was in his blood before he was born.

Ryder thinks it is so funny when he takes his shoes off.

And look at the face! We think it's pretty funny too.

Can't believe this boy is ONE! He is so big! We love him so much! He is so crazy and his personality is almost exactly the way we imagined, except a little crazier if that is possible. He loves to tease his Mommy and play ball with Dad.

Perkins Family Reunion

2010-05-31T13:27:00.000-07:00

Ryder and Uncle Jared hanging out at the falls

Here is out cute little family. Ryder loved the falls and Grandma didn't like it.

We had lots of fun at the family reunion this year. Ryder loved hanging out with some of his cousins. He even took his first step on the table of the Perkins restaurant. I can't believe how big he is getting.

Doing the dishes

2010-05-31T11:11:00.000-07:00

Ryder is such a good helper with the dishes!!

I just don't know how I would do them without him

Catch

2010-03-28T16:31:00.000-07:00

I think that Ryder is going to be a baseball player. He loves Playing with his baseball. It was SO much fun watching my boys playing catch. I know that Mitch really loved it.

Sleepy boy and First Haircut

2010-03-28T10:20:00.000-07:00

This is how we found Ryder sleeping the other night. He's so crazy. He likes to sleep with his legs crossed. As you can tell he likes having his football in his bed. You never know when you need to play.

I couldn't get him to sit still after his haircut. He is SO handsome. His hair is very blond with it all cut off, it doesn't even look like he has hair.

Ryder didn't know what his Dada was doing to his head. He was SO confused.

Bath Time!!!

2010-03-03T19:12:00.000-08:00

Ryder is become such a funny boy. I already know that he's going to tease me SO much. He's standing up on everything. We had to move his bed down already because he fell/climbed out of his crib.

We just love him so much!!!

2010-02-22T21:57:00.000-08:00

Great Grandpa and Grandma Idaho. We were so excited that they came up to take some pictures with us. It was lots of fun having them up there.

Here we are with Great Grandpa and Grandma Idaho

4 Generations of snowmobilers. We are so excited to cary on the tradition of snowmobiling. Ryder loved his little ride. He fell asleep on out way out but when he woke up on our way back he was not a happy camper. Poor boy didn't know what was going on.

My two boys are so cute!! This is my favorite picture.

Pa better watch out for this little guy. He already has his eye on his truck. Ryder could have spent all day pretending to drive the truck. It's so funny how he's such a boy and just like his Dad. Ryder's favorite toys are balls. We have a baseball and a golf ball and a football and he could play with them ALL day. He's such a crazy boy!!

Here's me and Ryder hanging out in the back of the truck.

No this is not a pregnant man. If you look close Ryder is all zipped up in Mitch's coat ready to go on a ride.

I put Ryder down on the snow and he was so sad because it was hard for him to crawl and play without his hands getting too cold.

Ryder was so good on the drive up and back. He slept most of the way up to Idaho but he slept the whole way home from Idaho. He's such a good boy.

Ryder just like his Dad

2010-01-10T19:18:00.000-08:00

Here is Ryder wearing his hat just like his Daddy. He's such a crazy boy. This last week he has started pushing himself forward and getting up on his hands and knees and rocking back and forth. I can't believe how fast he's growing. We're going in at the end of the month to see if he will get tubes. I really think that he will. I really hope that he will. Poor little guy has his Dads ears.

This video is from the day after Christmas.

Three wonderful years!!!

2010-01-01T12:08:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that we have been married for 3 years. Time really does fly when you are having fun. I thought that I loved Mitch so much when we got married but it is nothing compared to how much I love him now. He's the best thing that has ever happened to me. He's my prince charming that I've always wanted. I know that he loves me so much. It's been fun to watch him turn into a Dad. He love his baby boy so much.

I can't wait to spend the rest of my life and all eternity with him.

I love you Mitch!!!!

Christmas!!!!

2009-12-29T20:15:00.000-08:00

Ryder is making Grandma Connie so happy by cuddling with her.

Ryder is eating his yummy mail truck.

Ryder loves sleeping in his car seat with his coat on. He sleep all night in it. I didn't know what to do when I woke up at 3 in the morning.

Growing up we always got a picture taken with all of our presents and so I want to do that with Ryder.

All we should have gotten him was wrapping paper to eat. It would have made him so happy!!

Ryder is opening up his present from Great Grandma Holman. He loves his Buzz Lightyear toy. I must say that it's a lot of fun to play with.

Here he is again just eating his yummy wrapping paper.

He like to have his tongue hang out all of the time now. He has the Perkins Tongue. It makes me laugh to watch him.

Christmas was so much fun this year.

They're ready to go snowmobiling

2009-12-07T21:40:00.000-08:00

Mitch and Ryder are so excited to go snowmobiling!!!

Ryder just loves it so much that he had to give the snowmobile a BIG hug

Ryder thinks that he's ready to drive it all by himself.

We went up to help decorate Great Grandma Holman's tree. It was lots of fun to take Ryder up and spend time with my grandma.

Ryder Alan is turning 6 months old tomorrow and I just can't believe it. He's such a good happy baby. I love him so much and I'm so blessed to have him. I can't imagine my life without him. He has his two bottom teeth that have cut threw. It was rough for a little bit because he had a ear infection from it but he was still a good boy. It is a very hard thing to try and get him to sit still for a minute. He always has to be moving. He drools just like his Dad and throws up just like his Mom which is NOT a good combination. The funnest thing now is that he's recognizing us more. I love going to pick him up from my moms and having him get excited to see me. I love it that when someone else is holding him and he sees me that he starts crying because he wants me. I love being a Mom, it's the BEST thing ever and I wouldn't trade it for all of the money in the world.

5 Months OLD!!!

2009-11-08T13:11:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that my baby boy is already 5 months old. Time flies when they are actually here. He's getting so big and fun. He's laughing all of the time and he LOVES to play with toys. Let me correct that he LOVES to put toys in his mouth. He ate some banana baby food yesterday and loved it. I'm excited to start feeding him some more food to see if he likes it. I am so blessed to have such a good baby boy.

I also have a great husband that helped pick up the house and do some laundry today to surprise me. I loved it. Thanks Mitch you are the best husband ever!!!

BYU vs TCU and the day after

2009-11-05T23:06:00.000-08:00

HARVEY look at ME!! I'm a CHEERLEADER!!!

Cute Cousin Hunter!! (There is a crazy girl in the background)

Ryder and Cousin Addison. It was a cold game but Addison didn't want to put her coat on all night. She did however use the hand warmers. She's so funny.

Ryder didn't like the loud noises at all. Poor boy

Our family picture at the game

Ryder was so heart broken about the lost of the BYU game that he passed out in his swing!! Poor little boy

Halloween!!!

2009-11-01T21:02:00.000-08:00

Mitch kept trying to eat Ryder!!

Our Family Picture

Such a cute hotdog

Playing in the leaves

2009-10-26T18:42:00.000-07:00

Ryder and Mitch went and took some pictures this weekend!! It was so much to see the pictures. I couldn't believe just how big he's getting.

Ryder was done getting his pictures taken

Idaho and 4 month check up

2009-10-23T13:19:00.000-07:00

My boys up working on the snowmobiles. Ryder had to know what was going on outside. I think that he's going to love snowmobiling just as much as his Dad because Ryder was being really fussy but as SOON as they got one of the snowmobiles running Ryder was ready to fall asleep. Nothing like the sweet sounds of snowmobiles for a lullaby.

Ryder did not want to sleep the whole way up and back from Idaho. He had a rough weekend of not getting enought sleep. Poor boy only thinks that he can sleep good if he's at home. Once we got home that night he slept for 8 hours straight. He had never done that. I had forgot what it was like to sleep for 8 hours. It was HEAVEN!!

Ryder Loves to watch Mitch. I think that he's going to be a Daddy's boy.

Ryder was listening to Mitch's ipod. He's such a cute boy!!

Four Month Apointment

Ryder went to the doctors today and he's just a little guy. He weight 12 lbs. 13 oz. and is 24.5 inches. He's only in the 6th percentile for weight. But the doctor isn't worried because he's always been a little guy. The doctor just kept saying that he was a active baby. We were told that the right side of his head is getting a little flat so we need to start proping him up on his left side when he sleeps. I hope that he does well with that. We get to start giving him actual baby food when he turns 5 months old. I'm excited for that.

He got his shots and he was so brave. He only cried for a couple of minutes and I'm proud to report that I didn't cry, I just almost cried. Since he's been home all he's done is sleep. I hope that he doesn't wake up with sore legs.

Rice Cereal and talking

2009-09-28T22:28:00.000-07:00

This is just me trying to get Ryder to fold his wash. He must have thought that I told him to suck on his clothes instead. He loves trying to put things in his mouth now. He also loves holding onto his feet. I can't believe just how big my little man is getting. He makes me so happy. He loves his Dad SO much. After we were done doing laundry we went in to wake up Mitch and when Ryder saw Him he was laughing so hard. It's so much fun to watch my two boys together.

I love that Ryder is really trying to talk now. In the mornings when he wakes up he'll sit in his carseat and talk for over thirty minutes. I love that he's such a happy boy!! He only cries if he's hungry or tired. We've been so blessed to have such a good baby boy!! Have I mentioned that he sleeps threw the night!!! He knows how much I need my sleep.

He was so excited to eat his cereal that He couldn't wait for me to open up his bowels

Very messy while eating his yummy cereal

Mitch trying to take a bite of his cereal

Ryder loves eating his rice cereal now. My favorite part was watching Mitch trying to feed him

GOOOO COUGARS!!!!!

2009-09-07T21:43:00.000-07:00

Cougars WIN!!!!!!!!

Ryder loved watching the game with his Dad. It was so much fun to watch my boys watching the game. I just love them

A family picture before the game.

Ryder after he had written his name of the flag. It was such a good game for his first game.

Ryder getting ready to put his name on the flag before the game.

Rub-a-Dub-Dub Ryder in the tub

2009-09-07T21:26:00.000-07:00

Ryder LOVES his bath time.

Always so happy in his bathtub

Falling asleep in the bathtub.

Idaho and 2 months old!!

2009-08-05T18:21:00.000-07:00

We went to Idaho last weekend and it was lots of fun. Ryder was loving the hotel bed. I can't believe that he's almost 2 months old. It's been so much fun watching him grow and get more and more of a personality. He's honestly a truly happy baby. He loves watching everyone and looking at pictures. He's even really good with Mitch bugging him all of the time.

Always a happy boy!!!

He was looking at me talking to him. He loves his Mom SO much!!! At least I hope so

He looks so small in this big bed

He slept the whole way up and back from Idaho. He was such a good boy

Shae is so good with Ryder. She loves helping me with him. She is so good at helping me change his diaper.

Happy boy!!

2009-07-29T21:38:00.000-07:00

Ryder has been smiling so much!! He's such a happy boy

Ryder is so much fun when he's awake now. I love it so much.

Take me out to the ball game

2009-07-25T23:30:00.001-07:00

Ryder LOVED the fireworks. It was so much fun to watch him that I forgot to watch the fireworks. He didn't take his eyes off of them the whole time.

Ryder was cheering for the Bee's. He was awake the whole time. He was just loving it.

Mitch loved taking Ryder to the game. Mitch is really worried that Ryder will play sports like his mom.

His little bum was so cute

A fun Family picture.

Ryder LOVED watching all of the people. He would watch the people walk up and down the stairs. He just has to know whats going on with everyone. I think he gets that from his Grandma Connie.

The boys are back

2009-07-25T23:18:00.000-07:00

PASWA back together with the newest member

Parker holding Ryder.

I think Parker forgot he was holding a baby. I feel sorry for when he has kids. JK Ryder really likes sleeping like this for some reason. Sometimes when he's fussy we put him like this and he'll be asleep in seconds.

A big week!!

2009-07-24T09:12:00.000-07:00

Ryder was blessed this week and it was an awesome experience. Mitch did a great job giving the blessing. I cried threw the whole thing and Ryder didn't. I was so worried he would cry during the blessing. As soon as the blessing was over he pooped and cried. He does that very well. After we went to my moms house and ate nachos (everyone loved them).

I also went back to work this week and that is the hardest thing that I've ever had to do. I never knew that I could miss someone so much. It's hard being away from both of my boys. I loved having the time with Mitch. I never get to see him enough during the week when we are both working.

ONE MONTH OLD!!!!

2009-07-08T11:18:00.000-07:00

Ryder loves the swing that Addison let him borrow!

Me and My Dad!

2009-07-05T22:28:00.000-07:00

My two handsome boys!

Ryder being just like his daddy! He already loves to wear hats. Grandma Connie thinks he looks like a little froggy.

What is that under the hat? Oh it's Ryder, he is still so dang little! (Kim, he is just fun-sized!)

Mitch teaching Ryder about baseball, while watching Braves highlights, Mitch is in Heaven!

Ryder practicing eating out of his bottle and Mitch practicing feeding Ryder, this should be interesting when I go back to work! He will do good... I think!

I love my cousins!

2009-07-05T22:06:00.000-07:00

Ryder with his cousins Addison, Hunter, and Shae Shae. Addison hurt her mouth earlier in the day and the only thing that would help her was to put Band-Aids on her lip, and she let everyone know what she needed, "I WANT A BAND-AID!!!!!" Poor girl looked like she had a runny nose the rest of day, or a little mustache.

Addison and Shae love little Ryder, they love to sing him songs.

Ryder was so excited to go to his first baseball game (I don't know who was more excited, him or his dad though) and Hunter was excited that it was his All-Star game. Hunter won and Ryder slept most of the time. It was fun watching Hunter, he is a little stud out on the field! Good luck in the State Tournament Hunter.

Ryder also met his two cousins on the Holman side this weekend, but they left before we could get a picture taken together.

Four Generations

2009-07-05T21:56:00.000-07:00

Great G-ma and G-Pa Snowmobile (Perkins) came to visit Ryder, they loved him so much.

Four Generations of big ears and snowmobiling together at one time.

The greatest moment of my life!!!

2009-06-24T20:25:00.000-07:00

This was the moment that I had waited for all of my life! I couldn't believe that I was holding my handsome little son in my arms. Everything about the little guy was perfect and amazing!!! I love more then anything in the world to see how much Mitch loved our little boy.

Introducing RYDER ALAN!!!!

2009-06-18T18:45:00.000-07:00

We decided that since we have a cute little one to brag about we should finally start a blog!! Ryder Alan was born on June 8, 2009 at 7:04. He was a tiny little 6 lbs 1 oz and 17.5 inches long. It has been so much fun to have him in our home... he is the best baby ever!! :) He is definately a BYU fan already... Isn't he so cute?!

We are starting Ryder early... he watched his first Braves highlights the night he was born... he is for sure going to be a ball player... just like his dad.

He loves his baseball already... Like father like son!!!