Tyson's Blessing

George's cousin Tyson Jack Brettridge, who is 4 days older, was blessed today. We drove down to Parowan last night and met up with the family to help celebrate the occasion. This picture was taken this morning on the church lawn after Sacrament meeting. It was a beautiful day for a picnic and so then we all met up at the park and ate and threw the Frisbee (okay, I just ate and watched the others play). Ryan's family mirror's my family in the fact that there are 5 boys and 2 girls and I feel so lucky to have such awesome in-laws! What a great day!

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Note: On the way home from Parowan this afternoon, Ryan’s Dad, Mom and younger brother Brandon were in a car accident on I-15. A Trailblazer spun them out and then they were t-boned by a van. Everyone is okay. These kinds of things happen. When they do it reminds you how fragile life is. Life can change in one moment. It reminds me how much I love my family and to tell them that I love them.

Pioneer Day

For our State holiday we went with the White's to Camp Tracy up Millcreek Canyon. We stayed over night Friday and came home Saturday. We had so much fun! Friday night we rode in the small paddle boats on the small lake and watched Hulk on the HUGE projector screen. Saturday we ate and ate and ate...and swam. George was such a sweet boy! He mostly slept. Grandma White had an extra food cover that we used to keep the bugs off of him while he slept on a picnic table. He is getting bigger everyday...but he is still so little.

4th of July

Having a brand new baby means you don't do much but feed the baby and change the baby. That means you don't go many places other than grandma's house. So for the 4th of July we decided to get out of the house and drive down by West Jordan park and watch the fireworks. We got there about 9pm, thinking that the Rodeo would be over at 10pm and then the fireworks would start. 10pm came and went and no fireworks, but we had "the best" spot so we just waited. At 11pm the fireworks finally started but...they were going off behind a big tree so we could really see them and at that point the church lawn was full of other families so we couldn't really move. We stayed and watched the tree for 10 minutes and then went home. Here is a picture of all of my boys waiting for the show.

Twins

Grandpa Griffith is George's biggest fan. I love this picture, maybe because they are dressed like twins. This photo was taken Monday, June 28th at a BBQ in my brother's back yard on are our very first outting from the time we came home from the hospital. Summer is such a good time to have a baby!

Introducing...!

Master George Ryan White! He was born on June 23rd at 1:10pm, weighing in at 8.4 pounds and 20.5 inches long. I was scheduled to be induced on this exact day but he decided that it was a good day to be born and came all on his own. Once my water broke at 4:30am it was game on! Thank heaven for epidurals! It saved my life! Before the epidural I was having the most painful contractions, indescribable!! After the epidural it was all about Popsicles and Billy Madison, AWESOME! I pushed and Ryan counted for only an hour and out he came with the longest BLACK hair I have ever seen on a brand new baby! He didn't look like anything that I had imagined however he is beautiful. My first thought when I saw him was "I just gave birth to a baby sumo wrestler, he looks like a happy Asian baby"! But my family thinks he looks just like his daddy, which is just what I had hoped for. He is 8 days old today and I think we are getting a good routine down. He is breast feeding about every 3 hours and he is a pooping machine! Ryan and I are in complete awe and are so grateful that we were able to receive such an amazing gift from Heaven.

10 Days to go...

until my real due date. However, we saw the doctor yesterday and my body has not dilated at all. I know, every body is different and that doesn’t necessarily mean anything but I “knew” that Dr. Curtis was going to tell us something different. I still feel pretty good and so I am going to stay positive. In a time not very far away we will be holding our beautiful baby boy and the past 9 months will be over and we will be on to new adventures! It will be nice to get my waist back! Here is a picture of Ryan and I on our Honeymoon last August. We “fished” a lot, but did not catch anything. But we had so much fun being there with each other and my family! From now on our entertainment will be seeing the world from our son’s eyes and all the newness that brings!

Ridin' High!

This past weekend was Memorial Day weekend. Ryan and I watched lots of movies and BBQ'd steaks (they were so yummy). Ryan was so sweet to give me a pedicure, took off the old pain, trimmed and repainted them. He is so good to me and makes sure that I am well taken care of. George is still riding high and hasn't moved down to the birth canal it seems. We see Dr. Curtis tomorrow and he will let us know if I have started dilating yet.