5 Months

Well February Ruger learned a lot! He finally learned how to roll over both directions! He also was starting to sit up. He finds his toes in the bath tub and that is all he wants to play with. We give him little bath toys but no he wants his toes. He loves playing with the dog. He loves her and she loves him, she is so funny to watch with him. If he is playing on the ground she will lay her head in his hands and look at him til he starts to play. Sometimes she looks at me like she is asking for help, he does have a good grip so when he gets a hold of her sometime she can't get out without being saved.

Feb 3rd was Super Bowl Sunday. We dressed Ruger up in a 49ers outfit courtesy of Jen! That day I will never forget. It was just after the game ended, Ruger just started laughing! It went on for a long time too.

Ruger had his first Valentines Day!

 

 

As you can see with the pictures he is starting to sit up with help.

 

 Sleepy Baby!

 

 

 

Mitch and were driving around one day, we both had our sunglasses on so Ruger thought he needed his too!

 

 



 

On February 9th, Mitch, Ruger and I had an amazing experience. We were able to be sealed in the Rexburg, ID Temple for Eternity. It was such a blessing to be able to have our family and friends their for that special day. It is so comforting to know that we can be together as a family forever. Ruger won't remember it but he will defiantly have a different story than the rest of his siblings.

Pictures to come...  



4 Months

Where do I start. I just love watching this little one grow. He makes me smile and laugh everyday. Such a blessing to us. We brought the New Year in at our home in Rock Springs. We invited some people over to come and hang out maybe play some games, but that didn't work out. Didn't matter to us though we had fun anyway. Ruger was imitating sounds like crazy. While we were at Grandma and Grandpa Wrights everyone was teaching him how to blow bubbles and try to blow raspberries. Its cute how hard he would try. When he would actually make the sound it surprised even him! His favorite thing in January was watching our dog Mazie. Those two have become best friends. He would watch her like a hawk and if she went up the stairs he would lean to see where she went. He still wasn't a huge tummy time fan. He would rather sit on your lap or be in the jumper where he could see everything going on.

I started him on cereal just a couple of days before his 4 month birthday. He loved it! He got so mad when it was all gone. He needed a bath by then, which is by far his most favorite thing to do (has been since day 1.) so we put him in the tub, where he splashed and screamed with joy.

Every time I look at Ruger there is a certain look he will give me and he looks just like his Great Grandpa Heiner. I can't believe how much he looks like him. We laugh every time we get that look. I call Great Grandpa Heiner "Trouble" so I call Ruger "Double Trouble". He just gets that mischievous look that Great Grandpa gets. :) Love you Grandpa!

The Great Grandpa Heiner Look

 

 

New Church outfit!

3 Months

Well the week after we blessed Ruger, we were in ID for his cousins Hudson and Lottie to be blessed. We were in ID every weekend in December. Starting the 9th of December Ruger and I stayed in ID at Grandma and Grandpa Wrights house for a week. During that week Ruger found his hands! He was so funny playing with his hands and he was just starting to growl at everything. The 12th was a special day for his Uncle Hadley and Aunt Madison, that was our whole reason for staying the week!

On the 15th was Ruger's First Christmas party! He met Santa for the first time! He didn't know what to think at first, he looked at him for a while then decided he would rather not sit on his lap. Maybe next year. :)  I know we got it on video and camera but somehow they got deleted off my camera so I will have to get pictures from my mom! I hope she has some!

After getting back to WY from the last trip home Mitch and I had discussed getting a bigger vehicle. I still wasn't quite sure about it, I liked my car and it had good fuel mileage. Ha ha that meant I could go to ID more. So we got new tires for the car so Mitch felt safer about me driving by myself. The Thursday before we headed to ID. We bought a new car. A GMC Yukon. I love it. I was mad at the fact that I spent a lot of money on new tires and didn't get to take them off the Cobalt before trading it in. We shouldn't have bought them in the first place. Oh well lesson learned! Merry Christmas to me!

We loaded up the new car with all the goodies and headed to ID for Christmas. We stayed in Ashton for a couple nights. Christmas eve we went to dinner and a movie with the Heiner Family. Christmas morning was so much fun! Ruger although he was almost 3 months and didn't know what was going on, he still looked like he was enjoying his new toys. Santa brought him a jumper which he loves! He will play in that thing for hours. He also got a rocking horse from Santa, and a few toys to play in the car with. Santa must have know how much time this kid spends in the car ;) He was spoiled as we thought he would. Later that day we had Christmas with his Great Grandpa Thon Powell and Aunts Sandra and Shellie. They spoiled him as well. This year we did something we haven't done before. My siblings drew names, Mykala had drawn my name. I told her don't worry about getting me anything just get Ruger something. She did! He loves the toy puppy that she gave him. Hadley and Madison got him some clothes. At least Hadley won't let him get out of style. :) He was pretty beat after opening presents. He was out shortly after getting him dressed for the day.

By is 3 month birthday Ruger was 13 lbs 6 oz. and jabbering all the time, had the cutest little expressions. He really liked being at Grandma's house with Aunt Mykala! He had learned how to make is toys work. It has been so much fun watching him grow and learn. I swear he learns something new everyday!


Hopefully I can find some pictures of him sitting on Santa's lap. I will post those as soon as I can.

2 Months

Well I just realized that I forgot to mention in my last post that right before Halloween Ruger weighed 9 lbs. He was growing so fast! By the his 2 month birthday he was 12 lbs 4 oz. and 23 1/2 inches long.

We went to ID for Thanksgiving, it was so much fun being with family and seeing all the babes and how much they were growing! We spent the day at the Heiner home in Ashton. The boys went skeet shooting that morning and we had an awesome dinner that afternoon. That Sunday, November 25, 2012, we blessed Ruger in my parents ward in Rexburg. It was such an amazing experience I've been to lots of baby blessings but Mitch being able to bless our baby boy just made it that more special. I am so thankful for the priesthood in our lives. That in itself is a blessing. I am so proud of Mitch for everything he has accomplished over the last 2 1/2 years.

By his 2 month birthday Ruger loved to sit in mommy's lap and play with toys. He wasn't to fond of tummy time. He didn't know what to think of the bumbo chair. He would sit in my lap, but the min I tried to put him in the bumbo he would arch his back and throw a fit. He does the same with his car seat. Poor kid seems like he lived in that thing. He loves his glowworm that lights up and plays music. That was the only thing that would put him to sleep for a while. Thanks to my Mom and Dad for that! He also loves the vibrator bouncy chair with lights. He would play in that til he got hungry. :)  He learned how to reach and play with toys at 2 months. He also found his tongue and thumb, Grandpa Wright wasn't to hip about that one! He is such a sweet baby, pretty good for the most part. We sure do love him! He just smiles at everything!

We did family pictures for Christmas cards. Its hard to get a baby, the dog, and Mitch looking at the camera at the same time! ha ha enjoy!

1 Month

Ruger's first month of life was a crazy one! My mom and sister came to AZ the Monday after Ruger was born. That is when the fun started. Ruger's first doctors visit was that day at 1pm. They flew in at noon and my awesome friend Heather picked them up at the airport and brought them to our apartment. From there we headed straight to the doctor. There is when we discovered that Ruger's bili ruben was elevated. We didn't know how elevated the doctor just said she would call me with the results as soon they were in. We didn't hear from the doctor until 7 or 8 that evening. She called and said it was elevated to a 17 and that we needed to get the ER immediately and have another test drawn up. We made our way to the ER. We were there for about 4 hrs. The ER doctor finally came back and said that his bili was now up to a 20. I was instructed by Ruger's pediatrician that we call her with the results and she would let us know what she wanted us to do. After speaking with her and her speaking with the ER doctor she wanted us to go to Phoenix Children's Hospital. They asked if we wanted an ambulance transport. We said no that we would take the paper work and head over. We waited longer for the paper work than we did for his test results to come back. We finally made it to Phoenix Children's around 1am. I was a basket case. Its one thing to see a baby attached to all the wires and lights, but its another to have it be your baby. I was really glad my mom was there. She jumped right in when I needed her to. My poor mom and sister, they hadn't even unpacked their suit cases. They left with Mitch around 4am and headed back to the apartment. Mitch had it the worst after getting home around 5 ish he got in the shower and then headed to school. He hadn't slept since Sunday night. Kory, Mitch's friend, got a good laugh cuz he almost fell into his lap more than once falling asleep in class that day! Around 1pm I spoke with the nurse in the NICU and she said we would get to go home as soon as the doctor signed the forms. I was so excited I text Mitch and he went home and picked up my mom and sister and they came to the hospital. We were thinking a couple of hours and we'd get to go home. Wrong again, they left Ruger off the lights from 1pm til we left... at 9pm! I was so mad, if I would have known it was going to be that long I would have made sure they put him back under the lights. His numbers were down but the light would have helped it get lower quicker.

The only picture I have of him at the hospital is with Grandma holding him! I wasn't worried about getting pictures. ha ha.

I found a picture of him with the light after we got home from the hospital!

After being home for a day or two we went to the doctor for a follow up, his numbers were still a little high, I told her I wasn't going to go back to a hospital, I would rent a light and do it at home. She agreed, later that day a light was delivered to our apartment. I was glad we didn't have to make another visit to the hospital. His numbers came down and he was looking great.

Mykala and mom had to constantly ask to hold him... my bad, I was just loving him so much. Mykala was such a big help with him. We got some good laughs when she changed him or helped bath him! Love you Mykala! I wished we would have gotten more pictures while we were in AZ. I have a few on my phone I just need to figure out how to get them on the computer. I was so grateful Mom and Mykala were able to come and be with me and help. They flew back to ID on the 15th of October. They were able to stay for two weeks.

Paul and Lynda were able to come help us pack up and drive back to ID. They flew in on Thurs the 18th so they could be there for Mitch's graduation on Friday. After graduation we hit the road to ID. We made it to Cedar City Friday night and stay there. We arrived in Rexburg Saturday evening and unloaded our stuff into a storage unit and stayed at my parents for a couple of weeks.

We celebrated my dad's birthday a couple of days after we got to ID. We got Ruger some moose slippers while we were in AZ, I searched the internet and found my dad some just like it! So that's what we gave him for his birthday. We also got Ruger a shirt that says "Grandpa's lil' huntin' buddy!" We dressed him all up in his new shirt and moose slippers and meet grandpa down stairs when he got home from work. It was a fun night!

On Ruger's 1 month birthday my mom and sister threw us a baby shower! It was so good to see everyone! We had fun, and as always Ruger was spoiled. Thanks everyone who attended! We appreciate everything you guys have done and continue to do by showing your love and support!

 

Ruger's First time at Church!

 

For Halloween we were still in ID so before Mitch left for Rock Springs to go to work we took some pictures. They turned out so cute! He wasn't to sure about the whole pumpkin thing but it was fun non the less.

 

Ruger's Birth

On September 17, 2012 Mitch and I were hoping to spend the day doing something fun for our 2 year anniversary. I had a doctors appointment that afternoon after Mitch got out of school. My blood pressure was elevated and I hadn't felt the baby move a whole lot. I tried eating something little before the appointment but still not much activity. After discussing this with our doctor, he told us that I was at a 2, he wanted us to go get a non stress test just to make sure the baby was doing ok he was a little worried about my blood pressure. He told me I would most likely not be making it to my due date that he would see me next week and we would discuss it further. He told us to go across the street to the hospital and they would get me right in for the non stress test. Mitch and I had made plans to go to PF Changs for our anniversary dinner, We were both getting hungry but decided we better go get the test done first then off to dinner. Well what we were told would only be a twenty min wait ended up being almost a three to four hour wait. By the time we got in to do the test I could feel the baby moving like crazy. I almost said forget the test he's fine lets just go eat! But we stayed and did the test. It only took twenty min once we were in the room to know everything was fine. Off we were to have our anniversary dinner!

On September 24th we meet with the doctor for a check up and he said I was still at a 2 but with my blood pressure being elevated he didn't want to take any chances and that I needed to decide if Tuesday or Wednesday evening worked better for us. Remind you this is Monday the 24th! Luckily I had everything ready to go for the baby so Mitch and I discussed it and decided Wed evening would work best with is school.

We were scheduled to be at the hospital at 11pm September 26th. We got a phone call from the hospital around 8 saying that they didn't have room for me, that I would have to wait until morning, just to get a good nights rest and they would call when it was time to come in. GOOD NIGHTS REST!!! not going to happen, I was to nervous and excited to meet my new baby boy! I tried to sleep the best I could. We got a call at 5am on Thursday the 27th and off we went to the hospital.

We arrived at the hospital around 5:30 am. The nurses got me all situated, hooked up to all the machines, and got the IV put in. after starting me on the pit I wasn't progressing very fast. Around 8am they broke my water. Shortly after that I started having back contractions and I thought things were progressing quickly, my contractions where getting closer together and stronger but I still was only at a 3. They gave me some Tylenol and told me to wait a little bit longer for the epidural. I waited as long as I could the back contractions were just to much. The whole time he was prepping me for the epidural I was nervous, I was having strong contractions throughout the whole time.  After receiving the epidural I felt much better! :) Just ask Mitch I am sure I was a much happier person as well. ha ha

Things were still progressing slowly. I had text my mom around 3:30 and I had finally made it to a 5. I put my phone down and the nurse came in and said lets put you on the peanut ball and see if that helps. Mitch decided he better take bathroom break while the nurses were doing that. He was gone maybe 2 min and when he walked out it was time to push, he got the nurse and the peanut ball had worked! I was at a 10 and ready to push! My doctor walked in just in time to deliver the baby.

At 4:20pm little Ruger Shane Heiner came into our lives. He cried right off the bat, the doctor handed him to me and put him on my chest. He was the sweetest little thing I have ever seen! I feel in love in that instant. The first thing I noticed was his right hand looked a little different. I thought I was seeing things. The nurse took him to get him cleaned up and get his weight and length. The nurse yells out from the scale and says "He is 6 lbs 16 oz!" the room got really quiet and I asked, " Isn't that 7 lbs?" Everyone just laughed, in the back ground we hear, "Yes it is! ha ha he is 19 inches long!" As the nurses continue to check him the nurse says, "Lets count his toes, There are ten little toes, now his fingers..." She got quiet then said, "Um doctor there are only nine fingers..." again the room got quiet. I knew I had only seen nine fingers! Mitch didn't notice til the nurse said something. The doctor looks and me with a grin on his face and says, "I am sorry I don't think I did anything to cause that." I just smiled and said, "Unique little boy, that's all."

After we got situated we went to call our families and tell them the news, we noticed we had a lot of missed calls and texts. Our families were so excited to hear he made it here safe. Some thought we were playing jokes by saying he only had 9 fingers. And trust me, that is a joke I would probably try to pull with my family. Especially since we were in AZ and they were all in ID. But I didn't have to, it was true. I had family members say they were sorry for that and worried that later he would be made fun of for it. Kids are cruel and I am sure there will be that one kid that just can't handle someone being different. But no need to be sorry, its a fact of life, he will never know the difference. He will be able to throw a mean curve ball! Who knows maybe he'll be able to play the piano better than everyone else. We will raise our kids to know how special they are and that no one can hurt them unless they let it.

We have one unique little boy! I wouldn't trade him for the world! That night I told Mitch he could go home he had a long day and still needed to go to school in the morning. He told me he would just sleep there and go to school for an hour or so and be back. I don't think he even heard Ruger and I get up for feedings or anything. I was still in awe over this sweet little spirit that had come into our life. I just watched him sleep for a little while, I would touch him every now and then to make sure he was still breathing! I just couldn't believe that he was here!

We were able to go home on Sat the 29th. When we got home I wasn't sure how Mazie was going to react to the new baby. Mitch had been taking blankets and stuff home with him so she would get use to his scent. She was so excited when we got home! She loves her new baby! Mitch on the other hand was so tired it didn't take him long to zonk out on the couch. Precious moments that's for sure!

Ruger Shane

Ok I know I am terrible at this. You would think I would have more time to put things on here since I am now a stay at home mom. To be completely honest I don't know where my time goes! Ha Ha I have so much fun with Ruger I loose track of time. I decided I better try to get everyone up to date on what we are up to and how things are going. I will try to get pictures up from the last 4 months but I have yet to figure out how to do that! :) Well where do I start...

Ruger Shane Heiner was born 9/27/12 @ 4:20 pm. He was 7 lbs and 19in long. He is the new love of our life. We can't get enough of him. The Monday after Ruger was born my mom and sister came to visit. Ruger had his first Dr. appointment that day we found out later that evening that Ruger had jaundice pretty bad and we ended up being admitted to Phoenix Children's Hospital over night. When we finally got to go home it was such a relief, my mom was such a big help. When I had questions she was right there ready to help. With Mitch still in school it was really nice having the girls there to help me! :) October 19th we moved back to ID but before we left AZ, Ruger was all checked out and said he would be good til his 2 month appointment where he would need his shots. He was growing good and everything looked awesome!

November 2, 2012 we moved to Rock Springs WY, where Mitch took a job as a Power Generator Technician with Rocky Mountain Cummins. He really likes his job and works with some great people. We really like it here in Rock Springs, the only down side is not seeing friends and family as much as we would like, but we make do. We still go home often and see everyone. In fact we went home for Thanksgiving and then every weekend after that til Christmas we were driving to ID. Its been nice to be back in WY and get back into the routine of things.

For Christmas Ruger got spoiled! I will post some pictures of him and most everything he got. He loves the Jumper that Santa brought him. He also really likes the stuffed puppy that his aunt Mykala got him. :) His Uncle Hadley and Aunt Madison got him some cute clothes that he loves. I dressed him in the bright green outfit that Hadley gave him and he just sat in front of the mirror jabbering away. Talking to himself and smiling, he thought he was pretty hot stuff. Everything he got for Christmas he just loves, he is looking at books more, and voicing his opinion about them. He is just growing way to fast.

January has been a fun month, watching him learn everyday is awesome. He has learned how to put the pacifier back in his mouth, well only when he doesn't really need it. He chews on anything you get close enough to his mouth. He rolled over for the first time a week ago but he hasn't done it since then. He would honestly rather sit up or stand to play, the whole laying down thing he isn't to hip about. He will lay on his belly and play for a little bit, but then he tries to roll over and he gets so close and then gets mad. He figured it out once he'll get it again. :) He started eating cereal at the end of Jan, and I am just such a proud mom, I am excited for him to be growing so well and getting strong but I don't know how I feel about how fast it is going by. Mitch keeps trying to tell me its ok you will have another one to do this with again in a few years. Which I know he is right but that one will grow up just as fast.

Super Bowl Sunday we dressed him in his 49ners outfit, his daddy was so proud. He looked so cute, ready to watch some football. After the game was over he was such a happy boy and wanted to play, I started to tickle him and sure enough I got him to laugh! It was the cutest thing ever. A couple nights before he was playing with Mazie, our dog, and was trying to laugh then, he would let out a little squeal here and there but nothing like Sunday night. He is such a good baby. I couldn't be happier.

I will go back and do a month to month with pictures, things he loves, how big he is and everything. I have just been slacking and I have now figured out how to make this thing work. :) So that will be coming soon and be up to date!