Family Pictures

So we just got back the pictures from April's wedding and just wanted to share them with everyone! They were taken on Oct 17.

Baby Update

Sheree went to the doctor today and now measures 31cm which is a 5cm improvement, but she is still little. The doctor will do another ultrasound on December 31 and if my fluid is below a 5, then they are going to take the baby, which will be 3 weeks early. AHHH, a new years baby isn't what we planned so hopefully relaxing over the holiday will do the trick! Only one more day of school and then we're out for 2 weeks!

Riley has been doing amazing! Since Thanksgiving, he has only hit someone at school ONCE! This is awesome for him and we are so proud of him for finally learning to control his aggression! He knows that if he hits at all, doesn't matter who or for what reason, that he loses games for that day and he lives for his video games! Currently, he is loving playing Indiana Jones 2...we mastered Super Mario for the Wii!

Tyler was sick last week and got an ear infection. The only person who he will let give him medicine is Riley so that has been fun to watch Riley be a good big brother and coax Tyler to take his medicine. He has fought going to the daycare all week so we are so looking forward to our break!

Ryan has been healthy and busy with work. He had his work party this afternoon and ate at the Red Iguana in Salt Lake and then went to race gocarts with his colleagues. Unfortunatly he hasn't been riding his bike but hopefully soon. He did put together our half crib for the baby in our room so that is all ready to go! And he has had tons of fun shoveling the snow off the driveway!

Thanksgiving and other randomness....

So we celebrated Thanksgiving with just us 4 this year and here is the picture that was taken about 4:00 when dinner was ready. Tyler was asleep and we didn't dare wake him! We missed being with Ryan's family but at the same time it was nice to enjoy a quiet meal at home!



SNOW!!! We woke up to snow yesterday morning and of course Tyler wanted to go out and play...Riley preferred to stay in the house with mom!








And here is a picture of Sheree with her pregnant belly that was taken on Thanksgiving night. Tyler likes to feel the baby but doesn't want a baby and Riley wants nothing to do with mom's tummy!










Finally, here is a picture of Tyler's new bunkbed that Ryan put together and both boys like to play in and during the day kitty likes to sleep in it! So now we can use Riley's room as a guest room and put all 3 boys in Tyler's room since we have the bunkbed and crib ready to go!

Baby Update

So Sheree went in Monday for a follow-up ultrasound and everything looks good! They did a very thorough examination and predict that the baby is 3 pounds 10 ounces instead of 2 1/2 pounds! The fluid level increased from a 2 to an 8 (5-24 is the normal range). She still has to drink lots of water and try to take it easy. The baby has a big head and long legs, but a small torso, so he sounds just like another Riley. Thanks for the extra prayers, phone calls and well wishes...we sure are relieved and are hoping to have a peaceful christmas!

The boys are doing well. Riley has had a good week at school so far and has played really well with Tyler at home. We rented the new Super Mario Brothers for the Wii and have loved playing it and are currently on World 8...this is Riley's motivation to have a good day at school so that he and mom can play Mario at home! Riley loves to read and is doing well at his math and spelling.
Tyler is still Mr. wild child! He loves to run around and his new favorite phrase is "Ta-Da" off of the travelocity gnome commercial. He will do something new and say "Ta-Da" and everyone will laugh, so he'll keep doing it. He has started to throw more fits and runs in his room and shuts the door, which is what he has learned from Riley, so this has helped Riley learn to be a better big brother! He is in a new bunkbed but still won't go to sleep on his own and is often waking mom and dad up in the middle of the night. Hopefully by christmas he will be a good sleeper again!

Please pray for our baby!!!

Today was not such a great day....Sheree had a routine doctor visit and measured 26 cm which is smaller than normal. Since this was the 2nd small measurement, the doctor wanted an ultrasound. The fluid level is low, it is at a 2 and should be at least a 5 (what these numbers mean I don't know) but worse yet is that the baby isn't growing like he should. He is measuring 2- 2 1/2 pounds (which is not even on the normal percentile charts) and should be 3-3 1/2 pounds. As you can see I only have 8 weeks left to incubate and so the worry is there. They gave me steroid shots to help the baby's lungs develop in case they have to take him early because of fluid levels. I have another ultrasound on Monday with the technicians so hopefully all will be resolved by then. So, we are asking for additional prayers on our behalf so that the baby will grow normally and that Sheree and family can have peace of mind knowing that all will be well!

Happy Halloween!

Just wanted to post pictures of our little cuties! Went to trunk or treating last night and tonight Ryan took the boys out trick-or-treating while mom gets to enjoy some peace and quiet at home! :)

Uh - Oh.....

The pictures explain it all...yep, Tyler can officially climb out of his crib. Ryan and I went out last night and Tyler thought the babysitter put him to bed too early so he learned how to climb out. He called out this morning and when we didnt get him, he got out and came running to our room. So I guess my baby is growing up and it is time for a big boy bed.

October Update

I haven't posted in awhile because I wanted to add pictures but I am just so lazy at the moment that I will just write about our last month!

SICK! That describes us at the moment...Tyler threw up Wednesday morning so dad stayed home with him Wed and mom Thursday...well guess who was up all night last night...DAD! So Ryan is staying home today sick and we are supposed to drive down to St. George this afternoon for Grandma April's wedding tomorrow, but I don't know if we are going to make it. Riley was complaining of symptoms last night too...mom got a flu shot yesterday since her doctor talked her into it and boy is she glad that she did! Tyler was better after one day so hopefully dad will be too and we're praying that Riley and mom don't get sick this weekend!

Riley and Tyler got to spend a whole week with Grandma Sharla and a few days with Grandpa Dave while mom and dad went to Orlando. The boys had a great time and got to do fun things like visit with Great-Grandma Darlene, Linda and Barr, went to the dinosaur museum in Ogden, play Toy Story mania on the WII, sleep in every morning... they had fun and so did mom and dad! Unfortunately, we didn't take any pictures while we were there, but it was hot, like in the 90's and humid...Sheree was naughty and rode most of the roller coasters...it was nice, so thanks mom and dad! (They will get to enjoy their stay at the Boardwalk hotel in a few weeks so hopefully the trade off was worth it! :)

We put up our halloween decorations and Tyler has enjoyed playing dress up with all the old halloween costumes. He will be Buzz Lightyear and Riley will be Luigi. We even cleaned out our garage on Sheree's birthday! Just trying to get things organized now for the holidays and the new baby. Riley went back on track this past Monday and is doing phenomenal! He's not excited about the homework but he loved going to the library and getting a new book.

Hope that all is well with everyone else!

LOTOJA Results!!!

So Ryan raced the Lotoja on Saturday and he rode 206 miles in 3 states in 10 hours, 49 minutes and 41 seconds! He got 20th place out of 42 in his group. He got 360th place out of 844 male riders. He got 378th place out of the 928 finishers (I don't know if this included all the relay teams or not.)

It was such a blast and fun to see him every few hours at the checkpoints! He did awesome, had fun but now is super sore, especially his bottom! At one of the stops, there was a guy holding a sign that said, "How's your butt?" Imagine sitting on a bike for 11 hours!

I will upload pictures from my phone when I can figure it out...can you believe that we forgot the camera!? Anywho...congrats Ryan! Awesome job! Love you babe! :)

Baby Names

We had another ultrasound yesterday and all looks well with the baby, and yep it is still a boy! So we have come up with 3 names that we like...Brock, Parker or Hayden. The middle name will be Ryan...so which name should it be?

Brock Ryan Christensen

Parker Ryan Christensen

Hayden Ryan Christensen

On a side note...Tyler threw up twice today so dad stayed home in the morning and mom in the afternoon. We'll do the same thing tomorrow. Riley got both his bakugan cards today! Another 7 school days and then he'll be off track. Ryan is gearing up for the Lotoja race and mom is getting nervous about driving and making all the pit stops! Things are good though...yep, can't complain!

UPDATE

Just thought that I would post a quick update on what has been happening...

Tyler went back to school with mom and is in the NobleNight Daycare at Northridge High School where mom works. He is the oldest one in his "class" but has been a very big helper. He doesn't like getting up at 6:45 in the mornings and has a hard time saying good-bye to mom, but he loves playing with all his "friends" again! And at home he is busy playing outside and of course he loves the street, roaming in other neighbors yards and garages and ringing their doorbells! He keeps mom on her toes!

Riley has had 2 fabulous weeks and we are trying to make it 3 in a row! He earned another Bakugan ball at school and is now awaiting its arrival in the mail. He has sure enjoyed earning up to 2 Bakugan cards each day and has been busy at home playing with friends, riding his bike, doing his homework etc. He has 2 1/2 more weeks until he goes off track for 3 weeks.

Sheree is now back to work again and has pretty good classes, but they are larger than usual because of all the budget cuts but she is glad to have a job! And of course she is trying to do all the other usual stuffs that moms do!

Ryan is gearing up for the LOTOJA race (Logan, UT to Jackson Hole, Wyoming) which takes place on Saturday September 12. It is a 206 mile race. He has continued doing the RMR's (Rocky Mountain Raceway criteriums) and got 7th place last night and is ranked #33 in his flite.

We enjoyed our first cantaloupe and carrots out of our garden last week. We have tons of tomatoes and cucumbers too. Riley is selling our mini pumpkins to the neighbor kids. And we have a lot of other cantaloupe and watermelons growing that we can't wait to eat!

Yep, things are good right now...can't complain! Hope everyone else is good!

Riley's 1st Grade Photo

We got Riley's picture back this week and just had to share....pretty sharp looking boy! AND he has had 8 GREAT school days in a row!!! Yeah!!! So Friday we celebrated by taking him to cherry hill.

Our Harvest!

So we planted a garden this year and now we are reaping what we sowed! Our first watermelen, lots of tomatoes and cucumbers....mmmm.

It's A....

So we had an ultrasound today and below are some of the pictures...I will let you figure out for yourself what it is!

Major Cleaning!

So Saturday was spent cleaning the boys room and trying to get organized. Here are some pictures to actually prove what we did! Those who have seen their rooms know that you could hardly see the carpet...hopefully they will help keep things picked up. Thanks Grandma April for the help!

Tyler turns 2!

So today was Tyler's 2nd birthday. We had a birthday party last night for him in which Grandma April, Uncle Todd, Aunt Brenda and cousin Sloan came to celebrate. We bought him a trampoline in which he loves and then he got water toys and clothes as other presents...all great hits! Thanks everyone! Below are some fun pictures from the big day!

Riley's First Day of 1st Grade!

Monday July 20 was Riley's first day of first grade! He was so excited to go and came home and told me all about it! Dad got to take him to school and these are the pictures that he took. Unfortunately, Tuesday was a hard day to try to get him to go to school...he went but it wasn't great...and it didn't get any better. We even spent an hour together in the principal's office on Wednesday. We are hoping for a good weekend and a better week next week! Anyone want a 6 year old!?

No more Tylers jumping on the bed.....

So a week or so ago, Tyler came in to say good night to me and came on the bed to snuggle and decided it would be more fun to jump.....well, he face planted on our footboard. Immediately, he had the scrape and it started swelling right away and sure enough, the next morning, there was a nice black eye that lasted a good week. We didn't take pictures until 3 or 4 days after so that is what you see.













Riley just spent the past week at Grandma Aprils and loved it and didn't want to come home. He starts 1st grade on Monday....so crazy!
Things are good here....went to the doctor and heard the heartbeat on Thursday which was 150 bpm....still hoping for a girl....
Hope that everyone has a great weekend! :)

Disneyland Pictures

So I noticed that Grandma and Grandpa Mansius were following my blog, so I decided to upload some of our pictures from our April trip to Disneyland. Be sure to check out the one of them going down Splash Mountain! We had a great time and am sure that it will be a long time before we go back again....but it sure was fun and it was great to have grandma and grandpa there as well!














Here is a picture of our kids with Tara's when they came to visit....sorry it took so long to upload!

So our goal this summer is to keep our blog updated.....

Recently Riley received his blue belt in karate.
This is him pictured with Sensei Shelly. He has really enjoyed karate.

Tyler sure is growing up too. We have had a lot of rain lately and he loves to go out and play in the water and mud. This was taken after church on Sunday.

Sheree had an ultrasound on Thursday and baby looks healthy and had a heartbeat. The only problem is they changed her due date to January 24 so she'll probably be sick a little longer.

Ryan gets out whenever he can to ride his bike....he's hoping to put in 100 miles today, so we'll see if he makes it!

We're Having a Baby!

Hey everyone....just wanted to let you know that we are having a baby in January! Pretty crazy but we're way excited! You can follow along with the baby widget...fun stuff. Hopefully soon I'll update the blog with pictures of the boys...Tyler has pink eye now which is no fun. Riley is busy with baseball on Wednesdays and Fridays and karate on Mon/Tues/Thurs. He has his belt test again on Friday so wish him luck. Hope that you enjoyed the blog today!

We're on the web!!

Dear friends and family....

Finally, we've set up a blog to keep everyone posted on our happenings! Hopefully we can keep up with this with our busy schedule.
Hope that you enjoy....visit often and leave comments!

Thanks!

Sheree