One Growing Boy!

Well we just took Kyler to his 2 month check-up, so I thought I would update on how big he is getting! And he sure is getting big! He weighed in at 11 lbs 3 ounces and was 24 inches tall! He grew 3 inches from the last time we went in when he was 4 weeks and he gained 2 lbs! Kyler also had to get shots for his first time since he was born and he didn't like it so much. Deric was playing with him on the table and Kyler was just a grinning until his face changed to a "what the heck was that" look and then suddenly to a "Ouch! That hurts!" look. Deric became the mean guy. It wasn't the most fun experience, I actually cried hearing my son cry like that. I felt SO mean! (even though I didn't do the dirty work). Kyler really is growing and his personality is starting to show through! He sat all the way up on his elbows for the doctor yesterday which she said a lot of 4 months old don't do. He LOVES playing in his bouncer! haha everytime we put him in it, he just grins uncontrollably, drools like no other, stares at the bubbles and kicks like no other! We sure are proud of our little guy! :)

So just to add on to our growing boy, last night (1/29/09) Kyler laughed for the first time. It was SO cute! Deric was playing with him while I was talking on the phone to my mom and all of a sudden I hear these cute little giggles! Oh what a cute boy we have! :)

Kyler's Blessing

Kyler's baby blessing was January 11th and it was so fun! It was so good to see family and a few friends to support us for this event. Deric did an amazing job at giving his first Father's blessing. Afterwards, we of course, had a luncheon. And let me say, the food was great! We served soup in bread bowls, had yummy salads and LOTS of desserts! We even had the top layer of our wedding cake! (Mind you it has been frozen for the past year) Kyler looked absolutely adorable in his little white tuxedo with black bow tie. It was fun to dress him up and he was so good the entire time! I was one proud momma! I must just put a little side-note in and say that being a mom is absolutely AMAZING and every woman should try it! :) Thanks again for all of those who came! We really enjoyed seeing everyone and spending some time together!

Lookback on 2008

So I decided I would right a sort of re-cap of 2008 for the Deric Winterton family! This past year was definitely an exciting and eventful one for us! Starting the new year as newlyweds was a fun and exciting but challenging time for us! We lived in Ephraim and I was attending Snow College full time, being on the Enrollment Team (Leadership at Snow), and working 2 jobs while Deric was working full time installing cabinets. Our plans for the future kept changing and changing, time and time again after things just weren't working out! We finally realized we just had to be patient! The Lord finally showed us what was best for us in March when we found out we were expecting Kyler. What a joy and blessing, yet terrifying knowledge! I totally didn't feel capable of being a mom at such a young age, especially when I hadn't finished school, but I had to trust in the Lord. Deric was a HUGE support as I was really sick with morning sickness in the beginning. It was definitely a trying experience on our relationship with everything else that was going on. Finally, things worked out for us and we moved to West Jordan when I graduated from Snow in May. Deric started working at his old shop again building cabinets, which he ABSOLUTELY loves and I started working at Salt City Candle Company, choosing to take time off from school until after Kyler was born. Birthdays came and went, we both got older and we realized that our life was going to change drastically for the better once November came. We had a lot of fun in the summer enjoying our new house (even though we STILL don't have a kitchen) but the pool is definitely fun! Neither one of us has ever had a pool in the backyard... not to mention an amazing barbeque area and huge grass lawn! Deric started school at Salt Lake Community College in August and really worked hard to get good grades, work full time and prepare to have a child. (I'm so proud of him!) September was a little scary when I got in a car accident, totaling our car and sending me to the hospital being 30 weeks pregnant. We were SO blessed when everything turned out fine, our insurance company was amazing and everything was fine with me and Kyler. Halloween was a fun time this year. Our landlords hooked up a garage door opener with a ghost thing on it and when you pushed a button it would come flying at you. Deric and I had fun scaring little kids, although we did feel a little bad. We even went to the haunted house next door, which was pretty scary if I do say so myself! And then the most influential day of our lives occured. November 15, Kyler came into this world! I have never experienced so much pain, joy, tears, terror or whatever words you can come up with in my life! Kyler didn't exactly want to come easy. We ended up having to use forceps to get him out after a long time of pushing, but we were so blessed with a beautiful baby boy! He weighed 8 lbs. 10 ounces and was 22 inches long. Thanksgiving came the following week and my parents came up to share it with us. Christmas has come and gone and now we find ourselves in the year 2009. Looking back, there is no way to deny the fact that we have been extremely blessed in 2008 and we look forward to the changes that are to come in 2009!

Christmas 2008

This year we went to my parents house in Holden for Christmas. We attended the all famous "Holden Ward Christmas Eve Party" which I really do look forward to! I love seeing old friends from home in the warmth of the holidays and feeling the Christmas spirit! It's fun to reminisce about past Christmas's and good times! I was so excited to see two of my best friends I had growing up! Lynette now lives in Iowa and it was the first time I got to see her since she moved! Chelsey is going to school in Cedar and for some reason we hardly ever have time to get together! It was also fun to show everyone from home our new son! It was the first time since he was born that we took him to the church. Not to mention, most of my family was there. 4 out of the 5 kids with their kids were there and it was a good ole Nixon time!The kids sang Christmas songs as loud as they could until Santa was able to hear them so he could come visit! Kyler got to sit on Santa's lap for the first time!

This is Mike (brother-in-law) with Ashley, Scott (brother) with Tyler and Deric with Kyler standing in line waiting to see Santa!

Kyler sitting with Santa! (I don't think he told him what he wanted unless Santa can read minds)

Dad helping Kyler open a present. DIAPERS!!!

Kyler with all of his presents! He IS spoiled! We had to document his first Christmas!

No worries though! We were able to visit the Winterton family as well. We didn't take any pictures but it was definitely a good time! We went out the day after Christmas and the following day we played basketball and got a big game of paintball together! I was so excited because these were things I haven't been able to do since being pregnant and I really enjoy them! Let's just say, I am SO out of shape! Tramping through the snow all bundled up and running up and down the court were definitely good workouts! Not to mention, Kyler got to spend time with his grandma and aunts and really enjoyed it! Aisha, Deric's sister, gave Kyler THE CUTEST christmas outfit! I'm so mad we didn't get a picture! Christmas 2008 was definitely a fun experience and we can hardly wait until Kyler is old enough to really understand it!