April 20, 2008 - Ryan's Birthday

Ryan's birthday was only two days after we came home from the hospital, so we had a small birthday party for him with his grandparents & Uncle Todd. I made Ryan's favorite food for dinner...hotdogs...and of course, he didn't eat a single one! The crazy mind of the two year old begins!

Ryan was very excited about his cake...especially because it has basketballs, baseballs & footballs on it. I think this is when he officially when he started calling all ice cream or cake "Happy" because we sang Happy Birthday to him. Now any time he sees some sort of dessert, he calls it "Happy".

Ryan loves his Papa B!

Ryan got many wonderful gifts...some pool toys, firetruck p.j.'s, and one of his favorites...his "baseball hoop" a.k.a. a basketball hoop.

Ryan got a weedwhacker from Grandma & Grandpa Bultman and he just loves it!

April 16, 2008 - Austin is born!

We went to the hospital the night of the 15th to be induced. They started me on some meds and I started having contractions during the middle of the night. The whole process was very surreal and went by very quickly. I got my epidural at 8:00 AM and I continued to dilate. At 11:45 AM I started to push, and after 3 pushes, out came our bundle of joy! At 12:09 PM Austin Michael was born.

Austin was 8 lbs. 9 oz. and was 21 inches long.

Austin came out a little black and blue, but after a couple days his color was back to normal.

Troy, Allison, Austin & Dr. Darla Olson

Our new little babe!
Proud Daddy!


Austin & Grandma Wiers


Grandma Bultman & Austin


Still looking a little goopy!


Austin's first bath

All cleaned up...starting to look a little better now!


Our new family of FOUR! We were very anxious to see Ryan's reaction to the new baby. He didn't quite get it and had more fun running around the halls of the hospital with Grandpa Bultman.

Time to head home! We got him all dressed, buckled him in the car seat, and we were on our way.

April 2008 - Ryan & Kylie

Ryan spent some cuddle time with his cousin, Kylie, after he woke up from his nap.

April 2008 - Meijer Garden

We took a trip with Grandma & Grandpa Bultman to the Meijer Gardens to see the butterflies. Ryan was in awe of all the butterflies. He tried so hard to touch one. Afterwards, we went out to play in the sandbox, which I think was just as fun for him!

March 2008

I got together with my girlfriends for my birthday. They surprised me with a cake. This was about 2 1/2 weeks before I was due.

Troy, along with the help of our parents, got me a new camera for my birthday. I was testing it out on Ryan. This was not an easy task because he hates getting his picture taken.

March 2008 - Easter

Ryan, Tyler Postma & Troy.

Ryan & his cousin, Megan (underneath Ryan).

Ryan & his cousin, Justin.

The ground was covered with snow this Easter, so instead of an Easter Egg Hunt...we went sledding. We made finger jello for the kids. Ryan didn't want to get his hands dirty, so he just dug in with his mouth!

March 2008 - Expecting #2 (36 weeks)

My wonderful & talented sister, Heather, helped out and took my maternity photos when I was 36 weeks along.