*Hudson Ryan Neeley*

Hudson Ryan Neeley 

joined our family 

February 13, 2012

@ 3:55 p.m. 

weighing in at 7lb 13oz

and 19 1/2 inches long.

He has been such a blessing in our lives

so far and he has only been here

three weeks!

(Time flies!)

He is such a sweet little boy, 

he loves to stare at you 

when you talk to him,

he already loves his binkie,

and he LOVES his Dad!

Ryan and I are so happy now

that he is here!

We never knew that we could

love someone so much! 

We are literally OBSESSED with

Him!

I can't wait for him to get 

bigger and for every stage of life

to be better and better!

We love him!

2011 In Review

So.. I know I'm a little late on doing the whole "year in review" thing but I honestly don't have a ton to blog about, so this will be the easiest, fastest and just the better way for me to do this. So here goes.

January 2011:

-Ryan's big 2-7 birthday! This old man just gets better with age!

February 2011:

Our first Valentines Day being a Married Couple.

We kept it easy and low key, take out, watched a movie at home, 

just took it easy!

AAAND went on a cruise! 

 

March 2011

Had a fun attempt at a St. Patties Day breakfast...

FAIL! Every time I think of those green waffles I want to throw up!

'A' for Effort!

April 2011:

First year of Marriage down 7000 to go!

Easily the best year because of getting to marry Ryan!

We again kept it simple, Ryan did get me an awesome gift of

Keith Urban tickets, but Keith cancelled which 

actually was okay because I would have been like 5 months pregnant

at the concert! So it all worked out! Maybe next time!

May 2011:

Our cute new niece was born!

Reece Lynn Wendler! 

Love her to pieces and wish we could see her more!

We also went to Sedona to celebrate our anniversary!

June 2011:

Busy month! First found out we were going to have a baby!

Then we made our first big purchase together, Becky... our car!

Ryan finished his first year of Medical School! Yahoo!

July 2011:

We got another nephew! 

Nash James Wahlstrom! 

He is so sweet and just the cutest thing ever!

We also did the annual Neeley family Newport trip!

August 2011:

Ryan started back to school for his 

Second Year....

September 2011:

We found out we were having a little BOY! We are so excited for him to come!

Me and FIVE of my friends here in Arizona were all pregnant!

It's so fun to finally be having all these babies! 

Can't wait to add our little guy!

Ohh and did I mention that it goes 

Girl, Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl, Boy. 

Everyone has someone to marry...

but seriously! 

October 2011:

Had my 23rd birthday! Getting older is awesome!

And also Halloween, we were Nacho and the Nun! 

Can't wait to make the little Guys costume!

November 2011:

We got another niece! 

Remi Rose Neider

So so cute! 

Ryan met the Wendler side of the family for the first time

when we went to Colorado for Thanksgiving!

December 2011:

 My brother came home from his mission! 

That was a highlight for the year really! So fun! 

We had two great Christmas' with our families.

And a good New Year lighting lanterns!

 

Goodbye 2011! Hello 2012! 

 

What The Flip????

So today something really crazy happened to me... one of my worst nightmares really.  Let me tell you about it... but let me warn you, if you are easily freaked out (Abby, ha ha) read with caution.
Today I woke up didn't have many plans and my sister called me and asked if I could watch my little nephew Colt at 10, and I of course said sure! She asked if she could just drop him off instead of me go over there because her house wasn't clean, ha ha. So I agreed, she came at 10 and left and He and I just hung out for a bit, I got ready for the day, and then I started to fold laundry, he was sitting next to me watching a movie just minding our own business. All of a sudden I heard this LOUD pound at the door. My first thought was "what the heck Ryan don't try and scare us, that's lame." so I went over to the door and looked out the peep hole and couldn't see anything so I double dead bolted our door just in case.  I went back and sat on the couch and I heard the noise again just as loud. Now I was starting to freak out, I tried to call Ryan and he didn't answer and he text me and said "I'm in class, what's up?" Then I heard the pound again... alright not cool, Colt looked over at me and said "why is Ryan doing that?" so scared. I text Ryan back and said "call me now!" and right then I heard the noise again and then a part of our door frame came flying down the hall and the door swung open and I saw a guys leg and big boot and then he was gone! I flew to the door and yelled out the door "what the heck are you doing?!?!?" and there was no one there! 

 I ran back to the couch grabbed Colt and my phone and locked us in the bathroom.  I called 911 and told them what had happened and the lady on the phone was sooo nice! She stayed on the phone with me the whole time! She kept asking me to try and listen to see if anyone was in the apartment and luckily I couldn't hear anyone! I was so scared that he was going to come back.  The police finally got there after what seriously seemed like forever but was probably five minutes and came in because the door was open because the dumb bum broke the part of the door frame off that makes the door close and they yelled in "Glendale Police" which scared me way bad, and I stuck my head out the door and they told me to go back in the bathroom so they could check the apartment.  They had their guns out and everything! It was terrifying! They checked around and they didn't find anything so they then had to ask me all about it, while the other two cops were outside walking around checking everything out.  They came in after looking around and THREE of our window screens were bent and tampered with so that was one more thing to freak me out.

  By this time Ryan was home after trying to call me 7 times and not being able to get through to my phone. Apparently if you are making an emergency call on your phone it doesn't let any other calls get through and it just sends them right to voicemail. So he was glad to see that both Colt and I were safe and okay! 

After the cops had left and my sister came and got poor little Colt that was scared and now keeps telling everyone that a "bad guy kicked in Jillian's door" I just sat there and seriously wouldn't let Ryan leave my side and I still won't let him.  I am so freaked out and wish our trip to Utah comes really fast so I don't have to be here alone during the day.  We did go and talk to our apartment management and they are moving us to a second floor apartment and in a little bit busier part of the complex.  So when we get home we get to move which is not going to be fun being 8 months pregnant, but I know it will make me feel much more safe! Especially when the new baby comes and I'm home all day with just me and him.  

 I have thought about it today and that was really crappy that that happened, but it could have been A LOT worse! Like if I wasn't home and he just had free range on our apartment.  He could have not cared that I was here with my two year old nephew and just came in and did who knows what! So I really feel blessed that it turned out the way it did! I never ever want this to happen again and hopefully it won't, but I consider us lucky! 
So there it is, my worse nightmare (besides me or someone I love getting kidnapped).  I'm glad it's over with and done! 

Thirty Weeks & Twleve Days!

What is 30 weeks??

Me and my baby are!!

I cannot wait to meet our little

guy in just 9 short weeks!

I think Ryan and I

are ready to be parents,

I guess we will see soon enough!

I love him so much and I haven't even

met him yet!

Twelve days??

Oh that is just how many days

until...

MY BROTHER GETS HOME FROM HIS MISSION!

Yahoo!

He gets home December 20 at 4:45!

We have the entire week planned

out for when he
gets here because we are all just

so excited to see him!

These are the two most exciting things

that I am looking forward to

for the next couple weeks!

I'm more excited for these two events

then CHRISTMAS!

It's true!

Thanksgiving!

This year we had a really long break from school so we took every second of it and spent it in Utah! We left the night that Ryan finished finals, which went very well for him! The next morning Ryan's little brother had his Championship football game in Grantsville so we headed down there!  It's so fun to have these football games and know that in like 10 years it will be our little guy! They won their game and it was a very proud moment for Jackson, Ryan and my father in law Tony! They did awesome! We spent most of the week with Ryan's family and just enjoyed each others company.  My sister in law had her baby while we were there, which we were really crossing our fingers for, and she is Sooo adorable! Cute little Remi Rose!
We also were able to have a Thanksgiving dinner at the Neeley's on Sunday because it was every ones "off" year so we wouldn't be there.  I loved it, I will always take a second Thanksgiving dinner, especially this year.. because the baby of course eats half of what I eat so I needed a full dinner :)

We also spent time at my parents house because I had two showers planned for when I was there.  I was so excited for it, I loved my bridal showers and I couldn't imagine getting cute baby things given to us!  I woke up Saturday morning with a sinus infection, which was not welcomed but I did not let that hold me back in enjoying my showers! My first shower was with my friends, and it was so great to get together with everyone from home and catch up. Jenny put together a breakfast and it was delicious and hit the spot! The second shower was with family which was amazing too!  Baby and I got spoiled to say the least! Our families were way too generous and Ryan and I wouldn't know what to do without them!

We then headed out to Denver to spend Thanksgiving with my dads side of the family! It was so nice to get to see everyone and of course have another delicious Thanksgiving meal.  Ryan and I didn't do any black Friday shopping because we had no way of getting anything home.  We did however get online at midnight and got the rocking chair that we wanted for HALF OFF!!!! It was so great! We have had really great luck with our furniture, they always just happen to be on sale the week that we decide what we want!

At the end of our two week vacation we got back to our warm Arizona weather and decided to put up our Christmas tree and decorations.  It warms our whole apartment up and makes it feel more like a home! I love it!
Lastly, a quick baby update! I had an appointment on Monday and our little guy is growing great and everything is going well! Our due date was February 16, but our doctor is really great and is letting me get induced a week early because Ryan has finals during our due date! Tomorrow I will be 29 weeks and it is FLYING by!  I really can't wait for our little guy to be here, he moves like crazy and I love it! In two weeks we have our 3D ultrasound and I'm really excited to get a little clue at what he may look like!