4th of July

Well Our 4th of July was so much fun! I didn't get that many pictures but it was fun. First we went to my parents house and Zac and Hudson and my parents and nick went to go see Wally and they loved it! After everyone came back to the house and we had our traditional KFC dinner and waited to for it to get dark to watch the fireworks. We played a little nertz and chatted and Hudson did snakes with Nick and liked that part of the fire works. In my parents neighborhood their neighbor spends a lot of money on fireworks and has his own little show, so everyone takes their chairs out to the street and watches. We started out setting up our chair I figured I would be in the house because Payton was only 2 weeks old so I came out for about 10 sec then went in well not more than 5 min did I hear someone else come in the house it was Zac and Hudson, Hudson said "Oh fireworks scare me fireworks go boom boom oh scare me" so we sat and watched the fort fireworks on TV after Hudson went to sleep! I have a feeling that we will not be watching fireworks for a couple of years so sad oh well it was a fun night!!

Hudson did have fun squirting Bell with water and then it ended in a water fight it was great! Hudson had so much fun!

Here are just some fun pictures of Payton 2 weeks

This is how I found Hudson sleeping one day it was so cute he was talking to Payton and then completely out SO CUTE!!!

NOW INTRODUCING INTO THE RIDER FAMILY...

PAYTON ZACHERY RIDER

Payton was born June 20th @ 5:11 pm

Weighed 8lbs 4oz

20 inches

Here is the story:

After 2 false labors and Zac and I finally decided with all the pain I had been having and pressure that I could be induced so I went to my appointment on mon. June 16th and the doctor said he could strip my membranes or we could set the date to induce, so we went with inducing and knew FRIDAY the 20th was the big day. That friday morning I was having pretty strong contractions on the way to the hospital but I wasn't in labor. We checked in at 7:30 am and they started with the IV and had some trouble my vein kept diving so another nurse came to try and she jabbed my arm so bad that I kept feeling it for an hour so they had a specialist come in and get right FINAllY! About 1:15 my doc. broke my water and I was at a 5 I was READY for the EPIDURAL ! After the epidural I was starting to get sleepy so we put on a movie and not even half way into 27 Dresses I was feeling A LOT of pressure with my contractions so I let the nurse know and she checked me and I was at a 10 and she was like "BABY IS COMING" so they quickly got the doctor and everything ready and I began to push well Baby got a little stuck in a spot so I kept pushing and 40 min later out came Payton on my tummy and it was AMAZING I loved having him on me and he stayed on me for about an hour before they even weighed him. My hospital is really into skin to skin contact for the first little bit of the baby being born.

Hudson loved meeting his "little brother" he came in wearing a "I'm the big brother" tee shirt he thought that was pretty cool! Here is a group pic of Nana and Grandpa and Nick seeing Payton for the first time.

Here is a sweet picture of Huddy and Nana with Baby Payton and Grandpa and Payton so sweet!

Here we are ready to leave the hospital and take Payton home!!

We have been so blessed to have this little guy come into our family. I can't believe the feeling and the love that we all have for Payton and can't wait to see the personality he brings to our family. I will be posting more pics as Payton and Hudson get older and it will be fun to see how alike they both are and how different they both are. What a miracle this little gift from our Heavenly Father is we are so blessed.

It's been a while...

Well it has been a while since I last updated my blog I was having a computer issue but I have figured it out!!! Here are a bunch of random pictures of what has been going on with the Rider family for the last month and a half.

Childrens Museum:

We took Hudson to the Childrens Museum and he had so much fun especially in the water area, However he didn't like the little apron that much it was on and off the whole time.

Baby Shower:

My mom had a baby shower for me and it was so much fun she decorated it so cute and it was more of an Open House which was really nice to be able to talk to people and they could come and go as they pleased. She had people making adorable onesies for Baby Payton and they turned out so cute. She made CD's to give to everyone of some great music , and she also had Chocolate candy bars with the wrapper that she ordered that said Payton Zachery Rider it was way to cute!

My 25th Birthday:

I had such a great day I spent time with Hudson in the day and then in the evening I went out to dinner with two of my best friends from High School to Beaches Restaurant and had so much Fun! We then celebrated with my family on Sunday , and it was a birthday of bags I got my oh so cute Nine West black patent leather purse that will double as a diaper bag and a diaper bag that is by JJ Cole and I love it, it is more practical and will be easy to take and go when I need to so it was great! I also got some fun Cup Cake decorations and a cup cake stand I have recently been into making cupcakes like crazy and was so excited to see that Huddy Buddy got "cup Take Stuff" for me so it was so fun and cute. Okay so I just realized that we didn't take any pictures of the Sunday birthday bummer oh well.

During the Memorial Weekend Amanda and Chad and Madelyn and little Baby Trey came down for the holiday and we went to this in door water park that was perfect for younger kids. Hudson and Madelyn loved it they loved it so much we went back twice! It was so great it had a lazy river and a slide that Hudson could sit on Zac's lap and go down with him and a great fountain area all in all what a great day we had I even got in my swimming suit at 35 weeks prego and had fun in the water as well.

On Sunday we went to church with my parents and of course took a family picture afterwards.

Madelyn and Hudson had so much fun they were creating their own bounce house with the air mattress I really get better at taking pictures cause it was so cute and the rest of us had fun playing Nertz and other games.

Today May 28th Hudson wasn't feeling all that well so once he rested and was feeling a little more himself I told him he could help me make cup cakes and he loved helping especially putting the sprinkles on!!

Enjoying the SUN!!

Well we had great weather Friday and Saturday Hudson was so excited to use his Finding Nemo Sprinkler that he got from his Nana Cassie and he loved it we set it up in our back yard and just watched him run back and forth and try to shoot the water toward Zac and I it was so much fun we Later went with some friends the Hendricksons to a park and had a picnic dinner and played on the swings and the jungle gym. Hope you all had nice weather over the weekend and enjoyed it as well!

Hudson's 2nd Birthday

Well Hudson had a great Birthday we had it the day of his actual birthday the 5th of June. It was a Buzz Lightyear Birthday Party and we had all the kids come dressed up like their favorite character it was so much fun!!

We had Taylor as Cinderella and her brother Connor as Buzz and Mckenna as Snow White and cousin Madelyn as a Princess. What I found out is that Birthday parties for little kids are a little over whelming to them at first, The first thing we did was take their picture and they were all a little like what is going on here so we didn't get a big group shot but their individual pictures turned out way cute! Once we printed out their picture they got to decorate a picture frame to take home with them.

We moved on to doing a Pinata (Buzz of course) it was great it was a pull string Pinata so they were whacking Buzz. We opened presents and had Cake later it was a great party. Here are a few more pics from the party. After the Party we went out to dinner Hudson wanted to got to the (Bird) which is Red Robin and it was so crazy we got there late and didn't get our food for a while and sad to say but we only got one picture and it is of Hudson coloring not a big group shot I was bummed but oh well!