Lets play a game.. :-)

I have the hardest time with blogging regularly...so let's play catch up!! Ryker will be 2 years old next month. I can't believe it.. I am the mom of a 2 year-old!  Ryker loves to talk and sign and sing! He signs please, help, thank you, & cookie.. he loves to give hugs and kisses, say hi to everyone... and I mean EVERYONE! He can say up, cookie, bye, dad, mom, bird and so much more! He is starting to walk more and more everyday. He's growing up so fast I can't even believe it!! I am so proud of him! I know I have already posted sssoooo much about Spina Bifida Awareness Day on Facebook but im gunna do it again here!!! If you want to know more please read my post from Feb 6, 2013. October 25 I'm trying to get everyone to wear some kind of yellow to spread the word about S.B. that's all for now..I'm exhausted!!

Hugs and kisses
Xoxoxo
-kodey, ryker, & zach

A Long Hot Summer...

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7dtfBxUTXRY

This Summer has been really good to us this year!! Here are just a few pictures of us from this summer!! :) :)

Ryker got his own beach chair!!

We celebrated Zach's birthday!! :)

Driving to Grammy's

We are always the only ones at the pool!!

He is so cute!

Tanning

"Say Cheese!!"

At the pool

Its been a long day! 

I think he looks like my little brother Josh

While celebrating Zach's birthday my dad took us shooting!! It was my first time and I had a BLAST!! We think it was a bullet casing that hit me... it stung soo bad!! Good thing we were almost done!!

I think I have a picture of me like this!! ;)

I crocheted this turtle for my Turtle!!

We are half way through the year and we still have SO much planned!! :) My birthday this month... and in the next few months Halloween,  Ryker's 2nd birthday, our 3rd Christmas together... and those are spaced out until the end of the year!! :) :) :) we are off to Seven Peaks now so.. goodbye for now!! :) :)

Xoxoxoxoxoxoxo!!!

~Kodey, Zach, & Ryker

Trips and things! :)

So Zach and I just celebrated our Second Anniversary!!!!!!! I'm still in shock! I can't believe its been 2 whole years!!!!! We decided to take a trip to Texas and we decided that we would go to Six Flags! Thats what we were really excited for! :) so we packed up and left for 8 whole days! :( that was really hard because I have never left my little baby for that long!  I missed him so much!! :( :( I literally cried myself to sleep that first night and Melatonin was my best friend :/ we spent 5 total days in Texas and it was hard to come up with something to do!!! ;) we did Six Flags the first day... the second day we spent at Ripley's Believe it or not/ the Wax Museum... the third day was spent at the Zoo and the Aquarium!  The fourth and fifth days were spent being lazy we red boxed movies and went to dinner and was just plain lazy!! It was the best feeling ever!!! Every night was spent relaxed in the Hot Tub which made me wish that I had someone to watch Ry every night so I could relax in MY hot tub! Personally I thought our trip was FANTASTIC!! Some things we did were, I felt, overpriced but what do you do, ya know?  It was nice to get away but it so much better to be home and watching my little boy grow up!!!!!!! While we were gone my little Ryker James did some growing up.. he learned to climb up and down stairs, he stood up for a couple of seconds (by himself!), hes talking more (still all nonsense but theres more of it), and he just looks bigger!!!
The pool opened over the weekend but some people destroyed it the two days it was open and now they had to close it so that they could clean everything up! :( we were so excited to go swimming but now we just need to wait for the rest of the pools to open!!!! &&&& when they do we will have so many more pictures!!
Xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo ~~~♥kodey, zach, &&ryker!

a catch up on the three of us.

well.. where do i even begin? 
                           April... 2014
   Ryker went in for surgery... This time he got out his Tonsils and Adenoids AND they fixed his right inguinal hernia.. this was all a morning surgery and we were only supposed to stay a night.... ONE NIGHT. Well hooking up Ryker to all his room equipment all the nurses/techs said that his oxygen levels were low...Well that's understandable.. He just got out of surgery, that's normal right? So we just decided that we were going to just watch him and see if it improved... Well it didn't.
    They turned on Blow By ( Blow By is just oxygen that can be next to your face... and it doesn't have to be in a canula in your nose) so they had that on him and his levels were still dropping down into the 60's (which is really bad), but then he would bring it right back up to the 90's and everyone thought that the machine was broken or something else was wrong.. None of the DR's could tell us what was wrong and why he was dropping so low randomly but they couldn't discharge us while his oxygen was that low... well day two that we were there Zach went to work but then the third day called in because he kept calling us to see how Ryker was doing.. (this little boy has his daddy wrapped around his little finger!!!) So we just hung out. 
     Zach had an amazing idea the second night coming home from work... He said to put the oxygen on his hand because we were told by the Orthopedic Dr that he has poor circulation in his cute little pudgy feet!! They always put the oxygen readers on his feet.... and that's one of the reasons that he was put on oxygen was because his levels were low!! Well  we moved it to his hand AND IT WORKED!!!!! HE STAYED AT 95 OR HIGHER OVER NIGHT AND THE REST OF THE NEXT DAY!!!!!! :) :) needless to say we were really happy to go home! :)

crawling ALL over the hospital!!

we got to go on walks all around the hospital inside and out... and we had to get a picture with Superman because this little boy is my Hero!

our go home picture!!!

I think that was the majority of our April... OH! At the end of April, Ryker got a cast on his little foot!!!

  He has a problem foot and it was on for two weeks and that was it!! We just got it off on Monday and he doesn't need anymore for right now!! :) :) :)

MAY 2014

Lets jump to May... 

             I won an Easter contest to become a Lia Sophia Advisor!! :) I am now an Advisor and I have my first three parties this week!! on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday!! im going to be super busy this week!! 

             Tomorrow is Mother's Day which is pretty exciting!! This is my SECOND Mother's Day :) Ryker and I are making treats for his Grandmas and I can't wait to post pictures!!! :) :) Zach has to Drill today and tomorrow.. hopefully they let him out early tomorrow!! i really want to spend the day with him!!! <3

              Monday we are celebrating 2 years of marriage!!! I can't believe that it has already been TWO YEARS!!! :) :D 

we are leaving on the 18th for a week... and we are leaving the little man here with family.. which is going to be super hard!! i just love him soo much (even when he's throwing a temper tantrum, like he is right now! ;) ) 

i think that is everything new about us right now... i cant really think of anything else... maybe thats because ryker is being angry and screaming ;) of the love of being a mom! :)

well thats it for now!! :) xoxoxoxoxo~ zach kodey and ryper-man

HAPPY TWO YEARS BABY!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!

Dear Nathan. . . I Love You! Love, Sis.

I want to dedicate this post to my little brother Nathan!

I am going to start by saying that I love you and your family loves you!

Dont give up
its just the weight of the world
When your heart's heavy
I will lift it for you!

Dont give up
Because you want to be heard
If silence keeps you
I will break it for you

Everybody wants to be understood
Well I can hear you
Everybody wants to be loved
Dont give up
Because YOU are LOVED

Dont give up
Its just the hurt that you hide
When you're lost inside
I will be there to find you

Dont give up
Because you want to burn bright
If darkness blinds you
I will shine to guide you

Everybody wants to be understood
Well I can hear you
Everybody wants to be loved
Dont give up
Because YOU are LOVED

You are LOVED
Dont give up
Its just the weight of the world
Dont give up
Everyone needs to be heard
YOU ARE LOVED!

--》You are Loved
By: Josh Groban

I dont understand what people have against people of a different ethnicity!  Take away skin and try to tell the race of everyone... YOU CAN'T! Being African American is something that you can pick and choose. You are born with it, so be proud of it! Who cares what TWO people or what 20 people think about you?! You shouldn't! You've got 19 siblings who love you and you have a mom and a dad who love you more than anything in this world!  Not to mention, you've got grandparents,  aunts, uncles, and cousins.... and ONE Nephew who loves you! Hopefully one day you'll just let it go and move on. And when that day comes you will be a man, who people will respect you evem more for being the bigger person! We love you!
With all our L.♡.V.E
Zach, Kodey,&& Ryker
Xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Upcoming "Activities"

So, we have quite a bit coming up here in the next couple of months! We just scheduled ANOTHER two surgeries for April 9th! He is getting is Tonsils and Adnoids out AND hes getting his hernia fixed! We know that we will be there overnight atleast one night and hope that it will be no longer than that! The drs told me that they dont take out tonsils and adnoids out this young because they have a harder time bouncing back to their normal selves! (Way to calm me down Doc!) We went in to have a pointless check to see if it really was a hernia and I brought Ry's medical binder and three people just stared at me because that thing is huge and hes only 17 months! Haha. ANYWAYS in May we are celebrating our Second Anniversary! We are planning a trip to Six Flags in TEXAS!:) I've never been to Texas and its been YEARS since ive been to Six Flags (I was a cute little Girl Scout back then!) So we are leaving the munchkin for a week! Its hard leaving for an hour!!!!!!! I dont know how I am going to survive!!! :( but somehow I'll get through it! I am excited to see what else gets thrown in our way after the surgeries and before and after our anniversary! :/ haha. I wanted to know from all the married couples out there when did you and your spouse decide to have another baby? Im really wanting another but Zach says hes not ready. Let me know in the comments below! :) thats it for today!  Nothing too interesting this time haha I'll come up with a better topic later! Xoxoxo

Take Charge

THIS BLOG TODAY IS A RANT! IF YOU DONT WANT TO HEAR IT THEN SKIP IT!!!!!
*** My thoughts are in between these ***
HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!
if you know me, you know I HATE confrontations... I cannot be bold and I most certainly have the HARDEST time telling people when and how they need to be do their job. Well, all that changed when I had Ryker. When something wasn't going right for him and the drs wouldn't check him thoroughly, I needed to speak up and lately I have have been getting better. Yesterday Ryker had Physical Therapy and they get to come to the house to have it which is nice... sometimes. Ryker's PT, since January, has  seen him 4 times and every time she leaves I am so angry because nothing got accomplished. She was ALWAYS late, she did the same 2 "activities", and she literally sat in the same spot the entire time. Almost every time she came I ended up doing her job! That shouldn't happen, EVER! after a bit of her coming I started taking mental notes of what was going on things she never did and how late she showed up to appointments... I was so fed up with what was going on, I was complaining to Zach about EVERYTHING, so I tried to schedule PT so zach could be here, so we scheduled for yesterday and unfortunately zach had to work so he couldn't be here. 2 O'clock was the appointment time and she showed up 15 minutes late... now I can understand 5 minutes and maybe 10 minutes with a text or phone call but 15 MINUTES with NO call OR text! Im glad I had no other appointments! So, she comes in and doesnt even say a single thing to me. I tell her that Ry is starting to take steps when being held onto, she says let me see. And as im showing her she sits on the floor and gets comfy and for the next 20-30 minutes thats where she stays. So I stop helping ryker and I sit to watch... and she starts out the same way she does every time,  by grabbing blocks, putting them on the couch and making ryker stand up to get them. ***Thats great and dandy but he has mastered standing up and pulling himself up to standing... lets move on.*** he then proceeds to knock all the blocks off the couch and sit down to play with them.  Once hes playing she takes them from him and puts them on the other side of her legs so he will climb over her thighs to get to the toys (and if he doesnt climb over she makes him do it again and again until he does) *** why would you make a strangers CHILD climb over YOUR thighs and not the mother or father's thighs?? I find that a little odd. Anyone have any ideas? *** after 5 minutes of her being here she still hasn't moved from her spot, so I stand and go into the kitchen to get a drink then step into the dining room as I am drinking it so Ry wouldn't freak out and cry. As I am standing in the dining room I start to record her and her interaction with ryker so that I could show Zach when he got home from work. I recorded about 5 minutes or so of her NOT MOVING OR TALKING OR PLAYING just sitting there staring at Ryker. I was so upset. She left being here for only 25-30 minutes and I then called her supervisor and left a message. The supervisor didnt call me back until today while I was at playgroup. I then told the supervisor what I have been observing and that it was a waste of MY time to have the PT come and SIT on my floor and do nothing AND it was a waste of the company's time and money and *** this part floored me *** the supervisor said, "I wish we had another PT in our area so we could pair you with them unfortunately she is the only speech/ PT we have. And I wish I could tell you that this is the FIRST time someone has called in on her but its not." If it was not the first time why hasn't anything changed? Grr. So I discontinued services, I am not going to have some woman I don't know, sit in my house for 1/2 hour and do nothing... thats ridiculous! SSSOOOO, after that long story that I needed to rant about, we get to the point of the blog. Is there something going on in your life right now that you need to confront? If that answer is YES! Then you need to TAKE CHARGE!!!! No one can read your mind! You need to put it out there, let it be said! You need to be heard! :) rant. over. Take charge of your life! XoxoxoxoXoxo

Count Your Blessings!

Well, my dear friends, I have been so blessed this month!
*First off I would like to state that my sweetheart decided not to deploy with his unit because of Ryker's medical conditions. That right there is a HUGE blessing because if there is a problem I wouldn't have to do it alone... I know I wouldn't have been all alone my family would have been there figuring out how they could help && i have some pretty cool friends who im sure would offer to help when they could... but its not the same.
**The second thing that makes me feel so blessed is that my son is crawling on his hands and knees AND hes walking (not on his own but hes starting to walk!)!!!! This is the same baby that I was told to terminate over and over and over again!! This is the same boy who I was told would be paralyzed from the waist down!! This is the same boy! I am one of the world's proudest moms, my son has defied the odds! My little Miracle Baby!! :)
***The third reason I feel blessed is because I have one awesome husband! We pick on each other so much it makes Ryker cry when ever we touch each other! He is providing for us so that I can stay home!  I could not have married a better man then the one I met 3 years ago!! He really is the caramel to my apple && we really are best friends!!:) I love you baby with all of my heart!
**** The last reason im going to share is just simply because I survived another year and I am able to wake up everyday and feel new, refreshed, and I get to make more mistakes!  ;)
                Hopefully you can look through your life and see what makes you blessed!! :) xoxo- the sedgwicks

Size Beautiful :)

I was just watching the Special K commercial, you know the one that all the girls get on the different scales and instead of a number there is a word (beautiful, sexy, smart, loving) the size you usually see is beautiful..&& they are trying to make you see that no matter what "size" or "shape" you are that you are beautiful just the way you are! Bruno Mars does an awesome job explaining that in his song called 'Just the Way You Are'. The song starts out

" Oh Her eyes, her eyes
make the stars look like they're not shinin'
Her hair, her hair
falls perfectly without her tryin'
She's so beautiful
and I tell her everyday

I know, I know
if I compliment her she won't believe me,
and its so, its so
sad to think that she don't see what I see
And everytime she asks me 'do I look okay?'
I'd say

'When I see your face,
there's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing,
just the way you are
And when you smile,
the whole world stops and stares for a while, 
Cause Girl you're amazing,
just the way you are!'

Her lips, her lips
I could kiss them all day if she let me
Her laugh,  her laugh
she hates but I think its so sexy
She's so beautiful
and I tell her everyday

Oh you know, you know, you know
I'd never ask you to change
if perfect's what you're searching for
Then just stay the same
So dont even bother asking if you look okay
You know I'll say
'When I see your face
there's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

The way you are
The way you are
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are"

I love this song.. &&everytime I hear it I feel a bit better about myself. Yeah I had a baby, and wanted to lose the weight but I didn't do anything about and now I'm "paying" for it! I am confident and comfortable in my "new" body!!!  Its taken me a bit to realize it but, I AM BEAUTIFUL! I AM STRONG! I AM ME! Take it or leave it! :) I have a husband who loves me! & a son who needs a confident mother, who can focus all her attention on him (more or less)! I am ME && I am BEAUTIFUL! I believe EVERYONE needs to hear that they are beautiful, just the way they are!!!!! :)  I think that's the end of my post today! :) haha the end?