Family Photos

Well...

With the Christmas holiday fast approaching, we're SUPER busy and behind on photos! Here are a few pics of our family enjoying some Arizona Sun Devil football on Thanksgiving Day. It was a fun game!




Here are Rickey siblings Jon and Ali - a couple of 'devils' with their outfits :)





Mommy and Joshua are enjoying the sunshine on another hot and sunny AZ fall day. Check out the subtle homage to the Oregon Ducks (via Josh's outfit) - tee hee!




Look for upcoming Christmas photos and stories soon...

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are thankful for family and friends!

We are thankful for an amazing year with the addition of another healthy baby boy.

We are thankful to have a beautiful new house and a roof over our heads.

We are thankful for great jobs and a top-notch daycare.

We are thankful for all the things that God has blessed us with!

May he bless you too.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Lazy Sunday Afternoon

There's nothing better than a lazy Sunday afternoon. Forget about the house chores and all the errands, and just be together as a family.

Here's us hangin' around this afternoon...

Being together as a family is the most important of things!

Happy Halloween!

Baby Bliss

Naked Babies Are Cute!

Aren't they?!?!?

Rickeys + Baseball = Fun!

We had our first family outing to the ballpark this past weekend!

Daddy's school hosted the event so Jacob and Daddy rode to the Diamondbacks game on a schoolbus. Mommy and Josh joined the game and drove separate (for those emergency diaper moments and just in case we needed a quick getaway other than the bus...)

The game was great! Everyone got hats and Jacob even received a Diamondbacks lunch box - sooo cool. Joshua was content with a nice bottle of milk :) Both boys were great and we lasted 'till the seventh inning stretch. We'll certainly be going to more games - perhaps football will be next!

Smile!

There's lots to smile about recently! Joshua started smiling last week. It's cuter in person, but here is the pic:

The trip to Oregon and Washington was fun. There were some interesting moments -- temper tantrums from a certain 2-year old and also a viral infection that developed for baby Josh, but everyone is now back home and doing very well.
Look how cute the Rickey brothers are. Smile!! :)

Takin' A Ride

Joshua and I will be going on a trip with Mommy in a few days. We'll be traveling up to Washington for a friend's wedding, and then flying down to Oregon to see our Nana and Papa for a few days. It should be a lot of fun (and/or crazy with two kids and one mommy)!! Look for pics and posts about our trip in a week or so.


By the way, here's what it looks like in the back seat with Josh and I now that we travel together :)

Bon voyage!

What The Kids Are Up To

Hi everyone! Us Rickey brothers have been adjusting to our lives together now that Josh is here. We're pretty much buds at this point. Here's some of what we've been up to over the last week:

Bath time! Now there's TWO of us to bathe... check out this cute doggy towel. Arf, arf!Here's the two of us posing for a photo on the couch. We're both wearing our George Fox University shirts. Go Bruins! There's no need to cry Josh :)

Sleeping. Unfortunately, there's not enough of that going on. 2 AM feedings and 5 AM cartoons are not helping...

Welcome Joshua David!

It's been a little while since we had time to update cyberspace, but we're here to share that the Rickey's now have a new member... Joshua David Rickey is here! He was born at 7:59 a.m. on June 27, 2007. He weighed 8 lbs 6 ozs and was 20.25 inches long. He has wavy brown hair and beautiful big blue eyes. He looks a lot like his big brother Jacob. Check out some of the photos!

Welcome Little One!

New Buddys and Brothers!

Our New Family!

Two Weeks Old! I'm hungry all the time...

First Bath... Not So Fun For Little Josh!

One Week 'Till Two

One week to go until we have TWO kids with us!! Next post you see will hopefully have some baby pictures of our second little angel - Joshua. We're not sure what Jacob will think of this whole thing, even though he says he's really excited :) Thank goodness for family and friends around who will be able to help us out with our many changes over the next few weeks. A new baby AND a new house by the first week in July!

So what does a REALLY pregnant mom look like a week before her due date, you might ask? We'll, a little something like this:
Perhaps Joshua will be a basketball player because he pretty much looks like a basketball on Mommy at this point! Keep sending your prayers to the Rickey family. And don't forget to keep in touch! Let the countdown begin...

Baby Shower Time!

We're so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends! We had a baby shower for little Joshua a few weeks ago. The whole family got in on the action - we had a great time. We received many of the needed things to complete the baby's room for Mr. Josh. We loved catching up with our friends and celebrating this exciting time in our lives.

One of the more interesting things will be trying out the double stroller that we received! Can't believe we'll be hauling around two kids in diapers. Wow. Life sure is exciting though!! The countdown begins as we only have a few weekends left to finish preparing. Time to start washing those onesies and bottles!

Waiting for Joshua...

There is a book we've been reading called "Waiting for Baby". It's all pictures and no words - perfect for little Jacob! We read it and talk about how it will be when little Joshua arrives. Can't wait!

How will he look similar or different from Jacob? What will his personality be like? How can we be so lucky and blessed to receive another healthy baby boy? We're still waiting to see...

We love you Joshua - only one month to go!!