New post idea for those who want to participate (Cori, Jen, ADX girls). How 'bout sharing a fun picture or two from college. Here's mine:

Big teeth. It was a fun shot taken when I was supposed to be in a conference in KY. I thought it was a great picture especially after getting married and having a father-in-law who is a dentist.

Cori and I were hard at work this day. We were recruiting at a job fair at our own university for summer interns. We had these stupid glasses to give away (like college students want that) and thought it was a fun photo op. We even got our associate dean to join in on the fun and take a picture wearing the stylish glasses with us.

My first kiss. Okay maybe not. Here, I snuck into the petting zoo super early one morning after taking care of my dairy cows to play with the animals. This llama was super curious and wanted to play too.

the last one for now. Here I was at the national ag ambassadors conference. The lead of the Cal Poly team (our rivals) was a buddy of mine from high school. So he pretended to propose to me at the banquet night. Everyone was watching and we both played it off. We had several people taking pictures for us so we could remember the moment. What fun!

Was and is and is to come...

Joining in on the girls' fun, here's a few photos of me:

These first two are the WAS. The top is me as a baby and the bottom one is of me, Mike Hamilton and Kristine (Tebbe) Johnston my senior year (i think) of college.

This picture above goes into the IS category (I don't have many recent pictures, especially not any of me looking hot).

And here's the IS TO COME. I'll be working on the flab areas , the tan and the arms. They say it takes 9 months to put it on so I have 9 months to get it off. But, I didn't gain any weight till I was 5 months along, so I'm giving myself 4 months to get back in shape.

Dad's Family

From L to R:
Sarah, DJ, Rain (Sarah's) & Scott (my cutie pa-tootie), Kaleb (jen's), Jeremiah (Sarah's), Jen, Ryann (Jen's), Nikko (Sarah's), me and my hot husband, Ryan

DJ's family

DJ (my brother for those who don't know) and his family from L to R:
Nikko - he's 3 I think and an absolute doll (and my favorite so far)
DJ - he's DJ :)
Rain - I think she's in 2nd grade
Jeremiah - he's a doll too but I don't know how old he is
Sarah - this is DJ's fiance. She's a sweetie

Nikko, me and Rain

We spent one evening of our trip to CA at DJ and Sarah's house. Nikko and Rain are two of Sarah's kids. Both were glued to me which was a lot of fun. Nikko loves to steal DJ's ball cap and wear it. That night he decided I needed to wear it and we had to take some pictures. We had a blast there, ate some awesome enchiladas and hung out with the family.

Thoughts of the day (things I have yet to share)…
- How many people can say their kid has crapped in their hand? I can. Yup, Scott was sick, doc said to give him a suppository. He crapped all over so Ryan washed him in the kitchen sink. Sitting back on the couch, we tried again and he started going again so I caught it. Some did manage to gather on my shorts. What a special moment!
- Is it possible to have a cold and not pass it on to your child whom you’re breastfeeding?
- Put Scott to bed at 10 or 1030, he falls asleep around 11, Pump at 3am to relieve pressure, breastfeed at 530ish, leave for work around 715ish. Pump at 10am, 2pm and head home to feed Scott again at 530pm. It’s a fun cycle. More sleep than most new parents get. It makes sense when you put it on paper why I can’t get anything done around my house. And since I have a cold right now, I get to add to that schedule: up at 2am, coughing for a few hours before I decide to get up and shower since I can’t get any sleep.
- AWANA, this is my first year not helping with the JV kids in AWANA. Its such a bummer to me since its held at our house and I miss the kids. Ryan is doing a good job of letting me be a mom on Wednesday nights but I want to do both and I get frustrated that he doesn’t include me since I still think I’m part of the group.
- We got 2.5” of rain last night with golf ball sized hail. That was great on crops, vehicles and gravel roads.

I can't believe its been 2 1/2 months since I've been at work. Holy cow, time flies when you're having fun! Lots has happened in that time and what a joy and blessing its been to be home to experience it all. I've loved almost every minute of it. Even the poopy diapers, the lots and lots of spitting up, getting pee'd on and pooped on (that's a story in itself) and so much more. Scott is has added a whole new dimension to our lives and we love it. I'm sure Ryan would like a little more of my attention - especially since 6 weeks has passed. Scott is so much fun - way better than that new puppy I wanted so badly (and got).

Scott
He's 2 months old now and absolutely adorable. His constant smiles and attentive big blue eyes are so fun. His cute little noises while he eats constantly crack me up as if they're the first time I've heard them. And the kid sleeps - gotta love that. We put him to bed at 10:30, he's asleep by 11 and usually sleeps till 6 the next morning. And I have a loving and wonderful husband who has fed him and put him back in bed so that I could sleep the past few days. One morning, Scott went back to sleep until 930 - halelujah!!!

Ryan
As mentioned above, he's absolutely wonderful! He did make a snide comment to me yesterday when he wanted me to get something at the store for his JV kids. So, I did my new mommy duty and reminded him of how much time I spend feeding Scott and pumping. I think he was just being a smarty-pants but I'm sure there was some seriousness there. He's awesome though - loves Scott and does great caring for him even though I nag him about it occassionally.

Me
Just enjoying each day - even if that means going back to work. I do have a cold or allergies or whatever it is. Started while we were in CA and I just can't seem to kick it. This morning I had bright green snot when I blew my nose so that was a new one. The dry itchy throat causes me to cough which irritates the throat more, etc. I'm glad to be back at work though too. I really do enjoy my job and atmosphere at the office.

More to come later. I have lots to share about Scott, our trip to CA and things like that.

Here's Scott's 1 month picture with an outfit from his papa.

Mandy, can you give me the www for the sign language info. The one you gave me before is on my work favorites page. thanks

Ryan & Scott hanging out at Grammy & Papa's house.

Okay ADX girls (and for anyone else for that matter), yes, we are gong to CA and yeswe are briging Scott. ANd yes Kristin, our trips will overlap! We're flying into Sac the night of Alisha's wedding (the 3rd). Katie's wedding is the 10th, and I have to be back in the Sac area Friday morning the 9th for wedding stuff. So, in between there, we (our "family") will be roaming around the ghetto-Fresno area. For you ADX girls, I'd like to try to get together with a bunch of you at one since we won't be around too long and have lots of family and other friends that wants to meet and see Scott. So, email me or leave a comment with a day that will work for you and I'll try to figure something out.

The last of our comapny left this morning. I really enjoyed all our visitors but I'm looking forward to a quiet night with just the three of us (and hopefully no x-box). Scott will be 4 weeks old tomorrow and he's already growing in so many ways. He's been smiling a lot this last week and he definitely is recognizing voices. He's such a culddle-bug and I love it. Okay, enough for now. I want to go home and clean in his nursery...

Okay, I finally added a few pictures. I've not been on the computer for a while since we've had 3 weeks of company and still have company. This picture is of Scott's first trip to the conservation center in our county. It was more of a trip for my niece, Ryann, as you can tell.

We're all doing well and are really enjoying the time with our family members who have all come to visit Scott. He's been quite the popular boy. The college kids at church practically have to take a number since so many of them want to hold him. Its really sweet. Okay, I'm at mom's to check rental car prices for our CA trip. I better get at it and get back home so Mark and Eunice (G&G B) can love on their grandson!!!

Okay everyone, there's finally pictures available. I can't post them easily on my blog so I asked Kristin to post them to hers. There are 3 pictures from the first few days, check them out here. More to come I'm sure. Its been a wild week - me trying to do this parent thing and loving it. Very time consuming! We had Ryan's grandparents visit yesterday. Scott is their only great grand child and so it was pretty special. Plus, Grandpa made Scott's crib which is absolutely gorgeous. My sister was out visiting all week. We didn't get to spend much time together though. She came down with a light case of pneumonia and her daughter, Ryann, got bronchitis. Not fun but I'm thankful I got to see her a little bit and she did get to hold Scott once before she got sick. Last night Scott and I went to Living Stone (church). It was pretty loud and he slept through the whole thing. Afterwards we did the social thing and Scott got passed around from one college student to the next for a few hours. He's such a good baby (most of the time). Another full week on the way. Dad is flying in tomorrow evening. We're ready for him to be here but the spare bedroom has yet to be clean. And the way my days have gone, I won't have a chance to work on it much tomorrow either.

Yay, I made it... and it one piece... with only one major surgery. Not sure what mom posted before. She brought me the comments to the hospital. We were there 6 days and I was SO ready to go home. The first night was rough, not fun at all. A crying baby and I had no clue what to do with him. Finally called the nurse at 3am for some help - that Bethany is awesome! Still haven't had much for sleep after 37 hours of labor, several nights in a lovely hospital bed (I was so eager to sleep with Ryan again) and a baby who is ALREADY spoiled. The nurses loved him and I'm not sure if he spent much time at all in the nursery. Feeding time is quite the chore. Scott thinks I'm his pacifier rather than his source of food. He loves to go to sleep on his mama. Kinda frustrating that it takes 2 hours to feed him between his playing and falling asleep in between suckles. Today I'm finally tired and super frustrated that he's not eating like I want (even though the nurses assure me that things are fine). He is a doll. Today was his first outing. We came to moms for Ralph's birthday. He's looking so cute in all his matching gear that Katie bought him. The shoes are adorable. Still no pictures posted. Sorry guys, I can't post directly to my blog anymore and I just haven't found the time to do things the long way. I'll try to get something out soon - he's a cutie for sure.

Baby Boy Buitenwerf new name is Scott Ryan ( a few less B's) and he is 21 inches long, Tammy and Scott are doing well. She is so sweet with him and He loves to snuggle up to her ago to sleep. Motherhood seems to agree with her quite well, Ryan is quite the proud new father. What a wonderful journey hte Lord has instore for them..

Baby "B" finally blessed us with his presence @ 6:12 A.m. thursday morning, and what a blessing he is at 9 lbs and 1 oz Tam had to have a C-section (You can understand why) But what a woman,,, Mom and Dad were both awsome Ryan wanted to wait until Tammy was more alert to make the final choice on the name, So they are hanging onto Baby "B'' for now. the lenght had not been taken as of yet, but he is long... Please continue to keep them in your thoughts and prayers........ Thank you Lord for you are so good

Tammy had a ultra sound on Monday, it showed the baby weghed around 9lbs and 12 oz and has a big head Ooooooouch. She was admitted to the hospital tonight at 5:oo pm and if she is not in labor in the morning ten they will induce her. I left her around 9:30 this evening and Ryan and her seemed to be handling everything just fine.... Well update when the baby is here Tammys mom aka Grammy

Hey its Tammys Mom, Just wanted to let you know what is going on... She had a saunagram on Monday and they said the baby weighed 9lbs 12 oz and has a big head.. Ooooouch. She went into the hospital tonight at 5 pm and if she doesn't have the baby on her own that they will induce her in the morning. We were there until about 9:30 and all was well. update as things progress. Keep them in your prayer please

Still no baby... Have an ultrasound scheduled for Monday and then I see Dr. Miller again that afternoon. We'll see what he says and go from there. I expect a quiet weekend - stubborn kid!

Its been a few days I know but we've been busy. Nope, no baby. Thanks Cori for finally posting that comment. We wish there was a baby too but he seems to be in no hurry. I am having braxton hix - those fake contractions. Their nasty but I'm alive still. I have another checkup on Thursday and see how things have hopefully progressed.

Okay, mom is making me pancakes for breakfast (she's awesome like that) and they're ready. More from me later.