Announcement Party!

We could not be more excited about having a BOY! Anthony already has many visions of what he gets to do with our little one ( I have already vetoed many :) )! We feel so blessed!
Before the party began! My mom helped me get my appetizers ready, she and my dad just got back from Palm Springs! We missed each other!
The time has come! Anthony got to do the honors of announcing what we were having! No one wanted to hear his mushy speech, they were all ready to hear the news! HAHA he did great! Once he announced our BOY, we had a game for the party to play... They had to guess our BOY's name with cards that I made.
They got it! This was a tight squeeze in our little family room! Story of his name to come!
I made these for everyone at the party. It is a magnet, so they can look at it everyday like we think about Ryker everyday! =)

How we came up with Ryker Anthony:
Most of you already know, but Anthony is Dutch (hence the name Taylor-Weber). We really wanted to give our baby a name that reflected this. Richard is Anthony's middle name, and a big name in his family, both his mom's side and his dad's. We did some research and found out that Ryker is a Dutch name for Richard... we were sold instantly! His middle name, Anthony, of course is for his daddy, but also because Anthony is a name on both sides of our family. Anthony's Opa (grandpa), was named Anton, who Anthony has looked up to all is life. And my dad's REAL name is Anthony (Glenn is his middle name). So it was a no brainer that Anthony would be our first boy's middle name. And so it is, our little BOY has a Dutch name that has a lot of family meaning... Ryker Anthony! :-)

Thank you to everyone who came to our announcement party! It was so special to be able to share this moment with you! It was definitely a squeeze fitting everyone in our little place, but it turned out great! We will remember this moment forever!