A Good Check-Up

     Rylee watched cartoons this morning and patiently waited for her mommy to get ready to take her to the Dr. for her 9 month check-up. She weighed in at 18 lbs and 9 oz today (50th percentile). She was 30 in long (99th percentile)!! Oh, and she now has 4 teeth, her 2 bottom center teeth, one top one in the center and one top one on the side. :)

      They pricked her finger to check for anemia and lead poisoning today. She didn't cry when they pricked it, but she hated when they started squeezing it to get the blood out! But she quickly calmed down when she got her colorful bandaid! :)

      When we got home she wished her daddy a happy birthday and then in was time to play! As soon as she saw her toys, she was good as new and her pain was long forgotten!!

      She's so grown up now. Last week she and Ryan were paying some bills and waiting for me to get down tanning, and Ryles decided she was gonna take the wheel! I swear I'm gonna wake up tomorrow and she's gonna be 16!! Ahhhhhh!

     One last wonderful thing to share! Last Sunday, Brandon got saved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Liz and I have both recently rededicated our lives to the Lord and have been working on making some changes and some spiritual growth. And we oculdn't be more excited that he decided to commit himself to the Lord as well! :)

9 Months Old... Already?

    Today is Rylee's 9 month "birthday"!! Ahhhh!! Where did the time go? She's such a big girl now; she doesn't look like a baby at all anymore. :( She wears size 6-9 M clothes, size 3 shoes, and size 2 diapers. She has 3 teeth.

     I could've sworn this was just yesterday!! She was so tiny then, 7 lbs 15.5 ounces and 20 inches long. We got the tape measure and measured her today: 30 inches long!!!! She's grown almost a full foot since she was born!!!

     She's such a good girl. She spends most of her time playing independently. I couldn't be more proud of her. She's learning new things everyday. Just yesterday she learned to wave. Her second cousin, Emilee waved at her, and she just waved back like she'd been doing it forever!

     Her absolute favorite time is bath time. I started putting a little bit more water in there so she as more to splash around in and it stays warm longer (I keep a close eye on her of course!), and she loves it!! She splishes and splashes for as long as I let her (usually about 20-30 mins). When daddy's home, things get a bit messy, though. :)

     One more shot from her 9 month photo shoot this morning. She's just so cute!! Even her un-photogenic faces are photogenic!! Lol!!

St. Patty's Day

     I'm usually in charge of taking photos of Rylee for holidays and birthdays and such, but this morning she was asleep when I headed to school so it was up to Ryan to capture the perfect photo for St. Patrick's Day. 

      And because Rylee is used to playing for Daddy and not posing for Daddy, this is the best he could do! Don't get me wrong, she's cute and all, but this just isn't a holiday picture!!

      Then Rylee went over to Nonna and Pop-pop's to spend the day because Ryan had to work overtime and I was still at school.

     And Nonna captured this beautiful photo of my sweet girl!!! :) Her baby book is saved by a beautiful holiday pic to go under First St. Patrick's Day!! :)

Family Time

     We had an amazing weekend! Rylee had so much fun that she got completely worn out and slept until 9:30 today! I was glad for some extra rest, too!

    We started out the weekend by going over to Ryan's parents' Friday night. Rylee loves her Nonna and Granddaddy! And they surely love her so! She also has such a good time playing with their dog, Hollister. She plays with him like he's an equal, a friend rather than a pet. :)

    EARLY Saturday morning, we traveled to Middle Tennesse to visit my parents in their new house!!

    Rylee had such a good time being spoiled by her Ma and Pa!!

     We thought that driving 200 miles with two babies in the car would be a nightmare, but we were so proud of Ryles and Kaden. They were such good babies all weekend long!!

    I had an amazing time relaxing and playing with all my favorite people. Kaden got a bit spoiled cuz I couldn't keep my hands off of him!!! :) We came home Sunday night, happy and worn out.

    Monday, Liz and I spent the day shopping!!! When we got home, Mary, Alex, and Bailey came to visit!!! Rylee had fun playing with Bailey in between trying not to get run over by her!

     Uncle Brandon wasn't able to come on the trip this weekend so he spent some much needed quality time with Ryles Monday night!! :)

Being a Mommy Makes Time Fly!

     My sweet princess is growing up so fast!! I can't believe that in less than 2 weeks she'll be 9 months old!! She's almost been in the real world longer than she was in my tummy! :( It doesn't seem right. But I am soooo proud of her. She is so smart!! She learns so fast, and she spends a lot of time just sitting still observing the world around her. It's so precious, like she's trying to take it all in. She is absolutely rotten, but I love it. It lets me know she knows she's loved. Even though sometimes it does get a little old when she wants my attention constantly and I am busy, it's okay. I want to cherish every minute with her because she changes so quickly, I don't want to miss a thing!

     She has learned to shake her head "no" especially when it comes to eating something she doesn't like. She's such a picky eater!! She must take after her daddy! She also has learned to say "yea" and "mama" So now she knows 4 words. :)

       Right before her 8 month "birthday" Rylee learned how to crawl thanks to some coaxing from her Aunt Liz!! Now there is no stopping her!! She's all over the place, but she's still really clingy so she doesn't like to crawl anywhere unless someone she knows is nearby. So that makes it easier to keep an eye on her, and I'm thankful for that!

    And now she has a new skill that she's been working on for a little while, but she just mastered yesterday.. She pulls herself up on everything!! I hope this doesn't mean she'll be walking soon! I want her to be at least 1 or close to it before she walks!! I swear this kid changes every time I blink!! I want to go back to the day she was born and relive that day, because I seriously can't clearly remember her ever being a newborn! She's all over the place now.