BUSY!!!

If I had to describe my child in one word that is what it would be without a doubt- BUSY! She is always wanting down and wanting to climb on everything in sight. She never stops unless she is sleeping or on her way to going to sleep. The doctor even made a comment at her one year checkup about how active she is! She is still a little thing weighing in at 19lb 14oz (I can't believe we didn't reach 20lbs!) which is 30th percentile and her height is also at the 30th percentile (down from the 50th). Our babysitter is having surgery this next week so be praying for my mom and dad because they are the ones who are going to be keeping up with her for the next month with me driving back and forth to work from their house. Here are some pics from the last week of her being busy. Makes me tired all over again just looking at them.

"What do you want to watch?"

Yeah- she's definitely standing in the chair...
She loves to drag any type of bag/purse around so for her birthday she received a purse that she loves!
"Got my purse and my ride- gotta go!" (And how can she be in only the 30th percentile with that belly?)
Note that she still hasn't let go of that purse!

"Where did the stuff that was in here go?"

Standing in another chair.
She knows which cabinet is hers. And yes, if I need to use one of these I wash it first!

Birthday Week!

Rylee's first birthday week has come to an end. It was a great one and we have had lots of fun together. I still can't believe that my baby is growing up so fast!!! ( I know that everyone says that but when they're yours it is so different!) I wrote her a birthday letter and I hope to continue that tradition every year. Here are some pics of our week.

The morning of her actual birthday. She was wondering why the lights were on and why I was taking her picture. This look says Crazy Lady!!!

"Oh, I like that birthday song!"
Playing with some of her new toys wearing her cute new outfit.
Playing in the kitchen cabinets. She always ends up with one pants leg pulled up high and the other one down lower. It drives me nuts!
The perfect present- a new phone!
Another cake??? This one was Cinderella with a very blue dress. Worn out from the busy week we had. She slept all the way from Rockwall to Texarkana!

Family Birthday Party

We had a small family birthday party today. It is so hard to believe that it has been almost a year since I met my little girl. In ways I've known her forever and in other ways it has passed so quickly. Rylee's birthday is Wednesday so this weekend we celebrated with my family and next weekend we go to Dallas to celebrate with her other grandparents. We did a cupcake theme so her shirt had a big cupcake on it, her bib had a cupcake on it, we served yummy cupcakes, and her cake was a giant cupcake.

She loves her new tricyle that Aunt Sandy, Uncle David, and Whitney got her.

She got LOTS of fun gifts including these two dresses that my Aunt Cathy made and embroidered. Can't wait to wear them! Thank you everyone for the gifts!
She loved her cake. She wasn't hesistant at all and dove right in!

And she ended the day by taking a four-wheeler ride around the yard. What a fun day!!!

Laid Back Labor Day

David has a sister that lives on a small "farm" about 30 minutes away so we decided to go visit the animals for a little while this afternoon. Rylee had been there once this summer and loved it so we knew she would be glad to see the animals again!

Eating Sonic ice with Uncle David.

A little apprehensive about petting the big horse.
Much more comfortable with the donkey.
Loves kitties!!!Trying to wink?!? Or maybe just the sun in her eyes?!?
Just relaxin' in the grass.
I love the look of concentration (she was watching the kitten again).