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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Squeakers!

We have been shoe shopping this week and I couldn't resist these Itsy Bitsy Squeaker shoes! How is it that before I had a child I would think these are so annoying but when it's my own child I think they are precious? She absolutely loves them and gets mad when I take them off! Luckily the squeaker part comes out so she can wear them to church...

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Fun at Nana's

Rylee's babysitter is going through the preliminary stages of having a medical procedure done. She will be out for a month once the surgery actually takes place so Rylee will be getting to spend a lot of time with Nana and mommy will get to drive back and forth to work (don't know what I would do if they didn't live close!). The babysitter had a procedure this past week so Rylee got to go have fun and then I joined her and spent part of the weekend there.
On a side note, my brother and I were talking today about how we always say "we're going to mama's house, or grandma's house, or sandy's house" and never "daddy's house or grandaddy's house, etc.". We decided that it must be because the women are the ones who cook and since the kitchen is the heart of the home they get to claim the house.

Anyway, here's some pics of Rylee enjoying her time at Nana's (and Gingy's).
Playing in the dishwasher!
Yeah, I know - not the cleanest. Gotta build up antibodies sometime right?
Crazy hairdo!
Her favorite person in the world! She won't go to ANYONE including Aunt Sandy if he's around!
She loves phones! If there is one around she will find it and want it!

Monday, August 25, 2008

Just Living It Up!

Nothing new here. Just trying to blog more often now that I have a computer here. Here's some new pics from the last week. Mainly loving being outside at Aunt Sandy's...

Cuddling with her new pony
Crinkling her nose when she laughs
Again- the crinkled nose

Seeing what she can find in the front of the house


Monday, August 18, 2008

Busy Weekend!

We went to Southlake this past weekend for Whitney's baby shower and a little shopping. It's always such a mixture of emotions for me when I go back- soooooo glad to see all of my friends that I miss terribly but soooooooooo hard to leave again and know that it's not my home anymore. I never know how Rylee is going to do traveling, but since Nana came along she did great due to the extra entertainment.
Sandy's old neighbors were out of town for the weekend and they were generous enough to give us the run of their new house. It's absolutely beautiful and quite a change from apartment life!!!
Rylee especially had fun climbing the stairs. We always had to be on the lookout because she would just take off.....fearless!
Just relaxing at Whit's shower and loving on Nana. Whitney thought her outfit looked a little too 70s but I liked it.
Saturday night we had a few friends over for swimming and pizza. So glad we got to catch up!!! We also went out to eat with friends Friday night but I completely forgot to take pictures.
And glad to be back home. What is the deal with baskets lately? I think she played in this one for at least 20 minutes straight.



Monday, August 11, 2008

Walking!!!

I know that it has been over a month and you probably don't even check anymore to see if I update but if you do what a surprise.....


I borrowed a laptop tonight so I decided to blog. We have been very busy and it is just getting busier but the biggest news is definitely that we have a walker! She has been walking for about two weeks now and this video (if it works) was taken a week and a half ago so she has gotten much better but I still thought it was cute. If you can't reach me tomorrow it's because either my mom or Whitney has seen it and I am now dead!

We went to Sandy's boss/good friend's lake house this past weekend. It was so beautiful and we had a lot of fun. We had missed out on a lake trip over the fourth due to my broken arms and I will admit that it was much nicer to be at a house and not in a camper. Thanks Olden's for the hospitality and wonderful food!
This is for all of my family members reading- yes she does have the McRae thighs!!!
She is such a concentrator. You can be repeatedly saying her name but if she is focused on something she will ignore you forever.
She has been loving her toy baskets!
And she has found a fun way to get out of them....

I just love those big blue eyes! They melt my heart!