Adventures!!!

Here are some adventures from the last month.......

Rylee is such a cuddler...if she can't sleep on you then she just gets as snug up against the crib as possible, hence the removal of the bumper since she was trying to bury her face in it. Now I find her like this a lot and have to move her before her legs fall asleep.

Six months old!!! Big girl!

She has this fascination with Sonic cups. Not sure why since it's not like she sees them around Aunt Sandy's house much :) So after much distraction we finally decided it was time for her first taste- of ice! She wasn't too sure about it but then decided the cold felt great on her gums!

Happy first birthday Caden! The first of many new cousin birthdays of the year.

First Snow Day!

Nothing much going on......I've had strep so I am finally feeling better and getting around to posting. Here's a few pics of our first snow day (we're very glad that Ms. Jenny B had gotten us this fleece outfit to keep warm!) and one of Rylee helping Aunt Sandy with the laundry.
We move into our new apartment next weekend!!!

Can you believe I'm five months old??

Mommy can't!!!

Typical deer in the headlights look whenever I bring out the camera but I thought she looked so big and cute in her outfit that I had to post it. We need to visit Ms. Paige soon so we can get some good pictures instead of this look!

I love these last two pictures for two reasons: I think the rosy cheeks are cute and these were taken at my parents' house on a blanket that I spent many hours on and under when I was little.

January's Already Gone!?!

I can't believe how fast time flies! I feel like January was the craziest month. Between two colds (three now since another one has struck) and the whole ordeal with my dad, I have been a slacker on pictures. I have taken several with my phone since we have been out and about so much without my camera but don't have the cord to transfer them to the computer (mine is in the storage unit and Sandy's is nowhere to be found). So....here are a few that show her personality! She has quite the faces and a temper that is promising to make me pay for my raising. Don't know where she got that! I promise to do better and will post more pics later (hopefully when Sandy is not in bed and can find her phone cord for me).

Thanks for all of your prayers and phone calls about my dad. He finally got to go home today after a two week three day ordeal. Hopefully he can get lots of rest now that he's able to sleep in his own bed!

On another note, it's officially been one year to the day that my world was rocked and I found out that the life I was living was a complete sham. I am constantly reminded how faithful God is and how far he has brought me. In so many ways I am a happier, more complete, more real person- and only God can make that happen out of something so yucky...Blessed Be The Name of the Lord!!!

On to pics of my sweet girl!

Love the look on her face! She's so rotten! Thanks cousin Carly for the bib- you should wear yours and we could get a matching picture!

This is her "I know that at this point I can get away with ANYTHING" face.

First experience with cereal. She wasn't quite sure what to make of it. This is also her constant hand in the mouth look that she sports. Kind of making her speech therapist mother a little nervous about the thumb sucking:) (not condemning any thumb suckers- just as a speechie it's something that I've always wanted to avoid with my child)

Enough already! No really, she is eating like a champ. We've added some veggies and starting to add fruits and there has been nothing that my child has turned away. Don't know where she gets that either!

December...

These last few weeks of December sure have flown by. The first three pics are from my cousin's wedding in Searcy. It sure makes you feel old when you remember the day he was born and the next thing you know he is getting married! Congrats Scott and Jennifer!

The next day one of my good friends from Harding and her family were on their way back to Nashville from a Houston wedding and decided they would stop by for a visit. We lived either as suitemates or apartment mates our first three years at Harding until she got married. I hadn't seen her in over 2 1/2 years so I was so excited! Jennifer- it wasn't the same without you! We really need to meet up for a girls weekend soon!!! Gena, Adam, Davis, and Abby- we are so glad you came to see us and can't wait to talk to you soon!

I didn't get that many pics this Christmas; I guess because she wasn't that excited about presents. It was good time spent with family though.

It was a gorgeous day today so this afternoon we decided to go on a walk around the neighborhood. You can tell how excited she was to be wearing a hat :)

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and has a safe and Happy New Year. We are going to my aunt's house in ElDorado so hopefully I will get lots of cute cousin pictures to post next week.

3 months!?! Really?

I can't believe it has already been three months! Craziness! We had a great weekend because three of my four closest grad school friends (Michelle, Paige, Andrea) came for a visit. There have been lots of fun times had with this crew and this weekend was no exception, even though it did have a slightly different feel to it with a baby in the mix! Next, I am expecting a trip from some Keller girls! (Maybe Jan-Feb when I move into my own place?) And of course, I've added other pics of Rylee from this weekend and today.

The shirt says it all!