What a busy week it was.....

Last week was very eventful......

First she learned to really crawl instead of just scoot...

See, she found me!...

Then she learned to pull up (so proud of herself!)...

Then she got her first tooth (really feeling of it here)!

And here she is saying enough already! She has to be exhausted from all that hard work!

Dinner Saturday???

Hello all five of you from the DFW area who check this....

I am coming into town this weekend and just thought I would check and see if anyone was available to meet Rylee and me for dinner on Saturday night. I was thinking 6:00 at Christina's by church. There are so many restaurants that I miss eating at but thought that Christina's was a good location for all...
I know that Saturday night is probably not good for everyone but I am hoping to see some of you. If your hubbies and kids want to come I would love to see them too!

Please tell anyone you talk to if you think they would like to come :)

Easter 2008

I know what you are thinking- two posts in one day, something must be wrong. Just thought that a first Easter deserved a separate post. She had a cute white sweater to wear over her dress but it was too cold for outside pics so I left it off.
I think she has her first ear infection- we're going to the doctor tomorrow to find out for sure. Here were some of the pictures I captured in between her pulling on her ear.

Thanks Aunt Cathy for putting her name on her basket!

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!