I'm Baaack

Wow, between my 30th and Rylie's 1st and several other family birthdays, we have been SUPER busy.  I can't believe so much time has gone by since my last post.  I apologize for the hiatus.  The good news is, with us being so busy lately, I have lots  of new things to post about!

Posts are coming! I will leave you with a family photo from Rylie's party (which was a huge success!)

360 Months

Wow, that sounds too old, I think I would rather just say I am 30 years! Today was my 30th birthday and boy did my husband spoil me!!! This is a recap of my amazing day.....

First I was given two fabulous gifts! A gift card to Easton where I am going to buy myself a whole new after-pregnancy wardrobe.  Second Ryan got me one of these:

which is absolutely beautiful and I am so excited to start adding memory charms to it!

I had to work on my birthday which wasn't a huge deal and while I was there I received these:

They are so beautiful and they are the best smelling roses I have ever had!

When I got home, Ryan gave me a gift certificate to go get a LONG overdue manicure and pedicure.  When I was finished with that, he and Rylie met me at one of my favorite restaurants, PF Changs, for dinner. 

I thought that was all, but then when I arrived home this is what our house looked like:

It is so fun to come home to such a decorated house.  Needless to say, I was totally spoiled and Ryan and Rylie made entering into my thirties a very wonderful experience!!

Life is Good :)

Wordless Wednesday

Look what I found Mommy!!

New 'Baby'

No, I am NOT pregnant....we are not even trying yet.  There IS another baby in our house though.  Rylie found my old baby doll in the closet the other day and has grown quite fond of it.
I always loved babies as a kid, real and pretend. I played with them all.the.time. This one doll in particular I was super attached too and I was never able to get rid of it.  I don't know if it is because it is so creepy real looking, or if it just the one I have the most memories playing with.  Whatever the reason, I had it in Rylie's closet and she crawled in and pulled it out.  She was instantly in love. I got these great shots of her playing with it.  Now if I sit at the end of the hall and have the baby wave to her, she will race over to give it a kiss :)

                                                            

She was so funny with it I had to get a video too.  She just kept talking to it and giving it kisses. Unfortunately, by the time I got the video, she was pretty much done playing. I still think it's cute though. 

Candid Camera

To follow-up my previous post I finally caught Rylie and Ryan's lawn-mowing game on film.  The battery was dying so I got two and in between I switched batteries.  This is the scene in our house every weekend :)

insomnia

no not me...my daughter. Our little bundle of joy has taken to waking in the middle of the night for about an hour at a time.  Not crying, just awake.  She practices her clapping, talks to herself and I can hear her saying "book" over and over which is one of her newest words.  We took the nightlight out of her room in hopes that if she couldn't see things to talk to, then maybe she wouldn't.  It seemed to work pretty well, until the other night.

Rylie went to bed as usual at 7:45, but then all of a sudden at 9:00, as Ryan an I are peacefully enjoying our evening, we hear a knocking on Rylie's wall along with laughing. We let it go for a little bit, but when she really got carried away I went to check and this is what I found:

Thats right, our little stinker was playing so hard and she even took her pants off! Needless to say she was wide awake and not going to bed anytime soon.  We let her just hang in her bed awake with the lights off, but around 11:30 we decided to try and rock her back to sleep.  We did 20 minute shifts and she finally fell asleep at 12:45, almost four hours later!!!!!! I really hope that this doesn't become a habit.  Last night she slept completely through so we will see what tonight brings....

Creativity

With Rylie on the move now, she really isn't happy being in her jumper anymore.  We keep in it the room though for those moments when she needs to be confined for her own safety, like if we have to leave the room for more than a second.  She still isn't much of a fan of being INSIDE.

Now being OUTSIDE of the jumper is another game in itself and Rylie is very excited to walk around the outer edge of the jumper and use the toys.  She also loves to hold onto the bars and shake the jumper while yelling "aaaaaaahhhhhh"!

The other day, Rylie found an even more fun and creative way to use her jumper...