First Movie!!

Yesterday I took Rhylan to her first movie at the cinema!! It was a girls day out. My mom and my two sisters went with us to go see "The Princess and the Frog." Rhylan loved it and was really good the whole time. It wasn't until about half way through the movie that I noticed the popcorn still in her hands. She was so interested in the movie she forgot to eat her popcorn. She had two little fists full since the beginning of the movie.

Oh that's why...,

Gracin just got his first tooth yesterday!

For the past week or so he has changed his sleeping habits. He has been waking up in the middle of the night and won't go back to sleep when we try to just give him the binky and and leave the room (that usually works great.) But now I know why. And guess what, it broke through yesterday and last night he slept straight through the night just fine!!!

My little winter babies

Here is Rhylan in her Winter Wonderland dress! (aka Cinderella dress)
And here is Gracin in his matching winter outfit.
I never thought I would be able to match their clothes because they are boy and girl. But these two outfits just work!!!
We really think this little suit is so cute on him. What a little stud!

Blue eyes +drool + double chin =

a perfect baby.

another one!

Okay so Rhylan and I were dancing. I spun around and she said "no spinning! Princess spin"
Me: "I am a princess."
Rhylan: "No, I princess, you oc-a-pus."

It kind of hurt my feelings a little bit to be demoted from a princess to an octopus. Good thing I love her. And good thing I laughed after I was sad for those 2 seconds.

Last week we made sugar cookies!! I had so much fun. It has been a really long time since I have made these, we are talking like 10+ years. My mom hates sugar cookies, there are much better treats we like for Christmas (peanut brittle, fudge, etc--sugar cookies just sound boring compared to these) But I have a little girl now and sugar cookies are the FUN thing to do. Here is our process:

She added all the ingredients and we stirred together. Here she is rolling with our very high tech rolling pin!--still need one of those i guess.

More rollingCookie cutting (good thing 1 of my 2 cookies cutters was Christmasy)
So carefully putting them on the pan.

frostingdecorating
displaying
eating!!! she loved them

another "Oh Rhylan" moment

So we were eating dinner. I was talking to Riley and looked over and Rhylan. She was holding real still and kind of shaking like she was squeezing her whole body. I was a little concerned until she cracked a smile at me (the rest of her body stayed stiff/shaky.) I asked her "are you okay?" She replied "I a-tending a be a plant!" (I'm pretending to be a plant.) We all laughed.

Not afraid of Santa!!

Today we headed to Bass Pro Shops to get our free photo with Santa. When we were in Texas last week, Rhylan met Santa in the mall. She walked right up to him and said "hi my Rhylan!" She sat on his lap and talked to him for 30sec -1min! We were impressed that she wasn't terrified. Of course the price for the pic was outrageous so we just let her chit chat.

But when we found out they give away a free 4x6 photo at Bass Pro we planned our outing all week long. Rhylan was really excited to see him again. As we pulled into the parking lot she was chanting SANTA! SANTA! We had a great time. There was a ton of free stuff to do, and live and stuffed animals to see. And of course, Riley and I secretly love that store and were happy for an excuse to go inside. There was a huge part of the store that was "Santa's Workshop/North Pole." Rhyaln loved it.

Gracin just smiled for the camera, of course! I thought the reindeer in the background was a nice touch!
She made these cute antlers.
Met a grizzly bear. Sorry Riley looks a little grumpy! He actually was excited to get his picture with the Big bear...It was his idea. You know Riley, he loves animals!
Tried out some toys.

His 4 month photos

These didn't turn out perfect but I like them.

4 months old going on 7

Gracin had his four month check up today. The nurse thought he was 6 months old!
Height: 26.5 inches
Weight: 17 lbs 13 oz
Head Circum: 17 inches
Health: GREAT,
Sleep: AWESOME (10-12 hours a night) i know!
Shots: hated them i mean he was really mad at that nurse
Attitude: He smiled at the Dr from the other side of the room but did not like her looking in his ear, not even the binkie would make him happy with that. Then once she was on the other side of the room again, he was giving her all his best smiles.

Here are a few pic of Gracin lately:
We started him on rice cereal, he is getting really good at eating and he loves being part of the party! I think that is what he thought was always going on without him.

He now sucks on his hands all the time. Especially these two fingers. This sure makes him drool a lot.
He also is sitting in the highchair (booster/high chair). He really like that.

The other day I left the room and came back to find him like this! Now this is the only way he wants to do his bouncy seat. Good thing I buckled him in. He is really trying to sit up now. I don't think it will be long before he masters this new trick.

Sweet and Sassy!

Well Rhylan had a special day! I took her to go get her first professional hair cut. She was so excited. I took her to this CUTE place my friend went to. It was called Sweet and Sassy. Inside everything was covered in flowers, butterflies, glitter, and PINK. Hannah Montana music and everything girly!! She loved it right away. She got to sit in a perfect size chair, and watch Nemo during the cut. She held so still. Afterward, she got glitter sprayed in her hair, cupcake scent sprayed in her hair and a pretty sucker! And she got a glitter star on her cheek. She was all business during the cut and all smiles after! I really like it. Well I think her bangs are really short and rather blunt but they will grow out...soon I hope.