Wednesday, September 30, 2009

I like Wheels

I got Rhylan to eat vegetables! I made a wrap out of spinach tortilla, inside was cream cheese, fresh spinach, roust beef and turkey lunch meat, and string cheese. With a side of grapes! Wow every food group. I then cut them into little wheels to make it fun…it was, she ate every bite and said “I like wheels!”

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Bright and Early

Our house has the best little dining area. In the morning it is full of sunlight because of the big east facing window and glass door. It brightens our day. Here is another little ray of sunshine in the morning!


Monday, September 28, 2009

Gracin's Blessing

We blessed Gracin on Sunday 9/27/09. Only Riley’s mom, dad and sister were able to come (THANKS!!). Riley gave a beautiful blessing. It was pretty special.
I am not really into those big white blessing outfits. I didn’t buy one for Rhylan she was just going to wear a white dress with pink flowers I had. But about a month before her blessing, Riley’s mom told me she still had the dress she wore for her own baby blessing (her grandmother bought it!!) So of course I wanted Rhylan to wear her grandmothers dress bought 46 years ago by her Great-Great Grandmother!!!
So for Gracin’s blessing my mom made him some special shoes to wear for his blessing. She made them all by hand from scratch. They are really cute. We think it is a fun tradition. So here are some pics of our family on Gracin’s big day.
























































A little Picnic




One of our first days in the new house we spent some time in Rhylan’s room. We set up a special picnic for the four of us (Rhylan, Me, Gracin, and Granny Sue—MIA). It was so cute, she gave Gracin all the blue plates and silver wear. He loved watching her and being in the action. Rhylan loved having a play mate.

Friday, September 18, 2009

Oh Rhylan...

This is how most of my thoughts begin... Oh Rhylan

Yesterday, Rhylan fell out of her crib!! She was only in there for 15 sec when I heard the boom! Hopefully that will discourage her from future escape attempts, she cried forever, poor thing it really hurt.

Last night we were at Riley's school for an event. On our way out of the activities building, she walked right up to the stranger manning the desk and said: "Hi there, um… ball peeze?" We laughed forever! How did she know that guy had basketballs in his office?

And just now she came up to me at the computer with a little pad and a crayon and said...(this is word for word i just started tying what she was saying)

“Draw… efant (elephant), tail, face, eyes nother eyes, messy hair "(showed me then flipped the page)

"I draw zebra… tail, head, eyes nother eyes, stripes" (showed me then flipped the page)

"Dog… tongue, tail, face, eyes, eyes, a mouth, look all done! Draw now? Look! PERFECT!!!!”






Thursday, September 17, 2009

Little toes



I just love his little baby toes.
Sometimes they have lint and fuzz
Sometimes they are stinky,
But mommy's don't care because...
I love each one, even the pinky

not 8 hours

I knew it wouldn't last long... the next night he woke up 3 times!!! So don't be jealous everyone. It was just a 1 time miracle. He sleeps for 4-5 hours between feedings on a good night.
I love this face. He sticks out his bottom lip right before a melt down!

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Big Smiles



These are really easy to come by these days!! He sure loves his mommy and my happy face!




Monday, September 14, 2009

nap time mommy!

Okay, about 10-15 min ago we finished lunch. I told Rhylan to go play for a little bit and then it will be nap time. And just now I heard her say from her room "nap time mommy." She actually was reminding me... she usually says "not nap time more."

Sunday, September 13, 2009

i'm a little tea pot

She is doing i'm a little tea pot at the beginning but then gets shy and tries to hide.

Pony Ride





We went to a little fall festival last night and Rhylan was so brave. She rode this big horse, and smiled the whole time! This little girl rode with her to hold her on.

Friday, September 11, 2009

8 HOURS!!!

Last night this little man slept 8 hours in a row! I know this can't be real. It was just one night but man...it was a "good good night"--Black eyed peas

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Gracin video

Here is a video of Gracin. Most of the faces he is making are not sad or mad, he is just figuring out how to make sounds. Also, note the chubby legs! There is even a smile for you near the end.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Can you belive I live here?

Here are a few video clips from my camera. Note bad reflection from dashboard, sorry. The first clip is my very favorite drive. It is less than 5 min from my house, just imagine it in the fall!!--Maybe I'll show you. We love living here, it is so pretty.


Labor day

We went for a picnic on Labor day. We drove to a new place and found a fun little park to hang out. Rhylan loved running around even in the 90 degree weather-note her red cheeks!

Me and Rhylan playing a stick flute.
Gracin chilling in his car seat...I just thought this picture was funny.

Rhylan can't figure out how to go down on her bottom, she always flips over at the beginning.
OH and the swing. She really LOVES swings.


Monday, September 7, 2009

Elmo's Green Thumb!!

On Thursday I got to go to my first concert...we went to Elmo live!! (I did have tickets to Rascal Flats with my sister last year, but I got REALLY sick a few hours before and could not go...total bummer)

It was an all girls night, Margaret and Mary came with Rhylan and I! Here are the girls out side with their Elmo's.

Rhylan was really excited all day. I didn't tell her about it until the day before.
This was really the only Elmo you could take your picture with. But hey it worked for Rhylan.Here we are before the show started. We had awesome seats!!

This video shows you a little bit of the stage, our seat and EXCITED Rhylan, she just kept saying whoa! wow!


Here are the best pictures I could get of the performers. They were awesome. Most of them looked like they walked right out of a TV!! And Elmo, was the best dancer, I wish I had moves like that monster. Margaret and I were smiling and laughing the whole time.



The girls could not sit still and let them have all the fun. They were dancing every chance they could. I totally want the sound track, I was even dancing in my seat most of the time.

The girls! We had a blast, thanks Mary and Margaret for coming with us!!!
Here is a video from Youtube... I did not video this but it was one of my favorite songs of the night!

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