Going to the Eye Ball

Well tonight is the Eye Ball (remember--optometry school). I am pretty excited to actually get dressed up for a fancy date! Riley and I go on dates of course but I never feel the need to wear a dress for the occasion, just my best jeans and fancy shirt. I didn't really have a cocktail dress to wear and so my friend Margaret let me raid her closet to find the perfect dress. But I still needed shoes to wear, so today we went out shopping and I found these cute shoes:

And then I got these for FREE! Lucky, when we got there, they announced over the intercom that the buy one get one free deal on clearance womens' dress shoes was only going on for 8 more min. Together the shoes would have been over $75 dollars but I got them both for $20.00.

Warning... PG 13 for partial nudity

Yesterday we were getting ready to put Rhylan to bed when we realized her diaper looked really saggy! We look off her onesie and this is how she was holding on to her diaper. She kept posing for the camera, I think she knew why we were laughing.

Duck?

Between when Rhylan wakes up from her nap and before Riley gets home from school, Rhylan and I get pretty board. Today I couldn't really think of anything to do so at about 4:00 we headed out for a drive. We went to the park in hopes of seeing ducks to feed fruit loops... no luck. They must have all gone MORE south for the winter... I thought we were south here in Mississippi. I guess not enough. But I was glad to get some fun pictures of her on the dock. She was so cute all she kept saying was duck? duck? She was pretty disappointed.

Rhylan really likes bath-time, but really hates her hair to be washed. It is pretty difficult to ever get the soap rinsed out. Lately she has been getting more brave and lays down in the water on her belly. I have tried to convince her to roll over (to get her hair wet) but she never falls for it!

Our Warm Christmas!

We headed to Riley's family's new house in Dallas TX for Christmas this year! It was a new place for us but all of Riley's family was there so we had a great time. Here is Rhylan and Riley Christmas morning (She wouldn't pose by herself in front of the tree)



Rhylan loved her new tea set. I think she got almost everyone in the house to play with it,with her.
Her is Rhylan with her only cousin Jackson, and Uncle Nelson.
After she opened this food, she didn't want to open anything else!

Here she is feeding her Elmos french fries!! She also got this little table and chairs which she LOVES.Later we took some family pictures.
The weather was so nice while we where there that we actually took the Dart train/trolly to the zoo. I wore T-shirt and jeans all day!

Rhylan wants to tell you a secret

Its true! I am almost 2.5 months pregnant. I know people always wait longer to spill the beans but I hate worrying about keeping this secret. I always have to act like I am feeling good, or that I am not taking a nap! Also, I have found it harder to keep the secret than I imaged. I would rather not have to think about saying the wrong thing, or going to the OB the same days as someone else. Oh yeah and I already wear maternity clothes and look 5-6 months along. So yes I am pregnant! We are so excited, our new baby is due July 25!

Oh so thoughtful

I am sure many of you have husbands who are amazing, and thoughtful! So do I. This morning I woke up to the smell of breakfast. Riley woke up early, did the dishes, played with Rhylan when she woke up and made us all a delicious breakfast before waking me up ...yes after 9:00!!! I love sleeping in, it is pretty much my favorite thing to do. With an 18 month old in the house that rarely happens.

No it is not my birthday, no it is not our anniversary. Yes it is a day when he should be stressed and I should be the one cooking him breakfast (finals week). What a sweet husband! I hope all of you are this lucky. Thanks Riley, love ya!

The Ornament

While growing up, my family had a very cool tradition! Each Christmas we would get a new ornament to put on the tree. Sometimes my mom would buy some and then let us choose,or we would make a trip to the store and get to each pick out our own. And a couple of times she painted us a new ornament. Some of them didn't last as long as others, and of course it broke our hearts to let them go but I am so glad that I still have so many of them. When we move away and get married we then were able to have a tree full of unique ornaments that were pretty special!!! Here are some of mine that I still have. These first two are from my first two Christmases.

Riley and I decided to keep this tradition with our children. Here is the ornament Rhylan "picked" out this year. (I finally found some that she liked and gave her a choice between two) This is a pretty neat one because now she can always remember that she went to the Georgia Aquarium this year and loved the fish!!

Just like mommy

Rhylan loves her mama and tries to copy everything I do. The other day after a bath, Riley helped her put on her towel like mom! This is a little hand towel and it fits perfectly. She thought she was funny and walked around the house for a while, like this.

decorating with FHE

My mom sent Rhylan a package this last week. Inside were several thing for Rhylan to help decorate for Christmas. She got this snowman window cling that she can play with for 20 min or more at a time!!!

She also got a stuffed nativity ornament set! This was really nice because she really liked helping me decorate our tree but these little characters she can take off and put back on again.


So Monday we had FHE from the new nursery manual. At the end of the lesson she colored some pictures that I helped her turn into a mobile. On our way to the dinning room light (where we usually hang her beautiful projects) I turned around and she had already hung it on the tree!!! I thought it was so clever, it is still on our tree. I guess she was really in the decorating mood after all that practice.