Rylie and the Strange Noise

Rylie makes strange noises all the time. I was lucky enough to catch a short video. She cracks us up all the time!

Altamonte Striders Invitational

This was her second meet. It was in Orlando at a pretty impressive high school. The school grounds looked like a mini-university. She is a highly competitive girl. She always likes to win. I suppose that is what makes you good at sports. She was 2nd place overall in the 200m and 4th in the 100m. Go Ariel!

Rylie with Daddy

She stares so intently at you, particularly at your mouth when you are speaking. She has a look that says, what are you saying to me.

Cailin Dresses Herself

She wanted to go outside to jump on the trampoline. I told her to put on some clothes and this is the outfit she came up with.

She is such an animated little kid. She says, "This is my grumpy face!" Then after I snap the picture, she immediately wants to see it.

So, this is her happy face.

And Ariel did not want to show her face.

The 200 Meter

This was the last race of the day. She was so nervous. I don't know why, because she is such a natural when it comes to sports.

The coaches could tell she was nervous and they told her to stretch to get rid of some of the anxiety.

It must have worked because she took off and quickly gained the lead.

And she kept the lead. Leaving the other girls in her dust. Go Ariel go!

4 Months Old

You are 4 months old (5months by the time I write this). You are 14lb 2oz and 24 1/2 inches long. I think you are the biggest baby out of the 3 girls. I wanted to wait to start foods, but you didn't. It seems that overnight you went from being satisfied with breastmilk to wanting more to eat. So, so far you have had peas, carrots, pears, and bananas. You like everything so far and learned very quickly to take food off the spoon. You are a good sleeper. I can lay you down and you will drift off to sleep on your own. You won't take the pacifier. You frown like it is the most awful thing you've ever tasted and then you let it fall out of your mouth. Instead you are satisfied sucking your thumb. You laugh out loud and are tickled at the darndest things. You don't really like to be on your belly. You will rock back and forth until you manage to roll over. You are always shocked when it happens. You have started to cry when we walk away from you. And when someone new holds you. You blow raspberries all the time. It doesn't matter if you have food in your mouth. You just spray food all over us. You love when I sing "Pat A Cake" to you. You smile and sing along. You reach and grab. When I have something in my hand, you try to take it away from me. You become fixated on it and never stop trying. You are overall such a happy baby. We love you sweet Rylie.

One Sunny Morning

Jerry went outside a found this turtle in our yard. He was in the front yard and we caught him digging a hole.

We decided to take him the next street over to the lake.


Ariel was going to pick the turtle up and carry him to the car, but she chickened out.

So, Dad to the rescue! He used a floor mat from the car. He was working in the garage, which is the reason he looks like Hazmat worker.

Thumb Sucking

Rylie starting sucking her thumb at 3 months. She doesn't really take a pacifier for me (although she will sometimes for Dad). It's either the thumb or nursing. She sucks the thumb on the right hand, although she can be caught with both thumbs in her mouth at the same time :0).

Daddy Cam

I got the idea for the name of this post from the TLC show, "Baby Story". You know when they name the person that is doing the filming when the show can't make it to the baby delivery. Well Jerry is my stand in photographer when I am at work. This is one morning in March. Everyone is in our bed. The bassinet beside our bed just sits there collecting dust and Cailin will sleep in our bed or Ariel's. One thing is fairly consistent- she will not sleep in her own bed.