I'm participating in a Photo-A-Day Challenge. My goal is to nail the exposure in camera. This is my photo for day #2. I've decided that I will TRY to post every photo. Especially since every photo tells a story of our life. So these are the shoes that Ariel begged for and that I'm making her work off in chores around the house. After all, they are $70+ shoes! I like that she likes to express herself. But.....
You're getting to be such a big girl and I'm a little sad about it because that means that you aren't going to stay my little baby forever. You are a good crawler and recently you've begun to stand for a few seconds. You weigh around 20 pounds. Your height and weight is about the 50th percentile. You are a happy baby. You make so many different sounds, that I believe you will be an early talker. You say "ma-ma", "da-da", "yea"(which sounds a lot like yes). You shake your head no (a lot of the time you really mean it). Just the other day you drank water from a sippy cup. Your a bit of a picky eater. You prefer crackers and Cheerios. And just about anything off our plates. If I try to feed you vegetables after all this, then it's a guarantee that you won't eat them. You taste a little from the spoon to see if it's something that you would like to eat. You wave hello and bye-bye. You like the trampoline and when I say "jump" that's exactly what you do. You throw yourself back while kicking your legs, I guess tantrums are coming early for you. We love you sweet, Rylie!
These videos crack me up because they are so you. I always say these videos show the way you approach life. You aren't afraid to try something and it doesn't matter to you everyone else is doing something different. You definitely know what you want and aren't afraid to do it. I hope you never lose that and it takes you far. Meanwhile, you love dance class and ask me every day is it time to go to dance. You take a one hour class, once a week. It is broken up into 30 minutes of tap first, then 30 minutes of ballet. I'm so proud of you Cailin.
You have been singing your ABC's for a long time now. I haven't done much but buy you a Leappad that goes on the refrigerator. That and your favorite shows now are "Team Imizoomi" and "Sesame Street".
Rylie, you're 8 months old and you still nurse. We are way less strict with your diet. You've had a Dumdum pop, pizza dough, cake icing (your Mumsil), cauliflower, mashed potatoes, and etc. So much so, that nobody can eat without you. You haven't much cared for what I make you in the mornings. I usually try to make oatmeal and mash up any fruit that we have. So far you are ok with the oatmeal and applesauce. You shake your head no. And think it's funny. You have a walker this month and was a seasoned pro in a few short days moving around. You started out just scooting backwards and now you move frontwards as well. When we talk to you. You wait your turn and talk back. You sing and coo all the time. You curl your lips in an "O" when you're excited. You still don't like to be down on the floor. I don't know if you'll ever crawl if that's your attitude. You hate for someone to get up and walk out of the room and leave you there. That will surely make you cry. You are tickled to see yourself in the mirror. You started to do it with Daddy first, but it's the same thing that Cailin did. We call it "the grabbies". I'll see if I can explain it; you put both arms out and move your fingers back and forth as to say "hi". I didn't believe your Dad when he said that you do it, but sure enough you did. You are definitely a Momma's girl. You are tickled pink at Cailin's antics. I think your thinking I can't wait to do that. When you see her jumping on the bed and such. You love playing with Ariel. You just kick and smile when she comes around. We love you sweet Rylie.
At your six month check up, you were 16 1/2 pounds. You don't like the floor much, but you will do tummy time some. You do get up on all fours, but so far you just scoot backwards and turn all around.
Way back in June (I know I'm so late blogging these photos) but we went back to Louisville to visit family. It was really special for Cailin, because this was the first time she was able to understand about family and really enjoy them. My Mom took the majority of the photos, because Rylie had decided that only I could hold her. So, in no particular order....
Rylie got to meet her Great Grandmoms and Granddad.
She cried with everyone that tried to hold her this week. She just cried a little faster with Granddaddy :0)
We all gathered over Jackie's to celebrate her unbirthday. She wanted to have the dinner that Niecey and my Mom planned but it couldn't be for her birthday. At the end of the night, she put us all out. She had enough of our loudness and shananigans. We resumed over Tia's though. Playing cards and Pokeno.
I LOVE this photo. I guess, because this photo of Cailin describes our beach days just perfectly. We don't make it as often as we would like. But we usually show up at the end of the day, to let the worst of the Florida sun pass us by. We carry our buckets and the kids play at the shore's edge and in the sand.
You're getting to be such a big girl and I'm a little sad about it because that means that you aren't going to stay my little baby forever. You are a good crawler and recently you've begun to stand for a few seconds. You weigh around 20 pounds. Your height and weight is about the 50th percentile. You are a happy baby. You make so many different sounds, that I believe you will be an early talker. You say "ma-ma", "da-da", "yea"(which sounds a lot like yes). You shake your head no (a lot of the time you really mean it). Just the other day you drank water from a sippy cup. Your a bit of a picky eater. You prefer crackers and Cheerios. And just about anything off our plates. If I try to feed you vegetables after all this, then it's a guarantee that you won't eat them. You taste a little from the spoon to see if it's something that you would like to eat. You wave hello and bye-bye. You like the trampoline and when I say "jump" that's exactly what you do. You throw yourself back while kicking your legs, I guess tantrums are coming early for you. We love you sweet, Rylie!
Rylie got to meet her Great Grandmoms and Granddad.
She cried with everyone that tried to hold her this week. She just cried a little faster with Granddaddy :0)
