Rylie's 1st Birthday

We celebrated Rylie's birthday over my Mom's house.
It was just the family. This is Rylie's cute little smash cake before it was demolished.

The little bear candle was the candle that I used on Ariel and Cailin's one year cake too.

As soon as I set the cake in front of her. She went right for it.

She was so excited too!

And completely covered in it.

She was really eating it. She ate so much I thought she would be sick.

Cailin asked me about 20 times, if she could join Rylie. She couldn't understand why she couldn't have cake yet.

As a matter of fact, everyone wanted to share Rylie's cake.

Her Mumsil thought she needed a spoon because the cake was cold from being in the fridge.

Crawling, but no walking

This little baby shows no interest in walking. She stands up without help and climbs on everything.

But when she needs to get around, she crawls.

And there's no stopping her!

I'm Stuck

I have no idea what the fascination is with getting lodged in between the mattress and the footboard of the bed, but every child seems to like to do it. I have a photo with Cailin in the same position, but Rylie does it far more often. I find her like this every time she is on my bed.

Just sitting there; with her thumb in her mouth.

Rylie Banana

In My Momma's Shoes

Cailin loves wearing my shoes. She also loves wearing dresses. Every morning, she changes out of her pj's and puts on a skirt or dress. I've been indulging her, since it's like pulling teeth to get Ariel to do the same. So far, she's just my girly girl.

PB&J Breakfast

For the last 2 weeks or so, Cailin has wanted a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for breakfast.

And not only that, but she wants to fix it by herself. Which is good, because it allows me an opportunity to go over the step by step process with her. We gather all the ingredients and sit them out on her table. She slathers the peanut butter and jelly on the bread.

She also eats the peanut butter and jelly off the knife! This is before she's even done with the sandwich. We'll have a talk about the double dipping rule.

Wiped Out

Day #3 of the photo challenge.
I'm amazed at the way little ones fall asleep. This photo makes me wish, I had a picture of Ariel and Cailin falling asleep standing with their head on a chair or hanging off the bed.

TWeenage Fashion

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.....

Rylie- 10 1/2 months

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!

Cailin's Ballet and Tap Class

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.