Jumpin’ on the bed!

 

Rylee Update!

     My heart is full. I am so blessed. We recieved lots of new pictures and info on our sweet Rylee Jade. She looks so happy and healthy! She loved her care package, especially the Puffs! Although I LOVE getting new pictures, it is sad watching her grow up in pictures. I so desperately want to run  fly right over there and scoop her up NOW! Waiting stinks! (*side note* She really isn’t near as chubby as she looks. I’ve been told she has at least 3 shirts under those jammies)

22 Months (plus 1 day)

     22 months! Really? Is that possible? Wasn’t it just yesterday that we brought our 6 month old baby home? I don’t know where the times goes, but I know it goes way too fast! I know I missed the monthly post by a day, but we were in Oklahoma all weekend painting our rent house – fun fun! I was too tired to do it last night, so here it is, a day late.

     Sam continues to make us laugh with the funny things she says a does. Although so many of her pictures look serious, she is anything but that! She is always smiling her adorable cheezy grin, laughing and socializing with someone. She is talking more and more and can now make sentences quite well. She had become a bit of a picky eater and would prefer to live on junk food, although she loves corn on the cob and diced fresh diced tomatoes, so at least there a few veggies mixed in there! As far as sleep goes….well, not much improvement there. She goes to sleep in our bed, and most nights we put her in her bed once she’s asleep. There have been a few nights that she has made it through the night, but she still enjoys a nice cold bottle of “more milk” in the middle of the night. I, however, am ready to be done with the middle of the night run to the fridge!

     There have been lots of cases of the crud of all sorts going around (swine flu, seasonal flu & strep) but thankfully, Sam has avoided the harsh stuff and only had a mild cold & cough that went away quickly. I’m hoping the rest of the winter is that way! Hope you all are having a happy & healthy fall!

 

At the ball park

     We are nearing the end of fall softball for Kalee & Kristen. Somehow I have managed to get NO pics of the girls playing ball. I forgot my camera every game until last night, but found the lighting to be horrible and none of the pics turned out blog worthy. They are all blurry and you can hardly make out that it’s a person….yes, that bad! I did however get some pics of Sam hanging out at the ball park. She loves being outside, running around and making friends with everyone.

This last one is my favorite. Charley was getting on her for being naughty and this is the classic “who me” look she gave him!

Fall!

     I absolutely LOVE fall & winter. Sadly, we don’t get much of either of those where we live. But, yesterday was a beautiful day and Sam had so much fun playing in a very small pile of leaves. Right now she is happy with our very small trees and the very small amount of leaves that fall from them. Maybe one day I will live somewhere with tall leafy trees, crisp fall weather and huge snowfalls…..maybe.

Happy Halloween!

     Sam is fighting a cold, so we had a pretty low key Halloween. She was invited to a party, but I just didn’t want her out that long nor did I want to pass it on to anyone else. She was quite happy to put on her costume, hop in her wagon and trick-or-treat up and down our street. She came home with her Elmo bucket full and was thrilled with her loot! The boys ran around the neighborhood with their buddies and each came home with a pillowcase full of candy and the girls both went to Halloween parties with their friends. Charley and I were invited to an “adults only” party, but we decided to be old fuddy duddies and stay home. So we enjoyed some good college football games, grilled some yummy steaks and munched on the kids candy!

Dressed and ready, opening the glow sticks before heading out!

This girl is ALL about her candy!

The suckers were the biggest hit!