Getting into EVERYTHING!

Rylan was playing on the floor in the kitchen while I was cooking. I was getting food out of the freezer and she decided to take out the stuff on the door. I think she wants ice cream.
How does she know that this is a cup and this is how she should drink out of it. Amazing!



It is so hard to get pictures of her because as soon as she sees the camera, she wants to crawl toward me and grab it. See below!

Fun Hats

I am in love with cute baby hats. I found these two recently and had to get them. Rylan is starting to take them off, so I am sad.

Crazy Hair

This is what happens when Daddy's does Rylan's hair.

9 month check-up

Rylan had her 9 month check-up. She is 18lbs and 27 inches. She is still wearing 6-9 month clothes. I think she is taking after me in height. She is drinking three 7oz bottles per day plus three meals. Her favorite thing is Gerber Cheese Snacks. They look like baby cheetos. She knows the can and tries to get it. When she eats, she says "mmmm" after almost every bite. Baby food must be very delicious to her. She's been doing that since she was 4 months. It's hysterical. She has 8 teeth, so she's getting good at chewing food.

I was very proud of her because she barely cried when she got her shot. The first two sets of shots were terrible. She would just scream. It would take her two days to get over it.

She has learned so much in just the last two weeks. She is crawling everywhere and pulling up. She is very active. I am not sure if I have ever seen a baby move so much and so fast. I am very tired! Miss Kitty's water bowl is way better than any toy she owns. I had to find a new place for that. Poor Kitty! Rylan chases her everywhere. She loves the cats so much. She smiles and laughs at them. She gets so excited when she gets to pet them.

She is a BIG talker. MMMM....wonder where she gets that from??? She says "DaDa" all the time and I think she is associating it with Duane because she says it to him. I thought I heard "MaMa" a few times, but not sure. Maybe, I just imagined it. I think she calls me "NaNa", when she wants me to hold her. When she says "Poo", it's usually poo. She has this little duck that she likes to play with while she is eating. I am pretty sure that she says duck. It sounds like it to me. There is also a whole lot of "ish" and "this". Sometimes she gets very serious like she's telling a real good story. When the dr was asking us if she responds with noises that sound sort of like words, I swear Rylan said "Yes". The dr said that she said it, so I must not be losing it from lack of sleep.

She is so loving and sweet. She needs lots of hugs. She will make this kissy noise and then open her mouth real BIG for a kiss. She wants to do it all the time. She wants to lay with me or have me hold her. She has to get as close as possible and hold on tight. If I try to lay her down FORGET IT, she wakes up and wants to get close to me again. I guess I should just enjoy it because she will be a teenager and HATE me before too long.

She just amazes me when she plays with her toys. She figures them out so quickly. She can put the ball into the right slots. She also learned how to put all the shapes into the right holes. I think she might be a genius. HAHA! Tonight, she was throwing the ball with Daddy. She was so funny. She would throw it underhanded. Girly, just like her Mommy. Although, I am not sure if I ever threw a ball. Well maybe once, but it went the wrong way and hit some girl in the head while she was swimming. She also likes to pick out her books from the book shelf and look at them. Another sign she's a genius. :o) Grammy taught her how to waive and turn off the light switch a few months back. She gets mad if you don't let her turn it off when you leave the room. She also always claps when you say "Patty-Cake" and she also can do the "roll it up" part. It's really hysterical. I need to get it on video.

It all may be very tiring now, but it's so worth it to have a happy baby that loves us so much.

Fun time at the Park

I picked Rylan up from the neighbors after a day of playing with her friends. I decided to take her down to our neighborhood park to see how she would like the swing. She loved her baby swing but she got too big and we had to put it away. I am pretty sure Fisher Price was wrong when they state the weight limit is 25lbs. As you can see from the pictures, she loved it right away. Now, we put her in her pink car and take her to the park. She thinks she is a big girl driving her car. She holds on to the steering wheel and waves at everyone. Maybe she is getting ready to become Miss America. She can sit in a convertible and do "the wave". HAHA!!!


For some crazy reason, my video came out sideways. I tried to rotate it, but it wasn't happening. I guess I was holding the camera wrong. Who knows! I am a very tired mom.



Here she is playing with her new toy from PawPaw and MawMaw.

Cell Phone

Rylan is already addicted to the phone. My cell phone is way better than any toy she has. When Duane is out of town for business, we give her the phone so she can talk to him. My neighbor, Robin, keeps Rylan a couple days a week. She said Rylan found a toy phone and put it up to her ear and started saying "DaDa". Poor baby was trying to call him on the toy phone.

Rylan can crawl

For a while now, Rylan has been scooting backwards, but could not get her legs up to go forward. On Christmas night, she figured out how to go into a sitting position from being on her stomach. Sunday, she started to crawl forward and now there is no stopping her. The Kitty is in big trouble.