Rya shaking her rattle

What are those things?!

 
 

Rya found her hand! It was sooo funny this morning. We were playing right after nursing this morning and she kept staring at what I thought was me, but I quickly realized she was looking at her hand. She had this inquisitive look on her face and as she brought her hand closer to her face she would go more and more cross-eyed. She would then hit her face with her hand and blink, shocked. She did this a few times and so I grabbed the camera to try to catch some of the action. It was super cool and very exciting for me. She was watching her left hand which is a little suprising to me b/c so far she has shown right hand dominance. She swats at everything with her right hand and definitely dances more with her right side. Before we know it she'll be grabbing things and putting them in her mouth.

Slideshow from 7/2/08 through 7/24/08

2 month shots!

This picture is from Monday's tummy time.

Rya had her 6 vaccines last Friday. She did great! She weighed in at a whopping 10 pounds!! What a little porker. She had 3 shots w/ 5 vaccines and the Rotavirus as a liquid in her mouth. She screamed after the shots. It stunk. I had never heard that cry before and we have now dubbed it the "shot" cry. I started crying, of course, because of the pain she was telling us about. When I picked her up and put her to my chest she fell into me saying "help me, Mommy!" and so then I started crying even more b/c it felt SO good to be needed. Larry just looked at us with the "Oh Great, I have two crybabies on my hands" look. :D She ran a fever throughout the weekend and just wanted to be loved on. We were back to newborn sleeping hours so we were pretty whooped.
She had a great week this week though. Yesterday I took her to the petstore to look at the fish tanks. She loved it. We are going to try to make that a weekly outing. It was nice for me to get out of the house and I'm sure she was glad to see something other than my face for once. Today we went for a long walk. The morning was so pleasant and she had fallen asleep so we just kept strolling along. Before I knew it we were a mile from home and it was HOT. So we called Dad and asked him to come pick us up. Thank goodness he works so close to home. She's getting so big and changing so much everyday.

Rya dancing

She really likes it when you whistle...I hope you can see her happiness.

Rya Bug

This little girl is too cute. I am so glad to be a father. Cheri is such a wonderful mother, and I am looking forward to the years ahead, but I am taking it one day at a time. Thank you to Cheri and Kevin for their work on this site. She is changing everyday, so we will have to update the site frequently. More to come later.....

Slideshow of Rya from 5/9/08 through 7/1/08

First Post

Let me start by saying a big "Thank You" to our friend Kevin for helping us get this site up and going. We are still working on a few minor details, but hopefully you will enjoy this as much as we have so far.

Rya will be 2 months old next week and time is going MUCH faster now. It has been hard work, but I can honestly say now that it was worth it. (I had my doubts there for a little while.) I'm sure our hard days aren't over, but I'm happy for the little break. This picture is from last weekend. She continues to change every day and it is just so much fun to have her around. She has given us a few scares, but it's all a learning experience, right? One thing I have learned the past two weeks is that if she is content doing whatever it is she is doing, to just leave her be. Once you move her or take her away from what she is doing, you are in for some trouble. :) She really enjoys her swing and playing after she eats. She is doing well with her tracking and it seems like her range of vision is increasing everyday. She has started to show some interest in Cecilia and her hands. She is touching her face a lot more and likes to touch our faces too.