We've had an exciting September! We started Mother's Day Out on Wednesdays. Rya was having a little stranger anxiety and so we thought it would be best for her to get out and get around some other people...it's good for Mommy too! The first time was a little rough, but she gets better every week and just LOVES the workers. 
Terra, Sarah, and Ann came to visit for three days and we had a BLAST. Rya did amazing!! I think during this trip she really came out of her shell and started liking people more. She let Terra hold her for about an hour while Ann just played and played with her. It was great! 
She also let her Pa Pa hold her for awhile during the Bucs-Falcons game. This made Dad so happy...he didn't want to hand her back over. :D
Rya had her 4 month well baby check up on the 19th. She weighed in at 12.8 pounds. She has exactly doubled her birth weight. She is in the 40th percentile for weight (meaning 40% of the other kids her age are smaller than her). She is 23 3/4 inches long. She is in the 25th percentile for height. Her head measures 16 3/4 inches. This is the 75th percentile. Dr. V said she could start cereal if we wanted to. We tried it, but weren't very successful. I think we tried it at the wrong time...when she was TOO hungry and TOO tired from Oktoberfest. Yep, that's right! We took her to Oktoberfest. She just loved the music and seeing all the people. 
It was nice for Mommy and Daddy to get out amongst the people too! We'll try cereal again in a couple of weeks. Rya is sitting up pretty much on her own. She'll sit up for about 5-10 seconds before slowly falling over. It's super cute and she just loves being able to sit up and look around. She loves books and grabbing ANYTHING that is in her reach. 
She passes things back and forth from hand to hand and puts EVERYTHING in her mouth. She is looking more and more like her Daddy everyday...she even has his eye color! It's amazing how much she's changed over these past months and I can't wait to see how much more she's going to change.
