WATER PARK!

WARNING: The following post has some major fun caught on camera! Yesterday the weather was beautiful! It was still 98 degrees, but SOOO much better than the 100+ we were experiencing. The little bit of rain we got on Thursday afternoon/evening REALLY made a difference. Rya, Mimi and I went to Baby Bookworms in the morning and then headed next door to the children's park. They had the water turned on for the fountains, so I just let Rya have at it. I didn't take her bathing suit, but I did pack a towel and extra onesie...just in case her feet got wet. :) Within minutes, she was soaked head to toe. WHOOPS! Next Friday I'll just put her bathing suit on under her clothes. LOL.

PASSED OUT!

Backyard Wandering

Here are some pictures and video from the backyard "stroll" the other day.

Cinderella

Rya LOVES to do the dishes and help with the laundry. I need to learn how to keep the fun in these two events so that I can get some help when she gets older. Yeah, right. :D I haven't sneaked any laundry video yet, but here is a quick clip of her helping with the dishes. :)

There's Nothing Like Chicken on the Beach

Miss Rya has tan lines. It's quite amazing, actually. She's never gotten sunburned and I put SPF70+ on her each and every time we go in the sun, yet she has tan lines. She LOVES the beach. LOVES it! I put some pictures below of a recent sunset trip. Larry went surfing while we had some dinner and mother-daughter time (as if we don't get enough, right?!) on the beach. I don't know why the third one is sideways...I must be doing something wrong, but I can't figure it out...any ideas?








We've had a busy week and a half. I volunteered as an assistant to teach 4 year olds at Vacation Bible School last week. It was a blast, but I was SOOOO worn out when I got home that I laid down with Rya each day! The kids were so much fun and had a great time. Katie came in town last Thursday to celebrate her 21st birthday on Sunday! SOOO much fun. She is such a wonderful person and has such wonderful friends...I'm glad I was a part of the celebration. We went to Tradewinds for dinner Saturday night and it was sooo delicious and a wonderful place to have a special dinner. We had a champagne toast at my house at midnight and I'm sure we'll be celebrating for a few more days, but I'm already sad to see her leave next Tuesday. :(

Rya's 6th tooth just broke through on the bottom. She has 4 on the bottom and two HUGE ones on the top. She looks like a woodchuck. I love it :) She loves to just wander through the house and I definitely have had to keep my running shoes on to follow her around. She's bonked her head pretty good twice now and has two bruises on her forehead. She only cries for a short time and usually when we react poorly to her falling. She's definitely a lot of fun and I don't want her to get any bigger...it's going too fast.

Round and Round

Rya's new favorite thing: spinning around and around. Whether she's standing or sitting the girl loves to spin. Only problem is she usually falls when she starts walking if she's standing up and spinning. Dizzy! :)

She's bonked her head a few times the past few days. She has a big bruise on her forehead from where she faceplanted into the island in the kitchen. Of course she hated the ice more, but the boo boo bunny helped for a few minutes. We are having a rough day today. She has a slight fever of 100.5. I gave her some Tylenol and hopefully that will help. She doesn't want to be held, she doesn't NOT want to be held. So we play the game and take deep breaths. Why is it that when we have a rough day I either want chocolate or alcohol? Two things I'm trying to avoid. The numbers on the scale are going up a little and I think there are two reasons for this: 1-It's TOO hot to exercise outside for more than 10 minutes. Our one hour walks are OUT the window until we learn to get up before 8. It was 92 degrees at 10 o'clock this morning! No fun for baby = no fun for Mommy. 2-The amount of beer I have been consuming b/c of the frequent trips to the beach. How can you sit on the beach and NOT have a beer? Regardless more beer and less exercise amounts to more pounds on the body. SOOOO, beer is being dropped from the diet for a least a week. ;)

Old and Grey!

That's what I'm going to be soon...this little girl is definitely keeping us on our toes lately. She has enjoyed the art of strolling around the house grabbing onto anything and everything she can. That's all fine and dandy until it's a screen door that moves or a chair that tips over. I've started saying "brush it off" and so far it's working...a little. Some of the REAL scary spills take a bit more reassurance, but for the most part she's handling the falls like a champ. She also has learned to throw things. Food from her chair, her cup of milk, a ball, Ceci's dog bone, you name it, it might be tossed at you. I can't believe her changes just over the past week. It's like she's in fast learning mode or something. Since she's walking more outside we put our shoes on before we head outside to play. Yesterday I asked her if she wanted to go on a trip and she went, grabbed her shoes, sat down and started trying to push them on. She didn't have her toes in them but just the fact that she associated shoes with going out was mind blowing for me. SUPER CUTE!

I think I got 5 new grey hairs last night. Rya fell asleep around 7:45pm and woke up just before 9pm crying. We let her cry for about 2-3 minutes and then I went in to try to console her. She was just laying on her back crying. Usually if she's upset she'll sit up or stand up. Not so much last night. So I picked her up and tried rocking her. This didn't work AT ALL...in fact, it got worse. Much worse. She was now pain screaming and I had to call Larry in for help. He tried holding her, rocking her, talking to her, nothing. 15 minutes had passed and I'm getting really worried. Then she starts coughing and then gagging and then finally throwing up. However, the vomit isn't very liquid...it's full of mucus and it's not clearing out of her throat. She starts turning super red and so we grab the bulb suctions and start sucking out her mouth and nose. We get it out and she starts crying again. I liked THAT cry. I ALMOST dialed 911, but when we cleared her out we decided we should take her to the ER instead just in case she aspirated. So off we went at 9:30. We get all checked in and of course the ER doc was like "so, she threw up...once...she sounds good and looks good, you are clear to leave". We were happy to hear that but probably looked like idiots. Oh well, better to be safe than sorry, right?

Gears Turning

 

My little nuggie LOVES puzzles. She doesn't really get them, but I'm happy that she likes playing with the pieces and watching me put them where they belong. One day she'll get it. I was a big puzzle girl growing up. Puzzles and memory..and look at where THAT got me. ;) I have a lot to say, so I'll post a new update soon. xoxo