My little flower child

5 month update

Rya has made it to the 5 month mark. YAY! We have started cereal. She didn't quite understand what to do at first, she was sucking the cereal like it was milk, but she loves it now.


Rya really likes sitting up with Cecilia and watching Kitty Willy run around the house.







The other day I put Rya on her back on the floor so I could go into the kitchen to get some water and when I came back, she was on her belly. She rolled over and I missed it. :( I grabbed the camera and got the end of it though.

On Monday, after Rya's nap, she was burning up so I took her temperature and it was 101.4 degrees!! I called her doctor and they wanted to see her. So we went in and Rya has an ear infection. She is on antibiotics and was super fussy for a few days but is doing MUCH better. She weighed in at 13.8 pounds. She gained one pound since her 4 month well baby checkup! ♥ ♥ ♥

Video of Rya sitting up

Rya's sitting up unassisted pretty good. :) This is for Nana Net. We were watching the Rays game. You might be able to hear Larry on the phone and me being silly w/ Rya.

Slideshow from 7/25/08 to 9/29/08

4 month update

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.

Home from Venice

The trip to Venice was MUCH better than I expected. It took us 8.5 hours to get there and Rya cried for a total of 10 minutes. It took us 8 hours to get back and she cried for 20 minutes. Granted, she was really crying during those times, but she settled down right when we thought we couldn't handle it anymore and so we trudged on. We took a few breaks around an hour each to let her stretch out, eat and play. We had a nice relaxing time in Venice. Rya had her first trip to the beach, but she didn't like it too much. I think it was because the seaweed had a funny smell to it, but maybe not. :) The surf was pretty loud, so maybe the waves scared her. She met her great Gram, uncle Wes and cousin John. Nana Net had a good time hanging out with us! We can't wait to go back when Rya gets older to show her off again!

I can't believe Rya is going to be 3 months old in a few days. She went to the doctor a few days ago to have her eye looked at again because it's still oozing. It's just a blocked tear duct and it should open up as she grows and gets bigger. She weighed in at a whopping 10.8 pounds! She is getting so big! We work on tummy time almost every day and we have been working really hard to keep her on a strict nighttime routine. She is a pretty good sleeper so we can't complain too much. Now if I could just figure out the daytime routine, we'd be good to go. :)


She is holding her head up pretty good. It gets heavy for her when she's tired, but overall she is pretty steady. She loves sitting up like a big girl and I'm trying to encourage it more and more. I just prop her up in the corner of our
chair...the arm rest is prefect height for her head. She enjoys it for about 10 minutes and then she wants to be held again. She loves trying to grab at things...especially my hands. Of course anything she gets a hold of goes straight into her mouth. She has a good little grip. She is cooing and babbling a lot more. She LOVES the morning and is full of smiles as we sing "Good Morning!" to her. She is enjoying the evening more and more, but still has her occasional meltdown when she's over tired. She is also starting to laugh a little more which is always nice. We are heading to Venice, FL next week for a long weekend. We are all looking forward to seeing the family and getting some sunshine on our skin. I'm sure the 8 hour drive will be more like 10 or 12, but we aren't in a hurry and are going to try to enjoy every minute of it. When we get back, I'll post the pictures. xoxo