Talking up a storm!

She cracks us up daily! Here is a video of her telling me one of her amazing stories, enjoy!

Family Picture

2-month stats

So Rylee had her 2 month check up which meant she also had to get her first round of vaccinations. I knew it was going to be rough so I made Ryan go with me. She did great up until the needles went in. SO HORRIBLE!!! She screamed bloody murder, sounds that we didn't even know were possible for her to make. I got all teared up, it was so hard to just sit there and do nothing while our little girl was in agonizing pain. The nurse was super fast though (obviously she has done this a time or two) and we got Rylee some milk right away and she passed right out. Poor thing. That afternoon was a little rough, she was pretty fussy and sad and would start to scream if her poor little legs moved. I think I cried just as much as she did after we got home. It's so hard to know that she is in pain and there is nothing I can do to make it go away "right now". The doctor told us he wanted to see how she handles the shots so not to medicate her before going into his office so we tried to keep her as happy as we could but after a while I broke down and gave her some ibuprofen and a worm bath and that seemed to do the trick (you can only handle so much screaming). Afterwords she was good to go for the rest of the evening and next morning was back to her chipper, happy, kicking and smiling self.

Other than the shots Rylee is perfect! The doctor even said so! haha She is right on track with her growth. She weighs 11.8 pounds (70%), 23 inches long (75%) and is in the 80% for head circumference. She is happy and healthy and that is all we could ask for! She has been such a good sleeper too, which I am not going to complain about! The past few nights she has slept 7+ hours, we are really lucky in this department. If she does wake up at night she eats and is back asleep in no time. I told Ryan if she continues to sleep through the night we are going to have to start putting her in her bed; she is quickly outgrowing her little crib we have in our room. Not sure if mom is ready for that though.

She continues to amaze us every day. She has become a lot more active and talks all the time. Her little coos just melt your heart. I could listen to her "stories" all day long. She almost has complete control of her head, not quite but we are getting close. We are thinking about putting her little jumper up, should be fun to see how she takes that all in. We downloaded several apps of the iPad that are centered around baby's development, one of them is about animals and she loves it! She will stare at it and listen to it for a long time. She is also starting to grab her rattle but can't quite shake it yet. I have noticed that she is into lots of different sounds lately so we are constantly making noises for her. And she has become quite the little kicking machine!!! It's awesome!

Two Months Old!!!

November has been a busy month. I don't know what it is exactly that we are busy doing, but it seems like it's non-stop around here. Rylee May is now 2 months old!!! It seems like she has been in our lives for so much longer than that. We are all completely adjusted to one another, have our little system figured out and we are constantly amazed by the changes in our little girl. She has become a lot more active, she is all smiles, giggles and has started "talking" to us--it's just so stinkin cute!


One thing we have been super surprised about is the length of time Rylee sleeps at night. Most nights she will go 7 hour stretches. It's fab-ulous! Our bedtime routine consists of a bath, eat, rock and pass out. If all of this is done by 9/10 we consider ourselves oober lucky! Most nights Rylee will wake up sometime between 2 and 4am, she will eat and usually go right back to sleep and sleep until about 7 or 8. It has been so nice and consistent (hope it stays that way) I thing we got super lucky in the sleep department.

Little miss is growing like crazy! We have weighed and measured her at home and she's about 11+ pounds and 23 inches long. She has her 2-month check up this week so we will see what Dr. Saba confirms. She's eating a ton (4-5 oz at a time), sometimes it seems like literally all she does is eat and sleep all day long. Her daddy has a little workout routine that he does with her and her legs and neck are getting really strong. Her head control is awesome, and gets better every day; I need to go get her a Bumbo chair, I think she would really like it. We also have a jumper that we want to hang, but she's not quite ready for it...yet.

Rylee still LOVES bath time! Giving her a bath is one of the joys of my day. She is so happy when she's in the water. She is always so mad when we take her out (it might be because of the cold as well) I think if we let her she would stay in the water for hours. I have takes a couple baths with her is the big tub and she is in heaven in there. She completely relaxes and just floats there. I love it!

The other night I was giving her a bath; at the end we rinse her off in the "shower" (she loves the water running over her head) and she started licking the water--HILARIOUS!

Yesterday I realized that my 12 weeks of maternity leave are up. However, my amazing husband hasn't told me I have to go back to work yet :) Honestly though, there is NO way I could just drop my daughter off with some one else right now. I had a hard enough time going out to lunch and leaving her with her grandma! haha So we will see how long we can make things work. How do you working moms do it!?!

I love you more and more every day Rylee May! You continue to amaze me with your beautiful self!

Click HERE to see more of our 2-month photo shoot

Talking with Uncle Jeff

Katie and Ethan come to visit!

Yay! Rylee's first out of town visitors (other than family) came to meet her!!! Aunt Katie and Uncle Ethan came down for a visit and it was so awesome to see them! We didn't do a lot but still had lots of fun. My how the times have changed!!!!

On Saturday night, instead of getting all dolled up to go out and party like we have done in years past...FLASHBACK!!!!!

2008

2007

2006

(I don't have one of us from 2005)

...we went and played mini-golf and drove go-carts!

Rylee just couldn't stand all of the excitement, she slept the whole time.

It was so great to see you guys. It was nice to get out and do something too!

I give it a year before we hear word of baby Mulalley ;)

Love you guys!