Birthday Trip to the Zoo

For Rylee's birthday we spent the day at the zoo!  We even got a membership so Rylee and I can go whenever we want!!!  Can't wait to go once it cools off a bit.

Looking at the elephant

There was a squirrel monkey exhibit that you could walk through that had these little guys just roaming around.  There was a gang of about 16 of them just jumping and swinging about.  They were so cute and Rylee loved them!

Riding the Komodo Dragon

Rylee's first time on a carousel.  Of course Dad wanted her to ride the Bald Eagle :)

Right before I started to video her, she was rocking back and forth and singing!

She looks so grown up sitting there all by herself

We had a little picnic for lunch and then went to check out the Giraffe's

Rylee loved walking around and checking stuff out, she got to the point where she didn't even want to sit in her stroller.  She is such a good little walker and did a great job all day.  

We were walking down a hill 

The Phoenix Zoo is pretty cool

Being that it was a Wednesday, there weren't too many people at the zoo.  We went to the Baboon exhibit and we sat there for a minute and this guy walked up to Rylee and started "talking" to her.  It was awesome. She was a little unsure about it at first but then she started to like it.  **Not sure why I stopped the video so soon, the conversation was just starting to get good haha

We had such a great time at the zoo with our big one year old!  It was a great way to celebrate her special day.  More on her birthday soon.

Bath Time

Naked baby alert!

So every night for the last year we have had pretty much the exact same routine...it makes our life a lot less stressful I swear.  Now that Rylee is cruising around we go up to her room, get undressed and then she walks into her bathroom (after she pulls her puppy out of her crib).  

She loves to knock her bottles into the water now and does it every single night.  No matter how many times I put them back up she will continue to knock them in.  

We have also started to sit on the potty for a second before bath, just to get used to it.  She HATES it!  Even now that we have her own little potty--still wants nothing to do with it.  We are in no hurry by any means to start potty training--we obviously are not ready so I don't force her to sit on it.

Somersaults

Ryan has taught Rylee how to do a somersault.  She can't quite do one on her own but she likes to try!

She loves flipping around.  Ryan will do front and back flips with her too -- oh boy!

She is too funny!

Silly Girl

I have started giving Rylee her wash cloth after I get her cleaned up after she eats and she will wipe down her tray.  She does a good job too!  Last night when I was doing the dished I looked over and Rylee had her wash cloth on her head and she was laughing at herself.  Then she keeps saying "boo" and taking it off and then putting it back on her head again. She's too funny!

This girl continues to crack us up daily!

Ice Cream!!!

The other night we Ryan decided to give Rylee her first ice cream cone (a drumstick), right before bed no less.  Of course she loved it!!!  She stole dad's as her own and was flinging ice cream all over the living room, the furniture and her dress.  It was pretty hysterical and we all got a good laugh watching her prance around with her ice cream cone!  Needless to say bed time came and all she wanted to do was play!

She was not happy when I took it away from her...

Swinging

Talking

I forgot to add this to Rylee's 11 month update.  This girl is rarely quiet now-a-days, she is a non-stop chatter box!  Her favorite (or the one she says the most) is "mama".  She is getting better with "dad" and whenever she sees him or hears him she will say dada.  Her first official word other than mom/dad was "hi" and she now knows the meaning of it.  We are also working on "hello".  She can say "bye bye" and most of the time that is followed up with a wave.

Here are a few more of her words and how they sound...

Hot (ha)
Bird (buh)
Meme (Jamie)
Pea
Ball (Baaa)
Golf Ball (Guh Baa)
Baby (BaaaayBeeeeee)
Good Night (Niii Niiii)
Puppy (Puh)
Dog (Da)
Grandpa (PaPa)
Cheese (tease)

Obviously you have to know what she is saying but we are pretty impressed with her communication skills!