Rylie's new slide

Daddy bought Rylie a new slide the other day, she loves it! We are going to have so much fun playing in the back yard this summer...

 

YUM

My new favorite drink for the summer is a passion tea lemonade from Starbucks - yum yum! It is so refreshing.

I "heart" dresses

I know I've said this before, but I love having a girl and being able to dress her up. My friend Andrea had bought her this dress a while ago, it finally fits! And it looks SO cute on her.

big girl bath

Up until about 6 weeks ago Rylie was still taking a bath in the kitchen sink (my little peanut!), but now has graduated to the big bath tub. She loves taking baths in the tub, I'll even find her playing in there with all of her clothes on (no water of course). She cracks me up! When I ask her if she wants to take a bath she nods yes and says "ah huh", then she climbs upstairs, starts taking her clothes off and climbs into the tub. She's such a big girl!

"take me out to the ball game!"

On Sunday Kyle & I went to an Angel game with our good friends Garret & Jessica (Rylie stayed with Grandma Karen & Papa). We had a really nice day, we need to do it more often!

"Let's Go Angels!"

Garret, Jessica, Julie & Kyle

Jenna's school carnival

Last night we went to a carnival at Jenna's school, it was really fun. They had games, food, a silent auction, a petting zoo, & square dancing. It was a really nice night hanging out with Auntie Kim, Uncle JT, Jenna & Jake.

Jake & Kim

Daddy & Rylie eating ice cream



Rylie & Daddy being silly

Kyle's future pet!

there was a little petting zoo

playing one of the games

45 years...

I have to give a shout out to my Mom & Dad, they celebrated their 45th wedding Anniversary yesterday. WOW 45 years, that is quite a milestone. I want to thank them for being such amazing parents, they have set such a great example. I can only hope & pray for such a long & happy marriage. They have been through so much together and they are still best friends!

"Thank you Mom & Dad for letting me grow up in a home with two loving parents. Thank you for not giving up on each other, and for working hard to make your marriage last. Thank you for showing me what a real marriage takes. It means so much to me to still have both of you together. I love you both very much and I appreciate everything you do for me."

Happy 45th Anniversary!

we went to Daddy's race today

Rylie & I drove out to watch Kyle race his dirt bike at the Fire/Police MX races today. It was nice to get out of the house and spend some time in the fresh air after being stuck inside the last couple of days because of the rain. Kyle's friend brought his little boy Landon, Rylie & Landon did so good playing together. Kyle got 2nd place in the first race & 1st place in the 2nd race. He got 1st place overall in his class - "Go Daddy!". He has 2 more races tomorrow, hopefully he has another good day!

"Uncle" Cory & Daddy



Landon & Rylie. It was a little windy!



"Like my shirt? My "Auntie" Jamie bought it for me."



a day at the park with Mommy & DADDY!

I totally forgot to post these pictures. The day after Mother's Day Kyle, Rylie & I went to the park and then went to get frozen yogurt - that's what I call a perfect day! Rylie and I try to go to the park at least once a week, this time Daddy got to go. It's a really nice park, they have a small playground for kids 2-5, a big playground for kids 5-12 and a water feature. It was a little cool that day so no one was playing in the water...except MY KID (fully clothed I might add hahahahaha). Rylie gets so excited when we pull into the parking lot and she can see the playground, she goes down ALL the slides by herself (even the big ones) with extreme supervision from nervous Mommy :)

water feature

fully clothed and playing in the water - that's my girl!

My big girl!

Daddy & Rylie going down the slide



blog book

You can now make your blog into a book! It's really cool, if you go to thecutestblogontheblock.com you can preview your blog book. If I printed my blog since I started it in March 2008 it would cost me $140 bucks hahahahaha. Although, I am thinking about printing it from when I found out I was pregnant until Rylie turns 2, a little "journal"  for when she gets older. The only bad thing is it obviously can't print slide shows so you wouldn't have all of those pictures in your book :(
Check it out, it's really neat to see your blog made into a book!

my baby is growing up!

I took Rylie to her 18 month check up today, she weighs 20 pounds 14 ounces and is 31 inches long. The Dr. is happy with her development, she doesn't need another check up until she is TWO!
On a totally different note...once we got home from her dr. appointment it was time for her nap, I was watching her in the baby monitor and she totally climbed out of her crib!!! I walked into her room and she was sitting on the floor playing with her toys, I said "what are you doing?" and she looked at me, handed me a toy and said "that" hahaha gotta love that kid! So now I'm contemplating on converting her crib into a toddler bed - really? she's only 18 months old, I'm not ready for her to be in a bed yet! First no bottle and now this, I'm not doing too good with her growing up - I want my baby back!

some more random pictures...

Mother's Day 2011

Here's a couple of pictures from Mother's Day, didn't Rylie look pretty in her dress from Auntie Heather?!

18 month pictures

I've really missed taking Rylie's picture every month (with themes & props),  it's a little more challenging now that she walks hahahaha. I decided to do some pictures today since she's 18 MONTHS OLD (I can't believe it!). Daddy had bought her a Cardinals Football outfit, so I thought it would be nice to do some pictures in that. I also took some pictures of her in one of the dresses my Mom had bought her for Easter...