Memorial Day

It is tradition for my grandmother and my parents to go to the cemetery on Memorial Day with my grandma in honor of my grandfather, it used to be a family event, this of course has faded over the years as we grow busy, but with my parents out of town Bill, Rylee, and I took her.

We were able to grab roses from my mothers yard and set flowers down for my grandfather, great-grandmother, and my sister Sara. Rylee's middle name is of course in memory of Sara and we always make sure to leave a flower for her.

Rylee has her first tooth!!

I think Rylee has been trying to get her teeth through for about the last 3 months, but finally TODAY her tooth has come through. She hasn't been too bad either, more fussy than usual but she is such a good baby. She is sitting up all by herself and is now sharing food with us at meals (little bits, but it is a big step for her.)

Last week I decided to take on the challenge of painting Rylee's toenails, and surprisingly it went really well! They look so cute too.

She is now saying "Da-Da" and "Ma-Ma" all the time, but she is very partial to saying "Da-Da" most all the time. This of course melts Bill's heart in a heartbeat.

We have been a huge bath remodel on the house, we actually had a hole from our bathroom to our backyard. The house is an older house and the bath just needed to be done, during this time they were pounding out walls, tile, taking the tub out, and Rylee slept through most of it. Her room is right next to the bathroom as well, so with a couple sheets of drywall in-between her and the noise she didn't fuss at all. We are hoping for the bath to be done soon, then we are having all the windows torn out! We just want a little break but it will be so nice to get those things out of the way.

Rylee is 8 months today!

Our little one is now 8 months old. I cannot believe time has gone so fast, and she has grown so quickly. Before we had kids many people told me that "they grow so fast, take this time to heart" and I never knew the true meaning till now.

Rylee is learning everything so quickly, and is trying to be such a big girl. She isn't crawling fully yet, she has never been one to like 'tummy time', but she is starting to back up when on her stomach. She has been upgraded to her 'big-girl' bathtub. She loves kicking her feet and splashing in the water.


Things have been really busy with my work, and Bill's as well so we have been trying really hard to make sure we have quality time with her.