...Random...

I always have a bunch of pictures that are just random that I don't want to do 10 posts about each one, so here they all are. I'm pretty sure everyone is of Rylee... what else would I take a picture of?!
 I don't know why there is a box around this... weird!  

Texting on Grandma Paula's phone.

Daddy and Ry drumming

I have wanted to get Rylee a rain coat for a long time, but spending the $30 on them was ridiculous. So, when I found this one at Childrens Place for $2 I had to get it. Its huge on her, but she loves to wear it! 

Before we leave the house she has to always tell the cat bye like a 100 times. When Moe Moe doesn't look at her she gets mad and says bye until she finally turns and looks at her. 

Lately she will stand in the fridge and decide what she wants to eat. 

This day she picked a hard boiled egg! 

R and her friend Taylor at the gym daycare. 

These two either fight over everything or are best friends! 

I love those little hand! 

After the bath she loves to get her hair dried. If I am drying my hair she will come over and lean her head by mine and tell me its her turn. 

Don't you love Chasey's gloves? He wears them at night with lotion cause the concrete ruins his hands.

She poses for pictures now. 

We moved the computer into the kitchen. Its been nice to have it there, but Rylee thinks its a play thing. She is always on it and pushes buttons until it shuts down.  

Looking a little homeless

She loves to sit in the cats bed.

... Greatest Thing On Earth...

Everyday I feel grateful for Rylee, but lately as she is getting bigger and more grown up I realize how fast time goes. Last year at this time she was just crawling, now she talks my ear off and runs everywhere! She can count to six, knows a few of her colors, wants to dance to every song she hears, and is the 

GREATEST THING ON EARTH!!! 

Chase and I say oh man remember when we could sleep in or go to bed at 6 cause we were exhausted? Remember when we could run to Chilis at 9:00 at night to get chips and queso and then come home and watch any movie we wanted? All the times our date nights started at 8 and ended after midnight? Those were some of the funnest days together, but trading it all for what we have now is not a question! To be able to hear Rylee say her prayers at night and ask for more milk and get woken up at 3 am only to hold her tight and rock her back to sleep. All the messes we have left at restaurants cause our daughter had to have just one more pack of crackers to smash then throw on the floor. All the little kid movies that Chasey and I now know every word to... even better when Chase calls me and says he has been singing Yo Gabba Gabba at work all day! Rylee makes our lives so great!!! Everything about her is perfect! 

Tonight she wouldn't go to bed, so I sat and rubbed her back and sang to her until she fell asleep. I want her to let me do that forever. I want her to be my baby forever, but I know she has to grow up. I love to go into her room after she has fallen asleep and get her out of bed and hold her. Sometimes I bring her into our bed and just hold her. I love in the morning when she wakes up and says "hi momma!" It makes me so happy every morning. I love when she runs to me and wraps her leg around me so tight and squeezes me. Tonight she grabbed my cheeks with her little hands and said, " momma kiss and huggies pwease?" I cant get enough of her. I know I spoil her, but how can you say no when she looks at you with those big blue eyes and says "pwease I have it momma pwease?" She can have whatever she wants!! 

I wish I could video tape everything she does. She makes me laugh all the time, and makes our home such a happy place. We are so thankful that she is ours and she is healthy. I am so thankful to Chasey for working so hard so I can stay home and raise her too. She truly is the GREATEST THING ON EARTH!! 

 

...Our Valentine Weekend...

For some reason holidays at our house always seem to last a few days... its kind of fun that way though! 

I'm just going to be honest here and say that Valentines is the stupidest holiday. 

I don't think there needs to be one day where you tell someone that you love them and buy them things to prove your love. I think that flowers or presents or treats on a random day of the year means a whole lot more then if you get them on Valentines! My husband likes the way I think cause it lets him off easy! We usually take some money and we each go buy what we want and call it good. This year I got new running shoes and Chasey got a new DVD player for the car.  Happy Valentines to us. 

Even though I think its the STUPIDEST holiday, having kids makes everything more fun... especially holidays. So, while I want to bahumbug Valentines, this year we had some fun! I want Rylee to grow up with memories and traditions that she will remember forever, so Rylee dear Valentines at our house is celebrated for you! 

We took some Valentine pictures to send to the Grandparents in Florida.  

Then we got all our packages ready to send! 

Sorry Shae, I didn't get your address in time so we ate the treats! Ill send your boys something else for Easter or something! 

Here is how into Valentines we are.... 

Saturday night we planned to go out to eat. Chasey had worked all day and Ry hadn't napped yet, so we thought okay an hour nap, two hours tops, and then we will go. Ya, 4 1/2 hours later we woke up not wanting to go anywhere. Cereal  sounded good to me to eat. The ONLY reason we went out was because Rylee woke up at 7:30 from her nap ( just like we did) and we knew she wasn't going back to bed any time soon. We headed over to Cracker Barrel and barely kept our eyes open during dinner. We took Ry to Walmart to let her pick out a Valentine present. We ended up getting Beauty Beast... I think more for us then for Rylee. Which by the way is a very violent movie. That Beast has issues! Then we made our couches into a bed and went back to sleep! 

We always make sugar cookies or cupcakes for the neighbors and my family for Valentines. That's one tradition that I have always done. So, when no Sunbeams showed up for church on Sunday I left and went home to bake! One of the counselors in the Bishopric collects Sock Monkeys. I found that oh so stylin red one at Walmart and had to get it for him.

Delivering our treats. Ry loved giving everyone their plates of goodies! 

Did I mention that it was BEAUTIFUL day?!?! It was in the 50's and the sun was out! We played outside all day and had a BBQ! Rylee was so happy to finally be able to swing, go see the horses, run on the lawn, and chase the cat. It was a great afternoon. 

We took some treats to Grandma Betty. She wouldn't look at the camera cause she said she is ugly. Funny Grandma. I finally got her to look against her will. 

Valentines we woke up and had heart shaped waffles and strawberries with pink milk, Ry's favorite! 

When I tell people my 20 month old picks out her own clothes they look at me like I'm lying. She brings me what she wants to wear and if I don't put it on her its a fight. Some days I fight with her  and make her wear something that matches, but I have gottent to  he point where I don't really care anymore. Pick your battles, right?! I put her in the heart pants and the rest is pure Rylee! 

Ry with her Valentines for Taylor, Megan, and Mindi.

We had another nice day so we went for a 3 mile walk. Rylee loved it, but fell asleep half way through it. 

That night we got pizza, and in the spirit of Valentines we got it heart shaped. 

We hope you all had a great Valentines, we sure did... even though I think its a stupid holiday! 

...Park City with the Girls...

 We had a very overdue girls day in Park City at the first of the month! I hadn't seen Little Linds since Rylee was born... sorry Lindsey you will be always be Little Linds to me, and everyone else it had been a couple months. We had fun shopping at the outlets. I'm the only one with a baby ( hint hint Barb and Jen), so I did all the kid shopping before they got there... well at least I tried to. Then we hit up Cafe Rio and talked for 3 hours about everything... even how Ambre wants certain things 18 times in one day! It was a great day and I love all these girls so much!!!! 

 So, before I left Chasey said, " bring me back something." I knew he was joking, but when I found these sweet jamas at Children's Place for $2 I had to get them. I wish I would have gotten them all for gifts cause they are the most comfy jamas I have ever had. We both wear ours pretty much every night!!! So, there you go Chasey I brought you something back! 

...Videos for the Fam and whoever else...

So, these videos take forever to upload. I have about 20 that I wanted to put up, but my patience is allowing me to post 3!!

Ry saying her prayers. This was a couple months ago. She is way better at them now and says them more on her own, but this is still cute! 

Sunday night dance party! 

Chase was making a strobe light for her... what a good daddy.  

This little lady has moves and totally stays on beat.  

I cant make a space in between this one and the last one to type anything, but the last one is just more dancing.  

...Jumpin...

Ry is our little jumpin bean! She jumps off of everything and climbs every bed so she can jump. When she sits on your lap she asks you to jump her... which means let her jump on your legs. At the gym we cant leave until she has jumped on the rebounder workout tramp. So, the perfect place for her is Jumpin Jacks! She has been before, but this time she was the perfect age. She wanted to jump by her self, and go down all the slides by herself. 

Daddy and Ry

Getting ready to go down the slide all by herself.

This slide she obviously couldn't go by herself, but she had a blast going down with me or Chasey. 

Then she spotted this! 

That's all she wanted to do the rest of the time. 

I'm pretty sure the Easter Bunny is bringing a trampoline this year! 

...20 months...

So, my not so little girl is 20 months now... well, she was on the 6th of the February! I cant believe how much she has grown the past month. She talks and talks and talks and loves to do whatever I do... I love it! 

Whats new at 20 months...

Rylee's FAVORITE thing in the whole wide world is to dance! She asks to get down in stores, the Dr. office, the gym, and every where else she hears music, so she can dance. She is actually pretty good too, and is always showing us new moves. Her knew thing to say now is, " Watch me mom. Watch." I love and hate it. I have to watch everything she does and then if I don't clap she does it again for me. Its pretty funny the first 5 hours of the day, then it wears on me. 

She loves to put on her own shoes. She always wants to wear her boots or flop flops ( her way of saying flip flops). She also likes to pick out her own clothes. Most of the time Ill let her wear what she brings me cause its pretty cute, but there are some days when I just cant let her go out in public looking like a mess. 

She is getting to be a better eater, and by this I mean she eats more then chicken nuggets and Ramen noodles! 

Like I said she talks and talks now. Some of her words and phrases are

" Mom. I watch?" Which means can I watch a movie

When I get her formt he daycare at the gym she always runs to me and says, " Lets go."

She asks for fries, and if we pass Barry's she says," Mom fries, please." 

She gets mad at the cat when she scratched the furniture. Its too cute to hear her say NOOOOO Moe Moe." and then chase her with the water bottle. 

Some other funny things she says are... 

I dance

No daddy, my mommy ( when Chasey tries to hold her and I have her)

Say Say is at home. ( thats her cousin)

Daddy at work? ( when she gets up every morning)

Mom, I have milk please?

Ducks . ( when she wants to go to the park)

I walk.( any where we go she wants to walk now)

bat tub

Whats this? ( she asks that about EVERYTHING)

toot snack ( fruit snack)

Minnie

blanky

night night

amen ( she will say all of her prayers with some help)

 She can count to 6 by herself.... cutest thing ever! 

 Having her in our lives is the best thing ever!! 

We love Miss Rylee!!