11 Months

Running Outside!!!

I can never get a clear picture of her anymore because shes always running!

This month she finally learned the word "baby".

And she has been saying it almost constantly ever since.

We went to an easter egg hunt at my church on april 11th & there was a newborn baby there & all of a sudden she started pointing at her & saying BABY! BABY! BABY!.

She lovvvvvves other babies!

She also has become obsessed with her baby doll.

She hands her to me & says baby! and I rock the baby & hug her & then I hand her the babydoll back and she copies what I just did.

And I just told her to give the "baba" [bottle] to the baby & she did, she fed her baby doll. haha

I think this is a good opportunity to start getting her prepared for a little brother or sister.

Because me & jake are trying for another one :]]

So I think by the time the new baby is born Rylee will be pretty well adjusted to me holding another baby & hopefully she won't be too jealous :].

Rylee also just recently learned to bounce a ball. She got a bouncy ball in her easter basket & so her daddy taught her how :] Its so cute.

Also Im realizing that Rylee is really a very good baby - I mean I never thought she was bad or anything but she is getting more well behaved.

& its great!

I see other babies who they do something & their mom tells them no & the baby just laughs.

But when I tell Rylee no, she stops immediately & drops what she is doing.

I think she will grow up to be a great kid, instead of some crazy ones we have living in our apartment complex.

---BUT she still sleeps with her mommy & daddy.

I dont think I will ever be able to break it. She is wayy too attached now. & the books say that she is able to be insecure now & that is why she wants to be with me so much.

I dont want to make her more insecure by having her cry herself to sleep in a place she doesnt wanna b [her crib].

So my master plan is to wait until she is like 3ish & she can understand me really well & Im gonna bribe her. haha. Think it will work?

But I atleast know now to never let another baby sleep with us!

The next baby is going in the crib for sure!

OOOOO & my camera broke!!! so i dnt know how i am gonna live without one until we can get another one! I guess I will have to borrow my dads....

10 months

This month Rylee has changed sooooo much!

All of a sudden she quit needing us so much.

She got walking down perfectly.

And before she used to need something to help her stand up. but this month she learned to get up pushing off the floor with her hands.

We're so proud of her.!

Walking at 10 months!!

We decided that now that she can walk that maybe we could take her in the little playground inside of Northgate mall.

She loved it!

There were like 4 different tunnels she crawled under.

She really didn't even feel the need to be around her mommy and daddy.

She's not as needy anymore.

She started chasing some big kids. And she was keeping up. :]

And then there was a tree slide, she started climbing up the steps all by herself. BUT when she got to the slide part she got scared and turned around and went back down the stairs. It was cute, shes pretty smart.

Something funny that happened...

By the end of 10 months, she never wanted to crawl at all.

So when she would go through the tunnels she would try to stand up and go through them. but that way she was too tall. it was cute.

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And we showed her her belly button and ever since she always looks down at it nd says her lil version of "belly".

She says BITES perfectly.

And now she says BATH and DADDY.

and ofcourse HI and BYE.

Now she takes 1 nap a day usually lasting an hr and a half.

and then sleeps around 10 hours at night with less waking up.

Still sleeping with mommy & daddy.

but we are getting a king sized bed instead of a queen. so soon there will be enough room!!!! :]

----I LOVE MY LIL FAM