POTTY TIME!

The other day Rylee got a big girl potty.
So I kept trying to just take her with me when I went to the bathroom, and she would sit on the potty and say No.
And just get up.
So I took her diaper off and let her run around naked.
I told her to tell me when she needs to "Tee-Tee".
But she always just tells me as she is going.
But the the good thing is that if I see her peeing on the ground I just say No!.
And she quits, and we go to the potty and sometimes she won't go still.
And it will be another 5 minutes before she needs to go.
She tee-teed on the potty one time the first day and the potty sings a song when she does and she feels so proud of herself.
It is really cute.
It's very frustrating for me though because she only tells me when she's going.
I wish that she would just go to the potty when she needs to go.
She definately knows what it's for.
But it's still early, she's only 16 months. Most babies aren't even attempting this yet.
So I guess I just have to be patient and let her learn on her own time.
But we will be practicing every day...

Today she did the cutest thing.

Today while I was vacuuming Rylee fell down and put her arm up for me to help her stand back up.
About 5 minutes later she fell again and reached up for me again.
She realized that everytime she fell she was going to be helped back up.
So as I vacuumed I noticed her following me and just getting in front of me and falling to her knees.
She just waited around for me to help her up.
This time I didn't do it because I knew she was playing a game.
So she just kept on falling on purpose.
It was rediculously funny.
She is too smart.


Also a big milestone - We bought her a toddler bed the other night.
And the first night we put her in it and she went straight to sleep.
She adapted well to it really quick, I really thought that she would want her crib more.
At nap times she usually gets out of bed at first to play with toys, and then gets back in bed and falls asleep.
Its perfect for her because if you tell her to go get in her bed , she climbs right into bed and lays down with her teddy bear.
Now if only getting her off the bottle was that easy.
Next thing is potty training, I want to have her out of diapers by the time the baby is born.

Big Girl!!!!

Someone slept in her own room for the first time last night (june 17, 2009).

I know that sounds crazy, shes over a year & just now.
But she started off in our bed & we got her to sleep in her own crib a few months ago & I figured with the second baby coming I need to get her adjusted to sleeping in her own room.
Because I couldn't really have her in the same room as her sissy or brother waking her up every 2 hours.
We plan on getting a pack n play with the bassinet on top for the 2nd baby. We aren't making the same mistake twice with the bed. haha
It was really hard last night though, I didn't go to sleep for hours even though i was sooo tired.
I was just sitting up listening to the monitor.
& i was hearing the Ac in it so i had to go turn that off.
I was just scared that i wouldn't hear her cry.
Her daddy was fast asleep though about 2 seconds after he hit the pillow.
Hes working so much, hes only home for 1 hour that rylee is awake a day,
Hes making good money so for now its worth it.
He kept waking up to tell me to go to sleep and that i was crazy.
But its just very hard for me, because Im with her every second of every day and i worry about her constantly.
Me and her are sooooo attached.
And i was really worried how she would be not being able to see us when she wakes up.
Because shes been so fussy lately because of a diaper rash that keeps coming back.
I have taken her to the dr twice and he says shes getting too much protein and calcium and yeast and to cut down on the bottles to 3 milks 1 juice and the rest water.
And i did and it still wont go away.
But i gave her some tylenol to help her sleep through the pain.
ALL IN ALL it was a success. maybe tonight i will actually get some sleep though.
I hope we can keep this up everytime though.
I love my kidssss :]

here we go again :]

Well... well... well... On June 7th we found out that Rylee is a big sissy :]

We are so excited...

I keep trying to tell her that there is a baby & i point to my belly, but she just doesn't get it yet.

She just says button when I do that.

I hope she gets it before the baby comes.

Which should be early February.

But I am alot more scared this time around.

When I was pregnant with Rylee I don't think I ever worried about losing the baby.

But this time I am, I'm like scared to tell people,

I have only told close family & friends.

I think it is because I have seen my cousin lose 2 babies now & that is after she had her 1st-Aralynn [who was born the same week as Rylee]

I kindof just thought before once you've had one baby there would never be any problems having others.

It's just scary & I hope this worry doesn't come true.

& Dr Patel can't even see me for 3 weeks! Im ready to go now.

So she can tell me that Im pregnant & maybe get my 1st ultrasound.

I love being pregnant.

My motherly instincts tell me that it's another girl.

But we will see because I thought Rylee was a boy. lol

I'm just so excited!

MY BABY IS A WHOLE YEAR!

Where did the time go?

She had 2 birthday parties this year!

her first one was a family party, but jakes parents didnt show up.

so it was just my family :]

the second one was a cpl wks later & only a few friends came.

I think i decided that next year i wont do a friends party, i want it to be more about family.

Guess which big girl started sleeping in her crib!!!

I know i have said it before, but its been going on since she turned 1.

She doesnt even cry when i put her in there anymore, she just goes right to sleep almost.

But the crib is in her mommy & daddys room, im not ready for her to go to her own room yet.

Other than that.... she has started adding more words to her vocabulary.

She can say well- MOMMY, DADDY,BOO, EYES, HI, HEY, HELLO, BYE, BABY, BITES, BATH, BABA, MUAH, BUTTON, OWIE, KITTY, THANK YOU, TRAY, NITE NITE, NINNY, {head} BUT...

i might have forgotten some

Its cute too because, when you say "tray" she knows that means the tray to her walker, where i put her snacks.

so she runs right to it without even thinking about it.

& "owie" means... well she will pinch you & give you an owie and if you say owie or cry she will give you a kiss.

but now she has started giving herself owies and kissing it.

I dont know how her brain comes up with all of this.

she loves to talk & it seems like everyday shes repeating us.

Its great, like i dont really think of her that much as a baby any more , shes like a lil lil lil person. lol

But now we've got to start thinking about who we let her be around, because alot of people we know cuss, or maybe we could just ask them not to cuss around Rylee.

Because i would hate it if she repeated something like that.

This month we switched Rylee from whole milk to soy milk.

I found out that it has the same amount of calcium and protein as cows milk but its just alot better for you.

And she adjusted really well, really quick.

My reasons for switching were mainly because i found out that it was just as good for her if not better,

but also she was going through like 5 gallons a month of cows milk & as everyone i know knows that i am a vegetarian & if i can in any way cut down on dairy i will.

Because i read an article that really showed me something,

it said that with every glass of milk there is a side of veil becuase that milk was made for that baby cow, but instead they took the milk & the cow.

And i really think of Rylee as alot more innocent and sweet because she is for the most part vegan.

And she already loves animals, i hope that is something we can have in common while she grows up.

Ive decided for her 2nd birthday party we are going to do it at Mckamey animal shelter & adoption.

I volunteer there and i found out that they do birthday parties and they will bring out dogs for them to play with.

I think she will really enjoy it.

Well we took Rylee to Chester Frost park for the first time.

The water was really cold and at first she hated it.

She wouldnt even let her daddy hold her in the water, she only wanted her mommy.

It was so sweet,

eventually she started getting over it and had some fun.

We went with amanda, johnny, and lexie.

I cant wait till rylee and lexie can actually play together.

They still dont even seem to care too much when they are around eachother.

Something not so good this month is the day after chester frost her eye was all gunky.

So throughout the day it got swollen so i took her to the doctor.

And he said that she has a left ear infection & a double eye infection!

Poor baby.

After i took her home i noticed her pulling on her left ear.

And she was just crying non stop, I even gave her the phone and she threw it down.

Nothing could make her better,

but the i pulled out some soy ice cream and she was happy after that.

she loved it and she doesnt normally like cold stuff.

I thought it was really good though too.

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.

O!

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