Growing Girl

Such a serious expression- but she loved it!



Poor girl has a pale old mans butt!





Our hero :-)

(Chris is on the right)

We had a poop blow out and had to change outfits on the car!

...........Ryan didn't mind!

She is most smiley in the morning and when

she gets her diaper changed.

Asleep on Papa at Aunt Meredith's birthday brunch

Flirting with Papa and cousin Eliana

Gran and Ry

First thing in the morning

This expression makes me laugh every time!

We survived the first round of shots! Ryan had her 6 week visit with the pediatrician and she got all her shots. It was pretty sad- but I think it hurt me more than her. It was the first time that she did the delayed cry- where she held her breath for a few seconds and then let out the loudest cry we have heard come out of her. She settled down pretty quickly afterwards and really didn't fuss that much the rest of the day. Besides shots, we got Ryan's updated stats- she weighed 10 lbs 8 ozs (75th percentile), measured 23 inches long (90th percentile)! Looks like she is gonna be a long, lean girl! After the pediatrician visit we decided to go to my parents house to swim. We assumed Ryan would sleep after her traumatic morning and a dose of Tylenol. We had the monitor ready by the edge of the pool as she napped inside in her crib. This didn't last long. She decided she wanted to hang with us outside. She loved laying naked under the umbrella in the breeze. We decided to see how she liked a dip in the pool and she loved it! We can't wait until next summer when we can really play with her in the pool.

The past few days have been rainy and Ryan and I didn't get out too much. We did brave the rain the morning of September 11 to go see our favorite guy and to pay respect to those who died 8 years ago. Under an umbrella with Ryan strapped to me in the Baby Bjorn carrier we watched a memorial ceremony in which Chris participated in as a member of the Honor Guard. We are so proud of him and we said a little prayer together to keep him safe. Ryan slept most of the ceremony until they fired the 21 gun salute which scared the heck out of her!

I have 4 weeks left of maternity leave and we are making some progress towards sleeping all night. Ryan has made it 6 hours two different nights! The first time she did it we woke her up because we wanted to make sure she was okay, and because I NEEDED her to breastfeed. From now on I will just wake up and pump and let her sleep. If I can get her to sleep 7 hours in a row regularly before Oct. 14 my life will be a lot easier. I think we can do it.