She's Growing Up Too Fast

Ryah is officially four months old today. It makes me kind of sad. I love being able to see her grow up, but it's happening too fast. It seems like yesterday Jared and I were wondering if we ever would be blessed with a little one. Now she's here and is getting bigger every day. We've really enjoyed having her, she's been such a blessing in our lives. We can't imagine life without her. Some of my favorite things about Ryah are: getting her up in the morning (she is soooo happy I just love it when she wakes up), her smiling with her binki in, she's smart and knows she has a routine when it comes to the morning and night, she looooves her baths (she smiles at you the whole time and recently, has started giggling), her toes (she definitely has her daddy's feet), the way she attacks her baby einstein dragon (she loves to eat his antenna and it looks hilarious), the way she gets annoyed if she's held too much (today she laid on the floor for 45 min and did not want to be bugged), her innocence, mostly I love that she's mine. As tough as it can be at times, I wouldn't trade it for anything. Here are some of my favorite pics of her throughout the past few months.

This was right after birth...think she had a rough experience??? At the very last minute she decided to turn, so the doc grabbed her and got her eye pretty good. I hadn't seen her yet and I asked Jared what she looked like. He kind of looked at me and said, "Well, everyone else thinks she's cute, but I don't think so." I thought his reaction was pretty funny.

This was our second day at the hospital lying on her boppy. She loved that thing for the first little while. Now she just likes to lay on it in the morning.

This is one of the photos when she was 10 days old taken by Blush Photography (Thanks Brooke). This was actually in Ryah's room. Thanks to my extremely talented husband for making her room exactly the way I envisioned it...

This was her sitting on my lap. I love the peaceful look.

This kid is a "stretcher." Even when I was pregnant, she would stretch like no other and a lot. She's kind of like grandma where she likes to lay in bed after she wakes up for seriously like 10 minutes and she just stretches over and over and over, and yawning, but you can't forget the loud noises she makes when doing it. It's quite entertaining.

I love this one of Ryah and Jared. He was lying on the floor reading a Diesel Power magazine. I'm not sure if Ry was into the pics or her dad. My mom captured it at the perfect time. She sure looooves her dad!!!

We love our Ry!!!

Fun Times

Every year the fam from Delta comes up opening weekend of the deer hunt , that happened to be this past weekend and guess what we did....we SHOPPED!!! I know it's a shocker. I promise I don't shop 24/7 even though it probably seems I do. We had such a fun time and Ryah was an angel. Here are some pictures from our outtings...

Aunt Tiff, Ryah, and me...

We dared Whitney to try on this extremely "cute" outfit.

Miss Ry is obsessed with her hand, it's so cute. Not much resemblance between us two...she's definitely a daddy's girl. Thanks Burkie Babies (Bryndie) for the cute flower and beanie!!!

Grandma and Ry...they have so much fun together.

Ry and Daddy. Unfortunately Jared didn't make it hunting, but he didn't go shopping with us either. He was nice enough to come meet us and take Ry home after a full day (to her) of shopping. It's so unfair she'll cuddle with her dad in ways she won't cuddle with me. I thought this was cute with her arm around his neck. She looooves her dad!!!

Thanks ladies for such a fun weekend! I wish we would've taken more pics; we'll be sure to next time.

Six Unspectacular Quirks

Thanks Chris for the challenge on this one!!! As Christy said, "If you get bored after the first one, it's okay...I won't be offended." :)

1. I think flowers are a waste of money. I would rather Jared give me chocolate or nibs instead of paying the money for flowers. Don't get me wrong, they are pretty and I do have a fav which are the fire and ice roses; I just don't see the point in them.

2. I always have to set the clock in my bedroom ten minutes fast. It's weird because I like all my other clocks (including the one in my car) to be the right time, just not the one in my room. This became about when I started junior high; however, back then I had to have it forty-five minutes fast...I know, that was a little excessive.

3. Whenever I go places, I check my purse continually to make sure I haven't lost my keys or my cell phone. This is a weird obsession I started within the last year. I'm not sure what the deal is, but I'm always afraid I'm going to lose them and then have to re-trace my steps to find them.

4. Whenever I buy a bottled drink, I always leave about an ounce. Thanks to my hubby for instilling this weird quirk. He always talks about the backwash that's in the last little bit...needless to say, I never consume that last little bit.

5. I very, very, very rarely order different things at a restaurant. I have about a dozen favorite restaurants and I always order the same dish. Jared always tries to get me to try something new, but I always resort back to my favorite. If I'm really hungry, I don't want to risk getting something I've never tried and not like it.

6. When I cook, rarely do I follow the recipe exactly. I don't add stuff I don't like, add more of the stuff I do like, and add anything else I think would make it taste good. I love trying new recipes, but am very simple. I'm not a flamboyant cook who likes to use all the spices and weird foods I've never heard of...the simpler, the better.

Thanks Chris for making me realize just how weird I really am!!! I tag anyone who wants to do it...