Tuesday, May 18, 2010

RP's Wagon




For Ryland's birthday, my dad got her a brand new bright red wagon! She loves it, and even had fun helping dad put it together. After it was all together, we did a test run with Ryland in it in the living room. She did not want to get out of it, and when we did take her out, she attempted to push it around the living room. Turns out that Ryland's new favorite thing is a wagon! When we took her across the street to the park, she kept standing up in it. We tied a couple of her birthday balloons to it, which made her look like a birthday princess on parade. We're pretty sure she felt like a princess too, because when we passed a couple other little girls, she stood up in the wagon, and started squealing, and showing off her balloons and wagon.



Saturday, May 15, 2010

Ryland's party pictures!





Ryland is ONE!






We can hardly believe that a year ago right now we were spending our first moments with our precious Ryland Paisley Cook. She is the best thing that has ever happened to us, and we love her more than we can explain. We had her first birthday party today, and so many people showed up to shower Ryland with love. She has so many new clothes, and fun toys to play with. She did seemed pretty confused and overwhelmed by all the presents, people, and food at her party, but has recovered, and is now playing with all of her toys! The best part is that she got a very cute straw hat, and has been wearing it since we got home. She loves it, and boy does she look cute!

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Playtime with Ryland

Ryland is a busy little girl these days, and she is just 3 days from being a one year old! She spends a lot of time right in our living room playing with all of her toys. Sometimes I look at the room, and wonder when and how all of these toys appeared. she has many favorite toys, but two in paticular. One is her little "Dora the Explorer" chair. She loves to lounge around in it, and also dig her face in it. The second toy is her toy stroller/walker. Yes, she likes to push it around, but her favorite thing about it is the two shortest songs in the world that it plays. She will press the button, and by the time she starts to dance, the song is over. It's very cute. I'm trying to post a video of her playing with these toys, but for some reason, it's not working. So until I figure it out, here's a little video of her chatting with daddy.


Friday, May 7, 2010

Trip to Seattle




Last weekend was Ryland's very first trip to Seattle! Lucky for us, Ryland slept the whole way there, and most of the way home. We were only there for one night, but had a great time with our friends. Ryland even got to see her good friend Danny, who 10 weeks older than her. They had a great time playing with one another. As you can see, Shannon and Ryland apparently called each other up to coordinate their outfits ahead of time! Ryland also got to visit with a couple kitties, which is her most favorite thing in the world. Overall, it was an awesome time!

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Chatty Girl

Ryland has a lot of new noises, and she has learned to put them together in her own little sentences. This video shows all of our favorites: "Butah butah" "Num num num" "lidel idlel idele" and Our favorite (especially Champ's) at the end "ahhh haaaaahhhaaa". The best part is when Ryland sees these videos of herself, she imitates her noises verbatim and talks back to the recording! It is so cute! We're sure its only a matter of time before some real words are coming out along with the funny Rylandisms.

Friday, April 30, 2010

Dancing machine

Ryland has become quite the little mover! She hears music on tv shows, commercials, in the grocery store, and in the car. She hears things that we as adults don't even notice. We are so used to the music being in the store that we don't even pay much attention, but Ryland, she picks it out quickly, and starts dancing as soon as you can say the word "dance". Her dance moves, if I may say so myself, are becoming quite advanced! It all started with a head nod, then a shoulder move, to a swing of the hips, and now a swaying of the arms. This little girl has got it all! It's so fun to see how much happiness music brings to her already.

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