Ryland with her friend Noah

Driving Miss Paisley

The other day, Ryland and I were hanging out in the car while champ ran into the store. Ryland was fussy, so I took her out of her seat, and she played around in the front seat with me. This reminded me of when I was little, and my parents would let me sit in their laps as they drove in our drive way at our house. It is such a great memory, and so cute to see Ryland sitting at the wheel of my car. Thankfully, it will be many years until she can actually drive!

Pie-doh

Ryland is trying to say words constantly. It seems like every word that comes out of our mouth, she tries to say. Her newest is "diaper", which she refers to as "pie-doh". It's a little bit backwords, and so very cute. The other day, she was walking around grabbing her diaper, and saying "pie-doh, pie-doh". Pretty amazing that she can now tell us when she wants to get her diaper changed.

Ryland is also becoming quite the comedian. She is very good at entertaining a group of adults, with no problem whatsoever. We were over at my friend's parent's house tonight, and Ryland was definitley the ongoing entertainment for the night. She spent most of the night walking around waving hi to everyone, saying bye and blowing kisses, crawling, laughing and generally hamming it up in Petey Pie fashion. We are so proud of her, and so happy to be surounded by so much love for our little family!

PS

Ryland put the hat in the picture on herself, obviously!

Mirror Mirror, on the wall...

A week and a half ago, Champ had to go pick up his tuxedo for Shannon's wedding, and Ryland discovered the mirrors while we were there. She was obsessed with looking at all of her reflections, and I think she was a bit confused. She was unsure as to why there was a never ending wall of Ryland's. For a second, I wished that there was two of her, but then quickly realized that I didn't think anyone could handle that much cuteness.

On a side note, Ryland is becoming such a talker. She loves to say "hi" and "bye" constantly, and is always pretending to chat on the phone. Champ will take the toy phone, and pretend to talk to Ryland on it. There converstation goes a little like this:

Champ: Oh hey! Ryland! I heard you saw a cow today..

Ryland: mmmmm

Champ: and you saw a cat too?

Ryland: mow

Champ: where is your car?

Ryland: beep beep

Champ: oh my gosh, and you saw a goat too?

Ryland: baaaaa

Champ: alright, well I have to go, bye!

Ryland: bye bye (waves)

Pop! Goes the Cheerios!

Well, we officially had our first typical toddler experience! Ryland got out the cheerios, and emptied the whole box onto the floor. Champ and I just stood there in amazement, and laughed. Our little lady is quite the mess maker!

Flower Girl

This weekend was my friend Shannon's wedding in Portland. I was the Matron of honor, and Ryland was the flower girl. It was a very busy weekend, and we managed to get tons of wonderful pictures of the wedding. Ryland did so well, she made it down the isle walking with my friend's son Danny! People kept telling us they were too young, but they did so well, and Ryland even showed off her dance moves at the reception. I'm pretty sure that apart from the bride, Ryland was the best part of the night. People kept telling us how cute she was, and were taking pictures of her left and right.

The most amazing little girl I know.

Ryland is changing every day. Every second. Nothing is more amazing to me than watching her as she progesses from a baby to a little girl. She has so many new things she is doing lately, and with everyday she gets sweeter, and more special. I am finally really begining to understand that I am a mom. She has started walking around the house singing "maaa maaa", and she is actually saying it to me. People keep assuring me that one day soon, I won't be able to get this little girl to stop talking. I look forward to all her silly questions, and I really am excited for when she can sing songs with us!

Ryland is amazing. She has recently started handing out hugs to everyone, and saying "Hi" to strangers everywhere. She has also learned to march around the house, and is extremely close to running. She flashes a big smile when you tell her to, and with all the teeth she is getting, it's very cute.

Life with Ryland could not be better.