Cousins

The Anderson cousins (minus 7 of them) at the Congress

Dustin and I posing for a "CHEERS"

My family (including both of my brothers girlfriends) and my Truscott cousins

Tara, Tanner, and Rylee

Rylee with Grady (my cousin Zac and Meg's baby who is 1 month younger than Rylee)

Rylee going after Grady's face...she loves playing with people's faces.

Vanessa and Holly (my cousin Tina and Joel's girl)...such pretty girls!

While we were home for Christmas we got to hang out with a lot of my cousins. Saturday night before Christmas a bunch of us Anderson cousins all went out together. We went to the Congress for pizza (my favorite) and beer and then one other bar in Ishpeming too. It was so much fun to have all of us out together! Our kids were all at home with their Grandma and Grandpa's. My mom and dad were so excited to babysit Rylee and Brad and I were equally excited to have our first night out.

We also had the Truscott side of the family over on Sunday before Christmas. Cocktail hour started at 1:00 and we hung out all day and night. My mom made an awesome turkey and ham dinner for all of us too. Christmas day we got to see the Anderson side again up at my Uncle Lowell's house. This time the great-grandkids were there too. Rylee is the 11th great-grandchild on that side.

It sure was fun to see everyone and catch up. We always love coming home and seeing everyone but it always makes it that much harder to leave again.

Merry Christmas!

We must have been pretty good this year (Rylee wasn't the only one who got spoiled)

The stockings were so full that Santa had to put stuff on the mantle too

Rylee loved the crinkling noise of the wrapping paper...and of course tried to put it in her mouth

Rylee got Elmo!

Tickle Me Elmo makes Rylee laugh

Auntie Bailey got lots of Bratz dolls

The boys

Both my brothers got my mom and dad cards/presents that made her all sappy

Sleeping after an exciting 1st Christmas morning

Christmas Eve

My family after Christmas Eve Mass

The 3 of us

Rylee and Auntie Nessa

Pretty Santa dress

Gramma got her special Santa PJ's to wear to bed for Rylee's first Christmas Eve

Giggles

Grampa reading "Twas the Night Before Christmas" to Rylee

Rylee thought Grampa did a great job and loved the book!

Christmas Eve my family all went to church and then came home and had a yummy italian dinner that my mom made. Then we just hung out as a family. Before Rylee went to bed my dad read Twas The Night Before Christmas to Rylee. She sat there and listened to him for the whole book. It was so sweet. My mom said it is now going to be a yearly tradition for him to read it on Christmas Eve.

Santa Comes to Daycare

Rylee's daycare had a Christmas party the Friday before Christmas and Santa came! Most of the kids were excited to see Santa, although some were afraid of him. Rylee was too young to know one way or another but she sure did like his beard. Santa was trying to get her to look at us and instead she kept pulling on his beard, it was cute. Rylee left the party with a bunch of presents from her daycare, Miss Jaime and Miss Niki spoiled her. They are so great with all those kids...we are so lucky that we found such a great daycare.

3 1/2 Month Professional Pictures

The following 9 pictures were put together in a framed collage for us, you can see it in the last picture. It's called Precious Parts and we absolutely love it!

We were very happy with Rylee's professional pictures! We have them all around our house now. They gave us a CD with all the pictures but they are not in a very high resolution. But at least we could share them all with you. You should be able to click on them to see bigger or to save.

Toesies

Don't you wish you were this flexible?

I forgot to mention in the last post how much Rylee loves her toes. She plays with them all the time. They are a constant toy for her to play with.

4 Months Old

Rylee turned 4 months old on Monday. She had a Dr.'s appointment that day. Even if she didn't have one already scheduled we would have had to take her in anyways. We knew she wasn't feeling good over the weekend. Saturday night she woke up 4 times and was screaming in pain. Usually if she cries all we have to do is pick her up and she calms down. Not this time...it was such a helpless feeling. Come to find out she has an ear infection in her left ear. The Dr. put her on antibiotics and she already is doing a lot better. Last night she slept from 8:30-5:30 woke up for a few minutes to eat and then went right back down to sleep until we had to wake her a little after 7 for daycare. I am so glad that she is feeling better. She was supposed to have her shots at her appointment but because she was sick they rescheduled them for the 21st. They did take all of her measurements. Since her 2 month appointment she has thinned out a little and gotten a little taller. Her head has pretty much stayed in the 75th percentile the whole time.

Weight: 14 lbs and 11 oz's (80th percentile)

Height: 25.5 inches (92nd percentile)

Head circumference: 42 cm (75th percentile)

Rylee is still a happy go lucky baby. We are having so much fun with her. She talks more than ever now. Most of the time it is squealing (almost cat like noises). She is getting better on her tummy and holds herself up now. She loves to play in her Baby Einstein exersaucer and she is great at holding her toys. She is still obsessed with her own hands too. She is constantly putting her fist in her mouth. The Dr. did look for teeth and nothing yet.