6 1/2 Month Pictures

We took Rylee to JCPenny's about 3 weeks ago for her 6 month pictures. They were really more like her 6 1/2 month pics cause that was around the time we were all sick. They only took pictures for about 20 minutes and at first she wasn't to sure of the photographer. About halfway through she warmed up to him and gave him some smiles. Smiling or not there were still some cute pics. We liked a lot of the black and white pictures. Here they are finally, sorry I'm posting these so late.

Veggies

A few weeks ago we started Rylee on baby food. She's had green beans, peas, carrots, sweet potatoes, and squash. She likes them all but sweet potatoes are definitely her favorite! She eats the whole jar and then gets mad when its gone cause she still wants more. The pictures of her in her bumbo are from her first time with baby food, green beans. I thought they smelt disgusting and I was surprised at how much she liked them. The highchair pictures are from her first time with carrots. She is getting so much better with us feeding her now. She used to be Miss Independent and try to do it herself by grabbing the spoon from us; it would get pretty messy. Now she lets us do it and it's a lot easier and cleaner. We are going to start fruit today and I'm sure she'll love that. It'll be like dessert compared to those beans and peas.

Rough Day

Rylee had a rough day yesterday. She got her first bump and bruise on her head. I was just about to bring her to daycare and I put her down on my closet floor for a few seconds to put my belt on. She reached out for me and fell forward, head first into the corner of the doorway. I saw it happen and I tried to catch her but was too late. I picked her up right away and she cried in pain for a little while. I felt like crying too...I felt terrible. There was a bump on her head with a straight purple line right down the middle of it, almost instantly. I tried putting ice on it but she wanted nothing to do with that. I know she is going to get lots of bumps and bruises but the first one was hard on mom. I took some pictures of it after daycare that day but it already looked a ton better. In fact you can barely see it in these pictures but I promise it looked bad in the morning. You can kind of see it if you look at the upper left side of her head (right side in the pics). She also got a scratch on her nose that day at daycare, you can actually see that better in the pictures.

Mom and Dad had a rough day the day before this...all Packer fans did. I knew Brett was going to retire someday, I just wasn't ready for that day. I was really surprised. He had so much fun and such a great season that I thought for sure that he would come back. He sure is going to be missed! At least we were there for his last game, that's kind of cool.

Another Baby Boy Cousin!

Tyler Joshua Anderson

My cousins Derek and Amy had their baby boy on February 18th. He weighed 8 lbs. and 9 oz., was 20.5 inches long, healthy and a such a little cutie. This is the 12th great grandchild on the Anderson side (9 boys (and 1 more on the way) and 3 girls). I am not sure when we are going to make it up to Wisconsin next but hopefully it won't be too long before we get to see the little guy. Congrats Derek and Amy - we are so happy for you!

Giggles!

We absolutely love Rylee's laugh! She giggles a lot more now. Here are 2 video's of her giggling. Check it out...it'll probably make you giggle, or at least smile =)

6 Months Old!

I took her 6 month pictures with her monkey again, just like her 1 month pictures. In a few of these pictures she is making her own monkey face.

Rolling around on the floor

Relaxing

More Silly Faces!

Our little girl is 6 months old already! Actually she turned 6 months about 2 weeks ago so this post is kind of late. About 2 weeks ago is when we started not feeling to well in this house but now we are finally all feeling better. Yeah! Rylee did go to her 6 month Dr.'s appointment but she didn't get her shots because she had another ear infection. That's 3 already. Our Dr. said that if she gets 6 within a year she would have to get tubes. I really hope that she doesn't get anymore. I just hate knowing that she's in pain and I hate having her on antibiotics all the time. Rylee has to go back next week and get her shots. They did take all of her measurements. She's the lowest she's ever been in the weight percentile but she continues to be in the 90th percentile for height.

Weight: 16.3 oz's (60th percentile)

Height: 27 1/8 in. (90th percentile)

Head: 44 cm. (80th percentile)

I have to say that month 5 to 6 has been my favorite. I just love this stage! I am sure I will say that many more times for other stages too but we are really enjoying this one right now. This past month she has become so much more interactive with us. She smiles and giggles for us and she watches us as we move around. She loves playing with us...whether we are playing with her toys, she's playing with our faces, or we're rolling around together on the floor. She sits up and plays so good on her own too. She can't crawl yet so we don't have to worry about her getting into to much trouble. Although, she is figuring out how to roll and scoot around to get to things she wants. We better baby proof our house soon. She continues to babble in her own little language but no real words yet. Rylee still loves being in water...her baths, swimming in the pool, or even showers with mama...she loves them all.

As far as her looks go, her eyes are a blueish green color. Somedays they look really blue and others they look greener and darker. Her hair is getting a little thicker and longer, especially in the middle, so she is still sporting the mohawk look. Her hair is pretty light and I'm starting to think she is going to be a blondie.

For the most part, she sleeps through the night. She usually wakes up around 6 or 6:30 in the morning. This morning she slept til 7 and then we brought her into bed with us til 8. I love weekends! Here's a cute picture of her in her crib in the morning. She always has such a big smile for us when we go to get her.

It sure makes my day to wake up in the morning to this big smile!

Rylee Goes Swimming!

Rylee in her swimsuit for the first time...what a beauty!

Swimming in the big pool!

Family pic

Auntie Ness playing with Rylee

In her new tube from Gramma and Auntie Bailey

Of course she found a part on the tube that she could chew.

She loved floating in her tube!

SMILE!

I don't think her smile could get any bigger than that!

(I love this pic, it's our new background on our computer)

The whole Fam in the pool

The kids

"Ugghh...do I have to get out of the pool?"

All cozy in her robe but she could have stayed in that pool all night long!

We met my entire family in Saginaw for the weekend. We picked Saginaw cause it's close to being a halfway point and Birch Run is close by, which is a huge outlet mall. Friday night we just hung out at the hotel together and ordered pizza. Saturday we went shopping for most of the day which is always an adventure when we all go. It was fun and of course we all found some good deals. Jaclynn, Maddy and their neighbors Sara and Ben drove up and met us at the mall too. We only got to see them for about an hour but a short visit is better than no visit. Saturday evening my family all went back to the hotel to swim. It was Rylee's first time in the pool and she looked so darn cute! We were all so excited to see her in the pool. She loved it! We figured she would because she has loved her baths from day 1. Rylee was in the pool with us the whole night, and she probably could've even stayed in there longer. She went back and forth from the pool to the whirlpool and never once cried. My mom and Bailey bought her a turtle floaty and she had so much fun floating around in that thing. It will be great for the pool this summer. We all had a lot of fun Saturday night. Unfortunately, Sunday wasn't so much fun. We had split up the hotel rooms with the 5 girls in one room and the boys in the other. Sunday morning at around 4AM Bailey woke up and threw up in bed. About an hour later Vanessa got sick...and about another hour after that my mom got sick. I felt so bad for them and felt terrible that they probably got it from me. I had the stomach flu the weekend before but didn't think I was still contageous, but apparently I was. So Sunday was quite a bummer. Us girls had planned on going to Target to work on Vanessa's baby registry but obviously we weren't able to do that. They just had to lay around in the room (and all take turns using the bathroom) til we all got on the road. There was terrible weather on Sunday too, they had to drive home through a blizzard. The good thing is they are all home safe and sound now, feeling better, and we had a great time together Friday and Saturday.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Rylee made us a Valentine at daycare with her hand prints

We were trying to get a picture of her with it and to smile but she's still not feeling good so she was not all about the smiles...

but she was all about attacking the valentine.

Daddy gave her her first rose.

We tried to get her to smell it...

but instead she just wanted to attack the rose as well. Someday she'll appreciate roses.