Rylee's Baptism

Rylee was baptized this past weekend. My parents, Bailey, Jason and Jaclynn Kreider (Rylee's Godparents), and their daughter Maddy (also our Goddaughter) came down for the weekend. It was a very special weekend for us and we were so happy they were able to be here to share in this day with us. The baptism went great. Rylee never cried but she was pretty vocal. She was talking (or squealing) away while we were up in front of the church. She was making sure she was heard too. Grandma Spindler made her gown for her out of my shawl from my wedding dress. It's a very simple gown with the same pattern at the bottom of her dress that I had at the bottom of my wedding dress. I love the gown and it looked so cute on her. After the baptism we had a little party for her back at our house. Our friends (Ryan, Mindi, Grace Dippold, Ryan Smith, Jeff and Alli Dettwiler) also joined us. Thanks to everyone who was able to make it and help make the day so special.
We weren't allowed to take pictures during the baptism ceremony but we took a lot of pictures after it. So here are a bunch of pictures from the photo session that took place after the baptism.

The 3 of us

Jason, Jaclynn, Brooke, Rylee, and Brad

Rylee with her Godparents, Jason and Jaclynn. We are blessed to have such great friends and honored to have them be our daughter's Godparents. They are great role models for Rylee to help teach her about faith, family, and love.

The 6 of us with Father Phil

My parents and us

Rylee with Gramma and Grampa. They got Rylee a little necklace and bracelet for her baptism. The necklace has the tiniest cross charm on it...it is so cute. You can kind of see it in some of the pictures.

Auntie Bailey holding Rylee. Auntie Bailey was such a big help this weekend and played so good with Rylee and Maddy. Both of the girls just loved her.

Unlce Bryan and us

Our friend Ryan and us

Our family at home in front of our tree (that you can barely see)

Rylee and Maddy (Godsisters)

God Bless you Rylee. We love you!

Our Christmas Tree

On Saturday we all bundled up and went and picked out our Christmas tree. We put Rylee's snowsuit on her for the first time and we laughed so hard. It's so puffy and big on her...but so cute!
I love her expression on her face. She's probably thinking "ahh come on mom and dad...first you bundle me up and then you stuff me in this seat and now I can't move."
Pretty in pink

Rylee and Mom by our tree

Dad asking Rylee what she thinks of the tree but she seems to be more interested in the camera

Tonight we decorated our tree. Rylee sat in her bouncy like a good little girl and watched.

She gave us her smile of approval

Our tree all lit up.

Posing with dad

She loves the lights.

Christmas tree is up and stockings are hung. Now we just have to work on the presents for under the tree.

Bumbo!

Rylee loves her Bumbo! She has been using it a lot the past month. It is a nice change from laying down all the time. It's also nice for her to sit in and play with her toys. Thanks for the Bumbo Robin...we sure do like it!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We stayed down here for Thanksgiving this year and Brad's parents came down from Wisconsin(and Bryan came over too). It was nice to have them here and Brad and I were also glad that we didn't have to travel again. We enjoyed our Thanksgiving and the long weekend. Our meal was really good, we got to relax a little, did some shopping, and of course watched a lot of football. How 'bout those Packers!!! Rylee and I were both dressed in our Packer gear, cheering on the Pack for the big game on Turkey day.

Brad's parents left on Saturday morning. Brad, Rylee and I did some more shopping on Saturday and also got a head start on Christmas decorations. We got all of our lights on outside and it looks so nice. I absolutely love this time of year!

On another note, Rylee rolled over for the first time last night. She went from her back to her belly. Brad and I both got to see it. She loves to kick her legs up in the air and she swings them to the side for momentum. I think she figured out that when she does that she can move around. I will put her on her activity mat laying one way and then a few minutes later she'll have moved 180 degrees and is now laying the opposite way. She's having fun kicking around!

3 Months Old!

3 Months

Our little girl is 3 months old already! She is talking so much now! When I say talking, I mean all her noises that make up her own little language. It is so cute! She will look at you with a serious look on her face and talk to you like we are really having a conversation. I'll have to work on getting some video of her talking on the blog. And if she is not talking she is either blowing bubbles or stuffing something in her mouth...she loves her fists. She is also into grabbing things now, especially mom's hair. She has definitely figured out how to use her hands. Rylee is also very close to rolling over from her back to her belly. She rolls over to her side and uses her legs to kick in the air but she just quite hasn't made it all the way over on her own yet. I help her every once in awhile but the thing is once she gets to her belly she doesn't really like it. She is not a huge fan of tummy time, but we're working on it. Nothing has really changed as far as her sleeping. She still goes to bed somewhere between 8:30 - 9:00 and sleeps til around 4 AM. Everyonce in awhile she will sleep til 5 or 6 (or even 7 if she goes to bed late). She is also adapting to daycare pretty well. Miss Jaime says she is doing great! Mom, is doing a little better with it as well. Here are Rylee's 3 month pictures from this past week.

End of the Season

Last Friday we traveled to Grand Rapids for the last NMU football game of the season. The season just flew by! They ended up 4-6 and very well could have won a few more that were close. That is one more win than last year so they are going in the right direction. Rylee was such a trooper this football season. She made it to 5 games and was good for all of them. She was a great traveler too. Next season might be a little more difficult cause she'll probably want to be running around rather than sleeping or just sitting and watching the games. It was so nice this season to see my family almost every other weekend! It is going to be hard now that football is over cause the visits are going to be more spread apart. It's tough living so far from home, especially when you have a little one. We had a great time in Grand Rapids this weekend. My mom, Brad, Vanessa, and Ben all came down. My dad even stayed down with us Saturday night. It was his first time ever not going home on the bus with the team. See what kind of affect Rylee has on her Grampa! Saturday night we went to the Outback Steakhouse for dinner and then came back and hung out at the pool. We dipped Rylee's feet in the jacuzzi but that was as close as she got to go swimming. She slept during the entire game and at dinner so she was awake til 11:00 with us down at the pool. Then she slept til 7 in the morning...it was great! Sunday morning we went to Krispy Kreme's for breakfast (it's Ben's favorite). Once again we had a wonderful weekend with the family.

It was pretty cold at the game but we had her all bundled up and she slept the entire game. After the game she was wide awake and she looked so cute with her rosy red cheeks.

Dad and Brad after their last game together.

Walking off the field together

Rylee and Uncle Brad, both smiling so nice

Rylee with Gramma and Grampa

Rylee always makes Grampa smile after the game, win or lose.

Rylee in her hat that Gramma made her

Auntie Ness put the Krispy Kreme hat on Rylee for her first Krispy Kreme experience

Since she couldn't eat any donuts, she had to settle for her fist...apparently that tastes pretty good too.

Playing with Grampa before we all head home