Songs!

When I put Rylynn to bed, either for a nap or for the night, I sing songs with Rylynn. We do one "silly song" and then we do quiet songs (usually primary songs).

The other day, I noticed that Rylynn was doing the actions to "Once There Was A Snowman" all by herself, so we sang the song. I kept going and tried "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Popcorn Popping". I had to record her doing them.

Ignore my singing.

Halloween 2016

We had so much fun this year with Halloween, starting with visiting a pumpkin patch with Cousin Lexi.

 

I'm not sure what happened (maybe all the rain we got in October) but our pumpkin was starting to go rotten when we went to carve it. So, instead of carving it, I had Rylynn draw on it with my scrapbooking markers.

For Halloween, Rylynn was Supergirl. She still doesn't quite understand what Trick-or-Treating is, but she did go up and down our entire street this year.

Supergirl has to watch "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood"
before going Trick-or-Treating.

All in all, we had a fun Halloween! 

"Police Sirens Say, Woooo!"

There's an episode of "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood" that Rylynn was watching the other day, and she was mimicking one of the sounds they were making. I had to video it. She's slowly making progress on her speech and it's been a lot of fun to watch.

Christmas 2015

Christmas was a lot of fun. Here are some pictures from that day.

Toys from Santa

Opening presents with Dad

Playing with the Piggy Bank from Grandma

My little goof ball

The video is of Rylynn chasing her cousin, Lexi, Christmas night at Ryan's sister's house. 

It as a great Christmas day, even with the 8 inches of snow that fell overnight and the below freezing temperatures.

Disneyland 2015 - Part 2

Here are more pictures from our trip to Disneyland

Disneyland was all dressed up for fall and Halloween. Lots of fun. This was on the ride on the tram from the parking structure to the park.

All the girls had breakfast at Ariel's Grato with Ariel and 4 other princesses. We had Ariel, Minnie, Snow White, Cinderella and Belle.

All the girls with Ariel. Yeah.... Rylynn wasn't very happy.

Minnie walking into the dining room.

Cinderella's Entrance

At California Adventure, there's A Bug's Land. Rylynn loved that area.

Rylynn on "Flick's Flyers". You sit in Chinese take out

containers and it goes around. 

There's also Heimlich's Chew Chew that she really liked. I couldn't get a picture of her on that one.

They had a splash pad right in the middle of A Bugs Land. Yeah, she loved it. 

The last night there, we left Rylynn with Debbie at the house and we went and did a ride or two and explored Downtown Disney which included the Lego store.

Ryan and the Hulk made entirely of Legos.

The Genie, Aladdin and Jasmine on the flying carpet 

(again, made entirely of Legos)

All in all, it was a fun trip. Lots of fun spending time with family and giving Rylynn time to get to know her cousins and Ryan's mom better.

Disneyland 2015 - Part 1

We went with Ryan's family for a week long trip to Anaheim, CA. Four of those days were spent in Disneyland.  Here are some pictures from that trip.

Rylynn loved the pool. She was a fish out of water. Anaheim was having a heat wave while we were there. Over 100 degree temps with 40+% humidity.

Rylynn had a lot of fun playing with her cousins

Waiting for the tram from the parking terrace to the park.

  

Waiting to go on "It's A Small World". The first ride we took her on.

Rylynn liked the ride, at first. After a while, she was done.

I took this video just before she decided she was done.

Sitting at Donald's Boat in Toon Town. I think Ryan's face 

shows just how hot it was.

A couple of nights, Ryan's mom stayed at the house we rented for the week while Rylynn was asleep so we could go back to the park and go on rides until the park closed.

Ryan and I waiting to go on Star Tours. That ride has changed a TON since we went to Disney when I was 15.

The Disney Light Parade. It was really cool to see.

Payson Temple

We went to the Payson Temple open house.  What a beautiful temple. The marriage waiting room is huge!

Here are some pictures and a video from our trip.

This video is Rylynn walking to the car.

Rylynn walking around one of the fountains

Walking around a flower bed.

BTW, I'm wring this post as I am watching the cultural celebration online. I find it very fitting, don't you?

Bubbles

I try to take Rylynn outside during the day. However, my allergies have been out of wack, so we haven't gone outside for the past few days.

The other day, I got out some bubble that the Easter Bunny gave Rylynn. Once I saw how much she liked them, I had to get a video of it.

Crawling

Rylynn started crawling about two weeks ago. I've tried and tried but I could not get a good video of her crawling. Ryan's sister, Kristina, was finally able to get one for me.  This was taken at a get together at Kristina's house. The other little girl you see in the video (playing with a toy) is Anna's little girl, Alexis.

PIctures

We had pictures done today. They were mainly of Rylynn, but we got a few of us as a family.  We could not get her to do a "normal" smile. In every picture (except the one's with Ryan below) she just would not give us her cute toothy smile.

We got lucky with this one. She just had to show us how
smart she is and let us know that she's one.

She's crawling 

Ryan tossing her in the air

Here's our family.

Thanksgiving 2014

This year we went to Phoenix for Thanksgiving to visit Ryan's Mom and sister. We drove and, for the most part, Rylynn did very well.

For the drive down, we stopped in Beaver for a quick bathroom/out of the carseat stop. Then on to St. George for lunch. I decided to drive from Beaver to St. George. I had my first, my first speeding ticket. I was going 78 in a 70 in Cedar City. The Sheriff was nice and wrote me for only going 5 over. I guess it had to happen sometime.

We stopped in St. George for lunch. We decided to eat at Red Robin. Rylynn was putting on the charm the entire time. There was a sweet couple sitting at a table near us. She was smiling and cooing at them the entire time.

Rylynn at Red Robin
Nov 21, 2014

Rylynn sleeping in the car sleeping with her doll.
Nov 21, 2014

After that, we had a fairly uneventful drive, until we got about 15 miles out of Vegas. Rylynn was done at this point. She was crying and screaming and was just done. We drove into a truck stop got her out of her carseat. I told Ryan that I think a blessing was needed, so he gave her a blessing that she'd be able to handle the rest of the drive and would be able to handle the coming changes.

After that, I held her for a minute and then we put her back in her seat, and then Ryan swung her for a while until she fell asleep. We topped off the car (most expensive gas ever) and drove until we got to Marisa's house.

Thanksgiving

Rylynn had her first Thanksgiving in Surprise, AZ. She tried some mashed potatoes and ate a roll, but that was about it (it was nap time when we ate).

Eating mashed potatoes.
Nov 27, 2014

We had a great trip in Phoenix spending time with family. Here are a few more random pictures from that trip.

Playing with Duplo blocks. 

Having fun with Nana.

Rylynn's scrunched up smile.

Having dinner at Pizza Hut in Cedar City on
the way home.

Rylynn's 9 Months Old

The past few months have been so much fun. We've really enjoyed watching Rylynn grow up, learn and explore our world. Since I've been bad at keeping up with this, I'm just going to post pictures from the past few months.

Cuddle time with Daddy.

Rylynn loves Sweet Potatoes
Oct 7,2014

Sitting in the Bumbo seat.
Oct 27, 2014

I'm pretty sure Lauren gave me this outfit when I was
pregnant with Ashlynn. I couldn't wait for Rylynn to be able to
wear it. I love the hat!

Halloween, 2014

9 months old. Nov 7, 2014