Fall Fun!

O.k. so I know it has been a little over a week but

I am doing better than I thought! We have had a pretty busy

week. It started off with me having a night out while

Papa and Uncle Chris watched Rylee. All the girls

went to a painting party. It was so much fun!

Art was probably my favorite part of school and I really haven't

had the chance to do to much drawing or painting in the past few years at all.

I love it, it is such a great outlet and so fun. Here is a picture of

our finished product:

After that Rylee and I just did our usual "hanging out" I guess you
could call it. Though I guess it's a little more than that. I'm not sure if it's from

all the ECE classes or working at daycare's for so long but I can't stand

not having structure during the day. We have art time, circle time, outside time..

and all sorts of things. Some may think this approach is a little crazy I'm sure.

So here are some pictures of Ry during outside time. I raked her up a little leaf pile.

Amazingly she went right into the leaf pile, she is getting so big.
It seems not long ago that she was afraid of grass.

Touchdown Auburn!

Rylee & Ernie. Her beloved Da got this for her.

Clapping for herself

Rylee has discovered the Ritz peanut butter crackers and absolutly LOVES them. She has even started saying cracker now because of her love for them.

I will soon post pictures of Rylee in her Halloween costume, she looks soooo stinking cute in it. We sure are looking forward to this week. Josh will be home all week we hope, I can't wait. I miss him so very much. He has been having to travel so much lately. I thank God he has such a great job because I know many of my friends and family are struggling with work right now. I try not to be selfish about it but I miss hanging out with him! And of course Rylee misses him tons too! What do they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder? It definitely has taught me to appreciate how important he is to me and how much I love having him in my life. I couldn't imagine it otherwise. We also have some exciting news I can't wait to share with everyone... but I need to get permission first since this goes out to a bigger crowd then just immediate family!

Mood= Blessed

Catching Up...

Well I know, once again, it has been a long time since I've posted pictures. Finally I have them all uploaded on to the computer and will start trying to once again post pictures on a weekly basis. We have been so busy, well Josh has been so busy which I guess makes me feel busier since I'm the one taking care of the house and the dog while he's gone. He was away for a little over two months every week, which is great for getting free tickets for travel, but of course we miss
having him here. Especially on garbage day!

Rylee has been doing great as usual. We are really sooooo lucky. She is such a great baby. Every time we get close to a new developmental stage I always get nervous about how she'll react and how she will do. She has always been great, and easy. Whether it's drinking from a cup, going to bed on her own, or starting to feed herself she always does such a great job. The best part of it all is how proud she is of herself for accomplishing these things. It's so amazing how much these little ones accomplish in their first year, probably more than anyone does in any other year of their life. Josh and I would love to take all of the credit for her but really it's just her general disposition. There are many nights after she goes to bed that we just sit there talking about how smart and cool she is, and how lucky we are to have her in our lives.

Daddy's Little Angel

Houser & Rylee

Me & My Shadow

New Rylee Pictures!!!!!

New Pics...

I just wanted to post some new pictures of Rylee for everyone to see. Rylee is doing great as usual, she is climbing up the stairs like crazy, climbing into the bathtub which is a new one, and loving all of her new toys!

Rylee with Grandma at Clarkson Covered Bridge












This picture is so adorable, I think we need to send it to Radio Flyer.
Rylee LOVES her wagon, she's so darn cute in it.

As Promised...

Rylee had a great 1st Birthday. We just had a little get together at night and gave her some birthday cake (her first time having sweets). I made her cake for her which I was so proud of especially since the first one didn't turn out at all. My brother drove up my mom from his house in S. Alabama and got to see Rylee on her birthday which was great especially since he will be moving bases and will now be further away. We were all so happy to be able to get to spend more time with him and of course that grandma finally got to come visit.
Otherwise nothing to new, just hanging out with grandma and enjoying all of Rylee's new fun toys!!! Here are some pictures as promised:

Whew that was a long break!!!

I know it has been a very long time since I've posted any pictures and after tomorrow I will get back to my weekly updates! We have had a very busy last 30 days. We went to Illinois, watched Haven take 2nd in her age group in the State Softball Tournament in Pulaski, have had the kids for a little over two weeks, and even spent the night with Josh, Kelly, & Zo.

Tomorrow is Rylee's 1st Birthday and I can't believe it... I mean I really can't believe our little angel is going to be 1 tomorrow. We were able to weigh her last week and she weighed 18lb 3oz and she also now has 5 teeth and I think is working on her 6th currently. She has grown so much, she is walking all over the place, and climbing on everything she can and as always is just amazing to watch... exhausting to chase after, but amazing to watch.

My mom is also coming to visit tomorrow!!!! This will be her first time at our house and I can't wait for all of us to be able to spend time together. I have lots of pictures I need to post from IL and just random ones I will get to that within the next few days. We are all doing extremely well though. We are most definitely blessed.

I hope Josh had a great Father's Day. Saturday night we went to Wood n' Strings Dulcimer Shop which is one of his favorite places in Townsend and we watched some live music which as most people know is his favorite thing to do. It was really great, they had a little stage area and the Little River was right behind them plus they were selling homemade ice cream.

Otherwise nothing too exciting going on here. We will be home this week and plan on relaxing. Here are some new pictures of Rylee from over the weekend and today.

Hanging out

enjoying the music

with dad.

Playing with

a ball of yarn. Of course she

loves Althea's

toys.

Flower child