Urgent Care

So this weekend we took our first trip to urgent care with Rylie. She woke up from her afternoon nap on Friday and she was just not acting like she normally does. We watched her the rest of the night, but she didn't have a fever and went to bed pretty easy. She did not sleep that great, but it wasn't like she was up all night either. She woke up on Saturday really stuffed up and had a little cough, so I called her doctor and talked to one of the nurses. She still did not have a fever so we decided not to take her in.

In order to try to get her to relax and take it easy, Brandon went and rented a movie (I so remember getting to do this whenever I was sick as a kid...and now I am doing it for my own!) for her...one side note, even though she was not feeling good, when the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse music started on the movie, she started dancing (even sickness can't stop her groove)!

She got worse as the day went on and now had a fever. At 2am she woke up with 102.5 fever and we decided to take her in. They took one look at her and decided to do a breathing treatment and prescribed a steriod. The breathing treatment was not fun. It is not easy to hold a mask on the face of an 11 month old...much less for 8-10 minutes! She screamed for over half of it and then fell asleep sitting up with her head resting in my hand for the rest of it. The treatment and the first dose of the steriod seemed to help and she was able to sleep the rest of the night.

Brandon and I were remembering that the last time we jumped in the car in the middle of the night was almost a year ago for Rylie's birth. I guess I should be incredibly greatful that this is the first urgent care visit and she is almost a year old! (Sorry again...broken camera=no pics...though I don't think I would have taken any even if I had my camera...it was 3 in the morning!)

Welcome Home Daddy!

This is what Brandon gets everyday when he comes home from work. :)

More Swim Lessons

I just thought these pictures that my cousin took of Rylie at swim lessons were super cute!

Spring Training...a little late!

Since I have a broken camera, I have been relying on other people for photos. Lucky for me, my amazing cousin, Leann, stayed in AZ for about 3 weeks after Jeff and Laura's wedding. It was so fun to get to hang out with her and get to know her better (she lives in Montana, so I didn't get to grow up with her). She also happens to be an amazing photographer and captured some adorable pictures of Rylie while she was here.

One Sunday, we decided to enjoy the spoils of AZ and head to a spring training game. Now, as you may remember from previous posts, I am a die-hard D-Backs fan and my husband bleeds Dodger blue. Well, lucky for him that the D-Backs were not playing at home on the day we wanted to go, but the Dodgers were, so we headed out to Glendale to catch the game. Leann and my other cousin Brent came along. The Dodgers spring training facility is pretty cool! We found a great spot on the lawn and settled in to enjoy the amazing weather and some baseball (yeah!).




Rylie blowing kisses to Leann as she takes the pic. :)







I think Rylie enjoyed her first spring training game. She was happy as a clam crawling around the grass and snacking on her crackers...sounds like a future baseball fan to me (like she has a choice in this family)!

11 months

So I realized that I skipped Rylie's 10 month post (the wedding made that time a little crazy!) so onto her 11 month stats!

This first video is just for fun cuz who doesn't like to hear a baby laughing! :)



*Rylie is super active and all over the place! No walking yet (I actually think it might be a little while still for that) but she is pretty quick with crawling. She also pulls up to everything so nothing is really safe in my house anymore! :)

*She loves cabinets right now. I think it is just that she loves to open and close things, so needless to say, our kitchen cabinets are now baby-proofed (and oh so frustrating for her).

*She loves music! She can be screaming crying and the minute I start to sing a song she gets silent. Her favorite song right now seems to be "Itsy Bitsy Spider" (quickly becoming not her mommy's favorite!) and she is starting to try to do the spider motions everytime we sing it.

*Her favorite book is "A is for Apple" (and yes, I have it completely memorized!) and when it gets to "Y is for You" with the mirror she bends down to give herself a kiss. :)

*She loves to pull toys out of places and then put them back. Her little fish bowl and the shape containers seem to be her toys of choice since she can take the items out and put them back.

*She has figured out how to walk with her push toys!



*She will give kisses whenever you ask for them and started to blow kisses this month.



*She will finally hold her own bottle!

*Her newest words are dog, bye-bye and hi (when she is in the mood), and Grandma (well, it comes out more like and-ma) but I don't think my mom really cares.



We can't believe that she is almost a year old! Let the party planning begin (or, in my case continue...I started in Dec. :) )!

Playing at Grandma's House

Here are some recent photos of Rylie at my parent's house. Thanks Mom...I love that you always take pictures of her while you are babysitting. Brandon and I feel like we don't miss a thing this way. :)

Meeting Kadish

Kadish is my mom's horse. We decided it was past time for Rylie to meet him. :)







Kadish was so good with her. He just stood still and let us do what we wanted. She wasn't scared of him and actually reached out to touch him many times...so now it was time to get on him... :)





...and she wasn't a huge fan of that! :)



I love this next photo! The perfect picture of a little girl with a horse.





Helping Grandma feed him afterwards.