Baby Girl you are 11 months old today! You are walking all over the place and are such a toddler. You have 4 teeth now and are so happy. You are down to 1 nap a day. You started signing "more" and then the next day you were clapping up a storm. You love your Penny the Pig stuffed animal and, of course, Dodger is your absolute favorite. You love crawling into his bed with him and following him everywhere.
You are 29.5" and 23lb10oz (approx.)- BIG girl! You tried out some coconut milk mixed with formula today. You didn't seem to mind. Today we started replacing your mid-day bottle with a sippy. There wasn't a meltdown but you also feel asleep in the car instead of me rocking you, so it was different. I'm so ready to have you off of formula- it smells bad, messed with your stomach, and is expensive. I don't think you are anywhere close to being ready for cow's milk though, so we are going to stick with lactose-free (like your formula) Silk Coconut (or Almond) milk.
Your daddy and I love you more and more everyday! You make us laugh and smile all the time. You love talking on the phone and have perfected "hello" when the phone rings. You have full sentences but we have no idea what you're saying, but we're pretty sure you're going to be quite the chatterbox! You're louder than most other babies we know and it usually scares people at first and then they find it just as funny as we do.
I've started planning your birthday party to the extreme- I have a theme and the invitations addressed and ready to go. We are going to be doing your party in January to avoid all the holiday festivities. I'm pretty excited about your party, though I'm still looking for the pause button so that we don't even have to let you turn 1!
You are such a blessing in our lives and can never imagine you not in our lives- with just your presence you have created our family. Love you bug!
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Day 305: TEN!!!!
Um, Miss Griffiths, who allowed you to turn ten months old? I know it wasn't your daddy or me! I can't believe how much you've grown, especially looking at pictures at the day you were born. This month has been a huge learning month for you.
You can grab our nose if we ask you were it is, you can "talk" on the telephone, you wave hello and bye-bye, and you are taking steps here and there! You are 27.5" and 22lb12oz approximately, so still growing! We can just tell that you are absorbing everything around you and applying it to yourself. When you have your cell phone (one of Dad's old ones) we always say "Say hello!" and you immediately put the phone to your mouth and babble in this high-pitch tone and then continue to converse altering your tone! You are totally have conversations and it is the cutest thing!
You are definitely getting closer and closer to being a toddler. You actually sit on the couch and snuggle with me and/or dad, and not just try to crawl off the side. You are so close to walking- it's scary! You will walk around holding our hand, and take a step or two by yourself. We always cheer real exuberantly every time you do, and you have started saying "aaaayyyyyy" (your version of yay) with us! How cute are you?!
You now have 3 teeth and the 4th one is close behind it. I don't think 5 and 6 are too far behind either, though a break would be nice. This coming weekend were going to HallowZOOeen with our friends, and you're going to be a bumblebee! I can't wait to dress you up, though I bet you fight it :)
Tomorrow, I will do a month of October picture post :)
You can grab our nose if we ask you were it is, you can "talk" on the telephone, you wave hello and bye-bye, and you are taking steps here and there! You are 27.5" and 22lb12oz approximately, so still growing! We can just tell that you are absorbing everything around you and applying it to yourself. When you have your cell phone (one of Dad's old ones) we always say "Say hello!" and you immediately put the phone to your mouth and babble in this high-pitch tone and then continue to converse altering your tone! You are totally have conversations and it is the cutest thing!
You are definitely getting closer and closer to being a toddler. You actually sit on the couch and snuggle with me and/or dad, and not just try to crawl off the side. You are so close to walking- it's scary! You will walk around holding our hand, and take a step or two by yourself. We always cheer real exuberantly every time you do, and you have started saying "aaaayyyyyy" (your version of yay) with us! How cute are you?!
You now have 3 teeth and the 4th one is close behind it. I don't think 5 and 6 are too far behind either, though a break would be nice. This coming weekend were going to HallowZOOeen with our friends, and you're going to be a bumblebee! I can't wait to dress you up, though I bet you fight it :)
Tomorrow, I will do a month of October picture post :)
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Day 274: Three Quarters
So I've been a horrible blogger/updater! I didn't even do an 8 month post! Rylee please forgive me :)
I don't know what I've posted that you've done and what I haven't, so I'll just talk about all the things you do that impacts my life everyday. First let's start with your statistics! You weigh 21lb13oz (92%ile), you are 27-1/4" tall (41%ile), and your head is 17" (33.5%ile) around! You are growing so much and getting so big!
You can still wear 3-6 month dresses, but not much else in that size! You are in 6-9 month onesies, 9 month pants for the most part, if it's jeans then it's 12-18 months due to your cloth diapers, and 12 month PJs! You are sleeping great at night, usually 11 hours straight. I think you are trying to go down to 1 nap, but you can't quite make it yet, though you are getting closer. Your morning nap is fantastic, your afternoon nap is short and sometimes nonexistent, but that's OK. It makes bedtime that much easier.
You are crawling around faster than ever, especially when you see the dog's water bowl. You are standing on everything and letting go more and more for longer periods of time- I suspect you'll be taking steps soon. That is something I'm not ready for. Chasing you around while crawling is one thing, but once you start walking and running, it'll be completely different! We are spending more and more time outside now that the heat is subsiding and you love it! You love playing fetch with the dogs, I let you throw the ball (with my help of course) and you love Tess catching it and bringing it back.
This past month you had your first ear infection, which led to your first bout with diarrhea, which lead to your first diaper rash, that I'm now having problems getting rid of. You have been in disposables more this past month than since we switched to cloth diapers. I can't wait to be back in cloth exclusively, but we need to get you healed first.
You are on table foods exclusively and love feeding yourself. I'm having trouble adding variety to your meals, but you seem to be getting picky and only wanting fruits to eat. You love grilled cheese and mac n cheese though. You seem to be following in your daddy's footsteps.
You are at such a fun age right now!! You are so happy and exploratory, except when I'm cooking- you hate that. I look forward to each and every day with you, and love watching you learn and figure out new things. You are the light of my life and hold my whole heart in those little hands of yours. I can't believe the holidays and your birthday are right around the corner. I have an idea of what I want to do for the party, but I keep going back and forth between 2 options and have a hard time deciding, but I can't wait to start planning!
Love you bug!!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Day 241: A New Adventure
Well, I'm just horrible about blogging now! It's crazy how different a mobile baby can change the time in your life! Rylee is doing great! She will be 8 months on Saturday, so we'll do her official update then. This post is going to be mostly about me :)
On Monday, I became an Independent Scentsy Consultant. Scentsy is an AWESOME product! It is a smokeless, wickless, flameless candle! They are also lead free. This is great for all homes, especially those with kids. I love this product and am excited to sell it. They have 80 amazing scents and 80 beautiful warmers. They also have other products that come in their fabulous scents- Rylee loves the Scentsy buddy.
I can do individual orders, host in-home (mine or yours) parties, do basket parties (you take the scents with you to work and family and collect orders), or even Facebook parties. I set your party up on my website, you invite all your friends on Facebook, and they place their orders online. As the host for any of these parties, you get free Scentsy products and products at 50% off!
My website is http://leighanngriffiths.scentsy.us if you are interested in looking up anything, or you can contact me with any questions or to set up a party. My bedroom smells delicious today, since I got all my tester scents in :)
OK, business LeighAnn out!
On Monday, I became an Independent Scentsy Consultant. Scentsy is an AWESOME product! It is a smokeless, wickless, flameless candle! They are also lead free. This is great for all homes, especially those with kids. I love this product and am excited to sell it. They have 80 amazing scents and 80 beautiful warmers. They also have other products that come in their fabulous scents- Rylee loves the Scentsy buddy.
I can do individual orders, host in-home (mine or yours) parties, do basket parties (you take the scents with you to work and family and collect orders), or even Facebook parties. I set your party up on my website, you invite all your friends on Facebook, and they place their orders online. As the host for any of these parties, you get free Scentsy products and products at 50% off!
My website is http://leighanngriffiths.scentsy.us if you are interested in looking up anything, or you can contact me with any questions or to set up a party. My bedroom smells delicious today, since I got all my tester scents in :)
OK, business LeighAnn out!
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Day 212: Seven Months
Little girl, I can't believe you are 7 months old! We are on the downhill slide to your first birthday, and I can't believe it! You are getting so big and are so inquisitive, I love just sitting and watching you figure things out. This morning, I weighed and measured you, so this is approximate: 20lb9oz and 28.5" long! Your weight gain has actually slowed down this month- just a little over a pound in a month! You've grown about 2 inches though! Holy cow! No wonder your onesies are getting a little tight in length, but are still fitting in the width department. You can still fit in 3-6 month onesies, unless you are wearing your nighttime diaper, I have started putting you in some 6-9 month onesies. Your dresses and rompers are still 6 months sized.
You are crawling and pulling up on anything and everything- even things that move, i.e. the ottoman with your glider, your jumperoo, etc. You love to get into things you shouldn't and every time I say no or uh-uh, you look over your shoulder at me like "who, me?" and then proceed to do whatever you were about to do. I'm going to be in trouble....
You love eating! You are eating 7oz bottles 4-5 times a day. You also have 3 meals a day- never more than 4oz at a time- usually 2-3oz. You've also started having bits of what we are eating, you love anything with a form of bread: homemade pizza, quesadillas, and French toast. You love chicken and turkey- well really you love everything!
For 4 nights after I had my wisdom teeth removed, you slept all night long! I was thrilled, apparently you were just appeasing me while I was in pain though. Your nighttime sleep has progressively gotten worse since those 4 nights, and you are getting more and more difficult to get back down when you wake at night. Not sure what's going on, but it's not my favorite. I've started reading a sleep book, and as soon as I finish it, I'm hoping to put some of the practices to work so that we can start putting you down awake and you can soothe yourself to sleep, and you sleep better at night. You wake up tired, and that's just not good for either of us.
All and all, your dad and I are loving this age! You are so happy and watching you learn new things and cheering you on!
You are crawling and pulling up on anything and everything- even things that move, i.e. the ottoman with your glider, your jumperoo, etc. You love to get into things you shouldn't and every time I say no or uh-uh, you look over your shoulder at me like "who, me?" and then proceed to do whatever you were about to do. I'm going to be in trouble....
You love eating! You are eating 7oz bottles 4-5 times a day. You also have 3 meals a day- never more than 4oz at a time- usually 2-3oz. You've also started having bits of what we are eating, you love anything with a form of bread: homemade pizza, quesadillas, and French toast. You love chicken and turkey- well really you love everything!
For 4 nights after I had my wisdom teeth removed, you slept all night long! I was thrilled, apparently you were just appeasing me while I was in pain though. Your nighttime sleep has progressively gotten worse since those 4 nights, and you are getting more and more difficult to get back down when you wake at night. Not sure what's going on, but it's not my favorite. I've started reading a sleep book, and as soon as I finish it, I'm hoping to put some of the practices to work so that we can start putting you down awake and you can soothe yourself to sleep, and you sleep better at night. You wake up tired, and that's just not good for either of us.
All and all, your dad and I are loving this age! You are so happy and watching you learn new things and cheering you on!
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Day 209: Blog Fail
Holy cow! It's been forever since I've updated. I don't even remember what the last thing I posted about was! Rylee is now crawling, pulling herself up on anything and everything, and now has a tooth! I can't believe she has grown up so much in the past month. There definitely is a lot less time to blog when you're chasing around an inquisitive baby. She has found and has a love for the dog's bowls, especially the water bowl. I didn't get to her fast enough one time and she had given herself a bath. I think I'll explain the rest of the past month through pictures- and there's a lot!.
Rylee in her red, white, and blue!
First 4th of July
She loved the fireworks! No fear here!!
Who knows what she's eating- the girl likes food!
Such a happy baby!
We've been having mini random photo shoots
So pretty!
Sitting up like a big girl!
"Hey mom look at me!"
Yeah, she's standing- but I think I positioned her
So proud
Rylee and daddy passed out
This is her favorite way to play with this toy
She can't reach all the toys sitting down
Apparently she's ready to drive
Big Smiles!
Her first time pulling up on something
I was crying at this point
A fave spot
Playing in the water bowl
Mom taking pictures allowed for her to give herself a clothed bath
Teasing Tess
Passed out! She never sleeps on her back
Giving daddy some love
She wanted to play outside
She loves her pups
Yeah, she's smiling at Dodger
Let's get dirty!
Wasn't a fan of the grass
Her fave spot to stand
I'm sure there's so much more, and I'm going to be a better blogger- but that's all I got for now!
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