Ryann the Explorer

Ryann loves to try new things and copy people. She recently learned how to undo the chest buckle on her car seat. Yes, you read that right, our 20 month old daughter figured out how to undo a car seat chest buckle. Luckily we had a back up car seat that has a buckle that is harder to undo. So I switched out the buckle, so I could keep the cute pink and brown car seat in my car, and now she is stuck and safe.
On one particular day Ryann kept climbing beside the couch and getting herself stuck. I would pull her out and straight back in she went.

I have no idea why she was doing it. There weren't any toys that had fallen down there, who knows what she was thinking.

Eventually I got tired of pulling her out so I just let her stay stuck and try to figure out how to get herself out. She couldn't get out, got upset, and of course mommy came to the rescue.
When I am getting ready in the morning I just shut the bedroom door and turn on cartoons for Ryann to try to keep her occupied. Of course that doesn't work for long and she wanders into the bathroom and begins pulling apart all the drawers. One time I thought she was just being so good because she hadn't come in the bathroom and pulled it apart. When I got out of the shower, I found this in the bedroom...

She had climbed into the box and was stuck. She wasn't upset at all. I pulled her out and she carried the box around the room...

and got back in and got stuck again. Silly girl!

Boxes are just too tempting, Ryann can't stay out of them. Luckily she doesn't get stuck in all of them. Most of the time she climbs into things that are big enough for her to move around in and get out.
Ryann found a new push toy...

her high chair. She will pull it out from the wall and push it around the kitchen. She puts her dolls in the opening in the back and pushes them around. She also climbs under it too. Amazing how many things you can think of to do with a high chair.
I'm not to excited Ryann figured this out...

She figured out if she stands on the step stool she can reach even higher. I could have done without her figuring that out.

Who know that under the rug was such a great place to sit and to put all your toys!

So if you come over to our house and the rug is lumpy, you'll know why.

Our ever curious Ryann, trying to lay/sit on her helium balloon.
Sometimes Ryann's curiosity makes a really big mess...

like when she decides she needs to pull out all the diapers.
Ryann recently started to be mean when she is mad or doesn't like something. She will hit, pull hair, pull the dog's fur, swat at me with her nails (like a cat), and/or bite. She doesn't bit people, yet and hopefully never, but she bites the couch, toys, blankets, and...

my clothes. It makes me so nervous that she is going to bite me!

Of course these actions aren't allowed and she ends up in time out.

She is so sad, but still so dang cute!

Through all the curiosity that leads to mess and sometimes her getting in trouble, I just can't stop loving that cute face...

even when her forehead has a bruise or two on it.

Yeah, the mess is certainly worth it.