5 Months

Ryann has hit the 5 month mark. Every month that goes by I always think, "That went by too fast". I just keep telling myself, at least she still likes to cuddle. That makes the growing up a little easier. Ryann is no small baby, I weighed and measured her last Monday...
16 lb 10 oz
25 3/4 inches
I have not been as good at keeping up with the blog, so prepare for the picture overload. Ryann has learned to do SO much this past month. From my last post you know that she finally rolled over. Then Monday she was laying on the floor on her back and was getting frustrated that she wasn't moving. I look up and she had finally gotten herself onto her tummy. She happily stayed that way for a few minutes and I looked up again and she was on her back again! Ryann wants her dogs so crawling will probably not be too far off in the future.
About a month ago Ryann started to grab her toes.
That quickly lead to sucking on her toes
There is nothing like peeking into your babies crib and finding this site...
I was finally able to snatch a picture of her. She would be stirring in her crib and could tell that I had come into her room and wouldn't hold the position long enough for me to get a picture. I have a thumb sucker and blanket girl on my hands. Every morning I find her with her blanket on her cheek, and the best part...a huge grin and a laugh when she sees my face:)
Sitting with dad and Sally
Loving Sally
Ryann LOVES Sally. One Sunday I was in the kitchen and Ryann was in the living room sitting in her Bumbo. I hear Sally yelp and I rush into the living room to find Ryan with a HUGE grin on her face, laughing, and Sally's fluffy ear in her fist. A few minutes later I hear a yelp and see the same situation. Sally can't help herself, she just wants to lick Ryann so she gets close and Ryann loves that there is something to grab. Those two are funny. Sally has started to flinch when she tries to lick Ryann and sees Ryann's hand coming at her. Ryann desperately want to grab Sally but will close her eyes and turn her head because she doesn't want to be licked.
Ryann trying to turn around and look at Sally.
Sally going in for the lick and Ryann going in for the pull
Maggie makes Ryann laugh and luckily Maggie doesn't have long fur for Ryann to get a grip on. The other day my friend's boys came over to play with Sally and brought their Border Collie, Captain. We took Maggie and Captain outside to play and Ryann could not stop laughing at them. It was adorable.
Sally and Captain with Cooper. Cooper loves Sally. He always comes over with a pocket full of treats for her. He tried really hard to let his mom let him take her home but in the end we told him that he could come play with Sally when ever he wanted too.
Ryann's Grandma Greene got her her first doll. Ryann's favorite part are the pigtails which she loves to chew and suck. She also enjoys licking her face. What can I say, Ryann explores her world right now with her tongue.
We are chewing on everything. Her own fingers, my fingers...whatever she can get a hold of.
Ryann of course needed a pumpkin for her first Halloween...which ended up in me buying 3. The dogs were actually pretty interested in the pumpkins too and were trying to eat the stems. While taking pictures of Ryann and her pumpkins, Maggie wanted in on the action and I caught this adorable picture...
By pure luck I caught that but now it is one of my favorite pictures.
I should have skipped feeding Ryann rice cereal and gone straight to vegetables. We tried squash first and she couldn't get enough of it! I was really shocked that she took to it. We have since tried carrots and she liked it but not as much as squash.
First taste of squash. This face was then followed by a big open mouth wanting more.
Trying carrotsMoments like this have disappeared in the last couple of weeks. Ryann has started to take fewer and fewer short 20-30 minute naps, to the point napping has become almost non existent. She will fall asleep but the second she can sense a position change she wakes up. The past week I have just started putting her in her crib when I can tell she is tired. I turn on her music mobile, it runs for 20 minutes, and figure if she is still fussing and awake when that is done she can get out. So far she has fallen asleep within 5 or 10 minutes of being in her crib and will sleep for at least an hour. This only works once a day but at least one good nap makes the rest of the day a little more pleasant for me. But anything is still worth the trade off for her to continue to sleep through the night, geez I'm a lucky mommy.
I love Ryann's beautiful blue eyes, long lashes and cute smile. I just can't get enough of them. I get lots of compliments on her eyes, they are so big and blue how could you miss them. But even when she cries, I still love her. So I leave you with these pictures and will try to be better about posting but if I'm not it's because I am too busy playing with Ryann, spending time with Clint, and scratching some furry bellies.

Roll Over

Ryann did it! She finally rolled over. I happened to be taking pictures with my phone camera of how far she was going onto her side. She was reaching for her butterfly toy, then she just did it. She rolled all the way over! She seemed happy that she had reached her toy and not too surprised about her position change. Now I can see that she is getting frustrated with not being able to get what she wants. Funny how that one movement that one time has changed her perspective on her world.

Going for it...
halfway there...DID IT!!!

4 Months

Ryann is now 4 months old. At her doctors appointment she was 15lb 6 oz and 25 inches long. She is quite the growing girl. She is a really good baby. I have a calendar that I mark all the things that she does and I was putting stickers in for every night she slept through the night. Well, I ran out of those stickers. She sleeps through the night ALL the time. This means she is up most of the day and is grouchy by the afternoon, but it is well worth the trade off. She has even gone one day without any naps...that was a long day. Thankfully we have not repeated that again. She will usually take a 20-30 minute power nap between feedings and that helps. There is just too much going on in her world that she doesn't have time for sleeping.
Ryann loves her dogs. She is constantly watching them and laughing at them. She laughs when they lick her feet and when Maggie sneaks a lick behind her ear. She will be fussy and then see her dogs moving around and she cheers up.
Ryann loves bath time. I lay her down on the rug next to the tub and turn the water on and she gets excited. She loves to splash and is even getting used to when she splashes herself in the face. Water in the face is not so traumatic anymore.
Ryann isn't rolling over quite yet but she can move. When ever she is in her Bumbo she always turns herself. Within a few minutes she is in the above position. When she is laying on her back she can dig her heels in and rotate herself. Laying on her back makes her always bring her legs up in the air. She is getting better and better at liking tummy time. Twice she has rolled over to her side but isn't going all the way. Ryann seems to want to sit up more than roll over. I'm just enjoying the last few moments of her being non mobile while I can.
Ryann playing with Everett. She loves kids. She "talks" back and laughs. She is such a happy and smiley baby. I have woken up a few time to find her in her crib just laughing and talking to herself.
Clint trying to get Everett to sit in the car seat.
First time sitting in grass, she didn't seem to mind.
Ryann loves her highchair.
It's so much fun she even falls asleep in it.
Everything makes it into Ryann's mouth. She loves to chew on cloth. She pulls her clothes up into her mouth. I usually just let her chew on her burp rags to spare her clothes. She drools so much that she doesn't need any extra slobber on them. No teeth though. She just is a chewing and drooling machine.
Here is Ryann's first taste of rice cereal. She doesn't love it, but it's food in her mouth and she will eat what you put in her mouth. Maggie and Sally love that Ryann has started rice cereal because I let them eat the leftovers. Plus Sally knows that kids in highchairs mean food on the floor.
My friend Lori made that adorable hat for Ryann. She also made her a cute pink one. I love them!!!
Ryann is total thumb sucker. I've given up on the pacifier, except in moments when she is really upset I still try it and occasionally she will take it or it just makes her madder. Here she is just staring at the TV and the thumb went straight to her mouth.
So relaxed
So cute!

Labor Day Weekend

I love it when Clint has time off and our schedules line up so that we can go see our friends Kelly and Mark. Labor Day Weekend was one of those wonderful times when we got to go see them and their adorable little boy Kian.

Ryann was such a good traveler. As long as she has her giraffe she is pretty content. It's her favorite toy.
Kian enjoyed Ryann and liked getting to hold her. He tried to share his food with her too but we just kept reminding him that Ryann only drank milk from her mommy.
We took Clint's mom's car out and it has a DVD player in it. Kian loved watching movies in the car and wearing the headphones. I think we could have taken that boy anywhere as long as he had a movie. Only problem was that we couldn't get some of the movies to play but Merry Madagascar always worked. I think we watched that one at least 5 times....5 times too many.
All bundled up for a Friday night stroll around Park City.
Kian playing in Ryann's car seat.

Saturday we went to the Tracy Aviary. Got to see all sorts of birds including the free roaming peacocks and the vulture show. Ryann just happy to be in her stroller and moving.
Ryann was happy to sit with her dad during the vulture show.
Kian and Ryann both got to let the crow take a dollar out of their hand for donation.
Saturday night we went to the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival Laugh Night. It was pretty funny and fun. Our friends Allison and Richard came too, so it was great to see them. Ryann played with her dad while waiting for the show to start.
After all that playing they needed some cuddle time.
We did make a stop at Cabela's and Kian found himself a new house.
Sunday, while Mark and Clint were off mountain biking, Kelly, Kian, Ryann and I hike around Silver Lake. It was gorgeous and a really nice day for a hike. Ryann spent the first part of the hike like this....
But eventually she fell asleep and I could really enjoy myself.


We stopped at a bridge and the ducks started to come over. Well apparently one duck didn't like this and started to fight with another duck and chased him off. That was my first duck fight. There were a few kids around so luckily it didn't get too brutal.
Thanks Kelly, Mark, and Kian for having us. We really enjoyed coming out and can't wait till we get to do it again.